Isaiah 45:11

Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
saith	אָמַ֧ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֛ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
One	קְד֥וֹשׁ ke.Do.osh	H6918	sacred (ceremonially or morally) · adjective, masculine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
Maker	וְיֹצְר֑וֹ ve.yo.tze.Ro	H3335	to mould into a form · conjunction + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Ask	שְׁאָל֔וּנִי she.'a.Lu.ni	H7592	to inquire · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix
come	הָאֹתִיּ֣וֹת ha.'o.ti.Yot	H857	to arrive · definite article + verb, qal active participle, feminine plural absolute
sons	בָּנַ֛י ba.Nai	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
work	פֹּ֥עַל Po.'al	H6467	an act or work (concretely) · noun, common masculine singular construct
hands	יָדַ֖י ya.Dai	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders dual construct + pronominal suffix
command	תְּצַוֻּֽנִי te.tza.Vu.ni	H6680	(intensively) to constitute · verb, piel imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Isaiah 48:17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the wa…
Ezekiel 36:37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a…
Mark 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
Isaiah 29:23 But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob…
Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Joshua 10:12 Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of…
Isaiah 43:21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 45:11-19

The people of God in captivity, who reconciled themselves to the will of God in their affliction and were content to wait his time for their deliverance, are here assured that they should not wait in vain. I. They are invited to enquire concerning the issue of their troubles, Isa 45:11. The Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, though he does not allow them to strive with him, yet encourages them, 1. To consult his word: "Ask of me things to come; have recourse to the prophets and their prophecies, and see what they say concerning these things. Ask the watchmen, What of the night? Ask them, How long?" Things to come, as far as they are revealed, belong to us and to our children, and we must not…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 45:11

Ask . . . command--Instead of striving with Me in regard to My purposes, your wisdom is in prayer to ask, and even command Me, in so far as it is for My glory, and for your real good (Mar 11:24; Joh 16:23, Joh 16:13, latter part of the verse; Jo1 3:22). sons-- (Isa 54:13; Gal 3:26). work of my hands--spiritually (Eph 2:10); also literal Israel (Isa 60:21). MAURER translates, instead of "command," Leave it to Me, in My dealings concerning My sons and concerning the work of My hands, to do what I will with My own. LOWTH reads it interrogatively, Do ye presume to question Me and dictate to Me (see Isa 45:9-10)? The same sense is given, if the words be taken in irony. But English Version is…

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John Gill on Isaiah 45:11

Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker,.... He whose name alone is Jehovah, who is glorious in holiness, the Sanctifier of his people, and the Maker of them, both as creatures, and new creatures: ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me; these words are not spoken to idolaters, or the idolatrous Jews, or those of them that were inclined to idolatry; directing them to ask of the Lord, and not of their idols, things to come, which they were not able to show, and to seek to him for, and insist upon the performance of his promises to them, his children, and creatures; but to the spiritual Israel of God, as the preface sho…

The Church Fathers

There is no doubt that human wills cannot resist the will of God, "who has done whatsoever he pleased in heaven and on earth," and who has even "formed the things that are to come." Nor can the human will prevent [God] from doing what he wills, seeing that even with human wills, he does what he wills, when he wills to do it.
— Augustine of Hippo, ADMONITION AND GRACE 14:45

"He who made the things that will be," therefore, the things that were to be done, he willed them to be spoken of as if done, because these things which come about changeably in time, he has made firm with the unchangeable eternity of his plan. Therefore, in those things as well, in which the effect of the work has not yet come to be, the plan of the Creator remains firm from eternity.
— Fulgentius of Ruspe, LETTER 9:8.7

By predestination God indeed foreknew that which he himself was going to do. Thus it was said, "He has made that which shall be." Furthermore, [God] can foreknow even those things that he himself does not do, such as whatever sins there may be. There are certain things that are sins and at the same time punishment for sins, so that it is written, "God delivered them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting." This is not the sin of God, however, but the judgment of God.
— Augustine of Hippo, PREDESTINATION OF THE SAINTS 10

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Isaiah 45:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 45:11-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 45:11

John Gill on Isaiah 45:11

The Church Fathers

Isaiah 45:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 45:11-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 45:11

John Gill on Isaiah 45:11

The Church Fathers

John Calvin on Isaiah 45:11

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 45:11-12

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 45:9-13

Rashi on Isaiah 45:11