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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. You can track a stream by the willows; standing on a hill, and looking down the valley, you can tell where the little brook winds, for there are the willows. So shall it be with your children; they shall spring up by the waters of grace, and be a joy and a blessing.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. They shall spring up where there were none before, and grow very quickly. These are our young converts, I trust that we shall have many such springing up “as willows by the water courses”?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. You must often have noticed how you can trace the course of a brook by the willow trees that grow upon its banks. When you cannot see the brook from a distance, you can see the willows. So, wherever the Spirit of God comes, young people are converted, we see our children...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
One shall say, I am the Lord's,.... This expresses the success of the apostles' ministry, not only among the Jews, but more especially among the Gentiles, who were not called by the name of Jacob and Israel; but now should call themselves by those names, as the following clauses show, being called by grace and converted; when they should openly...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
One shall say, I am the Lord’s That is the brave son who comes out boldly, and avows his faith: “One shall say, I am the Lord’s.” Isa_44:5. And another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; That is the one who goes and joins the church, and does not say much about it; but he has united himself with the Lord’s people: “and another shall call...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
One shall say, I am the LORD’S, and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel. Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. That is a great truth,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
One shall say, I am the LORD’S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel. They shall come in different ways, but they shall come unto the Lord. Some can perhaps only write out their resolve to be the Lord’s, while others can boldly speak...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
One shall say, I am the LORD’S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel. Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. This is spoken in the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel,.... The King of the whole world, and Governor among the nations; and in a peculiar manner King of Israel, that nation being a theocracy; and especially King of spiritual Israel, or King of saints, be they of what nation they will: and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts; who redeemed Israel out of Egypt, from...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. He gathered up all into himself: as he is the first and the last, where is there space for any other god? He, therefore, would have all our hearts; he would have us love, and adore, and serve him, and him...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts, I am the first, and I am the last, and beside me there is no God. And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them show unto them. Jehovah challenges...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts, I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. God claims to be...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And who as I shall call,.... Which of the idols of the Gentiles can do as the king of Israel, the Lord of hosts has done? call things that are not, as though they were? call all creatures into being? call men by their names before they were born, as Isaac; Josiah, and Cyrus, of whom mention is made in the latter end of this chapter, and call them...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order fore, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. If these idols be gods, let them prophesy, and tell what is to happen in the future; but they cannot even speak to one another.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And who, as I, shall call and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. The great God challenges all pretended gods to compete with him, and to show that they have ever prophesied or foretold the future. One of the greatest proofs of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Fear ye not, neither be afraid,.... Of the accomplishment of prophecies and promises, and of professing the true God, and of adhering to Jesus Christ, the only Redeemer and Saviour; or of the gods of the Heathens, and of persecuting tyrants, and what they can do against you, and in favour of their idolatrous religion: have not I told thee from...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses, is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any. This exposition consisted of readings from Isa_43:14-28; and Isa_44:1-8.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any. They that make a graven image are all of them vanity, and their delectable things shall not profit, and they are their own witnesses, they see not, nor know; that they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea, there is no God; I know not any. God himself, who knoweth all things, knows of no other God beside himself indeed there is no other, and there can be no other. The unity of the Godhead must be...