George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 31:9
Strength. Hebrew, "rock," the king. --- Jerusalem, to protect it, (Calmet) and punish the guilty. (Chaldean)
Strength. Hebrew, "rock," the king. --- Jerusalem, to protect it, (Calmet) and punish the guilty. (Chaldean)
AND HE SHALL PASS OVER - Margin, ‘His rock shall pass away for fear.’ The Hebrew would bear this, but it does not convey a clear idea. The sense seems to be this. The word rendered ‘stronghold’ (Hebre...
CHAPTER 31 The Fifth Woe Against Them that Go Down to Egypt 1. _The Egyptian Alliance condemned again (Isaiah 31:1)_ 2. _Jehovah promises to deliver Jerusalem (Isaiah 31:4) _ All looks forward toward...
ISAIAH 31. THE FOLLY OF RELIANCE ON EGYPT. JERUSALEM WILL BE PROTECTED, AND ASSYRIA OVERTHROWN. vv. Isaiah 31:6 f. seems to be an interpolation. Isaiah 31:4 f_._ creates serious difficulties. Isaiah 3...
PASS OVER. Not the same word as in Isaiah 31:5 (which is _pasah)._ Here, Hebrew. _'abar,_ to cross over, or retreat....
_he shall pass over_to _his strong hold_ The clause is difficult. R.V. and A.V. marg. take "his Rock" as subj., "Rock" being a figurative designation either of the king of Assyria or its national deit...
The discomfiture of the Assyrians will be accomplished by Jehovah Himself. The connexion with what precedes is not very close....
THEN SHALL THE ASSYRIAN FALL— The history of the Assyrian overthrow fully explains these verses. The meaning of the phrase, _His young men shall be discomfited,_ is, that those of Sennacherib's soldie...
3. SWORD TEXT: Isaiah 31:1-9 1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they lo...
And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. HE SHALL PASS OVER TO HIS STR...
31:9 rock, (d-10) Or 'his rock shall pass away.' fire (e-23) Lit. 'light.'...
AND HE SHALL, etc.] RV 'and his rock' (i.e. strength) 'shall pass away by reason of terror.' ENSIGN] the word denotes a standard, or signal, forming the rallying point of an army. In this context the...
1-5. Judah should trust not in Egypt, but in Jehovah. 6-9. The wonderful deliverance from the Assyrian....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 31 NUMBERS ARE NOT EVERYTHING V1 *Woe to people who are appealing to Egypt for help!...
The *Lord is like a fierce fire. He is protecting *Jerusalem. Any who dare to attack *Jerusalem will suffer terrible burns. That is, they will suffer greatly. • Fire frequently shows that God is pres...
HE SHALL PASS OVER TO HIS STRONG HOLD FOR FEAR. — Most recent critics translate, _His rock will pass away for terror,_ the “rock” (not the same word, however, as that elsewhere, _e.g.,_ Deuteronomy 32...
וְ סַלְעֹו֙ מִ מָּגֹ֣ור יַֽעֲבֹ֔ור וְ חַתּ֥וּ
CHAPTER XIV THREE TRUTHS ABOUT GOD ABOUT 702 B.C. Isaiah 31:1 CHAPTER 31, which forms an appendage to Chapter s 29 and 30, can scarcely be reckoned among the more important prophecies of Isaiah. It...
A NOBLER FUTURE FOR THE NATION Isaiah 31:1-9; Isaiah 32:1-8 Isaiah continues to denounce the contemplated alliance with Egypt. His compatriots put their trust in horses and chariots, and refused the...
The prophet again denounces the alliance with Egypt. He declares that the sin of it is a false trust consequent on the chosen people tuning their back on Jehovah. The folly of it is manifest in the fa...
And he shall pass over to his (i) strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose (k) fire [is] in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. (i) This was accompli...
REFLECTIONS READER! pause over this chapter, and behold in it a confirmation of all the great and leading truths of God! All human strength is like the strength of Egypt; of no dependence in the hour...
It is blessed to observe how the Lord's precepts are frequently accompanied with promises; and his commands to his people to return to him, with giving the ability to return. See a beautiful illustrat...
9._He shall pass to his stronghold for fear. _(327) He now speaks of Sennacherib himself, who, trembling, shall betake himself in base and shameful flight to his “stronghold” or fortress, Nineveh, as...
The folly of trusting in an arm of flesh is again pointed out, but only while dwelling on the true means of deliverance. Jehovah at Jerusalem would be in the midst of the nations as a lion among the s...
AND HE SHALL PASS OVER TO HIS STRONG HOLD FOR FEAR,.... This is said of the king of Assyria, departing in haste from the siege of Jerusalem, to some strong hold in his own country, particularly his st...
And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire [is] in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. Ver. 9. _And he shall pass ov...
Isa. 31:9. "Saith the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem:" _i.e. _ There he has his throne of judgment, where he sits to judge the nations of the world, to try men as in a refin...
_Then shall the Assyrian_, &c. When you have cast away your idols, and seriously sought unto God for help; both which things were performed by Hezekiah; _fall by the sword, not of a mighty man_, &c. N...
And he shall pass over to his stronghold for fear, that is, the king of Assyria, hitherto the strong refuge of his people, would flee in terror, AND HIS PRINCES SHALL BE AFRAID OF THE ENSIGN, scattere...
JEHOVAH PROTECTS THOSE WHO FEAR HIM...
HIS STRONG HOLD FOR FEAR: Or, his strength. _Heb._ rock shall pass away for fear...
6-9 They have been backsliding children, yet children; let them return, and their backslidings shall be healed, though they have sunk deep into misery, and cannot easily recover. Many make an idol of...
HE SHALL PASS OVER TO HIS STRONG HOLD; Sennacherib shall flee away, with all speed, from Jerusalem, to his strong city of Nineveh, ISAIAH 37:37. Or, as it is in the margin, and as the words lie in the...
Isaiah 31:9 over H5674 (H8799) stronghold H5553 fear H4032 princes H8269 afraid H2865 (H8804) banner H5251 Says...
IN THE END IT IS YAHWEH WHO WILL DELIVER HIS PEOPLE (ISAIAH 31:4). Isaiah points out that God is not afraid of the rantings of Assyria. Rather He will come to act on behalf of His people as He did at...
CONTENTS: Judah again warned against the Egyptian alliance. Jehovah's defense of Jerusalem. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: It is gross absurdity to forsake the Rock of Ages for broken reeds. If men wi...
Isaiah 31:1. _Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help._ This was a sin in open defiance of the law. Deuteronomy 28:68. It was a great revolt of unbelief, because it distrusted the Lord, and all his...
_The Lord, whose fire is in Zion_ THE LORD’S FURNACE This very remarkable designation of God stands ere as a kind of seal set upon the preceding prophecy. It is the reason why that shall certainly b...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 31:9 HIS ROCK, FIRE. See Isaiah 6:6 and Is
THE FIERY ORDEAL OF THE CHURCH Isaiah 31:9. _The Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and whose furnace is in Jerusalem_. There is a variety of purposes for which fire is used. One of them was of old for the...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 31:1 A FURTHER WARNING AGAINST SEEKING THE ALLIANCE OF EGYPT. This prophecy seems to be quite independent of the last (Isaiah 30:
Shall we turn in our Bibles to Isaiah 31:1-9. Now as a backdrop to these scriptures in Isaiah 31:1-9 is the impending invasion of Assyria. Assyria is the world-conquering power at the moment. Assyria...
Ezekiel 22:18; Isaiah 11:10; Isaiah 18:3; Isaiah 29:6; Isaiah 4:4;...
He — Sennacherib shall flee away, from Jerusalem, to his strong city of Nineveh. The ensign — Of the Lord's ensign, which he hath lifted up against them. Whose fire — Who is, and will appear to be in...