Isaiah 37:23 Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice, and lifted up your eyes on high?… It is singular to find the holiness of God introduced here rather than his majesty or his power. Yet it is significant. The sublime greatness of God is his character, and this is expressed in the word "Holy One." The insults of Assyria are not levelled so much against God's throne, or God's rule, as against God himself. It is the insult offered to the Divine Name. The contrast between Jehovah and the gods created by heathen imaginations is very striking in this particular - they are embodiments of powers; he is a moral Being. They imply force; his Name involves character. Our security lies in this. The possibility of a reasonable trust lies in this. Our conviction of Jehovah's sensitiveness to what troubles us lies in this. The full suggestions of this most suggestive name for God may be drawn out under these divisions. I. THE GOD WHO ALWAYS DOES THE MORALLY RIGHT. II. THE GOD WHO ALWAYS RESPONDS TO TRUST. III. THE GOD WHO IS EVER FAITHFUL TO HIS PROMISE. IV. THE GOD WHO IS JEALOUS OF HIS PERSONAL HONOUR. V. THE GOD WHO REQUIRES TO BE SERVED WITH OUR GOODNESS. On the jealousy of the Divine Name, see Ezekiel 36:22, 23; and show how the views of God, thus unfolded, become the basis for the great atonement, whereby the world is redeemed. The "just God" is also the "Saviour." - R.T. Parallel Verses KJV: Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. |
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