The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, the godly among the afflicted finding their one satisfaction in communion with Him, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. Cf Matthew 5:3; Luke 6:20.
THE MEEK - The word ‘meek’ usually refers to those who are patient in the reception of injuries, but the Hebrew word used here (ענוים _‛__ănâviym_) means properly the oppressed, the afflicted, the u...
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:...
MEEK. oppressed. POOR. oppressed. Hebrew. _'ebyon._ See note on Proverbs 6:11. THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL. See note on Isaiah 1:4....
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...
The _meek_and _poor_(as in the Psalms) are the oppressed and down-trodden lower orders, as contrasted with the irreligious upper class (Isaiah 29:20 f.). They have now no hope but in Jehovah; then the...
DISCOURSE: 902 THE GOSPEL A SOURCE OF BLESSINGS TO MANKIND Isaiah 29:18. _In that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkn...
AND IN THAT DAY— See Luke 2:32.Acts 11:18. Ephesians 4:18 and other similar passages of the New Testament, for the best comment upon these words, _JESUS gave ears to the deaf, and sight to the blind,_...
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...
The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. THE MEEK, [ `ªnaawiym (H6035)] - the afflicted godly: the idea is, virtuous suffe...
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...
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...
THE MEEK ALSO SHALL INCREASE THEIR JOY IN THE LORD. — A new element enters into the ideal restoration of the future. Men had been weary of the name of the Holy One of Israel (Isaiah 30:11). In that be...
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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 ------------...
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),...
_Rejoice. Our Saviour alludes to this text, (Luke vii. 22.) which, under the figure of the deliverance from captivity, points out the vocation of the Gentiles, chap. xxxv. 5., and xlii. 7, 19._...
Here the Lord comes in with sweet promises, for the Lord still favors his people, and will have mercy upon Israel. Hence, therefore, here are blessings of fruitfulness promised; blind eyes are to be o...
19._Then shall the humble again take joy in Jehovah. _Such is my translation of this passage, while others render it, “They shall add,” or “continue to rejoice;” for the Prophet describes not a “joy”...
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...
THE MEEK ALSO SHALL INCREASE [THEIR] JOY IN THE LORD,.... The "meek", lowly, and humble, are such who are made sensible of sin, and become humble under a sense of it; who see the insufficiency of thei...
The meek also shall increase [their] joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. Ver. 19. _The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord._] All sincere conve...
_In that day_, &c. In these two verses we have the first happy consequence of Lebanon's becoming a fruitful field, “the spiritual blessings of light and understanding in divine things, and of joy and...
SHALL INCREASE: _ Heb._ shall add...
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...
THE MEEK; the humble and meek believers, opposed to those proud and scornful Israelites or Jews, of whom he speaks in this and in the foregoing chapter. _Shall increase their joy in the Lord_; shall g...
Isaiah 29:19 humble H6035 increase H3254 (H8804) joy H8057 LORD H3068 poor H34 men H120 rejoice H1523 ...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
_The poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel_ REASONS WHY THE POOR MAY REJOICE IN GOD One of the most striking proofs of the Divine origin of Christianity is its universal adaptation...
_The deaf. .. the blind. .. the meek. .. the poor_ THE GOSPEL DAY I. We may regard these words as containing A DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE IN WHICH THE GOSPEL FINDS THOSE TO WHOM IT IS ADDRESSED. The e...
_Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field_ THE FRUITFUL FIELD AND THE FOREST The comparison is evidently not between the high and the low, but between the cultivated and the wild, the field and...
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....
THE JOY OF THE MEEK Isaiah 29:19. _The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord_. I. THE PERSONS HERE DESCRIBED. Meekness does not mean timidity (2 Timothy 1:7); not the craven spirit of the c...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 1:26; 1 Peter 2:1; Ephesians 4:2; Galatians 5:22;...
Meek — The humble and meek believers. Poor — Mean and despicable people, such as the Gentiles were in the opinion of the Jews, and such as the greatest part of the first Christians were....