And he has made my mouth - The idea here is, that he had qualified him for a convincing and powerful eloquence—for the utterance of words wh…

He has made my mouth like a sharp sword. —The words indicate at once the spiritual nature of the “Servant’s” victories. I…

Listen, O isles, to me; and listen, you people, from far; the Lord has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mentio…

And he has placed my mouth as a sharp sword; he employs a twofold comparison, that of “a sword” and of “a quiver,” to denote the power and…

And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword
Or, "he has put his words in my mouth as a sharp sword," as the Targum; …

The great Author of redemption shows the authority for his work. The sword of his word slays the lusts of his people, and all at enmity with them. …

1. Give ear, you islands. In this part, he describes the order of liberation in more detail. Regarding this, he does two things: