ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 17:1 The fourth oracle concerns the alliance between Damascus and Israel in Isaiah’s time (see Isaiah 7:1; Isaiah 8:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 17:2 NONE WILL MAKE THEM AFRAID, not because peace exists but because THE CITIES... ARE DESERTED. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 17:3 LIKE THE GLORY OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. See vv. Isaiah 17:4. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 17:4 The three uses of IN THAT DAY unites these verses. Israel will be brought LOW (vv. Isaiah 17:4), a remnant will return to God (vv. Isaiah 17:7), and strong cities will be destroyed (v. Isaiah 17:9). Verses Isaiah 17:10 explain Israel’s fall as a spiritual, not a political,... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 17:9 The Canaanites had deserted their CITIES centuries before because Israel trusted God to give them the land (see the book of Joshua 1:1). Now, Israel was foolishly trusting in the same human power that God had already defeated. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagN... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 17:12 AH draws attention to the NATIONS—mighty, restless, and destructive, but scattered by the mere REBUKE of the sovereign God (see chs. Isaiah 36:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]