Isaiah 42:17

They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They shall be turned back - The phrases, to be turned back, and to be suffused with shame, are frequently used in the Scriptures to denote a stat...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Yahweh has long Restrained Himself: at last He will Crush His Foes and Help His Servants. Long inactive, Yahweh is now filled with desire to interv...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

trust . confide. Hebrew. batah. App-69. that say, &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( Exodus 32:4 ). App-92.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

17. They shall be driven back. This enables us to see more clearly to whom the former doctrine relates, for it distinguishes between the wor...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I have long time holden my peace— These words contain a declaration of the divine counsel; wherein God teacheth, that, by calling the Gentiles to h...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods. They s...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Ideal Servant 1-9. The characteristics and functions of Israel as the ideal Servant of Jehovah. 10-17 A song of praise to Jehovah. 18-25....
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They shall be greatly ashamed... — Manifestly the winding up of a section. The foretold victories of Cyrus shall bring shame and confusion on the w...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VIII THE PASSION OF GOD Isaiah 42:13-17 AT the beginning of chapter 42 we reach one of those distinct stages, the frequent appearance...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Deaf and Blind Messenger Isaiah 42:14-25 There are times in our lives when God seems to hold His peace. Evil is rife, bad men prosper, societ...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The manifesto now presents the great Servant of Jehovah. His person is first described. His manifestation is announced (verse Isaiah 42:1 ), His mis...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here, as in the former Chapter s, the contrast is drawn between the Lord Jehovah, and the idols of the nations around; and the striking difference wh...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They shall be turned back ,.... Either from their former course, from their idolatry and their idols, and be converted, and turn to the living God;...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye [are] our gods. Ver. 17....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And I will bring the blind The ignorant Gentiles, represented as blind, Isaiah 42:7 , and in many other parts of Scripture, and accounted blind...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgment and Mercy. B. C. 708. 13 Th...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This may be understood either, 1. Of the converted Gentiles; who shall be turned back from their former sinful course, and shall sincerely grieve...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Further Song of Deliverance And Judgment ( Isaiah 42:10-17 ). Following on the revelation of the Servant comes the joy of the nations in seeing...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This book might well be called «the gospel according to Isaiah,» for it is full of evangelical truth. Isaiah 42:1 . Behold my servant, whom I upho...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 42:1 . Behold my servant. In the Chaldaic, the Messiah; and so the whole passage is cited from the LXX. Matthew 12:17-20 . All other appli...
The Biblical Illustrator

Behold My Servant Who is the “servant of Jehovah”? The following are, in brief, the leading opinions which have been held: (1) Hitzig’s, tha...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

They shall be turned back, reeling in a stupor of disappointment, they shall be greatly ashamed, heaped with disgrace, that trust in graven images...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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¹⁷ They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 42:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 42:17