Isa 45:11 | JFB | STEP | 11. Ask ... command-- Instead of striving with Me in regard to My purposes, your wisdom is in prayer to ask, and even command Me, in so far as it is for My glory, and for your real good ( ; , , latter part of the verse; ). sons-- ( ; ). work of my hands-- spiritually ( ); also literal Israel ( ). Maurer translates, instead of "command," Leave it to Me, in My dealings concerning My sons and concerning the work of My hands, to do what I will with My own. Lowth reads it interrogatively, Do ye presume to question Me and dictate to Me (see , )? The same sense is given, if the words be taken in irony. But English Version is best.

‏ Isaiah 45:11

11. Ask ... command--Instead of striving with Me in regard to My purposes, your wisdom is in prayer to ask, and even command Me, in so far as it is for My glory, and for your real good (Mr 11:24; Joh 16:23, 13, latter part of the verse; 1Jo 3:22).

sons--(Is 54:13; Ga 3:26).

work of my hands--spiritually (Ep 2:10); also literal Israel (Is 60:21). Maurer translates, instead of "command," Leave it to Me, in My dealings concerning My sons and concerning the work of My hands, to do what I will with My own. Lowth reads it interrogatively, Do ye presume to question Me and dictate to Me (see Is 45:9, 10)? The same sense is given, if the words be taken in irony. But English Version is best.