All ye, assemble yourselves and hear – You Jews who are in Babylon, gather together, and listen to the assurance that God is able to prote…

All you, assemble yourselves. —The challenge is addressed as before (Isaiah 43:9) to the worshippers of idols…

The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called …

Assemble, all of you, and hear. There can be no doubt that the Prophet addresses the Jews, though here he utters nothing that ought not to…

All you assemble yourselves, and hear That is, the people of the Jews, Jacob and Israel his called, before addressed; who…

We ourselves have nothing to plead with God as a reason for Him to show mercy on us. It is for His praise, to the honor of His mercy, to spare.

1. Hear these things, O house of Jacob. Here he promises the liberation of the people. This is divided into two parts.

   In th…