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THIS ALSO COMETH ... - That is, these various devices for threshing
his grain comes from the Lord no less than the skill with which he
tills his land. (see Isaiah 28:26).
AND EXCELLENT IN WORKING - Or...
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3. THE SIX WOES OF THE PROPHET, JUDGMENT RUINS AND RESTORATION GLORIES
TO COME (28-35)
CHAPTER 28
The First Woe and the Message of Assurance
1. _Ephraim addressed (Isaiah 28:1)_ 2. _Jerusalem equall...
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THE HUSBANDMAN ADAPTS HIS METHODS TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF EACH CASE.
This parable may perhaps not have been spoken to the same audience as
Isaiah 28:7, but there is no valid reason for denying it to I...
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THIS: i.e. this same design in His treatment of His people. His
purpose is the same as that of the husbandman. Compare Amos 9:9.
EXCELLENT. lofty.
WORKING. wisdom. The sort of wisdom which carries t...
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A parable derived from husbandry. The motive of its insertion in this
place was probably the different treatment meted out to Samaria and to
Jerusalem. The precise point of the analogy is somewhat unc...
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Threshing is not bruising. Three methods of threshing are alluded to.
(_a_) Beating with a rod or flail (cf. Judges 6:11; Ruth 2:17). (_b_)
Treading with the feet of cattle (Deuteronomy 25:4;...
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To Isaiah there is something very impressive in the peasant's subtle
yet unpretentious knowledge of his craft; he is like a part of nature,
and his wisdom seems a direct emanation from the infinite Wi...
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GIVE YE EAR, &C.— We have here the fourth member of this section, in
which this severe judgment of God denounced in the preceding verses,
is defended by a parable taken from agriculture, wherein the p...
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2. STABILITY
TEXT: Isaiah 28:14-29
14
Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people
that is in Jerusalem:
15
Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and...
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This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in
counsel, and excellent in working.
THIS ALSO ... The skill wherewith the farmer duly adjusts his modes
of threshing is given by...
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WORKING] RV 'wisdom.'
In Isaiah 28:24 the skill of the agriculturalist in varying his
operations is treated as a reflexion and parable of the divine wisdom.
Delicate grains are threshed but not crushe...
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This chapter must be assigned (Isaiah 28:1) to a date prior to the
capture of Samaria by the Assyrians (722 b.c.) and fall of the
northern kingdom.
1-6. Samaria's luxury and self-indulgence pave the...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 28
The next section of the Book of Isaiah is from Chapter 28 to Chapter
33. These Cha...
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It is God who teaches the farmer how to obtain each crop. So, how much
more capable is God to achieve his own purposes in the lives of his
people!
ASSYRIAN ~ A person from the country called Assyria...
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THIS ALSO COMETH FORTH FROM THE LORD OF HOSTS. — The force of the
climax lies in the use of the highest of the Divine names instead of
“God” (Elohim), as in Isaiah 28:26. The wisdom of the husband man...
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גַּם ־זֹ֕את מֵ עִ֛ם יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֹ֖ות
יָצָ֑אָ
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BOOK 3
PROPHECIES FROM THE ACCESSION OF HEZEKIAH TO THE DEATH OF SARGON
727-705 B.C.
THE prophecies with which we have been engaged (Chapter s 2-10:4) fall
either before or during the great Assyrian...
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TRUTH THE ONLY REFUGE
Isaiah 28:14-29
In the beginning of Hezekiah's reign the Jewish leaders had made an
alliance with Assyria, on whom they relied to protect them against any
and all foes. But the...
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Here begins the third and last circle of the first division of the
book. It consists of a series of prophecies concerning the chosen
people and the world.
In this chapter we have a graphic revelation...
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_This also, &c. Such also is the proceeding of the Lord with his land,
and the diverse seeds he sows therein. (Challoner)_...
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REFLECTIONS
READER! what a wonderful history doth the Church of God hold forth in
all ages! Never was there a people so favoured as Israel! Never surely
a nation so degenerate. In whatever period we l...
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The chapter ends very graciously, in showing the Church, under the
similitude of the husbandman, how the Lord takes care of his
household. And as Jesus hath sweetly set forth the same blessed
truths,...
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29._This also hath proceeded from Jehovah of hosts. _This passage is
explained by some, as if The Prophet had said that the science of
agriculture proceeded from the Lord; but I consider it to be the...
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Chapter 28 sets before us the first elements of these final scenes in
the history of this wonderful people. The scourge comes from the
north. Ephraim is invaded as by an overflowing torrent, by a temp...
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THIS ALSO COMETH FROM THE LORD OF HOSTS,.... All this wisdom the
husbandman has, in manuring his ground, in sowing it with proper seed,
and in threshing it out in a manner suitable to it. Agriculture...
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This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, [which] is wonderful in
counsel, [and] excellent in working.
Ver. 29. _This also cometh forth from the Lord._] As doth likewise
πανα δοσις αγαθη, και πα...
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“Four methods of thrashing are here mentioned, by different
instruments: the _flail_, the _drag_, the _wain_, and the _treading of
cattle._ The _staff_, or _flail_, was used for the grain that was too...
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THE CHASTISEMENT OF THE LORD OF HOSTS...
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This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful In
counsel and excellent in working, that is, this parable teaches the
wisdom of God in the higher plane, the manner in which He deals...
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23-29 The husbandman applies to his calling with pains and prudence,
in all the works of it according to their nature. Thus the Lord, who
has given men this wisdom, is wonderful in counsel, and excel...
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Isaiah 28:29 comes H3318 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 wonderful
H6381 (H8689) counsel H6098 excellent H1431 ...
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THE PARABLE OF THE FARMER AND HIS CROPS (ISAIAH 28:23).
The point behind this parable is that the wise farmer thinks carefully
about what he is doing and does not get bogged down in one activity.
He l...
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CONTENTS: Woe of Ephriam due to drunkenness. Prediction of Assyrian
captivity of Ephriam. Ephriam's fate a warning to Judah.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The glorious beauty and the plenty of the lan...
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Isaiah 28:1. _The crown of pride._ Sebaste, the ancient Samaria, is
situated on a long mount of an oval figure, having first a fruitful
valley, and then a circle of hills running round about it.
_Maun...
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_The Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel_
GOD’S PRESIDENCY OVER ALL THINGS
Let us consider this point as related to--
I. THE BIBLE AND ITS CONTENTS. This Book, to the secular world, is a
pe...
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_For his God doth instruct him_
CHASTISING WITH JUDGMENT
More literally and with better significance, “And he chastiseth it
with judgment; his God doth instruct him.
” This judgment is shown in two...
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_The ploughman_
THE PARABLE OF THE PLOUGHMAN AND THE THRESHER
1.
The general drift of the parable is obvious. The husbandman does not
forever vex and wound the tender bosom of the earth with the kee...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 28:23 God’s dealings with his people, though
“strange” (v. Isaiah 28:21), are wise. He can be trusted in
everything....
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A FEAST FOR FAITH
Isaiah 28:29. _This also cometh forth from the Lord of Hosts, which is
wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working_.
The sentiment of the text is that _the art, and science, and...
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SECTION VII. RENEWED DENUNCIATIONS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH (CH. 28-31.)
EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 28:1
A WARNING TO SAMARIA. The prophet has now east his eagle glance
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Chapter 28. Now the prophet turns to the local present issues. He is
now... he's gone off down the road to the end of things. Now he comes
back and he begins to speak of the Northern Kingdom, the majo...
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Daniel 4:2; Daniel 4:3; Isaiah 28:21; Isaiah 28:22; Isaiah 9:6;...
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This also — This part of the husbandman's discretion. These words
contain the application of the similitude. The husbandman manages his
affairs with common discretion; but God governs the world, and h...