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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Isaiah 43 Is this chapter the Lord comforts his own people, under their afflictions, with many precious promises; asserts his deity against the idols of the nations; promises deliverance from Babylon, and a greater redemption than that; one branch of which is forgiveness of sin; and closes the chapter with a prediction of the destruction of the Jews by the Romans, for their...
John Gill
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money,.... Or "calamus" (r), which was used in the anointing oil, and for the perfume or incense, Exodus 30:7, this they thought too expensive, and so left it out of the composition, or neglected the whole this being put a part for the whole. Jarchi gives it as the sense, that they had no need to buy it, since it grew in great plenty in the land of Israel,...
Matthew Henry
The contents of this chapter are much the same with those of the foregoing chapter, looking at the release of the Jews out of their captivity, but looking through that, and beyond that, to the great work of man's redemption by Jesus Christ, and the grace of the gospel, which through him believers partake of. Here are, I. Precious promises made to God's people in their affliction, of his presence...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but — Alas! instead of good, there has been evil. Isa_43:24. Thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, What! made God our servant, when we ought to have served him? Alas! I fear it is often so even with some of his own people. Isa_43:24. Thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. O sirs, how...
Charles H. Spurgeon
But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. Thou hast brought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou has bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: “I left thee to give or not to give, that thy free will might be seen in all thy deeds of love, but nothing has come of it. On the contrary.” Isa_43:24. But thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. A solemn charge this, which God lays against his...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, No calamus or incense that should sweeten the temple of God,- Isa_43:24. Neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but Oh, this “but-but”! Isa_43:24. Thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, You have made a servant of your Master,-treated your Redeemer as if he were your slave! Isa_43:24. Thou host wearied me with thine iniquities....
Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. That is a very astonishing verse, wherever we might find it; but to find it in such a connection...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Thou hast brought me no sweet cane with money, — “No calamus has sent forth its perfume from mine altar,” — Isa_43:24.Neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. These are the people whom God had loved so long and so well, those upon whom he had set his unchanging affection; yet they acted...