Teks -- Isaiah 45:12 (NET)

45:12 I made the earth, I created the people who live on it. It was me– my hands stretched out the sky, I give orders to all the heavenly lights.

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JFB: Isa 45:12

The same argument for prayer, drawn from God's omnipotence and consequent power, to grant any request, occurs in Isa 40:26-31.

JFB: Isa 45:12 - I, even my hands

So Hebrew (Psa 41:2), "Thou . . . thy hand" (both nominatives, in apposition).

Calvin: Isa 45:12 - I made the earth

12.I made the earth He appears merely to maintain the power of God, as be had formerly done; so that there is an indirect contrast between God and idols, which superstitious persons worship. Foolish men ask counsel of idols, as if the world were governed at their pleasure. On the contrary, God calls us back to himself, when he says that he

“made the earth, and placed man upon it, and that his hands stretched out the heavens.” (Gen 1:1.)

But it will be more appropriate, in my opinion, to apply the whole of this discourse to the nature of the present subject. “Can anything be more foolish than that men shall uphold their own rank, and shall haughtily interrogate, and treat as a criminal, God, whose majesty is above the heavens?” Thus he indirectly censures the madness of men, who do not scruple to exalt themselves above the very heavens. Yet at the same time he reminds them that, if it must come to a strict examination, God will not want arguments to defend his cause; for, if he governs the whole world, he undoubtedly takes a peculiar care about his own people, and does not care for strangers, so as to allow the members of his family to be scattered and wander. Thus, then, I understand this verse. “Shall I, whose vast and inconceivable wisdom and power shine brightly in heaven and earth, not only be bound by human laws, but be degraded below the ordinary lot of men? And if there be any doubts of my justice, shall not I, who rule and govern all things by my hand, be careful of those whom I have adopted into my family? Shall I not watch over their salvation?”

Thus it is an argument from the less to the greater, and this meaning is agreeable to Scripture. We know that we have been adopted by God, in such a manner that, having been received under his protection, we are guarded by his hand; and none can hurt us, but by his permission. If “a sparrow,” as Christ tells us, “does not fall to the ground without his permission,” (Mat 10:29,) shall we whom he values more than the sparrows be exposed by him at hazard to the rage and cruelty of enemies? And, therefore, since God upholds all the creatures by his providence, he cannot disregard the Church, which he prefers to the whole world. We must, therefore, betake ourselves to this providence, even in the most desperate affairs, and must not give way to any temptations by which Satan attacks us in various ways.

Defender: Isa 45:12 - even my hands

A clear statement of direct creation (not indirect, through some evolutionary process) - of the earth, of man, of the heavens, and all their host (both stars and angels)."

TSK: Isa 45:12 - made the earth // my hands // all their host

made the earth : Isa 45:18, Isa 40:28, Isa 42:5; Gen 1:26, Gen 1:27; Psa 102:25; Heb 11:3

my hands : Isa 40:12, Isa 40:22, Isa 44:24; Jer 27:5, Jer 32:17; Zec 12:1

all their host : Gen 2:1; Neh 9:6

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Poole: Isa 45:12 - I have made the earth, and created man upon it // All their host have I commanded

I have made the earth, and created man upon it they are wholly and solely my creatures, and therefore absolutely at my disposal.

All their host have I commanded I have commanded them to be, or made them by my command, or the word of my power: compare Psa 148:5 .

Gill: Isa 45:12 - I have made the earth // and created man upon it // I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens // and all their host have I commanded

I have made the earth,.... The Targum adds, "by my Word"; the essential Word, the Lord Jesus Christ; see Heb 11:3, this, with what follows, is said to show that the Lord was able to bring to pass things to come, concerning his children, and the works of his hands, which he allowed his people to inquire of him concerning, and to insist upon the performance of them; since he was the Creator of all things, and had made the earth out of nothing, in the beginning of time, by the word of his power:

and created man upon it; the last and chief of the creation, for the sake of whom the earth was made; and man was made to dwell upon it, manure, and cultivate it:

I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens; as a canopy over the earth, as a curtain and tent to dwell in; a phrase often used to express the greatness and majesty of God; see Isa 40:22,

and all their host have I commanded; into being, and to perform their offices regularly and constantly, the sun, moon, and stars, as well as the heavenly host of angels; see Psa 33:9, what is it that such a God cannot do? he is able to do more than his people can ask of him, or think to receive from him, Eph 3:20.