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Isaiah 44:8

Isaiah 44:8

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

Fear ye not (comp. ,; ; ). Israel need not fear that they will be forgotten or forsaken. God has told them from that time, or, from the beginning (, ), and declared to them, what he is about to do—viz, destroy Babylon, and give them deliverance.

He will assuredly do as he has said. Ye are even my witnesses (comp. , ). There is no God; literally, there is no Rock; i.e. no sure ground of trust or confidence (comp. ; ; ; and see the comment on ).

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