Look upon — Contemplate Zion's glorious and peculiar privileges. Solemnities — This was the chief part of Zion's glory, that God was solemnly worshipped, and the solemn assemblies and feasts kept in her. Quiet — This was but imperfectly fulfilled in the literal Zion; but clearly and fully in the mystical Zion, the church of God, in the times of the gospel.
Verse Isaiah 33:20. _LOOK UPON ZION_ - "Thou shalt see Zion"] For חזה _chazeh_, "see," read תחזה _techezeh_, "thou shalt see," with the _Chaldee_. - _Houbigant_. At the end of this verse we find in th...
LOOK UPON ZION - Lowth renders this, ‘Thou shalt see Zion,’ by Changing the Hebrew text in conformity with the Chaldee. There is no doubt that this accords with the sense of the passage, but there is...
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...
LOOK. Gaze. THE CITY. Figure of speech _Polyonymia._ SOLEMNITIES. festal-days. Reference to Pentateuch, where the word frequently occurs (compare Leviticus 23.Numbers 15, &c). TABERNACLE. tent. Heb...
For _solemnities_, render FESTAL ASSEMBLY. _a tabernacle_that _shall not be taken down_ Better (as R.V.), A TENT THAT SHALL NOT BE REMOVED. For the figure, cf. Jeremiah 10:20....
The permanent peace and inviolability of Jerusalem, the centre of the true religion: see ch. Isaiah 32:18....
The idea of the perfect security of the righteous man leads by an easy transition to more positive features of the golden age....
DISCOURSE: 910 THE CHURCH’S SECURITY Isaiah 33:20. Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of...
LOOK UPON ZION— The prophet here, representing the chorus of teachers comforting the people of God, commands this people to turn their attention to Jerusalem, after its restoration flourishing greatly...
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...
Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither...
Zion likened to a tent which nothing can root up....
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....
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...
LOOK UPON ZION... — The words sound like an echo of Psalms 46, 48, which were probably written by the sons of Korah on the destruction of Sennacherib’s army. Men had seen Zion desecrated by Ahaz, besi...
חֲזֵ֣ה צִיֹּ֔ון קִרְיַ֖ת מֹֽועֲדֵ֑נוּ עֵינֶיךָ֩ תִרְאֶ֨ינָה...
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...
CHAPTER XXXIII. _ Broken. It was taken 125 years afterwards. The Church remains till the end of time, (Calmet) whereas both the prophets and history assure us, that Jerusalem was subject to destructi...
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...
20._Behold Zion. _Some read it in the vocative case, “Behold, O Zion;” but it is preferable to read it in the accusative case. He brings forward a promise of the restoration of the Church, which ought...
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,...
LOOK UPON ZION,.... Instead of such terrible objects as before described, a very amiable and lovely one is presented to view; even Zion, the church of God, beloved by him, chosen for his habitation, a...
Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle [that] shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neithe...
_Look upon Zion_ Contemplate Zion's beauty and safety, and her glorious and peculiar privileges; _the city of our solemnities_ This was the chief part of Zion's glory and happiness, that God was solem...
Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities, where Jehovah dwells and the people assemble for worship, to praise the Lord and to keep his feasts; THINE EYES SHALL SEE JERUSALEM A QUIET HABITATION, A T...
THE SINNERS ALARMED, THE PIOUS COMFORTED...
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...
LOOK UPON ZION; contemplate Zion's beauty and safety, and her glorious and peculiar privileges; it is an object worthy of thy deepest meditation. THE CITY OF OUR SOLEMNITIES: this he mentions, as the...
Isaiah 33:20 Look H2372 (H8798) Zion H6726 city H7151 feasts H4150 eyes H5869 see H7200 (H8799) Jerusalem...
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...
Isaiah 33:20 To our Zion, to the Church of Christ, are promised explicitly such gifts as those of the text unity, truth, success. Of which of them, it may be asked, can we make our boast? I. The unit...
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...
_Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities--_ ISAIAH’S IMAGERY Among the images which crowd the concluding verses of this chapter, we may perhaps, without fancifulness, distinguish an under-current...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 33:20 God’s people are secured forever in their perfect home, reversing the distress of vv. Isaiah 33:7 (see Isa
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST Isaiah 33:20. _Look upon Zion, &c._ It is probable that when this prophecy was delivered the city of Jerusalem was threatened with an immediate siege; but Jeho...
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)...
Deuteronomy 12:5; Ezekiel 48:35; Isaiah 37:33; Isaiah 54:2; Matt