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Isaiah 2:14-16
People build strong *towers and great walls to protect their cities. But such structures are weak and unsatisfactory, when one compares them with the powers of God’s Spirit.
People build strong *towers and great walls to protect their cities. But such structures are weak and unsatisfactory, when one compares them with the powers of God’s Spirit.
Verse Isaiah 2:14. Isaiah 2:13....
AND UPON ALL THE HIGH MOUNTAINS - Judea abounded in lofty mountains, which added much to the grandeur of its natural scenery. Lowth supposes that by mountains and hills are meant here, ‘kingdoms, repu...
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...
b. LOSS OF DIGNITY TEXT: Isaiah 2:10-22 10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty. 11 The lofty looks of man shall be...
And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, AND UPON ALL THE HIGH MOUNTAINS ... HILLS - referring to the "high places" on which sacrifices were unlawfully offered, e...
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...
(14)AND UPON ALL THE HIGH MOUNTAINS. — Possibly the prophet may have had in his mind the thunderstorm of Psalms 29:5 — “the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.” The oaks of Bashan were, like the ceda...
וְ עַ֖ל כָּל ־הֶ הָרִ֣ים הָ רָמִ֑ים
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...
AN EXHORTATION TO HUMILITY AND REVERENCE Isaiah 2:12-22; Isaiah 3:1-12 If men will not repent, they must suffer. If they will not voluntarily put away their idols and sorceries, they will be compelle...
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...
And upon all the high (t) mountains, and upon all the hills [that are] lifted up, (t) By high trees and mountains are he means the proud and lofty, who think themselves most strong in this world....
This Portion of the chapter opens in a very solemn manner. Whether the prophet means the visitations of God in the day of calamity of this world; or refers to the day of judgment for another; in both...
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...
AND UPON ALL THE HIGH MOUNTAINS, AND UPON ALL THE HILLS [THAT ARE] LIFTED UP. By which may be meant either kingdoms and cities belonging to the Roman jurisdiction, or churches and monasteries, and suc...
And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills [that are] lifted up, Ver. 14. _And upon all the high mountains._] _Optimates et dynastas designat._ Hereby he meaneth the grandees and magnifi...
_For the day of the Lord_ The time of God's taking vengeance on sinners; _shall be upon every one that is proud_ To mortify and bring him down to the dust; and _upon all the cedars of Lebanon_, &c. In...
THE MAJESTY OF GOD IN HIS FINAL REVELATION...
and upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, every creature that excels in majesty and beauty in the world,...
10-22 The taking of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans seems first meant here, when idolatry among the Jews was done away; but our thoughts are led forward to the destruction of all the enemies of Christ. It...
To which men used to betake themselves in times of war and danger. It is usual with the prophets to describe God's judgments upon men by the shaking and smoking of the mountains, the trembling of the...
Isaiah 2:14 high H7311 (H8802) mountains H2022 hills H1389 up H5375 (H8737) Isaiah 30:25,
THE TERRIBLE VISION (ISAIAH 2:10). This vision is in direct contrast with the Glorious Vision of Isaiah 2:2. On the one hand glory, now, on the other, judgment. Here we have a picture of the destiny...
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,...
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...
_The day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon everyone that is proud and lofty_ SCEPTICISM DISCOMFITED BY CHRIST’S ADVENT I. Among THE CAUSES OF THE SPIRIT OF RELIGIOUS SCEPTICISM there are-- 1. An e...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 2:12 AGAINST ALL... AGAINST EVERY. Ten times in these verses Isaiah says that God opposes all human pride. ⇐...
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...
2 Corinthians 10:5; Isaiah 30:25; Isaiah 40:4; Psalms 110:5; Ps
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...
Hills — To which men used to betake themselves in times of danger....