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Isaiah 35:8

And an highway shall be there and a way, a causeway such as was used by armies, the valleys being filled up and all obstructions removed, and it shall be called The Way of Holiness, the holy way, where the saints of the Lord were found; the unclean shall not pass over it, only those consecrated by the Lord; but it shall be for those, such as have, by the grace of God, found the way of sanctification; the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein, that is, even the most unlearned will he able to follow the way of salvation as set forth in the Word of God.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 35:8. _AND A HIGHWAY_] The word ודרך _vederech_ is by mistake added to the first member of the sentence from the beginning of the following member. _Sixteen_ MSS. of Dr. _Kennicott's, sev...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND AN HIGHWAY SHALL BE THERE - (see the note at Isaiah 11:16). This is language which is derived from the return of the Jews from captivity. The idea is, that there would be easy and uninterrupted ac...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 35 Restoration Glory and the Kingdom 1. _Creation blest and the glory of the Lord revealed (Isaiah 35:1)_ 2. _The spiritual and material blessings of the kingdom (Isaiah 35:3)_ 3. The return...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 35. The wilderness shall become fruitful as the most fertile districts of Palestine. Let the timid take courage, for Divine vengeance on the enemy is at hand. The blind and deaf, the lame and d...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HIGHWAY. See note on Isaiah 7:3. Occurs only here. THE WAY, &C.. the holy road. BUT, &C.: i.e. yet for those very persons it will exist. ERR THEREIN. go astray....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The words _and a way_are superfluous, and may have originated through dittography. _but it_shall be _for those_ Better (with an emendation of the text): BUT IT SHALL BE FOR HIS PEOPLE. It is probable...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The highway in the desert. The image is founded on ch. Isaiah 40:3; Isaiah 43:19; Isaiah 49:11 (Isaiah 11:16)....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 915 THE WAY TO ZION Isaiah 35:8. And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the way...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND AN HIGHWAY, &C.— According to Vitringa the meaning of this verse is, that the rule of faith and morals, according to which the Israel of God must walk, shall be so clearly and fully shewn at this...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. SANCTIFIED TEXT: Isaiah 35:8-10 8 And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for the redeemed; the w...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. While Edom becomes a desert, for God's people, on the other hand, the desert places burst into bloom, the fairest parts of Palestine sharing their fertile beauty with the waste places (Isaiah 35:2)...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    AN HIGHWAY] by which the exiles may return through the desert....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 35 All through CHAPTER S 28 TO 33, there was one main point: It was foolish to trust o...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    There will be a special way there, but only for God’s special people. It will be called the ‘Holy Road’ because it is only for God’s special people. • The Holy Road will lead God’s own happy people t...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AN HIGHWAY SHALL BE THERE. — The raised causeway, as distinct from the common paths. (See Judges 5:6.) We are still in the region of parables, but the thought has a special interest as a transition, a...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הָיָה ־שָׁ֞ם מַסְל֣וּל וָ דֶ֗רֶךְ וְ

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE REJOICING OF THE REDEEMED Isaiah 35:1-10 God's judgments change Carmel and Sharon into a waste; but His blessing makes the wilderness and parched land as Carmel and Sharon. Where the smile of God...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The message of this chapter stands in close relation to the message of the preceding one, and yet in almost startling contrast to it. That was a picture of desolation. This is one of restoration. As i...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of (h) holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it (i) [shall be] for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall no...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Way, leading to Jerusalem. Idolaters, &c., shall not be there, chap. lii. 1. This was only verified (Calmet) in the Catholic Church, where, though some wicked may be found, the truth still prevails;...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    See how the blessings of redemption, in the gifts of the Holy Ghost, are beautifully set forth, under the similitude of rivers and streams of water. And when that Holy Spirit came down, agreeably to o...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    8._And a path shall be there. _Here it is promised to the Jews that they shall be allowed to return to their native country, lest, when they were carried into Babylon, they should think that they were...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Chapter 35 gives a picture of the blessing that succeeds the judgment, the blessing even of the wilderness, which depends on that of Israel. The redeemed of Jehovah shall go up with joy in full securi...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND AN HIGHWAY SHALL BE THERE, AND A WAY,.... Not two ways, but one; the way shall be a highway, a way cast up, raised, and "elevated" y; this is to be understood principally of Christ, the only way o...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it [shall be] for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err [t...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And a highway shall be there, and a way_ The _highway_ and _the way_ are not to be taken for two different ways, but for one and the same way, even a cast-way, which is both raised ground, as the for...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    BUT IT SHALL BE FOR THOSE: Or, for he shall be with them...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    5-10 When Christ shall come to set up his kingdom in the world, then wonders, great wonders, shall be wrought on men's souls. By the word and Spirit of Christ, the spiritually blind were enlightened;...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    AN HIGHWAY SHALL BE THERE, AND A WAY: THE HIGHWAY and the way are not to be taken for two different ways, but for one and the same way, even a causey or cast-way, which is both raised ground, as the f...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 35:8 highway H4547 road H1870 called H7121 (H8735) Highway H1870 Holiness H6944 unclean H2931 pass H5674 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD WILL PREPARE FOR HIS PEOPLE THE WAY IN WHICH THEY MUST WALK (ISAIAH 35:8). Walking in God's way (or not doing) is a theme of Isaiah (Isaiah 3:12; Isaiah 8:11;...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 35:8 The way of holiness is (1) a high way; (2) a strait and narrow way; (3) a plain and obvious way; (4) a safe way. J. N. Norton, _Golden Truths,_p. 399. Reference: Isaiah 35:8. Spurgeon,...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 35:1. _The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them;_ They shall be so glad that they shall inspire gladness where all was desolation, and brooding, melancholy batswing, and dr...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The coming Kingdom blessing and regathering of Israel. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The precious promises of peace in the Gospel will shortly culminate in the endless joys and rest of the c...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 35:1. _The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad._ After giving the people bright hopes of recovery from the devastations of invading armies, the prophet dwells at large on the glory...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And an highway shall be there_ HIGHWAYS Highways are among the characteristic features of civilisation in a country, since they are the means of regular and easy communication between the opposite p...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them_ THE BLESSINGS OF THE GOSPEL The thirty-fourth and the thirty-fifth Chapter s of Isaiah are by the best scholars supposed to constitute...

  • The children's great texts of the Bible by James Hastings

    THE HIGHWAY TO GOD An highway shall be there. Isaiah 35:8 (AV). I am the way. John 14:6. Did you ever think what a wonderful thing a road is? The story of a road is as fascinating as a fairy-tale....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 35:8 A HIGHWAY. In an environment of joyful abundance, God’s people are led to Zion, singing their way into their eternal home (see Isaiah 33:8;...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE EXILES’ RETURN Isaiah 35:8. _And an highway shall be there, &c._ The chapter of which these words are a part testifies of Christ. The prophet, while foretelling in it the return of the Jews from...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 35:1 THE GLORY OF THE LAST TIMES. On the punishment of God's enemies will follow the peace, prosperity, and glory of his Church. Previously, the Church is in affliction, waste, and...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now chapter 35 is out of the darkness into the light. Out of the tribulation into the kingdom. The glorious day of the Lord to which we look forward to. In chapter 35, oh, what a glorious chapter as i...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 John 2:20; 1 John 2:27; 1 Peter 1:14; 1 Peter 1:15; 1 Peter 2:10;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    A way — The high — way and the way are not to be taken for two different ways, but for one and the same way, even a causey, which is raised ground, and a way. Holiness — The people (walking in it) sha...

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