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Isaiah 45:12

The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 45:12

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

I, even my hands; literally, I, my hands; i.e. "my hands, and my hands alone." All their host. The "host of heaven" is sometimes put for the stars, and may be so understood here; but "commands" are laid on intelligent rather than on unintelligent beings.

(The object of the verb tsavah in Hebrew is almost always personal.

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