I have raised up one - In the previous verses God had shown that the idols had no power of predicting future events. He stakes, so to speak,…

I have raised up one from the north. — The north points to Media, the east to Persia, both of them under the rule of the great Deliverer.<…

I have raised him from the north. He again returns to the argument he had briefly handled concerning the foreknowledge and power of God. H…

I have raised up one from the north
Either one people, or one person; a mighty king, as the Targum; meaning either C…

Nothing more is needed to show the folly of sin than to consider the reasons given in its defense. There is nothing in idols worthy of regard. They…

1. Let the islands keep silence before me. Here the prophet begins to strengthen the people for a firm expectation based on the lov…