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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Isaiah 29:15

That seek deep, Heb. that make deep. A metaphor from men who use to dig deep into the earth, that they may hide any thing there which they would keep safe and unknown. To hide their counsel from the Lord; vainly imagining that they can keep all their hypocrisy and secret wickedness out of God's sight, and that they can deceive, not only man, but God, by their external professions and services. Their works are in the dark; their wicked counsels are contrived, and their idolatry is practised, in secret and dark places, of which see Ezekiel 8:12. Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? we act so cunningly, that neither God nor man can discover us.

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See also Isaiah 29:15 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WOE UNTO THEM THAT SEEK DEEP ... - That is, who attempt to conceal their “real” intentions under a plausible exterior, and correct outward deportment. This is most strikingly descriptive of the charac...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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:...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Cf. Isaiah 30:1; Isaiah 31:1. _that seek deep to hide_their _counsel from the Lord_ THAT HIDE A PLAN DEEP FROM JEHOVAH. The Egyptian party at court had done their utmost to conceal their project from...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WOE UNTO THEM, &C.— _Woe unto them who with deep dissimulation seek to hide their counsel,_ &c. Isaiah 29:16. _This perverseness of yours is as if the potter were reputed as clay; that the work should...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    4. SULLENNESS TEXT: Isaiah 29:9-16 9 Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. 10 For Jehovah hath poured...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? THAT SEEK DEEP TO HIDE - rather, 'that seek to hid...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    These substances are all strong and beautiful. His whole body seems so strong and powerful; but it is also very beautiful. Especially, this is so about his arms and legs. And he is tall, like the bea...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Nobody can hide anything from God. Jesus also warned people about this (see Luke 12:2-3)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WOE UNTO THEM... — The words sound like an echo of Isaiah 5:8; Isaiah 5:11; Isaiah 5:18, and show that Isaiah had not lost the power of adding to that catalogue of woes. The sins of which he speaks he...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הֹ֛וי הַ מַּעֲמִיקִ֥ים מֵֽ יהוָ֖ה לַ סְתִּ֣ר

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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 ------------...

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

    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),...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Woe to them that (n) seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? (n) This is spoken of them who in heart despised G...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    All spiritual visitations which the Lord makes upon his people, are among the heaviest of his judgments. And in what an awful instance was this prediction fulfilled, and is still fulfilling, on Israel...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    15._Woe to them that conceal themselves from Jehovah. _The Prophet again exclaims against those wicked and profane despisers of God, whom he formerly called לצים, (_lētzīm_,) “scorners,” who think tha...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WOE UNTO THEM,.... Or, "O ye", THAT SEEK DEEP TO HIDE THEIR COUNSEL FROM THE LORD; which they consulted against Christ, to take away his life, to persecute his apostles, and hinder the spread of his...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? Ver. 15. _Woe unto them that seek deep to hide._] Th...

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

    _Wo unto them that seek deep_ Hebrew, המעמיקים, _that make_, or _dig deep;_ a metaphor from persons digging deep into the earth, that they may hide what they wish to keep safe and unknown. _To hide th...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, trying to conceal their object from the eyes of God, as even Hezekiah did at times, AND THEIR WORKS ARE IN THE DARK, as they think, hi...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE COUNSEL OF GOD...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    9-16 The security of sinners in sinful ways, is cause for lamentation and wonder. The learned men, through prejudice, said that the Divine prophecies were obscure; and the poor urged their want of le...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 29:15 Woe H1945 seek H6009 (H8688) hide H5641 (H8687) counsel H6098 LORD H3068 works H4639 dark...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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,...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 Biblical Illustrator

    _Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord_ THE FOLLY OF ACTING SEPARATELY FROM GOD I. THEIR POLITICS DESCRIBED (Isaiah 29:15). The consultations they had about their own safet...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 29:15 Judah’s leaders are reduced to the secrecy of underhanded human politics. For them, the sovereign God might as well not exist. ⇐...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 4:5; 2 Corinthians 4:2; Ezekiel 8:12; Ezekiel 9:9;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Seek deep — A metaphor from men, who use to dig deep into the earth, that they may hide any thing there. To hide — Vainly imagining, that they can deceive, not only men, but God, by their external pro...

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