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Hope from God's History
Commentators unanimously agree that this verse is a direct call to find hope in God's past actions. By pointing to Abraham and Sarah, God reminds His people that He created a great nation from a single, childless man. This historical proof of God's power to multiply is meant to encourage the small, exiled remnant that He can restore them as well.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 51:2
18th Century
Theologian
Look unto Abraham - What was figuratively expressed in the former verse is here expressed literally. They were directed to remember…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 51:2
19th Century
Bishop
I called him alone. —Literally, as one. If so great a nation had sprung from one man (Hebrews 11:12), so would God ou…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 51:1–2
19th Century
Preacher
This is for your comfort, dear friends. If God could make from Abraham and Sarah so great a nation as Israel, what is there that he cannot do?
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 51:2
16th Century
Theologian
For I called him alone. This application plainly shows what was the purpose of this exhortation from the Prophet: to encourage the hearts …
John Gill
On Isaiah 51:2
17th Century
Pastor
Look to Abraham your father
Not only the father of the Jewish nation, but of all them that believe: this explains wha…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 51:1–3
17th Century
Minister
It is good for those privileged by the new birth, to consider that they were shapen in sin. This should cause low thoughts of ourselves, and high t…