Isaiah 42:9

Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, the former things are come to pass - That is, the former things which he had foretold. This is the evidence to which he appeals in proof...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Behold, the former things have (p) come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. (p) As in time past I hav...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the former things, &c. Referring to his prophecies, among others, concerning Sennacherib, Isaiah 10 and Isaiah 37 . new things, &c. T...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. The former things. He now recalls to remembrance the former predictions, by the fulfillment of which he shews that confidence ought to be...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thus saith God— The prophet here continues the address of God to the Messiah, and that in a very lofty and magnificent manner. First, the Messiah...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. Behold, the former thin...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BOOK 3 THE SERVANT OF THE LORD HAVING completed our survey of the fundamental truths of our prophecy, and studied the subject which forms its im...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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 are the joyful consequences induced by the Redeemer's acts of grace and mercy, as before described. Surely all must sing the new song, which God...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, the former things are come to pass ,.... Which the Lord had foretold in former times, as to Abraham, concerning the affliction of his poster...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I am the Lord Hebrew, Jehovah; who have all being in and of myself, and give being to all my creatures. The everlasting, and unchangeable, and om...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: as all things which I have formerly promised or foretold have exactly come to pass...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God's Charge to His Servant ( Isaiah 42:5-9 ). We continue to see here the joint ministries of Israel and their coming King, reaching out and draw...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE PHILOSOPHY OF PROMISE Isaiah 42:9 . Behold, the former things are come to pass, &c. One may observe, in reading Scripture, the general p...
Scofield Reference Notes

former things That is, Isaiah's prediction of Sennacherib's invasion and its results, Isaiah 10 and 37. See also, ( Isaiah 41:21-23 ); ( Isaia...
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 Biblical Illustrator

Behold, the former things are come to pass The philosophy of promise One may observe, in reading Scripture, the general principle that God usua...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 42:1-23 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD , AND THE WORK WHICH HE WILL PERFORM . There ar...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The True Servant of the Lord
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Behold, the former things are come to pass, namely, the deliverance of Israel at the time of their passage through the Red Sea, Exodus 14, 15, and n...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 11:36 ; 1 Kings 8:15-20 ; 1 Peter 1:10-12 ; 2 Peter 1:19-21 ; Acts 15:18 ; Genesis 15:12-16 ; Isaiah 41:22 ; Isaiah 41:23 ; Isaiah 4...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I tell you — That when they come to pass, you may know that I am God, and that this is my work.

⁹ Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 42:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study 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)

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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 42:9