The mean man
The mean man
“Mean” there does not mean selfish or stingy, but the man between two extremes, the mean, average, ordinary man.
The mean man and the great man are both bowing--what are they bowing to? Something beneath them; they have lost the sense of their dignity, and they have forgotten that they are kings, and now they are bowing down to things that they ought to control. (J. H. Jowett, M. A.)
Verse Isaiah 2:9. _BOWETH DOWN _- "Shall be bowed down"] This has reference to the preceding verse. They bowed themselves down to their idols, therefore shall they be bowed down and brought low under...
AND THE MEAN MAN - That is, the man in humble life, the poor, the low in rank - for this is all that the Hebrew word here - אדם _'âdâm_ - implies. The distinction between the two words here used - א...
CHAPTER 2 Zion's Future Glory and the Day of Jehovah 1. _The glories in the latter days (Isaiah 2:1)_ 2. _Exhortation to walk in the light (Isaiah 2:5)_ 3. _The corruption of the people (Isaiah 2:6)_...
THE DAY OF YAHWEH. A poem dating from Isaiah's earliest period, dealing first with the sin, then with the judgment, of Israel. The text has been badly preserved. Probably the refrain which we find in...
MEAN MAN. Hebrew. _'addm._ App-14. Contrasting GREAT MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14. society's extremes...
AND THE MEAN MAN BOWETH DOWN, &C.— _And the mean man shall be brought down, and the great man shall be humbled; and thou wilt not forgive them._ Vitringa. This rendering is not only agreeable to the 1...
THE VIOLENCE OF CORRUPTION AND JUDGMENT Isaiah 2:5-22 a. LIGHT UPON THE DARKNESS TEXT: Isaiah 2:5-9 5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah. 6 For thou hast forsaken...
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. THE MEAN MAN - in rank; not morally base: opposed "to the great man." The former is in Hebrew 'aadaam...
2:9 man (n-4) _ Adam_ ; an ordinary man, one of the people. man (a-12) _ Ish_ . as chs. 5.15; 31.8. In these passages 'mean man' is _ Adam_ . Compare Psalms 49:2 ; Psalms 62:9 ....
2-4. occur also with a few slight variations in Micah 4:1. The passage appears to be borrowed in Isaiah, because (_a_) it suits its context better in Micah, and (_b_) it is more complete in Micah, Mic...
BOWETH DOWN.. HUMBLETH HIMSELF] i.e. before the idols....
And the people in Israel are so proud that they are self-sufficient. They think that they have no need of the *Lord. They have completely forgotten God’s purpose for them to be his witnesses to other...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 2 GOD’S IDEAL PLAN FOR ISRAEL V1 A special message about Jud...
AND THE MEAN MAN BOWETH DOWN. — The English gives adequately the significance of the two words for “man” — in Hebrew, _adam_ and _îsh._ The Authorised Version applies the words to the prostrations of...
וַ יִּשַּׁ֥ח אָדָ֖ם וַ יִּשְׁפַּל ־אִ֑ישׁ וְ
CHAPTER II THE THREE JERUSALEMS 740-735 B.C. Isaiah 2:1; Isaiah 3:1; Isaiah 4:1 AFTER the general introduction, in chapter 1, to the prophecies of Isaiah, there comes another portion of the book, o...
A VISION OF WORLD PEACE Isaiah 2:1-11 This and the four following Chapter s must be classed together as a distinct portion of this book, belonging to the earliest years of Isaiah's ministry. Their d...
Following this broad statement of the case between Jehovah and His people, we have the prophet's great appeal to them. The first part constitutes a vision of the latter days, that condition toward whi...
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man (q) humbleth himself: therefore (r) forgive them not. (q) He notes the nature of the idolaters who are never satisfied in their superstitions. (r) Thu...
_Forgive. Septuagint, "I will not dismiss them." Hebrew, "and thou hast not pardoned them."_...
Here the prophet takes occasion to call upon the Jewish church, from the zeal of the Gentile: and since the heathen is so forward to go up to the house of the Lord, how much more ought the Lord's own...
9._And the mean man boweth down _Some commentators read these words in immediate connection with what goes before, as if the Prophet were proceeding still farther to show the extent of their criminali...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 2, 3, AND 4. Thus re-established, Zion, the mountain of Jehovah, will be the centre of blessing and peace to all the nations (Isaiah 2:1-4). This puts the inv...
AND THE MEAN MAN BOWETH DOWN, AND THE GREAT MAN HUMBLETH HIMSELF,.... Both high and low, rich and poor, bow down unto, humble themselves before, and worship idols made by the hands of men: the words f...
And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. Ver. 9. _And the mean man boweth down._] There is a general conspiracy, and they are altogether become ab...
_Their land also is full of idols_ Every city had its god, (Jeremiah 11:13,) and, according to the goodness and fertility of their lands, they made goodly images, Hosea 10:1. _They worship the work of...
THE GENTILES CALLED TO THE KINGDOM...
and the mean man, the lowly among the people, BOWETH DOWN, as a result and punishment of the idolatrous practices in use among the children of Israel, AND THE GREAT MAN, the nobles and leaders among t...
1-9 The calling of the Gentiles, the spread of the gospel, and that far more extensive preaching of it yet to come, are foretold. Let Christians strengthen one another, and support one another. It is...
THE MEAN MAN BOWETH DOWN, and the great man humbleth himself; men of all ranks fall down and worship idols. FORGIVE THEM NOT; cut off these incorrigible idolaters. Such an imprecation is not strange,...
Isaiah 2:9 People H120 down H7817 (H8735) man H376 humbles H8213 (H8799) forgive H5375 (H8799) the mean -...
THE AWFUL SITUATION OF HIS PEOPLE BEFORE YAHWEH AND ITS FUTURE CONSEQUENCES (ISAIAH 2:6). In contrast with the glorious vision that we have just seen, of Yahweh's triumph and people flocking to God,...
HIS RECOGNITION BEFORE YAHWEH OF ISRAEL'S POSITION (ISAIAH 2:6). However, Isaiah is really in no doubt about their true position. There are no scales before his eyes. He now turns to God and outlines...
Isaiah 2:6. _Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children...
Isaiah 2:1. _The word that Isaiah the son of Amos saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top...
CONTENTS: The coming glory of Jerusalem and Israel. The humbling of the haughty and the shame of sinners in that day. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: In view of the terribleness of that day whe...
Isaiah 2:1. _The word that Isaiah saw._ In these distressing times, when the Jewish church and state were shaken to the very centre, the Messiah spoke to the prophet, and showed him the new-testament...
THE MATERIAL AND THE MORAL Isaiah 2:6. _They be replenished from the east, &c._ We have here the indictment which the prophet brings against Israel. It consists of three counts: 1. That the people...
A TERRIBLE PICTURE Isaiah 2:6 _Here_ is the “word” (vision) which Isaiah “saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem” (Isaiah 2:1). The prophet has been enraptured by the wondrous prospect of the distant fut...
SECTION II. DENUNCIATION OF GOD'S JUDGMENTS UPON HIS PEOPLE (CH. 2-5.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 2:1 TITLE OF THE CHAPTER. It is gener
Now chapter 2 is introduced again. The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem (Isaiah 2:1). And now God takes him off to the future. And it shall come to pass in the las...
Colossians 2:18; Colossians 2:23; Isaiah 27:11; Isaiah 5:15; Isaiah
CHRIST IN ISAIAH Isaiah 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When Isaiah saw Christ in this chapter he saw Him in His Second Advent glory. Peter, in the Spirit, wrote of how the Prophets foretold the sufferings...
The great man — Men of all ranks fall down and worship idols....