THE MESSIAH'S DIVINE EQUIPMENT. If the reference to the hewn stump of
David's house implies the overthrow of the monarchy, the passage
presumably is not Isaiah's. This inference, perhaps, is not necessary;
and if Isaiah 9:2 is his, the same judgment should probably be passed
on Isaiah 11:1. The Mess... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RETURN OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH FROM THE DISPERSION, AND VICTORIOUS
ALLIANCE AGAINST THEIR ANCIENT FOES. This is probably post-exilic. The
ideas are characteristic of that period Israel's spiritual primacy,
the latter-day glory of Jerusalem, the flocking of the heathen to it
as disciples. Isaiah 11:1... [ Continue Reading ]