Albert Barnes Commentary Isaiah 45:25

"In Jehovah shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory." — Isaiah 45:25 (ASV)

In the Lord - It will be only in Yahweh that they will find justification, and this must mean that it is by his mercy and grace. The entire passage here, I suppose, refers to the times of the Redeemer (see the notes at Isaiah 45:21-24). If so, it means that justification can be obtained only by the mercy of God through a Redeemer. Therefore, the great truth brought into view here, which constitutes the sum of the New Testament, is that people are not justified by their own works but by the mercy and grace of God.

All the seed of Israel - All the spiritual seed or descendants of Jacob. It cannot mean that every individual will be justified and saved, for the Bible abundantly teaches the contrary (Romans 11:0). But it must mean all who have a character resembling that of Israel, or Jacob—all who are the true children and friends of God (Romans 4:9–13).

Be justified - Be regarded and treated as righteous. Their sins will be pardoned, and they will be acknowledged and treated as the children of God (see the notes at Romans 3:24-25). To justify, here, is not to pronounce them innocent or to regard them as deserving of his favor; but it is to receive them into favor and to resolve to treat them as if they had not sinned—that is, to treat them as if they were righteous. All this is by the mere mercy and grace of God and is through the merits of the Redeemer, who died in their place.

And shall glory - Or rather, will praise and celebrate his goodness. The word used here (חלל châlal) means, in the Piel, “to sing, to chant, to celebrate the praises of anyone” (1 Chronicles 16:36; Psalms 44:9; Psalms 117:1; Psalms 145:2), and is the word of which the word “hallelujah” is in part composed. Here it means that the effect of their being justified by Yahweh would be that they would be filled with joy and would celebrate the goodness of God. This effect of being justified is more fully stated in Romans 5:1-5.

It is a result that always follows; and a disposition to praise and magnify the name of God in view of his boundless mercy in providing a way by which sinners may be justified is one of the first promptings of a renewed heart, and one of the evidences that a soul is born again.