Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
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Gill's Exposition
Keep silence before me, O islands,.... The great controversy in the world after the coming of Christ, which is expressly spoken of in the preceding chapter, was, as Cocceius observes, whether he was a…
Barnes' Notes
The design of this chapter is the same as that of the preceding, and it is to be regarded as the continuation of the argument commenced there. Its object is to lead those who were addressed, to put…
That particular instance of God's care for his people Israel in raising up Cyrus to be their deliverer is here insisted upon as a great proof both of his sovereignty above all idols and of his power…
Cambridge Bible
Jehovah calls the heathen nations to a disputation concerning the appearance of Cyrus.
Keep silence before me A pregnant constr. in the Heb. = Listen in silence unto me. On islands, see on ch. Isa…
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