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A Lost Inheritance
Commentators explain that if Israel had been obedient, God would have fulfilled His promise to Abraham, making their descendants as numerous as the sand on the seashore. This verse laments the loss of this incredible blessing of national prosperity and vitality, which was a direct consequence of their disobedience.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 48:19
18th Century
Theologian
Your seed also - Instead of being reduced to a small number by the calamities associated with war, and being comparatively a small and power…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 48:19
19th Century
Bishop
Like the gravel thereof. —Literally, as its bowels, that is, as that within the bowels of the sand, the living creatures …
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 48:18–19
19th Century
Preacher
All manner of possible good would have been yours had you not rebelled against God; and since you have lost it, God grieves that it is so.
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 48:19
16th Century
Theologian
Thy seed would have been as the sand. This also relates to a happy life, when offspring is multiplied, by whose help the labors of the eld…
John Gill
On Isaiah 48:19
17th Century
Pastor
Your seed had also been as the sand
Upon the sea shore, as numerous as that, as was promised to Abraham, ([Reference…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 48:16–22
17th Century
Minister
The Holy Spirit qualifies for service; and those whom God and His Spirit send may speak boldly. This is to be applied to Christ. He was sent, and H…