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I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore my own arm brought salvation to me; and my wrath, it upheld me.
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Salvation Belongs to God Alone
Commentators unanimously highlight that this verse emphasizes God's absolute sufficiency. When it seemed there was no help to be found, God acted single-handedly. Scholars like Calvin and Gill explain that God's 'wonder' isn't surprise, but a literary device to show us that He needs no human assistance to save His people and execute justice. His own arm is all that is required.
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Isaiah
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19th Century
Anglican
I looked ... — As in Isaiah 1:2, the absolute isolation of the avenger and redeemer is emphasized again and again. Nothin…
Baptist
Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? This that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his stren…
16th Century
Protestant
I looked, and there was none to help. Although the Jews lacked all assistance, and no one helped them by word or deed, yet he shows that t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I looked, and there was none to help As, in the first redemption and salvation by Christ here on earth, there were none am…
Presbyterian
The prophet, in vision, sees the Messiah returning in triumph from the conquest of his enemies, of whom Edom was a type. Traveling, not as wearied …
13th Century
Catholic
Who is this. Here he begins to address the separation of the wicked from the good in the execution of the promised salvat…
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