Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 33:19
A fierce — That fierce and warlike people, whom thou hast seen with terror, near the walls of Jerusalem, thou shalt see no more. A people — A foreign nation, whose language is unknown to thee.
A fierce — That fierce and warlike people, whom thou hast seen with terror, near the walls of Jerusalem, thou shalt see no more. A people — A foreign nation, whose language is unknown to thee.
THOU SHALT NOT SEE A FIERCE PEOPLE - Or, rather, ‘this fierce and boasting people you shall not see.’ They shall not enter the city; but though they are advancing with so much confidence, they shall b...
CHAPTER 33 Sixth Woe Against the Assyrian and What Is to Follow 1. _The judgment announced (Isaiah 33:1)_ 2. _The prayer of the faithful remnant (Isaiah 33:2)_ 3. _The judgment executed (Isaiah 33:7)...
ISAIAH 33. DENUNCIATION OF THE TREACHEROUS FOE. ZION'S EXTREMITY, YAHWEH'S OPPORTUNITY. If Isaiah's, the date is apparently 701, and the situation presupposed is Sennacherib's demand for unconditional...
FIERCE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:49; Deuteronomy 28:50). STAMMERING. jabbering. TONGUE. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for the language spoken by it....
_Thou shalt not see_ THE _fierce people_ Some render "people of barbarous speech"; cf. ch. Isaiah 28:11. _of a deeper speech, &c._ (Ezekiel 3:5), OF TOO DEEP SPEECH TO BE UNDERSTOOD. that thou canst...
In those days it will require an effort of imagination to recall the dangers of the present, from which the nation shall have been so suddenly and so marvellously saved....
The idea of the perfect security of the righteous man leads by an easy transition to more positive features of the golden age....
THOU SHALT NOT SEE A FIERCE PEOPLE— While the people of God should see the king in his beauty, while they should see their land widely extending itself, they should no more see a barbarous enemy, or o...
4. SERENITY TEXT: Isaiah 33:13-24 13 Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might. 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the godless...
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand. THOU SHALT NOT SEE A FIERCE PEOPLE - The Assyrians...
1-12. The deliverance of Jerusalem from the Invader. 13-24. The Consequences of the Interposition of Jehovah for those that dwell in the City....
The common language of Syria and Assyria was Aramaic, which, though a Semitic tongue, was unintelligible to the ordinary Hebrew-speaking Israelite: cp. Isaiah 28:11; Isaiah 36:11....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 33 A PRAYER FOR HELP V1 *Woe to our enemies! They ruined and cheated other people. Al...
Perhaps Isaiah is not describing any particular occasion. These verses are to encourage God’s people in any times of trouble. Whatever happens, God does not change. Live rightly. And he will provide a...
THOU SHALT NOT SEE A FIERCE PEOPLE... — Better, _The fierce people thou shalt not see_ ... The words answer the question just asked. The whole Assyrian army, with their barbarous, unintelligible speec...
אֶת ־עַ֥ם נֹועָ֖ז לֹ֣א תִרְאֶ֑ה עַ֣ם עִמְקֵ֤י
CHAPTER XXI OUR GOD A CONSUMING FIRE 701 B.C. Isaiah 33:1 WE have seen how the sense of forgiveness and the exultant confidence, which fill chapter 33, were brought about within a few months after...
THE REWARD OF THE RIGHTEOUS Isaiah 33:13-24 The devouring fire and everlasting burnings of Isaiah 33:14 are clearly the emblems of the divine presence. The righteous dwell in God as the bush which w...
This chapter celebrates a great victory, and is prophetic of the method of the final triumph. In the first thirteen verses we have the prophet's appeal, in which there are two movements. In the first...
_Shameless, unjust Assyrians, Luke xviii. 2. When shame is gone, people give way to every excess. --- Profound. Unknown to the Jews, 4 Kings xviii. 26. --- No wisdom, manners, or piety._...
These precious things are said, to carry off the minds of the people from the terrors of the approaching captivity, to the prospect of gospel times, which should be accomplished by the coming of the L...
19._Thou shaft not see a fierce people. _The word נועז _(nognaz) _is translated by some “strong,” and by others “impudent;” but, undoubtedly, he intends to express the fierceness of the Assyrians, whi...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 33 AND 34. Chapter s 33, 34 announce the last two great acts of judgment. At the moment when God establishes Himself in Zion, and fills it with righteousness,...
THOU SHALT NOT SEE A FIERCE PEOPLE,.... A people of a fierce countenance, as in Daniel 8:23 fierce in their looks, furious in their temper, cruel and bloodthirsty in their practices, confirmed and har...
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, [that thou canst] not understand. Ver. 19. _Thou shalt not see a fierce people._] Or,...
_Thou shalt not see a fierce people_ As Moses said of the Egyptians, (Exodus 14:13,) _The Egyptians, whom you have seen to- day, you shall see them again no more;_ so I say of the Assyrians, that fier...
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, for the terrible enemies will then have disappeared forever, A PEOPLE OF A DEEPER SPEECH THAN THOU CANST PERCEIVE, whose language is difficult to understand; OF STA...
THE SINNERS ALARMED, THE PIOUS COMFORTED...
stammering: Or, ridiculous...
15-24 The true believer watches against all occasions of sin. The Divine power will keep him safe, and his faith in that power will keep him easy. He shall want nothing needful for him. Every blessin...
THOU SHALT NOT SEE A FIERCE PEOPLE: as Moses said of the Egyptians, EXODUS 14:13, so I say of the Assyrians, that fierce and warlike people, whom thou-hast seen, with great terror, near the walls of J...
Isaiah 33:19 see H7200 (H8799) fierce H3267 (H8737) people H5971 people H5971 obscure H6012 speech H8193 perception
THE GLORY THAT IS COMING (ISAIAH 33:17). In stark contrast with all that has gone before is the destiny of God's true people. For them the future holds the promise of a permanent existence in the pre...
CHAPTER 33 THE SIXTH WOE AGAINST THOSE WHO DESPOIL OTHERS AND WHO ARE TREACHEROUS. The sixth woe seems in context to be directed against Assyria for some treacherous act. We can compare and contrast h...
CONTENTS: The distress of Judah and Jerusalem because of coming woes. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The righteous God pays sinners in their own coin. When they have filled up the measure of their ini...
Isaiah 33:1. _Woe to thee,_ thou spoiler, who hast not been spoiled; _AND THOU PLUNDERER, WHO HAST NOT BEEN PLUNDERED._ When thou hast ceased to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; When thou art weary of...
SECTION X. A PROPHECY OF JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA (Isaiah 33:1.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 33:1 THE JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA
Now chapter 33 begins with a warning to the Assyrians. Woe unto thee that spoilest, and you have not been spoiled; you that deal treacherously, you've not been dealt treacherously with! (Isaiah 33:1)...
1 Corinthians 14:21; 2 Kings 19:32; Deuteronomy 28:49; Deuteronomy 28:50;...