Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 28:2
A strong one — The king of Assyria. Shall cast down — The crown of pride. The hand — By the hand of God, which shall strengthen him in this work.
A strong one — The king of Assyria. Shall cast down — The crown of pride. The hand — By the hand of God, which shall strengthen him in this work.
Verse Isaiah 28:2. _BEHOLD THE LORD HATH A MIGHTY AND STRONG ONE_ - "Behold the mighty one, the exceedingly strong one"] אמץ לאדני _ammits_ _ladonai, fortis Domino_, i.e., _fortissimmus_, a Hebraism....
BEHOLD, THE LORD HATH A MIGHTY AND STRONG ONE - The Hebrew of this passage is, ‘Lo! there is to the Lord (לאדני _la'donāy_) mighty and strong.’ Lowth renders it, ‘Behold the mighty one, the exceedin...
3. THE SIX WOES OF THE PROPHET, JUDGMENT RUINS AND RESTORATION GLORIES TO COME (28-35) CHAPTER 28 The First Woe and the Message of Assurance 1. _Ephraim addressed (Isaiah 28:1)_ 2. _Jerusalem equall...
ISAIAH 28. In Isaiah 28:1 Isaiah predicts the speedy overthrow of Samaria. The date is therefore not later than the year in which Samaria fell (Isaiah 7:22). Apparently it was uttered before the siege...
HATH. MIGHTY AND STRONG ONE. hath. mighty one, immensely strong: i.e. Assyria (2 Kings 17:5; 2 Kings 17:6). CAST DOWN. cast [Ephraim] down....
(33) This important group of discourses is the chief monument of Isaiah's activity in the early years of Sennacherib's reign. The negotiations with Egypt which preceded the revolt of 701 form the his...
The fate of the drunkards of Ephraim. On the luxury and debauchery of Samaria, see Amos 3:12; Amos 3:15; Amos 4:1; Amos 6:1;...
The reason for the woe of Isaiah 28:1. Render: BEHOLD JEHOVAH HATH A MIGHTY AND STRONG ONE, LIKE A TEMPEST OF HAIL, A DESTROYING STORM; LIKE A FLOW OF MIGHTY OVERFLOWING WATERS, WHICH CASTS DOWN TO TH...
BEHOLD, THE LORD, &C.— The punishment upon Ephraim is contained in these verses, and consists of three gradations; the _first_ in the second verse; the meaning whereof literally is, that God has ready...
V. EMANCIPATION NOT FROM EGYPT Chapter S 28 - 35 A. FOUNDATION THAT IS FIRM, Chapter S 28-29 1. STUPIDITY TEXT: Isaiah 28:1-13 1 Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fa...
Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. STRONG ONE -...
28:2 might. (a-34) Lit. 'hand.'...
A MIGHTY.. ONE] viz. the Assyrian, Jehovah's agent....
This chapter must be assigned (Isaiah 28:1) to a date prior to the capture of Samaria by the Assyrians (722 b.c.) and fall of the northern kingdom. 1-6. Samaria's luxury and self-indulgence pave the...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 28 The next section of the Book of Isaiah is from Chapter 28 to Chapter 33. These Cha...
The ‘enemy’ refers to the *Assyrians....
THE LORD HATH A MIGHTY AND STRONG ONE... — The Hebrew may be either neuter, as in the LXX. and Targum, or masculine, as in the Authorised Version. In either case it refers to the King of Assyria as th...
הִנֵּ֨ה חָזָ֤ק וְ אַמִּץ֙ לַֽ אדֹנָ֔י כְּ
BOOK 3 PROPHECIES FROM THE ACCESSION OF HEZEKIAH TO THE DEATH OF SARGON 727-705 B.C. THE prophecies with which we have been engaged (Chapter s 2-10:4) fall either before or during the great Assyrian...
THE DECAY OF AN INTEMPERATE PEOPLE Isaiah 28:1-13 A new series of prophecies begins here and extends to Isaiah 32:20. Samaria is described as a faded crown or garland on the nation's head because it...
Here begins the third and last circle of the first division of the book. It consists of a series of prophecies concerning the chosen people and the world. In this chapter we have a graphic revelation...
Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and (c) strong one, [which] as a tempest of hail [and] a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. (c) He s...
_The Lord. By his instrument, Salmanasar. (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "behold the strong one, and the mighty to the Lord, as," &c. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "behold the Lord's fury....as," &c. (Haydock)_...
We shall find the best illustration of the things here spoken by reading with it the prophecy of Hosea who had delivered the greater part of his prophecy somewhat about fifty years before this part of...
2._Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one. _This may refer to the Assyrians, as if he had said, that they will be ready at God’s command to fight under his authority, as soon as they shall be c...
Chapter 28 sets before us the first elements of these final scenes in the history of this wonderful people. The scourge comes from the north. Ephraim is invaded as by an overflowing torrent, by a temp...
BEHOLD, THE LORD HATH A MIGHTY AND STRONG ONE,.... That is, a powerful king, with a mighty army, meaning Shalmaneser king of Assyria; whom the Lord had at his beck and command, and could use at his pl...
Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, [which] as a tempest of hail [and] a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. Ver. 2. _Beh...
_Behold, the Lord hath_ Namely, at his command, prepared and ready to execute his judgments; _a mighty and strong one_ Shalmaneser, the king of Assyria; _which, as a tempest of hail, &c., shall cast d...
CONCERNING SAMARIA AND JERUSALEM. Chapter s 28 to 33 in the Book of Isaiah contain a cycle of prophecies and proclamations concerning the relation of Judah to Assyria in the time of King Hezekiah. Aha...
Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, namely, the Assyrian conqueror, WHICH AS A TEMPEST OF HAIL AND A DESTROYING STORM, a shower of destruction, AS A FLOOD OF MIGHTY WATERS OVERFLOWING, SHAL...
1-4 What men are proud of, be it ever so mean, is to them as a crown; but pride is the forerunner of destruction. How foolishly drunkards act! Those who are overcome with wine are overcome by Satan;...
THE LORD HATH, to wit, at his command, prepared and ready to execute his judgments, A MIGHTY AND STRONG ONE; the king of Assyria. SHALL CAST DOWN; understand it, the crown of pride; or _them_, the dru...
Isaiah 28:2 Lord H136 mighty H2389 one H533 tempest H2230 hail H1259 destroying H6986 storm H8178 flood H2230 mighty...
THE FIRST WOE. THE COMING JUDGMENT ON EPHRAIM BECAUSE OF ITS PARLOUS CONDITION (ISAIAH 28:1). Here Israel is depicted as a drunken festival king, proudly wearing a garland of faded flowers, while sad...
CONTENTS: Woe of Ephriam due to drunkenness. Prediction of Assyrian captivity of Ephriam. Ephriam's fate a warning to Judah. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The glorious beauty and the plenty of the lan...
Isaiah 28:1. _The crown of pride._ Sebaste, the ancient Samaria, is situated on a long mount of an oval figure, having first a fruitful valley, and then a circle of hills running round about it. _Maun...
_Woe to the crown of pride Chapter twenty-eight is the first of a great group of representative discourses, chaps._ 28-32, all dealing with the relation of Judah to Assyria, and all enforcing the sam...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 28:1 God’s Sovereign Word Spoken into the World: “Ah!” God controls history (chs. Isaiah 28:1), moving events toward final judgment and salvation (chs.
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 28:2 ONE WHO IS MIGHTY AND STRONG. Assyria. ⇐ ⇔...
ENGLAND’S CRYING SIN Isaiah 28:1. _Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, &c.,_ [1102] [1102] See pages 116 and 127. Ephraim one of the most important of the tribes. It occupied som...
SECTION VII. RENEWED DENUNCIATIONS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH (CH. 28-31.) EXPOSITION ISAIAH 28:1 A WARNING TO SAMARIA. The prophet has now east his eagle glance
Chapter 28. Now the prophet turns to the local present issues. He is now... he's gone off down the road to the end of things. Now he comes back and he begins to speak of the Northern Kingdom, the majo...
Ezekiel 13:11; Ezekiel 30:10; Ezekiel 30:11; Isaiah 25:4; Isaiah 27:1