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THE MEEK - The word ‘meek’ usually refers to those who are patient
in the reception of injuries, but the Hebrew word used here
(ענוים _‛__ănâviym_) means properly the oppressed, the
afflicted, the u...
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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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MEEK. oppressed.
POOR. oppressed. Hebrew. _'ebyon._ See note on Proverbs 6:11.
THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL. See note on Isaiah 1:4....
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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...
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The _meek_and _poor_(as in the Psalms) are the oppressed and
down-trodden lower orders, as contrasted with the irreligious upper
class (Isaiah 29:20 f.). They have now no hope but in Jehovah; then
the...
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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...
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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,_...
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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...
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The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor
among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
THE MEEK, [ `ªnaawiym (H6035)] - the afflicted godly: the idea is,
virtuous suffe...
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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...
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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...
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THE MEEK ALSO SHALL INCREASE THEIR JOY IN THE LORD. — A new element
enters into the ideal restoration of the future. Men had been weary of
the name of the Holy One of Israel (Isaiah 30:11). In that be...
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וְ יָסְפ֧וּ עֲנָוִ֛ים בַּֽ יהוָ֖ה
שִׂמְחָ֑ה ו
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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
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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),...
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_Rejoice. Our Saviour alludes to this text, (Luke vii. 22.) which,
under the figure of the deliverance from captivity, points out the
vocation of the Gentiles, chap. xxxv. 5., and xlii. 7, 19._...
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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...
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19._Then shall the humble again take joy in Jehovah. _Such is my
translation of this passage, while others render it, “They shall
add,” or “continue to rejoice;” for the Prophet describes not a
“joy”...
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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...
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THE MEEK ALSO SHALL INCREASE [THEIR] JOY IN THE LORD,.... The "meek",
lowly, and humble, are such who are made sensible of sin, and become
humble under a sense of it; who see the insufficiency of thei...
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The meek also shall increase [their] joy in the LORD, and the poor
among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Ver. 19. _The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord._] All
sincere conve...
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_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...
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The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, the godly among
the afflicted finding their one satisfaction in communion with Him,
AND THE POOR AMONG MEN SHALL REJOICE IN THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL....
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THE COUNSEL OF GOD...
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SHALL INCREASE:
_ Heb._ shall add...
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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...
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Isaiah 29:19 humble H6035 increase H3254 (H8804) joy H8057 LORD H3068
poor H34 men H120 rejoice H1523 ...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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_The poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel_
REASONS WHY THE POOR MAY REJOICE IN GOD
One of the most striking proofs of the Divine origin of Christianity
is its universal adaptation...
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_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...
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_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...
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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....
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THE JOY OF THE MEEK
Isaiah 29:19. _The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord_.
I. THE PERSONS HERE DESCRIBED.
Meekness does not mean timidity (2 Timothy 1:7); not the craven spirit
of the c...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 1:26; 1 Peter 2:1; Ephesians 4:2; Galatians 5:22;...
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Meek — The humble and meek believers. Poor — Mean and despicable
people, such as the Gentiles were in the opinion of the Jews, and such
as the greatest part of the first Christians were....