Isaiah 63 · Verse 8

Isaiah 63:8

For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.

Isaiah 63:8, King James Version

Isaiah 63:8 in other translations

BSB	For He said, “They are surely My people, sons who will not be disloyal.” So He became their Savior.
WEB	For he said, “Surely, they are my people, children who will not deal falsely;” so he became their Savior.
ASV	For he said, Surely, they are my people, children that will not deal falsely: so he was their Saviour.
YLT	And He saith, Only My people they are, Sons--they lie not, and He is to them for a saviour.
DARBY	And he said, They are indeed my people, children that will not lie; and he became their Saviour.
BBE	For he said, Truly they are my people, children who will not be false: so he was their saviour out of all their trouble.
Webster	For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Savior.

What does Isaiah 63:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

8. he--Jehovah "said," that is, thought, in choosing them as His covenant-people; so "said" (Psa 95:10). Not that God was ignorant that the Jews would not keep faith with Him; but God is here said, according to human modes of thought to say within Himself what He might naturally have expected, as the result of His goodness to the Jews; thus the enormity of their unnatural perversity is the more vividly set forth. lie--prove false to Me (compare Psa 44:17). so--in virtue of His having chosen them, He became their Saviour. So the "therefore" (Jr 31:33). His eternal choice is the ground of His actually saving men (Ep 1:3, 4).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 8 So he was their Savior. In all their affliction "And he became their Savior in all their distress" - I have followed the translation of the Septuagint in the latter part of the eighth, and the former part of the ninth verse; which agrees with the present text, a little differently divided as to thee members of the sentence. They read מכל miccol, out of all, instead of בכל bechol, in all, which makes no difference in the sense; and צר tsar they understand as ציר tsir. Και εγενετο αυτοις εις σωτηριαν εκ πασης θλιψεως αυτων· ου πρεσβυς, ουδε αγγελος·. "And he was salvation to them in all their tribulation; neither an ambassador nor an angel, but himself saved them." An angel of his presence means an angel of superior order, in immediate attendance upon God. So the angel of the Lord says to Zacharias, "I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God," Luk 1:19. The presence of Jehovah, Exo 33:14, Exo 33:15, and the angel, Exo 33:20, Exo 33:21, is Jehovah himself; here an angel of his presence is opposed to Jehovah himself, as an angel is in the following passages of the same book of Exodus. After their idolatrous worshipping of the golden calf, "when God had said to Moses, I will send an angel before thee - I will not go up in the midst of thee - the people mourned," Exo 33:2-4. God afterwards comforts Moses, by saying, "My presence (that is I myself in person, and not by an angel) will go with thee," Exo 33:14. Αυτος προπορευσομαι σου, "I myself will go before thee, "as the Septuagint render it. The MSS. and editions are much divided between the two readings of the text and margin in the common copies, לא lo, not, and לו lo, to him. All the ancient Versions express the chetib reading, לא lo, not. "And he bare then and carried them all the days of old And he took them up, and he bore them, all the days of old" - See the note on Isa 46:3 (note). - L.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 63:7-14

The latter part of this chapter, and the whole of the next, seem to express the prayers of the Jews on their conversation. They acknowledge God's great mercies and favours to their nation. They confess their wickedness and hardness of heart; they entreat his forgiveness, and deplore the miserable condition under which they have so long suffered. The only-begotten Son of the Father became the Angel or Messenger of…

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Isaiah 63:8 in the original Hebrew

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וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he saidH559

אַךְ\־'akh-surelyH389

עַמִּ֣י'a.Mi[are] people myH5971

הֵ֔מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992

בָּנִ֖יםba.NimchildrenH1121

לֹ֣אlo'[who] notH3808

יְשַׁקֵּ֑רוּye.sha.Ke.ruthey will deal falselyH8266

וַיְהִ֥יvay.Hiand he becameH1961

לָהֶ֖םla.Hemof them

לְמוֹשִֽׁיעַ\׃le.mo.Shi.a'<into> a delivererH3467

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Cross references for Isaiah 63:8

Genesis 17:7
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Isaiah 12:2
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Exodus 6:7
And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
John 1:47
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
Psalms 78:36-37
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
Isaiah 51:4
Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
Jude 1:25
To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Colossians 3:9
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Isaiah 43:3
For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
Isaiah 57:11
And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
1 John 4:14
And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
Hosea 13:4
Yet I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Surely.
41:8; Ge 17:7; Ex 3:7; 4:22,23; 6:7; 19:5,6; Ro 11:1,2,28
children.
57:11; Ex 24:7; Ps 78:36,37; Zep 3:7; Joh 1:47; Eph 4:25; Col 3:9
so he.
12:2; 43:3,11; De 33:29; Ps 106:21; Jer 14:8; Ho 13:4; 1Jo 4:14
Jude 1:25

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Context

Isaiah 63:7
I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
Isaiah 63:8
For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

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Isaiah 63:8 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Porque dijo: Ciertamente mi pueblo son, hijos que no mienten; y fué su Salvador.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et il dit: Certainement ils sont mon peuple, des fils qui ne mentiront pas; et il est devenu leur sauveur.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und er sprach: Sie sind ja mein Volk, Kinder, die nicht trügen werden; und er ward ihnen zum Heiland.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et dixit: Verumtamen populus meus est, filii non negantes; et factus est eis salvator.