Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Isaiah 48:6

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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Thou, &c.--So "ye are my witnesses" (Isa 43:10). Thou canst testify the prediction was uttered long before the fulfilment: "see all this," namely, that the event answers to the prophecy. declare--make the fact known as a proof that Jehovah alone is God (Isa 44:8). new things--namely, the deliverance from Babylon by Cyrus, new in contradistinction from former predictions that had been fulfilled (Isa 42:9; Isa 43:19). Antitypically, the prophecy has in view the "new things" of the gospel treasury (Sol 7:13; Mat 13:52; Co2 5:17; Rev 21:5). From this point forward, the prophecies as to Messiah's first and second advents and the restoration of Israel, have a new circumstantial distinctness, such as did not characterize the previous ones, even of Isaiah. Babylon, in this view, answers to the mystical Babylon of Revelation. hidden--which could not have been guessed by political sagacity (Dan 2:22, Dan 2:29; Co1 2:9-10).

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