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God is Your Personal Comforter
Multiple commentators highlight the emphatic repetition of "I, even I." This isn't just a casual promise; it's God Himself declaring that He is the direct, personal, and ultimate source of all true comfort. This repetition is meant to give absolute assurance that your help comes from the highest and most powerful authority in existence.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 51:12
18th Century
Theologian
I even I am he that comforteth you - The word ‘I’ is repeated here to give emphasis to the passage, and to impress deeply upon them…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 51:12
19th Century
Bishop
I, even I. —The iterated pronoun emphasizes the true grounds of confidence. If God be with us, what matter is it who may be agains…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 51:12
19th Century
Preacher
Who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
You see th…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 51:12
16th Century
Theologian
I, I am. Here the Lord not only promises grace and salvation to the Jews, but remonstrates with them for refusing to believe him and for v…
John Gill
On Isaiah 51:12
17th Century
Pastor
I, even I, am he that comforts you
This is an answer to the prayer of the prophet, or the church by him, in which th…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 51:9–16
17th Century
Minister
The people whom Christ has redeemed with His blood, as well as by His power, will obtain joyful deliverance from every enemy. He who designs such j…