Isaias 48:1

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1 Pamatia ninyo kini, Oh balay ni Jacob, nga gipanawag sa ngalan ni Israel, ug nga nanggula sa katubigan sa Juda; nga nanumpa tungod sa ngalan ni Jehova, ug naghisgut sa Dios sa Israel, apan dili kamatuoran, ni sa pagkamatarung.

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which are: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 35:10, 2 Kings 17:34, John 1:47, Romans 2:17, Romans 2:28, Romans 2:29, Romans 9:6, Romans 9:8, Revelation 2:9, Revelation 3:9

come: Numbers 24:7, Deuteronomy 33:28, Psalms 68:26, Proverbs 5:16

which swear: Isaiah 44:5, Isaiah 45:23, Isaiah 65:16, Deuteronomy 5:28, Deuteronomy 6:13, Deuteronomy 10:20, Psalms 63:11, Zephaniah 1:5

make mention: Isaiah 26:13, Isaiah 62:8, Exodus 23:13

not in truth: Isaiah 1:10-14, Leviticus 19:12, Psalms 50:16-20, Psalms 66:3, *marg. Jeremiah 4:2, Jeremiah 5:2, Jeremiah 7:9, Jeremiah 7:10, Malachi 3:5, Matthew 15:8, Matthew 15:9, Matthew 23:14, John 4:24, 1 Timothy 4:2, 2 Timothy 3:2-5

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:26 - Enos Genesis 24:3 - swear 1 Samuel 14:36 - Then said the priest 1 Kings 18:31 - saying Isaiah 10:20 - but shall stay Isaiah 29:13 - Forasmuch Isaiah 46:3 - Hearken Isaiah 58:2 - they seek Isaiah 59:15 - truth Jeremiah 42:1 - came Jeremiah 44:26 - The Lord God Ezekiel 16:15 - thou didst Hosea 4:2 - swearing Hosea 4:15 - nor Hosea 8:2 - General Amos 5:14 - as Micah 2:7 - named Zephaniah 3:11 - that rejoice Zechariah 5:3 - sweareth Matthew 7:21 - shall Matthew 25:3 - foolish Matthew 26:72 - with Luke 3:8 - We John 4:23 - true John 8:54 - ye say Acts 13:26 - children 2 Timothy 3:5 - a form Titus 1:16 - profess

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Hear ye this, O house of Jacob,.... Who were of the house and family of Jacob, his descendants and posterity; and who were of the house of the God of Jacob, had a name and a place there, at least in profession:

which are called by the name of Israel; a name given to Jacob, because of his prevalence with God in prayer; but these had only the name, not the thing, however not as yet; they were neither praying Jacobs, nor prevailing Israels; they were not Israelites indeed:

and are come forth out of the waters of Judah; that is, were of the seed of Judah, as the Targum, Aben Ezra, and Kimchi interpret it; these were waters out of his buckets, as Jarchi observes from Numbers 24:7, so we read of the fountain of Jacob, Deuteronomy 33:28. These were streams from thence; they were of the tribe of Judah, to whom the kingdom belonged; from whence was the chief ruler, the Shiloh, the King Messiah; they were of these waters, though not born again of water and of the Spirit:

which swear by the name of the Lord God; own him for their God, acknowledge him their Lord and King, and solemnly promise to serve him, and yield obedience to him:

and make mention of the God of Israel; or "remember" him z in their religious exercises; invoke his name, sing his praises, ask of him the ordinances of righteousness, honour him with their lips, speak honourably of him, and profess to remember his works of old at their solemn feasts:

but not in truth, nor in righteousness; not according to the will of God, nor truth of things; nor in the integrity of their hearts, but in an hypocritical way, and not in sincerity and uprightness; in word and tongue only, not in deed and in truth; worshippers of God they were externally, but not in spirit and truth.

z יזכירו "recordantur", Munster, Vatablus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hear ye this - This is an address to the Jews regarded as in Babylon, and is designed to remind them of their origin, and of their privileges as the descendants of Jacob, and having the name of Israel (compare the notes at Isaiah 43:1).

And are come forth out of the waters of Judah - This metaphor is taken from a fountain which sends forth its streams of water, and the idea is, that they owed their origin to Judah, as the streams flowed from a fountain. A similar figure is used by Balaam in describing the vast increase of the Jews: Numbers 34:0 ‘He shall pour the waters out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters.’ So in Deuteronomy 33:28 : ‘The fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine.’ So Psalms 68:26 :

Bless ye God in the congregations,

Jehovah, ye that are of the fountain of Israel.

Margin

The idea is, that Judah was the fountain, or origin of the people who were then exiled in Babylon. The ten tribes had revolted, and had been carried away, and the name of Benjamin had been absorbed in that of Judah, and this had become the common name of the nation. Perhaps Judah is mentioned here with honor as the fountain of the nation, because it was from him that the Messiah was to descend Genesis 49:10 : and this mention of his name would serve to bring that promise to view, and would be an assurance that the nation would not be destroyed, nor the power finally depart until He should come.

Which swear by the name - Who worship Yahweh, and acknowledge him as the only true God (see the notes at Isaiah 19:18; Isaiah 45:23; compare Isaiah 48:1; Isaiah 65:16).

And make mention - That is, in your prayers and praises. You acknowledge him, and profess to worship him.

But not in truth - In a hypocritical manner; not in sincerity. Compare Jeremiah 5:2 : ‘And though they say, The Lord liveth, surely they swear falsely.’

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XLVIII

The Jews reproved for their obstinate attachment to idols,

notwithstanding their experience of the Divine providence over

them; and of the Divine prescience that revealed by the

prophets the most remarkable events which concerned them, that

they should not have the least pretext for ascribing any

portion of their success to their idols, 1-8.

The Almighty, after bringing them to the furnace for their

perverseness, asserts his glorious sovereignty, and repeats his

gracious promises of deliverance and consolation, 9-11.

Prophecy concerning that individual (Cyrus) who shall be an

instrument in the hand of God of executing his will on Babylon,

and his power on the Chaldeans; and the idols of the people are

again challenged to give a like proof of their foreknowledge,

12-16.

Tender and passionate exclamation of Jehovah respecting the

hardened condition of the Jewish nation, to which the very

pathetic exclamation of the Divine Saviour when he wept over

Jerusalem may be considered a striking parallel, 17-19.

Notwithstanding the repeated provocations of the house of

Israel, Jehovah will again be merciful to them. They are

commanded to escape from Babylon; and God's gracious favour

towards them is beautifully represented by images borrowed from

the exodus from Egypt, 20, 21.

Certain perdition of the finally impenitent, 22.

It will be proper here to remark that many passages in this

chapter, and indeed the general strain of these prophecies,

have a plain aspect to a restoration of the Church in the

latter days upon a scale much greater than the world has yet

witnessed, when the very violent fall of Babylon the Great,

mentioned in the Revelation, of which the Chaldean capital was

an expressive type, shall introduce by a most tremendous

political convulsion, (Revelation 16:17-21,)

that glorious epoch of the Gospel, which forms so conspicuous

a part of the prophecies of the Old Testament, and has been a

subject of the prayers of all saints in all ages.

NOTES ON CHAP. XLVIII

Verse Isaiah 48:1. Are come forth out of the waters of Judah - "Ye that flow from the fountain of Judah"] ממי mimmey, "from the waters." Perhaps ממעי mimmeey, "from the bowels," SO many others have conjectured, or מני יהודה meni yehudah, or מיהודה meyhudah, "from Judah." - Secker. But see Michaelis in Praelect, not. 22. And we have עין יעקב eyn yaakob, "the fountain of Jacob," Deuteronomy 33:28, and ממקור ישראל mimmekor yishrael, "from the fountain of Israel," Psalms 68:27. Twenty-seven MSS. of Kennicott's, six of De Rossi's and two of my own, with six editions, have מימי meymey, "from the days;" which makes no good sense.