Marginal Notes in the KJV (1611)
Isaiah 31:4
noise:
Or, multitude
noise:
Or, multitude
Verse Isaiah 31:4. _LIKE AS THE LION_] This comparison is exactly in the spirit and manner, and very nearly approaching to the expression, of _Homer_. Βη ρ' ιμεν, ὡστε λεων ορεσιτροφος, ὁστ' επιδευ...
FOR THUS HATH THE LORD SPOKEN - The design of this verse and the following is to assure the Jews of the certain protection of Yahweh, and thus to induce them to put their trust in him rather than to s...
CHAPTER 31 The Fifth Woe Against Them that Go Down to Egypt 1. _The Egyptian Alliance condemned again (Isaiah 31:1)_ 2. _Jehovah promises to deliver Jerusalem (Isaiah 31:4) _ All looks forward toward...
ISAIAH 31. THE FOLLY OF RELIANCE ON EGYPT. JERUSALEM WILL BE PROTECTED, AND ASSYRIA OVERTHROWN. vv. Isaiah 31:6 f. seems to be an interpolation. Isaiah 31:4 f_._ creates serious difficulties. Isaiah 3...
PREY. live prey. MULTITUDE. crowd. THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Isaiah 1:9 and 1 Samuel 1:3. FOR: or, over....
The verse reads: AS THE LION GROWLS, AND THE YOUNG LION OVER HIS PREY, AGAINST WHOM THE WHOLE BAND OF SHEPHERDS HAS BEEN CALLED OUT HE IS NOT TERRIFIED BY THEIR CRY, NOR DISMAYED AT THEIR SHOUTING SO...
DISCOURSE: 905 GOD THE PROTECTOR OF HIS PEOPLE Isaiah 31:4. Thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth ag...
FOR THUS HATH THE LORD SPOKEN UNTO ME, &C.— _For thus hath Jehovah spoken by me,_ &c. Isaiah 31:5. _As birds hovering_ [_over their young_], _so will the Lord of Hosts defend Jerusalem, defending and...
3. SWORD TEXT: Isaiah 31:1-9 1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they lo...
For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor ab...
1-5. Judah should trust not in Egypt, but in Jehovah. 6-9. The wonderful deliverance from the Assyrian....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 31 NUMBERS ARE NOT EVERYTHING V1 *Woe to people who are appealing to Egypt for help!...
LIKE AS THE LION... — The similitude is note worthy, as for its fulness and vividness, so also for the fact that the lion is made the symbol, not of destruction, but protection. As the king of beasts...
כִּ֣י כֹ֣ה אָֽמַר ־יְהוָ֣ה ׀ אֵלַ֡י כַּ אֲשֶׁ
BOOK 3 ORATIONS ON THE EGYPTIAN INTRIGUES AND ORACLES ON FOREIGN NATIONS 705-702 B.C. Isaiah: 29 About 703 30 A little later 31 A little later 32:1-8 Later 32:9-20 Date uncertain -----------...
CHAPTER XIV THREE TRUTHS ABOUT GOD ABOUT 702 B.C. Isaiah 31:1 CHAPTER 31, which forms an appendage to Chapter s 29 and 30, can scarcely be reckoned among the more important prophecies of Isaiah. It...
A NOBLER FUTURE FOR THE NATION Isaiah 31:1-9; Isaiah 32:1-8 Isaiah continues to denounce the contemplated alliance with Egypt. His compatriots put their trust in horses and chariots, and refused the...
The prophet again denounces the alliance with Egypt. He declares that the sin of it is a false trust consequent on the chosen people tuning their back on Jehovah. The folly of it is manifest in the fa...
For thus hath the LORD spoken to me, As the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, [he] will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase hi...
_Thereof. He will thence hurl destruction on the distant enemy. (Calmet) --- He had destroyed Sennacherib's army, 4 Kings xix. Yet they forgot this and other proofs of God's power and love. (Worthingt...
Here the Lord condescends to make use of two beautiful similitudes, to point out his watchfulness over his people. The strength of the lion, and the solicitude of the bird, are brought in view in proo...
4._For thus hath Jehovah said to me. _The Prophet adds this verse, that it may not be thought that the Lord leaves us destitute of necessary means; for if, while he forbids us to place our confidence...
The folly of trusting in an arm of flesh is again pointed out, but only while dwelling on the true means of deliverance. Jehovah at Jerusalem would be in the midst of the nations as a lion among the s...
FOR THUS HATH THE LORD SPOKEN UNTO ME,.... The prophet Isaiah, who had heard and received what follows from the Lord, and therefore it might be depended upon; and they are words of grace and mercy, pr...
For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, [he] will not be afraid of their voice, nor a...
_For_, or _but_ or, _nevertheless, thus hath the Lord spoken_ That is, although you have done evil in sending to Egypt for help, and they will not be able to help you, yet the Lord will of his own gra...
EGYPT CANNOT PROTECT ISRAEL AGAINST THE LORD'S WRATH...
For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, in a word which partakes of the nature of both a warning and a promise to Judah, His people, LIKE AS THE LION AND THE YOUNG LION ROARING ON HIS PREY, growling ov...
1-5 God will oppose the help sought from workers of iniquity. Sinners may be convicted of folly by plain and self-evident truths, which they cannot deny, but will not believe. There is no escaping th...
FOR; or, _but_; or, _nevertheless_, as this particle is elsewhere used, as hath been proved before. Although you have done evil in sending to Egypt for help, and they shall not be able to help you; ye...
Isaiah 31:4 LORD H3068 spoken H559 (H8804) lion H738 roars H1897 (H8799) lion H3715 prey H2964 multitude...
IN THE END IT IS YAHWEH WHO WILL DELIVER HIS PEOPLE (ISAIAH 31:4). Isaiah points out that God is not afraid of the rantings of Assyria. Rather He will come to act on behalf of His people as He did at...
CONTENTS: Judah again warned against the Egyptian alliance. Jehovah's defense of Jerusalem. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: It is gross absurdity to forsake the Rock of Ages for broken reeds. If men wi...
Isaiah 31:1. _Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help._ This was a sin in open defiance of the law. Deuteronomy 28:68. It was a great revolt of unbelief, because it distrusted the Lord, and all his...
_Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey_ A HOMERIC PASSAGE There is no passage in Isaiah which is so Homeric in ring as this; cf. _Iliad, _18.161 f., 12.299 _ft_. (_F. Delitzsch._)...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 31:1 A FURTHER WARNING AGAINST SEEKING THE ALLIANCE OF EGYPT. This prophecy seems to be quite independent of the last (Isaiah 30:
Shall we turn in our Bibles to Isaiah 31:1-9. Now as a backdrop to these scriptures in Isaiah 31:1-9 is the impending invasion of Assyria. Assyria is the world-conquering power at the moment. Assyria...
2 Chronicles 20:15; Amos 3:8; Hosea 11:10; Isaiah 10:16; Isaiah 12:6;
For — Although you have done evil in sending to Egypt for help, yet the Lord himself will, of his own grace, give you that help which you do not deserve....