Isaiah 63:8

For he said, surely they are my people,.... Not in common with the rest of mankind, being his creatures, and the care of his providence; but his special people, whom he had chosen to be such, and had…

For he said - Yahweh had said. That is, he said this when he chose them as his unique people, and entered into solemn covenant with them. Surely they are my people - The reference here is to the fact…

So he was their Savior. In all their affliction "And he became their Savior in all their distress" - I have followed the translation of the Septuagint in the latter part of the eighth, and the former…

The prophet is here, in the name of the church, taking a review, and making a thankful recognition, of God's dealings with his church all along, ever since he founded it, before he comes, in the…

The retrospect goes back to the beginning of the nation's history, when Jehovah's affection for His people was still unimpaired. Cf. Hos 11:1, "When Israel was a child then I loved him."

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