Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 2:7
Treasures — They have heaped up riches, and still are greedily pursuing after more.
Treasures — They have heaped up riches, and still are greedily pursuing after more.
Verse Isaiah 2:7. _THEIR LAND IS ALSO FULL OF HORSES_ - "And his land is filled with horses"] This was in direct contradiction to God's command in the law: "But he (the king) shall not multiply horse...
THEIR LAND ALSO IS FULL OF SILVER AND GOLD - This “gold” was brought chiefly from Ophir. Solomon imported vast quantities of silver and gold from foreign places; 2Ch 8:18; 2 Chronicles 9:10; 1 Chronic...
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...
THEIR LAND ALSO IS FULL OF SILVER, &C.— In the original, this consists of a stanza of four verses, in which the construction of the two members is alternate; _their land is full of silver,_ answering...
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...
Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots: THEIR LAND ALSO IS FULL OF SI...
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...
The increase of wealth and military organisation here referred to were features of Uzziah's reign (2 Chronicles 26:1)....
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...
God has given up his special people. They have refused to live the life that he requires of them. They want to copy all the other nations. They want to follow foreign customs and interests. They aim t...
THEIR LAND ALSO IS FULL OF SILVER AND GOLD. — The long and prosperous reign of Uzziah, especially his trade with Ophir, had reproduced the wealth of the days of Solomon. Tribute came from the Arabians...
וַ תִּמָּלֵ֤א אַרְצֹו֙ כֶּ֣סֶף וְ זָהָ֔ב 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...
Their land also is full of (p) silver and gold, neither [is there any] end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither [is there any] end of their chariots: (p) The prophet first c...
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...
7._Their land is filled with silver and gold _We must attend to the order which the Prophet here observes; for he now enumerates the reasons why the Lord rejected his people. In the former verse he be...
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...
THEIR LAND ALSO IS FULL OF SILVER AND GOLD,.... Procured by pardons, indulgences, masses, praying souls out of purgatory, tithes, annates, Peter's pence, c. NEITHER [IS THERE ANY] END OF THEIR TREASU...
_Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither [is there any] end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither [is there any] end of their chariots:_ Ver. 7. _Their land also...
_Their land also is full of silver_, &c. They have heaped up riches immoderately, and still are greedily pursuing after more. Lowth thinks the prophet is especially reproving those who, in the midst o...
THE GENTILES CALLED TO THE KINGDOM...
Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots, this heaping up of material weal...
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...
NEITHER IS THERE ANY END OF THEIR TREASURES; they have heaped up riches immoderately, (which was forbidden even to their king, DEUTERONOMY 17:17) and by wicked practices; they are never satisfied, but...
Isaiah 2:7 land H776 full H4390 (H8735) silver H3701 gold H2091 end H7097 treasures H214 land H776 full...
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...
_Therefore Thou hast forsaken Thy people_ GOD NEVER FORSAKEN WITHOUT GOOD REASON “Therefore Thou hast forsaken Thy people. ” The term is logical God never forsakes His people in any whimsical way: H...
_Their land also is full of silver and gold_ AN UP-TO-DATE INVENTORY There is something startlingly modern about this chapter; if you sit down to analyse it, you feel that there is something startli...
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...
1 Kings 10:21; 1 Kings 10:26; 1 Kings 4:26; 2 Chronicles 9:20;...
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...