Verse Isaiah 9:6. THE GOVERNMENT SHALL _BE UPON HIS SHOULDER_] That is, the ensign of government; the sceptre, the sword, the key, or the like, which was borne upon or hung from the shoulder. Isaiah 2...
FOR - This is given as a reason of the victories that were predicted in the previous verses. That it has reference to the Messiah has been almost universally conceded; and indeed it does not seem poss...
CHAPTER 9 The Message of Hope Concerning Israel's Future and the Impending Judgments 1. _The Messiah, His Name, His rule, His kingdom (Isaiah 9:1)_ 2. _Judgment upon Israel (Isaiah 9:8)_ 3. The impen...
ISRAEL'S DELIVERER. This famous passage on the Messianic King is now by several regarded as late. The question is too large to be discussed, but it seems more difficult to explain its origin in the po...
FOR UNTO US, &C. The prophecy of the "Divine Interposition" ends with Messiah, even as it began in Isaiah 7:14 (quoted in Luke 2:11). See App-102. IS. Figure of speech _Prolepsis_. GIVEN. The interv...
_unto us_ the survivors of the judgment. Cf. "Immanuel," "God with _us_." _the government_ This word is found only here and in Isaiah 9:7, and is of uncertain interpretation, perhaps "princedom." _hi...
The last and greatest cause of joy is the birth of the Messiah and his wonderful character and government. When Isaiah expected the event to take place, cannot be gathered from this prophecy. There is...
DISCOURSE: 872 CHRIST’S INCARNATION AND CHARACTER Isaiah 9:6. _Unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful,...
FOR UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN, &C.— Though our prophet is every where most excellent, he is peculiarly so in this passage, which contains an emphatical description of the person and kingdom of the Son o...
CHAPTER NINE C. PEACE BY IMMANUEL 1. HIS PERSONALITY TEXT: Isaiah 9:1-7 1 But there shall be no gloom to her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and...
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Pri...
9:6 Wonderful, (a-27) See Judges 13:18 . Eternity, (b-33) Or 'Father of the age.'...
1. RV 'But there shall be no gloom to her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time hath he made it glorious...
From a general description of the future reign of peace the prophet goes on to picture the king upon whom it depends, and whom he apparently identifies with the child of Isaiah 7:14. Then he proceeds...
(CONTINUED) 8. Jacob.. Israel] Both names here stand for the northern kingdom, as is made clear by what follows in the next v....
God allows Isaiah to glimpse what the arrival of the *Messiah (Christ) will mean. The *Messiah will be born as a child. That is, he is human. But he is also the holy Son of God. And he will be our ru...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 9 THE FUTURE KING V1 But soon, those who have suffered so gr...
FOR UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN. — The picture of a kingdom of peace could not be complete without the manifestation of a king. In the description of that king Isaiah is led to use words which cannot find...
_[Isaiah 9:5]_ כִּי ־יֶ֣לֶד יֻלַּד ־לָ֗נוּ בֵּ֚ן...
CHAPTER VII THE MESSIAH WE have now reached that point of Isaiah's prophesying at which the Messiah becomes the most conspicuous figure on his horizon. Let us take advantage of it to gather into one...
THE PRINCE OF PEACE Isaiah 8:19-22; Isaiah 9:1-7 When men cease to trust in God and rely on the help of man, they often turn to necromancy and spirit-rapping. The medium takes the place of the Mediat...
Here we have the message of hope (verses Isa 9:1-7) in the glorious picture of the Coming Deliverer, with the equally glorious record of the results of His Coming. It is one of the greatest Messianic...
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting (k) Father, The Prin...
Child. The Messias, whom the son of Isaias prefigured. --- Shoulder. Where the badges of royalty were worn. (Calmet) --- Christ bore his cross. (Tertullian, &c.) --- Wonderful. In his birth, &c. --- C...
Now comes in that blessed prophecy which hath refreshed the Church, and will, as long as time shall be, continue to refresh the Church, in all ages; and which, when compared with the accomplishment, a...
_HOPE_ ‘Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given.’ Isaiah 9:6 I. HERE, IN THIS SON OF HIS, IS AN OFFER MADE BY GOD, BY WHICH HE PLEDGES HIMSELF TO JUSTIFY ALL SUFFERING, RETRIEVE ALL FAILURE...
6._For unto us a child is born. _Isaiah now argues from the design, to show why this deliverance ought to be preferred to the rest of God’s benefits, namely, because not only will God bring back the p...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9:1-7. But this requires further development; and it is given in a remarkable manner in the next prophecy, comprised in Chapter s 7, 8, 9 to the end...
FOR UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN,.... This is a reason of all that is said in the context; of the great light that shone upon and was seen by those that sat in darkness, and in the land of the shadow of de...
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prin...
Isa. 9:6. "Counselor." Not only because He is man's Counselor, but God's. See Genesis 1:26. Isa. 9:6. "Wonderful." Which shows that this child that was to be born is the same person with the Angel th...
_For_, &c. Having spoken of the glorious light, and joy, and victory of God's people, the prophet now proceeds to show the foundation and cause thereof. And, “though he is everywhere most excellent, h...
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, the eternal Word being made flesh for us, not only in our stead, but for our benefit, for the eternal salvation of all believers; AND THE GOVERNMEN...
THE PROMISE OF THE MESSIAH IN THE MIDST OF SPIRITUAL DARKNESS. The Birth of the God-Man Promised....
1-7 The Syrians and Assyrians first ravaged the countries here mentioned, and that region was first favoured by the preaching of Christ. Those that want the gospel, walk in darkness, and in the utmos...
Having spoken of the glorious light, and joy, and victory of God's people, he now proceeds to show the ground of it, and by what person these things are procured. UNTO US; unto us Jews, of whom Christ...
Isaiah 9:6 Child H3206 born H3205 (H8795) Son H1121 given H5414 (H8738) government H4951 shoulder H7926 name...
THE RISE OF THE GREAT KING IMMANUEL (ISAIAH 9:2). The rise of Immanuel is described in terms of great light and rejoicing, and is connected with the defeat of the enemies of God's people. As a result...
Isaiah 9:6 In the time when the prophet Isaiah wrote this prophecy, everything round him was exactly opposite to his words. The king of Judea, his country, was not reigning in righteousness. He was a...
Isaiah 9:6 I. There is no such thing as an insignificant birth. All births are intense with meaning. Each has in it the splendour of immortal powers, and each of them is luminous with the unquenchable...
The last verses of the eighth chapter picture a horrible state of wretchedness and despair: «And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall...
CONTENTS: A divine child, the only hope of Israel. Vision of the outstretched hand. The unavailing chastisement. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Isaiah, Rezin. CONCLUSION: In the worst of times, God's peopl...
Isaiah 9:1. _The dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation._ Dr. Lightfoot infers from this, that there was much greater affliction in the first days of her vexation. All the Versions differ ve...
_Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation_ THE PROPHECY EXPLAINED Let me venture to give what I conceive to be the true rendering of the prophecy--a rendering which at least...
_For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given_ THE “CHILD” HEZEKIAH--YET SOMEONE ELSE I am unable to form any distinct notion of Isaiah as a man and a Hebrew, and as a prophet of Jehovah in co...
THE TITLES AND GOVERNMENT OF CHRIST Isaiah 9:6. _For unto us a Child is born, &c._ I. THE INCARNATION AND GOVERNMENT OF JESUS CHRIST. Let us contemplate Him, 1. _As the Incarnate One_. “Unto us a c...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 9:1 THE TROUBLES OF ISRAEL SHALL END THROUGH THE BIRTH OF A MARVELOUS CHILD. The section of the prophecy commencing with...
Now as we get into chapter 9, he said, Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afte...
1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Corinthians 15:25; 1 John 4:10; 1 John 5:20;...
THE BIRTH OF CHRIST IN ISAIAH Isaiah 7:5; _Isaiah 9:6_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Revelation opens thus: "The Revelation of Jesus Christ." "We see no reason why the whole Bible is not a "revelat...
For — Having spoken of the glorious light, and joy, and victory of God's people, he now proceeds to shew the ground of it. Us — Unto us Jews, of whom Christ was born, and to whom he was primarily sent...
Why is Jesus called “the everlasting Father” if He is the Son of God? PROBLEM: The orthodox Christian doctrine of the Trinity holds that God is one Essence in three Persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spir...