Isaiah 43:21

But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob,.... The Jews, though they were the posterity of Jacob, a praying person, yet did not tread in his steps, but were more like the Heathens that called not on…

This people have I formed for myself - To preserve the remembrance of my name; to transmit the knowledge of the true God to future times, and to celebrate my praise (see the notes at Isa 43:1). They…

To so low an ebb were the faith and hope of God's people in Babylon brought that there needed line upon line to assure them that they should be released out of their captivity; and therefore, that…

The verse supplies an apposition to "my people" of Isa 43:43. It reads: The people which I have formed for myself, they shall tell forth my praise. As the "streams in the desert" were created for…