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Verse Isaiah 2:9. _BOWETH DOWN _- "Shall be bowed down"] This has
reference to the preceding verse. They bowed themselves down to their
idols, therefore shall they be bowed down and brought low under...
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AND THE MEAN MAN - That is, the man in humble life, the poor, the low
in rank - for this is all that the Hebrew word here - אדם
_'âdâm_ - implies. The distinction between the two words here used
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CHAPTER 2
Zion's Future Glory and the Day of Jehovah
1. _The glories in the latter days (Isaiah 2:1)_ 2. _Exhortation to
walk in the light (Isaiah 2:5)_ 3. _The corruption of the people
(Isaiah 2:6)_...
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THE DAY OF YAHWEH. A poem dating from Isaiah's earliest period,
dealing first with the sin, then with the judgment, of Israel. The
text has been badly preserved. Probably the refrain which we find in...
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MEAN MAN. Hebrew. _'addm._ App-14. Contrasting
GREAT MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14. society's extremes...
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AND THE MEAN MAN BOWETH DOWN, &C.— _And the mean man shall be
brought down, and the great man shall be humbled; and thou wilt not
forgive them._ Vitringa. This rendering is not only agreeable to the
1...
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THE VIOLENCE OF CORRUPTION AND JUDGMENT Isaiah 2:5-22
a. LIGHT UPON THE DARKNESS
TEXT: Isaiah 2:5-9
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O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah.
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For thou hast forsaken...
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2:9 man (n-4) _ Adam_ ; an ordinary man, one of the people. man (a-12)
_ Ish_ . as chs. 5.15; 31.8. In these passages 'mean man' is _ Adam_ .
Compare Psalms 49:2 ; Psalms 62:9 ....
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2-4. occur also with a few slight variations in Micah 4:1. The passage
appears to be borrowed in Isaiah, because (_a_) it suits its context
better in Micah, and (_b_) it is more complete in Micah, Mic...
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BOWETH DOWN.. HUMBLETH HIMSELF] i.e. before the idols....
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And the people in Israel are so proud that they are self-sufficient.
They think that they have no need of the *Lord. They have completely
forgotten God’s purpose for them to be his witnesses to other...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 2
GOD’S IDEAL PLAN FOR ISRAEL
V1 A special message about Jud...
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AND THE MEAN MAN BOWETH DOWN. — The English gives adequately the
significance of the two words for “man” — in Hebrew, _adam_ and
_îsh._ The Authorised Version applies the words to the prostrations
of...
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וַ יִּשַּׁ֥ח אָדָ֖ם וַ יִּשְׁפַּל
־אִ֑ישׁ וְ
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CHAPTER II
THE THREE JERUSALEMS
740-735 B.C.
Isaiah 2:1; Isaiah 3:1; Isaiah 4:1
AFTER the general introduction, in chapter 1, to the prophecies of
Isaiah, there comes another portion of the book, o...
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A VISION OF WORLD PEACE
Isaiah 2:1-11
This and the four following Chapter s must be classed together as a
distinct portion of this book, belonging to the earliest years of
Isaiah's ministry. Their d...
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Following this broad statement of the case between Jehovah and His
people, we have the prophet's great appeal to them. The first part
constitutes a vision of the latter days, that condition toward whi...
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And the mean man boweth down, and the great man (q) humbleth himself:
therefore (r) forgive them not.
(q) He notes the nature of the idolaters who are never satisfied in
their superstitions.
(r) Thu...
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_Forgive. Septuagint, "I will not dismiss them." Hebrew, "and thou
hast not pardoned them."_...
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Here the prophet takes occasion to call upon the Jewish church, from
the zeal of the Gentile: and since the heathen is so forward to go up
to the house of the Lord, how much more ought the Lord's own...
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9._And the mean man boweth down _Some commentators read these words in
immediate connection with what goes before, as if the Prophet were
proceeding still farther to show the extent of their criminali...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 2, 3, AND 4.
Thus re-established, Zion, the mountain of Jehovah, will be the centre
of blessing and peace to all the nations (Isaiah 2:1-4). This puts the
inv...
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AND THE MEAN MAN BOWETH DOWN, AND THE GREAT MAN HUMBLETH HIMSELF,....
Both high and low, rich and poor, bow down unto, humble themselves
before, and worship idols made by the hands of men: the words f...
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And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself:
therefore forgive them not.
Ver. 9. _And the mean man boweth down._] There is a general
conspiracy, and they are altogether become ab...
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_Their land also is full of idols_ Every city had its god, (Jeremiah
11:13,) and, according to the goodness and fertility of their lands,
they made goodly images, Hosea 10:1. _They worship the work of...
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THE GENTILES CALLED TO THE KINGDOM...
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and the mean man, the lowly among the people, BOWETH DOWN, as a result
and punishment of the idolatrous practices in use among the children
of Israel, AND THE GREAT MAN, the nobles and leaders among t...
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1-9 The calling of the Gentiles, the spread of the gospel, and that
far more extensive preaching of it yet to come, are foretold. Let
Christians strengthen one another, and support one another. It is...
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THE MEAN MAN BOWETH DOWN, and the great man humbleth himself; men of
all ranks fall down and worship idols. FORGIVE THEM NOT; cut off these
incorrigible idolaters. Such an imprecation is not strange,...
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Isaiah 2:9 People H120 down H7817 (H8735) man H376 humbles H8213
(H8799) forgive H5375 (H8799)
the mean -...
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THE AWFUL SITUATION OF HIS PEOPLE BEFORE YAHWEH AND ITS FUTURE
CONSEQUENCES (ISAIAH 2:6).
In contrast with the glorious vision that we have just seen, of
Yahweh's triumph and people flocking to God,...
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HIS RECOGNITION BEFORE YAHWEH OF ISRAEL'S POSITION (ISAIAH 2:6).
However, Isaiah is really in no doubt about their true position. There
are no scales before his eyes. He now turns to God and outlines...
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Isaiah 2:1. _The word that Isaiah the son of Amos saw concerning Judah
and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the
mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top...
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Isaiah 2:6. _Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of
Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers
like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children...
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CONTENTS: The coming glory of Jerusalem and Israel. The humbling of
the haughty and the shame of sinners in that day.
CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah.
CONCLUSION: In view of the terribleness of that day whe...
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Isaiah 2:1. _The word that Isaiah saw._ In these distressing times,
when the Jewish church and state were shaken to the very centre, the
Messiah spoke to the prophet, and showed him the new-testament...
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_The mean man_
THE MEAN MAN
“Mean” there does not mean selfish or stingy, but the man between
two extremes, the mean, average, ordinary man.
The mean man and the great man are both bowing--what are...
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_Therefore Thou hast forsaken Thy people_
GOD NEVER FORSAKEN WITHOUT GOOD REASON
“Therefore Thou hast forsaken Thy people.
” The term is logical God never forsakes His people in any whimsical
way: H...
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A TERRIBLE PICTURE
Isaiah 2:6
_Here_ is the “word” (vision) which Isaiah “saw concerning Judah
and Jerusalem” (Isaiah 2:1). The prophet has been enraptured by the
wondrous prospect of the distant fut...
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THE MATERIAL AND THE MORAL
Isaiah 2:6. _They be replenished from the east, &c._
We have here the indictment which the prophet brings against Israel.
It consists of three counts:
1. That the people...
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SECTION II. DENUNCIATION OF GOD'S JUDGMENTS UPON HIS PEOPLE (CH.
2-5.).
EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 2:1
TITLE OF THE CHAPTER. It is gener
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Now chapter 2 is introduced again.
The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and
Jerusalem (Isaiah 2:1).
And now God takes him off to the future.
And it shall come to pass in the las...
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Colossians 2:18; Colossians 2:23; Isaiah 27:11; Isaiah 5:15; Isaiah
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CHRIST IN ISAIAH
Isaiah 2:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
When Isaiah saw Christ in this chapter he saw Him in His Second Advent
glory. Peter, in the Spirit, wrote of how the Prophets foretold the
sufferings...
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The great man — Men of all ranks fall down and worship idols....