The deaf; who were deaf before God by his word and grace did open their ears; even the deaf and blind Gentiles, as was now noted. Compare Isaiah 35:5. Shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness; being, by God's grace, brought out of that gross and worse than Egyptian darkness of ignorance and wickedness, in which they formerly lived, unto a clear and saving knowledge of the truth.
SHALL THE DEAF HEAR THE WORDS OF THE BOOK - They who now have the law and do not understand it, the people who seem to be deaf to all that God says, shall hear and understand it. SHALL SEE OUT OF OBS...
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:...
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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...
_the words of the book_ There is a reference implied to Isaiah 29:11. "Deafness" and "blindness" are metaphors for the spiritual obtuseness which at present characterises the nation (Isaiah 29:10)....
DISCOURSE: 902 THE GOSPEL A SOURCE OF BLESSINGS TO MANKIND Isaiah 29:18. _In that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkn...
AND IN THAT DAY— See Luke 2:32.Acts 11:18. Ephesians 4:18 and other similar passages of the New Testament, for the best comment upon these words, _JESUS gave ears to the deaf, and sight to the blind,_...
5. SANCTIFICATION TEXT: Isaiah 29:17-24 17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? 18 And in th...
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. DEAF ... THE BLIND SHALL SEE - (cf. .) The spiritually blind, e...
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...
Jesus the Christ (*Messiah) will cure vast numbers of sick people (see Matthew 11:3-5)....
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...
IN THAT DAY SHALL THE DEAF HEAR THE WORDS OF THE BOOK. — The open vision of the future is contrasted with the self-chosen ignorance of Isaiah 29:11. The “book” (the Hebrew has, however, no definite ar...
וְ שָׁמְע֧וּ בַ † יֹּום ־הַ ה֛וּא...
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 ------------...
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),...
Here the Lord comes in with sweet promises, for the Lord still favors his people, and will have mercy upon Israel. Hence, therefore, here are blessings of fruitfulness promised; blind eyes are to be o...
18._And in that day shall the deaf hear. _He promises that the Church of God, as we have said, shall still be preserved amidst those calamities. Though the world be shaken by innumerable tempests, and...
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...
AND IN THAT DAY SHALL THE DEAF HEAR THE WORDS OF THE BOOK,.... That is, in the Gospel day, or times of the Gospel dispensation, when that should be preached to the Gentiles; who before were deaf, but...
_And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness._ Ver. 18. _In that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book...
_In that day_, &c. In these two verses we have the first happy consequence of Lebanon's becoming a fruitful field, “the spiritual blessings of light and understanding in divine things, and of joy and...
And In that day shall the deaf, those whose ears had, by their natural perversity, been closed to the voice of the Lord, HEAR THE WORDS OF THE BOOK, of the written revelation, AND THE EYES OF THE BLIN...
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17-24 The wonderful change here foretold, may refer to the affairs of Judah, though it looks further. When a great harvest of souls was gathered to Christ from among the Gentiles, then the wilderness...
Isaiah 29:18 day H3117 deaf H2795 hear H8085 (H8804) words H1697 book H5612 eyes H5869 blind H5787 see...
IF THEY WERE WISE THEY WOULD RECOGNISE THAT GOD HAS EVERYTHING IN HAND (ISAIAH 29:17). For the truth is that Yahweh, the Potter, will take the poor and the lowly and will work on them to make of them...
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,...
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...
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 deaf. .. the blind. .. the meek. .. the poor_ THE GOSPEL DAY I. We may regard these words as containing A DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE IN WHICH THE GOSPEL FINDS THOSE TO WHOM IT IS ADDRESSED. The e...
_Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field_ THE FRUITFUL FIELD AND THE FOREST The comparison is evidently not between the high and the low, but between the cultivated and the wild, the field and...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 29:17 Despite human unbelief, God plans to transform the moral order of the world. The metaphors of v. Isaiah 29:17 are explained in vv....
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...
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...
1 Peter 2:9; 2 Corinthians 3:14; 2 Corinthians 4:2; Acts 26:18;...
Shall see — Being, by God's grace, brought out of gross, ignorance and wickedness, unto a clear and saving knowledge of the truth....