UIsaya 43:13

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

13 Unanamhla ndinguye, akukho unokuhlangula esandleni sam; ndisebenza, ngubani na ke onokukubuyisa oko umva?

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before: Isaiah 57:15, Psalms 90:2, Psalms 93:2, Proverbs 8:23, Micah 5:2, Habakkuk 1:12, John 1:1, John 1:2, John 8:58, 1 Timothy 1:17, Hebrews 13:8, Revelation 1:8

none: Deuteronomy 28:31, Deuteronomy 32:39, Psalms 50:22, Hosea 2:10, Hosea 5:14

I will work: Isaiah 46:10, Job 9:12, Job 34:14, Job 34:15, Job 34:29, Proverbs 21:30, Daniel 4:35, Romans 9:18, Romans 9:19, Ephesians 1:11

let it: Heb. turn it back, Isaiah 14:27

Reciprocal: Joshua 2:2 - told the king 1 Chronicles 29:12 - power Job 42:2 - thou Ecclesiastes 7:13 - who Isaiah 46:4 - even to your Lamentations 5:8 - there Zechariah 6:1 - and the Acts 5:39 - if Ephesians 3:7 - by

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yea, before the day was I am he,.... Before there was a day, before the first day of the creation; that is, before time was, or from all eternity, I am he that resolved upon and contrived this method of saving men; "and ever since that day was" k, as it may be rendered, I am he that have spoken of it by all the prophets, from the beginning of the world, and now it is accomplished:

and there is none can deliver out of my hand: either such whom the Lord determines to punish, or such whom he resolves to save; none can snatch them out of his hands, there they are safe:

I will work, and who shall let it? as when he wrought the work of creation, there was no opposition to it, or hinderance of him; and in providence all things are done as be pleases; so all his purposes and decrees, which are his works within him, are exactly accomplished according to his pleasure, and none can resist his will. The work of redemption is finished just according to the draught of it in his eternal mind; and when he works upon the heart of a sinner at conversion, whatever obstructions and difficulties are in the way, these are removed, and the work is begun, and carried on, and performed, until the day of Christ. The work of the Lord in his churches, and the setting up of his kingdom in the world, in a more visible and glorious manner, shall be done, and none will be able to hinder it:

who can turn it back? either his work, or his hand in working; his purposes cannot be disannulled; his power cannot be controlled; his work cannot be made void, or of no effect; he always succeeds, for he has no superior that can obstruct him.

k מיום אני הוא "ex quo dies [fuit]", Gataker; "ex quo dies esse coepit", Vatablus; "inde a tempore diei", Piscator. הוא "Hu", may be considered here as one of the names of God, who from eternity to eternity is, αυτος, "he", the same yesterday, today, and for ever.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yea, before the day was - Before the first day, or before the beginning of time; from eternity. The Septuagint renders it correctly, Ἀπ ̓ ἀρχης Ap' archēs, and the Vulgate (Ab initio), ‘From the beginning.’

I am he - I am the same Isaiah 43:10.

I will work - I will accomplish my designs.

And who shall let it? - Margin, as Hebrew, ‘Turn it back.’ The meaning is, ‘Who can hinder it?’ And the doctrine taught here is:

1. That God is from everlasting, for if he was before time, he must have been eternal.

2. That he is unchangeably the same - a doctrine which is, as it is here designed to be used, the only sure foundation for the security of his people - for who can trust a being who is fickle, changing, vacillating?

3. That he can deliver his people always, no matter what are their circumstances.

4. That he will accomplish all his plans; no matter whether to save his people, or to destroy his foes.

5. That no one - man or devil - can hinder him. How can the feeble arm of a creature resist God?

6. That opposition to him is as fruitless as it is wicked. If people wish for happiness, they must fall in with his plans, and aid in the furtherance of his designs.