ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 9:1 HER WHO WAS IN ANGUISH refers to Israel as the people of God under his discipline. IN THE FORMER TIME. Isaiah sees the tragic present as if it were already past. BROUGHT INTO CONTEMPT, that is, humiliated with national defeat. IN THE LATTER TIME HE HAS MADE GLORIOUS. A past... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 9:2 THE PEOPLE WHO WALKED IN DARKNESS. People like those who refused the appeal of Isaiah 2:5 (see also Isaiah 5:30; Isaiah 8:22; John 3:19). ON THEM HAS LIGHT SHONE. An objective, surprising joy for sinners through the grace of God (see Isaiah 42:6;... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 9:3 YOU HAVE MULTIPLIED THE NATION. No longer are the faithful a small remnant (see Isaiah 26:15; Isaiah 54:1). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 9:4 God liberates humanity AS ON THE DAY OF MIDIAN (see Judges 6:1, where Gideon achieves an improbable victory over Midian by the power of God). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 9:6 TO US. A gift of divine grace to sinners. A CHILD... A SON. This is the invincible figure of vv. Isaiah 9:4 (see Psalms 2:7; Luke 1:32). BORN... GIVEN. Isaiah presents the events as if it were the time of the child’s arrival, with an expectation of what he will achieve (Isa... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 9:7 This messianic heir of David will extend his rule to include all Gentiles, thus bringing to them the blessing of knowing the true God (Genesis 49:10; 2 Samuel 7:8). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 9:8 PRIDE is the source of all the nation’s disasters. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 9:11 ADVERSARIES OF REZIN. The Assyrians. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 9:12 HIS ANGER. God’s anger is caused by their sin (Deuteronomy 29:22; see Exodus 34:6; Isaiah 42:24; Nahum 1:2; Romans 2:5). ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 9:14 IN ONE DAY. Judgment comes suddenly, perhaps referring to 722 B.C., when the northern kingdom fell. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]