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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 45:21 - 45:21
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Challenge the worshippers of idols (Isa 41:1).
take counsel together - as to the best arguments wherewith to defend the cause of idolatry.
who ... from that time - (Isa 41:22, Isa 41:23; see on Isa 44:8). Which of the idols has done what God hath, namely, foretold, primarily as to Cyrus; ultimately as to the final restoration of Israel hereafter? The idolatry of Israel before Cyrus’ time will have its counterpart in the Antichrist and the apostasy, which shall precede Christ’s manifestation.
just ... and ... Savior - righteous in keeping His promises, and therefore a Savior to His people. Not only is it not inconsistent with, but it is the result of, His righteousness, or justice, that He should save His redeemed (Isa 42:6, Isa 42:21; Psa 85:10, Psa 85:11; Rom 3:26).