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John Gill's Exposition on Isaiah 48:15
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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I, even I, have spoken, &c.] What I will do, and what shall certainly come to pass; for not one word of the Lord ever fails; what he has spoken he will make good; what he has said to his Son in his council, and in covenant, or has delivered out by promise or prophecy, (<042319>Numbers 23:19): yea, I have called him; not Abraham, as the Targum; but Cyrus, whom he called by name, as well as called him to his work and office as a deliverer of his people, (<234504>Isaiah 45:4) and so he called Christ also to his work and office, which he did not take to himself, but was called of God, (<580504>Hebrews 5:4,5): I have brought him; from a far country, from Persia to Babylon; and who has also brought forth his servant, the branch, the Messiah, (<380308>Zechariah 3:8): and he shall make his way prosperous; or “his way shall be prosperous”f958; being made so by the Lord, who directed his way, and removed all difficulties and obstructions in it, (<234501>Isaiah 45:1-3,5,13) and so the pleasure of the Lord has prospered in the hands of Christ, who has succeeded in the work of redemption and salvation he was called to, (<235311>Isaiah 53:11), these are the words of God the Father, confirming what the Messiah said in the preceding, and who is introduced speaking in the next verse.
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