Isaiah 44:7 (BSB)
Who then is like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare his case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him foretell the things to come, and what is to take place.
From Isaiah 44. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Isaiah 44:7
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Isaiah 44:7: 7. And who as I? Here the Lord compares himself with idols, as we have already seen in another passage. In the present instance the object is, that, when they were fiercely insulted by the Babylonian conquerors, they might not be discouraged, or think that their hopes were disappointed; for the taunts which were hurled at them by wicked men were exceedingly harsh and insolent.
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Isaiah 44:1-8: Two great truths are abundantly made out in these verses: - I. That the people of God are a happy people, especially upon account of the covenant that is between them and God. The people of Israel were so as a figure of the gospel Israel. Three things complete their happiness: - 1. The covenant-relations wherein they stand to God, Isa 44:1, Isa 44:2.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Isaiah 44:7: And who as I shall call,.... Which of the idols of the Gentiles can do as the king of Israel, the Lord of hosts has done? call things that are not, as though they were? call all creatures into being?
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Isaiah 44:7: Who but God can predict future events and declare also the order and time of each (see on Isa 41:22-23; Isa 45:21)? call--"openly proclaim" (Isa 40:6) things to come [MAURER]. Or, "call forth" the event; command that it happen (Isa 46:11; Isa 48:15), [BARNES]. set . . . in order--There is no chance or confusion; all events occur in the order best fitted to subserve God's plans.