Isaiah 43:13

“Yea, before the day was I am he, &c.] Before there was a day, before the first day of the creation; that is, before time was, or from all eternity, I am he that resolved upon and contrived this method of saving men; “and ever since that day was”f836, as it may be rendered, I am he that have spoken of it by all the prophets, from the beginning of the world, and now it is accomplished: and there is none can deliver out of my hand: either such whom the Lord determines to punish, or such whom he resolves to save; none can snatch them out of his hands, there they are safe: I will work, and who shall let it? as when he wrought the work of creation, there was no opposition to it, or hinderance of…”

“before--literally, from the time of the first existence of day. let--Old English for "hinder" (Isa 14:27). Rather, translate, "undo it" [HORSLEY].”

“Yea, before the day was - Before the first day, or before the beginning of time; from eternity. The Septuagint renders it correctly, Ἀπ ̓ ἀρχης Ap' archēs, and the Vulgate (Ab initio), ‘From the beginning.’ I am he - I am the same Isaiah 43:10. I will work - I will accomplish my designs. And who shall let it? - Margin, as Hebrew, ‘Turn it back.’ The meaning is, ‘Who can hinder it?’ And the doctrine taught here is: 1. That God is from everlasting, for if he was before time, he must have been eternal. 2. That he is unchangeably the same - a doctrine which is, as it is here designed to be used, the only sure foundation for the security of his people - for who can trust a being who is fickle,…”

“Yea - Before all time; from all eternity, I am God. Isaiah 43:14”

“before: Isa 57:15; Psa 90:2, Psa 93:2; Pro 8:23; Mic 5:2; Hab 1:12; Joh 1:1, Joh 1:2, Joh 8:58; Ti1 1:17; Heb 13:8; Rev 1:8 none: Deu 28:31, Deu 32:39; Psa 50:22; Hos 2:10, Hos 5:14 I will work: Isa 46:10; Job 9:12, Job 34:14, Job 34:15, Job 34:29; Pro 21:30; Dan 4:35; Rom 9:18, Rom 9:19; Eph 1:11 let it: Heb. turn it back, Isa 14:27 Isaiah 43:14”