Say they — Unto their brethren, fellow — priests, or other jolly companions. Fill ourselves — We will drink not only to delight, but even to drunkenness, as the word signifies, which shews their dreadful security and contempt of God, and their abandoning of all care of their own or peoples souls.
Verse Isaiah 56:12. _I WILL FETCH WINE _- "Let us provide wine"] For אקחה _ekchah_, first person singular, an ancient MS. has נקחה _nikchah_, first person plural; and another ancient MS. has אק _ak_...
COME YE, SAY THEY - (compare the notes at Isaiah 22:13). That is, one says to another, ‘I will fetch wine;’ or as we would say, ‘I will take another glass.’ The object is to describe a drinking-bout,...
Chapter s 56:9-57:14 must be read continuously. CHAPTER S 56:9-57:21 The Condition of the Apostate Nation and the two Classes 1. _The condition of the shepherds of Israel (Isaiah 56:9) _ 2. _Apostat...
ISAIAH 56:9 TO ISAIAH 57:2. A DENUNCIATION OF THE RULERS OF THE COMMUNITY. This oracle seems not to be connected with the preceding, though, it arises out of the same circumstances. Yahweh bids the be...
WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27. STRONG DRINK. Hebrew. _shekar._ App-27....
Isaiah 56:9 to Isaiah 57:21. A Protest against the Unworthy Shepherds of God's Flock, and the arrogant Heathenism by which it is threatened; followed by a Message of Consolation to True Israelites Th...
The delinquencies of the rulers. The _watchmen_are the spiritual leaders of the community, who in the earlier post-exilic period were the priests and the prophets (see Nehemiah 6:10-14). Elsewhere the...
As an illustration of their highest idea of enjoyment, one of these watchmen is introduced inviting his fellows to a prolonged carousal. Cf. ch. Isaiah 5:11 f., Isaiah 5:22; Isaiah 28:1;...
HIS WATCHMEN— The prophet in these words paints in a lively manner the very corrupt government of the church. The consequence of which, is that deplorable state of the church described in the next sec...
3. DUMB DOGS DENOUNCED TEXT: Isaiah 56:9-12 9 All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest. 10 His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all...
Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant. COME YE, (SAY THEY), I WILL FETCH WINE - language of...
THE IDOLATRIES OF ISRAEL It is difficult to determine the date of this section with certainty. Many scholars assign it, with the rest of Isaiah 40-66, to the period of the exile, or to a date after th...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S SPECIAL SERVANT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 49 TO 57 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 56 GOD’S PEOPLE WILL INCLUDE ALL NATIONS V1 (This is what the *Lord says to his people...
COME YE, SAY THEY... — The words in italics are necessary to complete the sense; but their absence from the Hebrew is noticeable, and noteworthy as an example of the prophet’s bold use of a dramatic f...
אֵתָ֥יוּ אֶקְחָה ־יַ֖יִן וְ נִסְבְּאָ֣ה שֵׁכָ֑ר...
CHAPTER XXIII THE REKINDLING OF THE CIVIC CONSCIENCE Isaiah 56:9; Isaiah 57:1; Isaiah 58:1; Isaiah 59:1 IT was inevitable, as so
BOOK 4 THE RESTORATION WE have now reached the summit of our prophecy. It has been a long, steep ascent, and we have had very much to seek out on the way, and to extricate and solve and load oursel...
THE BLESSEDNESS OF SABBATH-KEEPING Isaiah 56:1-12 The bright array of Messianic promises, which occupied the preceding Chapter s, is now followed by a portion of less interest, seeing that our attent...
This division ends with two Chapter s (56 and 57) which set forth certain aspects of the administration of the Kingdom. The first is intended to comfort those who by recent promises of restoration mad...
Come ye, [say they], I will bring wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to (l) morrow shall be as this day, [and] much more abundant. (l) We are well yet, and to morrow will be bett...
REFLECTIONS BLESSED God! how truly refreshing to the soul of a poor dry barren believer, is the recollection of that covenant, which is everlasting and sure, and ordered in all things! What, though I...
Who, or what are meant by beasts of the field, and dumb dogs, may not be so easy to determine; but we cannot be at a loss to apprehend the meaning of the word watchmen. The passage is very awful, and...
12._Come ye, I will fetch wine. _After having spoken of the avarice and carelessness of pastors, he points out their desperate wickedness and obstinacy; for he represents them as speaking, (102) and b...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 55, 56, AND 57. Chapter s 55, 56, 57 are exhortations given in view of these things. Chapter 55 is full free grace, which consequently embraces the Gentiles....
COME YE, SAY THEY,.... Either to their fellow bishops and priests, when got together, jovially carousing; or to the common people, encouraging them in luxury and intemperance: I WILL FETCH WINE; out...
Come ye, [say they], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, [and] much more abundant. Ver. 12. _Come ye._] The wicked have their "come ye...
_Come ye, say they_ Unto their brethren, fellow-priests, or other jolly companions. _We will fill ourselves_ We will drink, not only to delight, but even to drunkenness, as the word signifies. _And to...
Come ye, say they, in the spirit which always characterizes their self-indulgence, I WILL FETCH WINE, AND WE WILL FILL OURSELVES WITH STRONG DRINK, in an orgy of bestial drinking; AND TOMORROW SHALL B...
The Neglect of Jehovah's Flock by its Shepherds...
9-12 Desolating judgments are called for; and this severe rebuke of the rulers and teachers of the Jewish church, is applicable to other ages and places. It is bad with a people when their shepherds s...
SAY THEY, unto their brethren, by office and in iniquity; unto their fellow priests, or other jolly companions. WE WILL FILL OURSELVES; we will drink not only to delight, but even to drunkenness, as t...
Isaiah 56:12 Come H857 (H8798) bring H3947 (H8799) wine H3196 fill H5433 (H8799) drink H7941 Tomorrow...
THE PRESENT CONDITION OF THE LEADERSHIP AND THE PEOPLE (ISAIAH 56:9). In total contrast with Yahweh, Who welcomes the righteous whatever their physical status, (but only the righteous), are the leader...
CONTENTS: Solemn instruction given to all to make conscience of duty. Charge against the careless and unfaithful. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The more assurance God gives us of the performance of H...
Isaiah 56:1. _Keep ye judgment,_ as a preparation for the Messiah's advent, who is here called, Salvation; and whose righteousness and mercy are the only ground of a sinner's justification, adoption,...
_To-morrow, shall be as this day_ FAITH AND PRESUMPTION The future is very differently contemplated by different individuals. Men of a sanguine temperament gild it with golden visions that are never...
_All ye beasts of the field, come to devour._ THE DEFENCELESS CONDITION THE COMMUNITY OWING TO THE INCOMPETENCE OF ITS SPIRITUAL LEADERS 1. All the wild beasts of the field and the forest are invite...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 56:1 How to Prepare for the Coming Glory: “Hold Fast My Covenant.” Isaiah helps readers know how to be God’s servants who will live with him forever....
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 56:9 Selfishly complacent leaders, morally lax people, and idol-worshiping hypocrites have no place in God’s kingdom. ⇐...
WORTHLESS SHEPHERDS Isaiah 56:10. _His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, &c._ A very sad description is here given of the “watchmen”—the spiritual leaders of Isaiah’s time, evincing a state...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 56:1 AN EXHORTATION TO OBSERVE THE LAW, ESPECIALLY THE LAW OF THE SABBATH, COMBINED WITH PROMISES
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Isaiah 56:1-12. In Isaiah 55:1-13 the Lord speaks of this glorious everlasting salvation and the glories of His greatness, His power. "As the heavens are higher than...
1 Corinthians 15:32; Amos 6:3; Hosea 4:11; Isaiah 22:13; Isaiah 22:14