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JUDGMENT ALSO WILL I LAY TO THE LINE - The sense of this is, I will
judge them according to the exact rule of law, as an architect frames
everything according to the rule which he uses. In other words...
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3. THE SIX WOES OF THE PROPHET, JUDGMENT RUINS AND RESTORATION GLORIES
TO COME (28-35)
CHAPTER 28
The First Woe and the Message of Assurance
1. _Ephraim addressed (Isaiah 28:1)_ 2. _Jerusalem equall...
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JERUSALEM ALSO IS THREATENED WITH DESTRUCTION. But Jerusalem like
Ephraim reels with intoxication, the priests and prophets especially.
The prophet is not steady in his vision, the priest when pronoun...
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JUDGMENT ALSO WILL. LAY TO THE LINE, &C.. I will make judgment the
line, and righteousness the plumbline....
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There is again a _literary_connexion with what precedes; although the
passage is probably a summary of an independent discourse. The
prophet's aim is to impress on his opponents the disastrous
consequ...
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Thé first half of the verse continues Isaiah 28:16. In order to build
on this foundation, it is necessary that political conduct be
conformed to the eternal principles of the Divine government; these...
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JUDGMENT ALSO WILL I LAY TO THE LINE— The prophet, having provided
for the safety of those who put their trust in God, prepares himself
to denounce the judgments ready for the profane and hypocritical...
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2. STABILITY
TEXT: Isaiah 28:14-29
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Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people
that is in Jerusalem:
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Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and...
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This chapter must be assigned (Isaiah 28:1) to a date prior to the
capture of Samaria by the Assyrians (722 b.c.) and fall of the
northern kingdom.
1-6. Samaria's luxury and self-indulgence pave the...
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RV 'Judgment also will I make the line and righteousness the plummet.'
Righteousness is the standard by which Jehovah will try conduct. The
sense of what follows is that the false refuges and alliance...
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An architect has used a *plumb-line and a *measure to make sure that
his cornerstone is accurate. He must be able to trust the cornerstone
when he erects his building. Similarly, God has taken great c...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 28
The next section of the Book of Isaiah is from Chapter 28 to Chapter
33. These Cha...
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JUDGMENT ALSO WILL I LAY TO THE LINE... — Rather, _I make judgment
for a line, and righteousness for a plummet._ The architectural
imagery is continued. The “elect corner stone” shall come up to
the s...
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וְ שַׂמְתִּ֤י מִשְׁפָּט֙ לְ קָ֔ו וּ
צְדָקָ֖ה
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BOOK 3
PROPHECIES FROM THE ACCESSION OF HEZEKIAH TO THE DEATH OF SARGON
727-705 B.C.
THE prophecies with which we have been engaged (Chapter s 2-10:4) fall
either before or during the great Assyrian...
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TRUTH THE ONLY REFUGE
Isaiah 28:14-29
In the beginning of Hezekiah's reign the Jewish leaders had made an
alliance with Assyria, on whom they relied to protect them against any
and all foes. But the...
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Here begins the third and last circle of the first division of the
book. It consists of a series of prophecies concerning the chosen
people and the world.
In this chapter we have a graphic revelation...
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Judgment also will I lay to the line, and (t) righteousness to the
plummet: and the (u) hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the
waters shall overflow (x) the hiding place.
(t) In the restit...
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_Measure. In the days of the Redeemer, they shall lead a virtuous
life, (Calmet) or the scorners shall be treated with rigour. ---
Protection. The wall, (Menochius) or lies, (ver. 15.; Calmet) on whic...
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I have often thought, that among all the unpromising appearances of
things around, when men sin with a high hand, in slighting and
despising both God's judgments and God's mercies; the most unpromisin...
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17._And I will lay judgment to the line. _The ruinous condition of the
Church being such that believers hardly ventured to hope that it would
be improved, he shews that God has in his hand the ready m...
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Chapter 28 sets before us the first elements of these final scenes in
the history of this wonderful people. The scourge comes from the
north. Ephraim is invaded as by an overflowing torrent, by a temp...
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JUDGMENT ALSO WILL I LAY TO THE LINE,.... A metaphor taken from
builders, who in building use the line and plummet to carry on their
work even and regular, retaining such stones as agree thereunto, an...
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Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the
plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the
waters shall overflow the hiding place.
Ver. 17. _Judgment also will...
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_Judgment also will I lay to the line_, &c. I will execute just
judgment, as it were by a line and plummet annexed to it; that is,
with exactness and care. I will severely punish and utterly destroy
a...
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THE FALSE QND THE TRUE REFUGE...
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Judgment also will I lay to the line and righteousness to the plummet,
the acts of Jehovah being regarded as the erecting of a building
against the scorners according to the strictest vengeance of His...
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16-22 Here is a promise of Christ, as the only foundation of hope for
escaping the wrath to come. This foundation was laid in Zion, in the
eternal counsels of God. This foundation is a stone, firm an...
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JUDGMENT ALSO WILL I LAY TO THE LINE, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS TO THE
PLUMMET; I will execute just judgment, as it were by a line and
plummet annexed to it, i.e. with exactness and care. And this may be
unde...
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Isaiah 28:17 justice H4941 line H7760 (H8804) H6957 righteousness
H6666 plummet H4949 hail H1259 away H3261 ...
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ISAIAH STERNLY WARNS ABOUT THE THREATENING FUTURE IF THEY WILL NOT
LOOK TO GOD'S SURE FOUNDATION (ISAIAH 28:14).
The leaders of Judah reply that they are not afraid of his threats
because they have go...
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Isaiah 28:17
All men know themselves to be sinners against God. They know, also,
that as sinners they are in peril and are not safe. Hence their
anxiety to find some refuge for safety. They know they...
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CONTENTS: Woe of Ephriam due to drunkenness. Prediction of Assyrian
captivity of Ephriam. Ephriam's fate a warning to Judah.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The glorious beauty and the plenty of the lan...
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Isaiah 28:1. _The crown of pride._ Sebaste, the ancient Samaria, is
situated on a long mount of an oval figure, having first a fruitful
valley, and then a circle of hills running round about it.
_Maun...
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_Judgment also will I lay to the line_
GOD’S JUDGMENTS
I. The Lord PONDERS, with most exact attention, all the distinctions
of characters, times, and circumstances; all the various motives both
to l...
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_Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone_
THE STONE LAID IN ZION
The prophet borrows his figure from the huge and costly foundation
stones upon which the temple rested (1 Kings 5:17); and the...
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_Hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men_
ISAIAH’S RESPONSE
The prophet replies that when the storm does sweep over the land, as
it assuredly will, these “refuges of lies” will prove no shelter
to...
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FALSE REFUGES
Isaiah 28:17. _And the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies_.
Numerous are the stratagems of Satan to ruin souls. In some he effects
this by hurrying them on in the broad way of ope...
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SECTION VII. RENEWED DENUNCIATIONS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH (CH. 28-31.)
EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 28:1
A WARNING TO SAMARIA. The prophet has now east his eagle glance
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Chapter 28. Now the prophet turns to the local present issues. He is
now... he's gone off down the road to the end of things. Now he comes
back and he begins to speak of the Northern Kingdom, the majo...
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2 Kings 21:13; 2 Peter 3:6; 2 Peter 3:7; Amos 7:7; Daniel 11:22;...
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Plummet — I will execute just judgment, as it were by a line and
plummet annexed to it; that is, with exactness and care: I will
severely punish, and utterly destroy all who reject that stone. For
the...