Declaring the end from the beginning — Foretelling accurately the course of future events. This is an argument to which God often a…

Declaring from the beginning. He now explains more fully in what way he wishes the Jews to remember the past, namely, that they were taugh…

Declaring the end from the beginning
The end of the Jewish state, both as a church, and a commonwealth, from the fir…

Here the folly of those who made idols, and then prayed to them, is exposed. How does the lavishness of idolaters shame the stinginess of many who …

1. Bel is broken. Here the prophet foretells the destruction of the enemies holding the people captive, namely, the Babylonians, co…