Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 41:4

4. Who hath wrought and done it , calling the generations from the beginning ? I the Lord, the first, and with the last , I am he.

Whose work was this but mine?

Either 1. Calling them out of nothing, giving to them breath and being: Or, 2▪ Calling them to his foot, as he said above, ver. 2. disposing and employing them as he sees fit, sending them upon his errands.

All Persons and Generations of mankind from the beginning of the VVorld to the end of it.

VVho was before all things, even from Eternity, and shall be unto Eternity; whereas the Idols, to whom God herein opposeth himself, were but of yesterday, being made by mens hands, and shall within a little time vanish, and be destroyed.

Marginal references: Chap. 4[illegible: 1+ letters] ▪ 10.; Chap. 43. 10. & 44. 6. & 48. 12. Rev. 1. 17. & 22. 13.