Isaiah 44:26

“That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers, &c.] Who, as he confirmed the word of Isaiah and other prophets, and fulfilled their predictions concerning the captivity of the Jews, and their deliverance from it; so he has confirmed and established the word preached by his servants, the Gospel, which is the counsel of God, delivered out by his messengers, the apostles, and first preachers of it; it being attended with the demonstration of the spirit, and of power, to the conversion of sinners, and to the destruction of idolatry and Pagan worship. By the Lord’s “servant” some understand Moses, as Jarchi; others Isaiah, as Kimchi and most interpreters;…”

“servant--in a collective sense, for the prophets in general, who foretold the return from Babylon; answering to "His messengers" (plural, in the parallel clause) [MAURER]. Antitypically, and ultimately, Messiah, who is the consummating embodiment of all the prophets and messengers of God (Mal 3:1; Mat 21:34, Mat 21:36-37; Joh 10:36); hence the singular, "His servant." counsel--predictions; prophets' counsels concern the future (compare "counsellor," Isa 41:28). Jerusalem--regarded prophetically, as lying in ruins.”

“That confirmeth the word of his servant - Probably the word ‘servant’ here is to be taken in a collective sense, as referring to the prophets in general who had foretold the return of the Jews to their own land, and the rebuilding of Jerusalem. Or it may be, that the prophet refers more particularly to himself as having made a full prediction of this event. The parallel expression, ‘his messengers,’ however, is in the plural number, and thus it is rendered probable that the word here refers to the prophets collectively. The idea is, that it was a characteristic of God to establish the words of his servants the prophets, and that their predictions in regard to the return from the captivity in…”

“confirmeth: Isa 42:9; Exo 11:4-6, Exo 12:29, Exo 12:30; Kg1 13:3-5, Kg1 18:36-38; Eze 38:17; Zac 1:6; Mat 26:56; Luk 24:44; Act 2:25-28; Pe2 1:19-21 that saith: Isa 54:3, Isa 54:11, Isa 54:12, Isa 60:10; Ezr 2:70; Psa 102:13-16, Psa 147:2; Jer 30:18; Jer 31:4, Jer 31:38-40, Jer 33:7; Eze 36:33-36; Dan 9:25; Zac 2:4, Zac 12:6; Zac 14:10, Zac 14:11 and I will: Isa 58:12; Neh 1:3, Neh 2:3, 3:1-32; Amo 9:14 decayed places: Heb. wastes, Isa 61:4; Eze 36:10 Isaiah 44:27”