イザヤ記 42:9

聖書日本語

9 見よ、さきに預言した事は起った。わたしは新しい事を告げよう。その事がまだ起らない前に、わたしはまず、あなたがたに知らせよう」。

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the former: Genesis 15:12-16, Joshua 21:45, Joshua 23:14, Joshua 23:15, 1 Kings 8:15-20, 1 Kings 11:36

new things: Isaiah 41:22, Isaiah 41:23, Isaiah 43:19, Isaiah 44:7, Isaiah 44:8, Isaiah 46:9, Isaiah 46:10, John 13:19, Acts 15:18, 1 Peter 1:10-12, 2 Peter 1:19-21

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 13:2 - Josiah by name Ecclesiastes 1:11 - There is Isaiah 44:26 - confirmeth Isaiah 48:3 - declared Isaiah 48:5 - Mine idol Isaiah 48:6 - showed Isaiah 52:6 - I am he Daniel 2:22 - revealeth Daniel 9:13 - As it is Matthew 12:17 - it Matthew 13:35 - I will utter Luke 17:34 - I tell Acts 13:47 - that thou Revelation 21:5 - Behold

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, the former things are come to pass,.... Which the Lord had foretold in former times, as to Abraham, concerning the affliction of his posterity in Egypt, the bringing them out from thence, and settling them in the land of Canaan; and other things by Moses and Joshua, and other prophets; and by Isaiah; and particularly the captivity of the ten tribes, which was now come to pass in the times of Hezekiah:

and new things do I declare; as the captivity of Judah and Benjamin, and their restoration by Cyrus; and more especially the mission and incarnation of Christ, his sufferings and death, and redemption and salvation by him; which were not only things to come, but new things, famous and excellent ones:

before they spring up I tell you of them or "before they bud forth" r; while the seeds of them were under ground, sown in the purposes and decrees of God, he spoke of them in prophecy; and now former prophecies being fulfilled, and new ones delivered out, concerning things of which there was no appearance, and yet there was the greatest reason to believe their accomplishment, from the fulfilment of the former; this must be a strong proof and confirmation of the Lord being the true God, and the only one.

r בטרם תצמחנה "antequam pullulent", Montanus, Cocceius; "germinent", Vatablus; "antequam propullulent vel efflorescant", Vitringa.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, the former things are come to pass - That is, the former things which he had foretold. This is the evidence to which he appeals in proof that he alone was God, and this is the basis on which he calls upon them to believe that what he had predicted in regard to future things would also come to pass. He had by his prophets foretold events which had now been fulfilled, and this should lead them to confide in him alone as the true God.

And new things do I declare - Things pertaining to future events, relating to the coming of the Messiah, and to the universal prevalence of his religion in the world.

Before they spring forth - There is here a beautiful image. The metaphor is taken from plants and flowers, the word צמח tsâmach properly referring to the springing up of plants, or to their sending out shoots, buds, or flowers. The phrase literally means, ‘before they begin to germinate,’ that is, before there are any indications of life, or growth in the plant. The sense is, that God predicted the future events before there was anything by which it might be inferred that such occurrences would take place. It was not done by mere sagacity - as men like Burke and Canning may sometimes predict future events with great probability by marking certain political indications or developments. God did this when there were no such indications, and when it must have been done by mere omniscience. In this respect, all his predictions differ from the conjectures of man, and from all the reasonings which are founded on mere sagacity.