EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries
Isaiah 33:15
Those who truly *worship the *Lord will follow God’s principles (moral rules) in their lives.
Those who truly *worship the *Lord will follow God’s principles (moral rules) in their lives.
Verse Isaiah 33:15. _THAT STOPPETH HIS EARS FROM HEARING OF BLOOD _- "Who stoppeth his ears to the proposal of bloodshed"] A MS. reads בדמים _bedamim_, "in blood....
HE THAT WALKETH RIGHTEOUSLY - In this and the following verses the prophet presents, in contrast, the confidence and the security of the righteous. He first, in this verse, describes the characteristi...
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...
HE, &C. This is not the answer to Isaiah 33:14, but the subject of the Promise in Isaiah 33:16, "He. shall dwell on high". Hence it is emphatic. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 10:17;...
Being thus assured of a speedy answer to his prayers, the writer proceeds, in language of great force and beauty, to describe the moral effect on the Jewish people....
A triumphant answer to the fearful self-questionings of the ungodly. The passage closely resembles Psalms 15:2 ff; Psalms 24:4 f. First the character of the true citizen of God's Kingdom is expressed...
HEAR, YE THAT ARE FAR OFF— This period is immediately connected with that preceding; wherein the divine judgment just mentioned is celebrated, and its severity defended against those hypocrites who mi...
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...
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutte...
33:15 shutteth (i-34) As ch. 29.10....
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....
HE THAT WALKETH RIGHTEOUSLY... — The answer to the question shows that the words point not to endless punishments, but to the infinite holiness of God. The man who is true and just in all his dealings...
הֹלֵ֣ךְ צְדָקֹ֔ות וְ דֹבֵ֖ר מֵֽישָׁרִ֑ים מֹאֵ֞ס...
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...
_Blood. Avoiding revenge, and punishing the guilty, without respect to persons. Such was Ezechias, and therefore his enemies could not hurt him._...
W hat a string of rich promises are here, like so many pearls for the believer's neck! What is it to walk righteously, but to walk in Christ, and with Christ? Colossians 2:6. And what is it to despise...
15._He that walketh in righeousness. _Now, therefore, he explains more fully what we briefly remarked a little before, that they who provoke his anger, and thus drive away from them his forbearance, h...
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,...
HE THAT WALKETH RIGHTEOUSLY,.... These are the words of the prophet, in answer to those of the hypocrites. So the Targum, "the prophet said, the righteous shall dwell in it;'' not in the devouring f...
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shuttet...
_He that walketh righteously_ He who, being first made righteous by the justification of his person, and the renovation of his nature, (see on Genesis 15:6, and Psalms 32:1,) afterward practises right...
THE SINNERS ALARMED, THE PIOUS COMFORTED...
He that walketh righteously, practicing the proper righteousness of life in every respect, AND SPEAKETH UPRIGHTLY, without a trace of hypocrisy; HE THAT DESPISETH THE GAIN OF OPPRESSIONS, repudiating...
RIGHTEOUSLY: _ Heb._ in righteousnesses UPRIGHTLY: _ Heb._ uprightnesses OPRESSIONS: Or, deceits BLOOD: _ Heb._ bloods...
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...
HE THAT WALKETH RIGHTEOUSLY; who is just in all his dealings with men, of which the following clauses explain it: which is not spoken exclusively, as if piety towards God were not as necessary as righ...
Isaiah 33:15 walks H1980 (H8802) righteously H6666 speaks H1696 (H8802) uprightly H4339 despises H3988 (H8802) gain
GOD IS SO HOLY, WHO CAN KNOW HIM? (ISAIAH 33:13). What Yahweh has done in defeating Assyria and delivering Jerusalem leads on to His depiction of His holiness and power. He is above all and will brin...
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 33:14 _(with 1 John 4:16)_ I. The world's question. I need only remind you how frequently in the Old Testament the emblem of fire is employed to express the Divine nature. (1) In many places t...
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...
_He that walketh righteously_ THE CITIZENS OF GOD’S KINGDOM I. THE CHARACTER of the true citizens of God’s kingdom is expressed in general terms. “Walketh righteously”; “speaketh uprightly.” II. Th...
_The sinners in Zion are afraid_ “THE SINNERS IN ZION” What a contradiction in terms! what a shock to the fancy! Zion! fair Zion, a dewdrop, a glittering star, a garden of beauty, a sweet flower, po...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 33:15 Isaiah emphasizes the transforming power of God’s grace. ⇐ ⇔...
A BLESSED LIFE Isaiah 33:15. _He that walketh righteously, &c._ This is a gleam of bright sunshine after a heavy storm. It describes a truly happy, holy life, such as we may all attain, and may all...
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 John 3:7; 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 24:4; 1 Samuel 26:8; 2 Peter 2:14
He — Who is just in all his dealings. From hearing — Who will not hearken to any counsels, tending to shed innocent blood. From seeing — That abhors the very sight of sin committed by others, and guar...