Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Who--else but God?
calling . . . generations from . . . beginning--The origin and position of all nations are from God (Deuteronomy 32:8; Acts 17:26); what is true of Cyrus and his conquests is true of all the movements of history from the first; all are from God.
with the last--that is, the last (Isaiah 44:6; Isaiah 48:12).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 40:21
Isaiah 41:27
Isaiah 44:6
Isaiah 48:12-15
Colossians 1:17
Revelation 1:17
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