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FOR THE TERRIBLE ONE - The violent one (עריץ _‛__ârı̂yts_),
the oppressor, who had exercised cruelty over them. This, I suppose,
refers to the haughty among the Jews themselves; to those who held
off...
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CHAPTER 29
The Second Woe Against Ariel and the Third Woe
1. _The fall of Ariel (Jerusalem) predicted (Isaiah 29:1)_ 2. _Their
enemies dealt with by Jehovah (Isaiah 29:5)_ 3. The people's
condition:...
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THE TERRIBLE ONE. the tyrant....
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Isaiah 29:15-24 A Messianic forecast
The third "Woe" (Isaiah 29:15), directed against the political
intrigue with Egypt, merely serves as a point of attachment for a
glowing description of the regene...
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_the terrible one_ or "tyrant" probably denotes an external oppressor
(the Assyrian); cf. Isaiah 25:3-4; _the scorner_is the despiser of
religion (ch. Isaiah 28:14; Isaiah 28:22;...
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FOR THE TERRIBLE ONE, &C.— The _terrible_ and fierce were such as
Herod Agrippa, who persecuted the apostles; the _scorners_ and
blasphemous, such as those who reproached the apostles when filled
with...
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5. SANCTIFICATION
TEXT: Isaiah 29:17-24
17
Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a
fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
18
And in th...
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WARNINGS TO JUDAH
These Chapter s refer to the state of affairs during the reign of
Hezekiah, when Palestine was threatened by Assyria, and an influential
party in Judah favoured resistance, relying...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 29
THE FATE OF *JERUSALEM
V1 *Woe to *Jerusalem, the city of David! It will not matt...
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THE TERRIBLE ONE. — The word stands, as in Isaiah 29:5, for the
Assyrian invader; the “scorner,” for the prophet’s enemies who
derided his message, and sought, “watching for iniquity,” to find
an accu...
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כִּֽי ־אָפֵ֥ס עָרִ֖יץ וְ כָ֣לָה לֵ֑ץ
וְ
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BOOK 3
ORATIONS ON THE EGYPTIAN INTRIGUES AND ORACLES ON FOREIGN NATIONS
705-702 B.C.
Isaiah:
29 About 703
30 A little later
31 A little later
32:1-8 Later
32:9-20 Date uncertain
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This is the first of a series of declamations concerning the chosen
people, and sets forth the purpose of Jehovah in judgment. The message
opens with a description of the judgment (verses Isa 29:1-4),...
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_Prevail. Wicked princes, scoffers, &c., (ver. 10., and chap. xxviii.
7.) shall be exterminated. Ezechias promoted piety with greater zeal
after his deliverance._...
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This prophecy surely had its accomplishment, also, when the Scribes
and Pharisees sought to entangle Jesus in his talk; Matthew 22:15;
Luke 20:20....
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20._For the violent man is brought to nought. _He states more clearly
what we have already mentioned in the former verse, namely, that the
restoration of the Church consists in this, that the Lord rai...
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Jerusalem is reduced to the last extremity. But this time Jehovah
appears for her deliverance, and the multitude of her enemies
disappear as a dream of the night. Everything is dark and gloomy as to
t...
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FOR THE TERRIBLE ONE IS BROUGHT TO NOUGHT,.... Who before was so to
the people of God; meaning not Sennacherib king of Assyria, but some
formidable enemy or enemies under the Gospel dispensation; as t...
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For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is
consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
Ver. 20. _For the terrible one is brought to nought._] This is part
matter of the...
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_For_, &c. Here we have the second event connected with the calling of
the Gentiles, the punishment of the enemies of God and his truth. _For
the terrible one is brought to naught_ The proud and poten...
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For the terrible one is brought to naught, and the scorner is
consumed, both the tyrants and the mockers, the enemies of Jehovah
being laid low, AND ALL THAT WATCH FOR INIQUITY ARE CUT OFF, their
wick...
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THE COUNSEL OF GOD...
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17-24 The wonderful change here foretold, may refer to the affairs of
Judah, though it looks further. When a great harvest of souls was
gathered to Christ from among the Gentiles, then the wilderness...
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THE TERRIBLE ONE; the proud and potent enemies of those meek and poor
believers now mentioned, such as the unbelieving Jews and the heathen
potentates were in the first age of Christianity. THE SCORNE...
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Isaiah 29:20 one H6184 nothing H656 (H8804) one H3887 (H8801) consumed
H3615 (H8804) watch H8245 ...
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THE THIRD WOE: AGAINST THOSE WHO SEEK TO HIDE WHAT THEY DO FROM GOD,
BUT YAHWEH WILL TRIUMPH IN SPITE OF IT (ISAIAH 29:15).
Analysis.
a Woe to those who seek deep, to hide their counsel from Yahweh,...
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IF THEY WERE WISE THEY WOULD RECOGNISE THAT GOD HAS EVERYTHING IN HAND
(ISAIAH 29:17).
For the truth is that Yahweh, the Potter, will take the poor and the
lowly and will work on them to make of them...
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CONTENTS: Warnings to Judah and Jerusalem of impending discipline. The
blessing after the final deliverance.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Abraham.
CONCLUSION: Those who are formal and hypocritical in the...
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Isaiah 29:1. _Woe to Ariel,_ the lion of God, or the strong lion, for
_El_ is often rendered _strong_ or _rock,_ as in Psalms 42:9. “God
my rock.” The city of Jerusalem was that strong rock, or strong...
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_For the terrible one is brought to nought_
SCORNERS AND THEIR PUNISHMENT
Observe what had been the wickedness of these scorners, for which they
should be cut off.
1. They ridiculed the prophets an...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 29:17 Despite human unbelief, God plans to
transform the moral order of the world. The metaphors of v. Isaiah
29:17 are explained in vv....
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 29:1
A WARNING TO JERUSALEM. Expostulation is followed by threats. The
prophet is aware that all his preaching to the authorities in
Jerusalem (Isaiah 28:14) will be of no avail, an...
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Chapter 29, the woe unto Jerusalem. Ariel means the lion of God. It is
one of the names for Jerusalem.
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, [the lion of God] the city where David dwelt!
add ye year to year; let th...
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Daniel 7:19; Daniel 7:7; Habakkuk 1:6; Habakkuk 1:7; Isaiah 13:3;...
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That watch — That early and diligently apply themselves to the
practice of wickedness....