Isaiah 41:17-21
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- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "God would rather change the order of nature than that they should want anything, who cry to him by true faith in their miseries."
- From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
- "And God will render their barren souls fruitful in the grace of his Spirit, that all who behold may consider it."
- From Wesley's
Notes.
- "Their people who are like a dry and barren wilderness. I will abundantly water with my blessings."
- From the Commentary on the
Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "The language is so constructed as only very partially to apply to the local and temporary event of the restoration from Babylon; but fully to be realized in the waters of life and of the Spirit, under the Gospel."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Isaiah 41:1-29, Bible Study by Anthony Bartlett at Preaching Peace.
- Articles & Background:
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
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- Keiser, Thomas A.,
"The Song of Moses as a Basis for Isaiah's Prophecy," Vetus
Testamentum, 2005.
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- Keiser, Thomas A.,
"The Song of Moses as a Basis for Isaiah's Prophecy," Vetus
Testamentum, 2005.
- Sermons:
- Reviews:
- Review: Francesc Ramis Darder, El triunfo de Yahve sobre los idolos (Is 40,12-44,23): "En vez de zarzas crecera el cipres". Facultat de Teologia de Catalunya, 2002. Review by Leo Laberge in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004. (Review is in English.)
- Review: Jim W. Adams, The Performative Nature and Function of Isaiah 40-55. T&T Clark, 2006. Review by Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
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