their roaring shall be like a lion, a fearful battle-cry, they shall roar like young lions, eager for their prey; yea, they shall roar and lay hold of the prey, Israel becoming an easy victim, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it, no one being strong enough to come to Israel's aid in this emergency laid upon it by the Lord.
THEIR ROARING ... - Their battle cry, or their shout as they enter into an engagement. Such a “shout,” or cry, was common at the commencement of a battle. War was very much a personal conflict; and th...
CHAPTER 5 The Song of the Vineyard and the Six Woes 1. _The song of the vineyard and Jehovah's lament (Isaiah 5:1)_ 2. _The judgment upon the vineyard (Isaiah 5:5)_ 3. _The wild grapes (Isaiah 5:8)_...
THE LAST STROKE. It is generally agreed that this belongs to Isaiah 9:8 to Isaiah 10:4, each strophe of which closes with the same refrain as Isaiah 5:25. Unhappily, except for this closing verse, the...
A powerful description of the advance of the invaders, who however remain unnamed....
_Their roaring_ Or, HE HAS A ROAR LIKE THAT OF A LIONESS, HE ROARS LIKE YOUNG LIONS AND GROWLS SEIZING THE PREY, &c. Two words are here used of the lion's roar, the first is perhaps that uttered as he...
NONE SHALL BE WEARY, &C.— We have in these verses a description of the quality of the forces which should come against Jerusalem; their vigour, activity, and diligence: Isaiah 5:27 their military expe...
THE WRATH OF JUDGMENT TEXT: Isaiah 5:24-30 24 Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the dry grass sinketh down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their b...
Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it. THEIR ROARING - their...
1-24. Judah, God's unfruitful vineyard, and the judgment upon it....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 5 Chapter 5 begins with a parable (a story with a double mean...
And God uses nations. He will send powerful enemies, first the *Assyrians, and then the *Babylonians....
(27-29) NONE SHALL BE WEARY... — The three verses paint the progress of the invading army. Unresting, unhasting, in perfect order, they march onward. They do not loosen their girdle for repose. The la...
שְׁאָגָ֥ה לֹ֖ו כַּ † לָּבִ֑יא _יִשְׁאַ֨ג_† כַּ...
CHAPTER III THE VINEYARD OF THE LORD, OR TRUE PATRIOTISM THE CONSCIENCE OF OUR COUNTRY'S SINS 735 B.C. Isaiah 5:1; Isaiah 9:8 - Isaiah 10:4 THE prophecy contained in these Chapter s belongs, as we...
WARNING AGAINST PRIDE, INTEMPERANCE, AND CORRUPTION Isaiah 5:18-30 The wild grapes of Judah are here continued: blind atheism, Isaiah 5:18-20; proud self-conceit, Isaiah 5:21; drunkenness, Isaiah 5:...
With the thought of judgment, and the necessity for it still in mind, the prophet utters his great denunciation. This falls into three parts. The first is a song of accusation. By the simple and famil...
Their roaring [shall be] like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall (i) roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry [it] away safe, and none shall deliver [it]. (i) By which i...
_Lion. Nabuchodonosor is compared to one, ver. 26., and Jeremias iv. 7._...
Methinks I would read these verses with a twofold aspect. God had said by the prophet, in a preceding chapter; Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; while to the wicked, it shall be...
29._His roaring shall be like that of a lion. _This denotes fierceness and cruelty, for he compares the Chaldeans to _lions_, which, we know, are frightful to behold, and savage by nature; as if he ha...
After this the Spirit of God begins to plead with the people, taking two distinct grounds-namely, that which God had done for His people, and the coming of Jehovah in the Person of Christ in glory. Ha...
THEIR ROARING [SHALL BE] LIKE A LION,.... When engaged in war, just seizing on their prey. The phrase denotes their fierceness and cruelty, and the horror they should inject into the hearts of their e...
Their roaring [shall be] like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry [it] away safe, and none shall deliver [it]. Ver. 29. _Their ro...
_None_, &c. In these verses the prophet describes the quality of the forces which should come against Jerusalem; their vigour, activity, and diligence, Isaiah 5:27; their military expedition, readines...
24-30 Let not any expect to live easily who live wickedly. Sin weakens the strength, the root of a people; it defaces the beauty, the blossoms of a people. When God's word is despised, and his law ca...
THEY SHALL ROAR LIKE YOUNG LIONS; which signifies both their cruelty, and their greediness and eagerness to catch and devour the prey. NONE; neither the Jews themselves, nor the Egyptians, to whose he...
Isaiah 5:29 roaring H7581 lion H3833 roar H7580 (H8799) (H8675) H7580 (H8804) lions H3715 roar...
GOD SUMMONS THE INSTRUMENTS OF HIS WRATH (ISAIAH 5:26). Isaiah 5:26 ‘And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, And will whistle for them from the end of the earth, And behold they wil...
THE SIX WOES OF GOD (ISAIAH 5:8). A series of woes are now declared on the people of Israel because of their various sins. The vineyard had produced smelly grapes, now woe must come on it. They are a...
CONTENTS: Parable of Jehovah's vineyard and the six woes upon Israel. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: God expects vineyard fruit from those who enjoy vineyard privileges, not the mere leaves of profess...
Isaiah 5:1. _My well-beloved;_ the Messiah, who certainly was Lord of the Vineyard, and the men of Judah were his pleasant plants. Psalms 80:14; Ezekiel 17:6; Ho
_Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against His people_ THE PROPHECY EXPLAINED Jehovah is about to bring foreign armies as the instruments of His judgment; the vision of the worst of human c...
_Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble_ SIN BRINGS JUDGMENT IN ITS TRAIN Let not those expect to live easily that live thus wickedly, for the righteous God wilt take vengeance. Observe-- I. H...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 5:1 Isaiah’s introductory diagnosis of Judah’s spiritual decline (chs. Isaiah 1:1) concludes with a description of his generation’s apostasy and its consequences. The chapter is...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 5:27 Isaiah describes the approach of invading military forces. This is a far cry from the nations approaching Zion to learn the ways of God and cease from war (Isaiah 2:2)....
THE DOOM OF IMPENITENT ISRAEL Isaiah 5:24. _Therefore as the fire devoureth, &c._ In this threatening, fulfilled in the utter destruction of Israel by Assyria, we find illustrations of the following...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 5:1 ISRAEL REBUKED BY THE PARABLE OF A VINEYARD. This chapter stands in a certain sense alone, neither closely connected with what precedes nor with what follows, excepting that it...
Now in the fifth chapter the Lord takes up the parable of a vineyard in which He likens Judah or Israel, His people, unto a vineyard. Now will I sing to my well-beloved a song of my beloved touching...
Amos 3:8; Genesis 49:9; Hosea 11:10; Isaiah 31:4; Isaiah 42:22;...
Roar — Which signifies both their cruelty, and their eagerness to devour the prey....