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Verse Isaiah 31:8. _THEN SHALL THE ASSYRIAN FALL, C._] Because he was
to be discomfited by the angel of the Lord, destroying in his camp, in
one night, upwards of _one hundred and eighty thousand_ men...
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THEN SHALL THE ASSYRIAN FALL WITH THE SWORD - The sword is often used
as an instrument of punishment. It is not meant here literally that
the sword would be used, but it is employed to denote that com...
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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...
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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...
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MIGHTY MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14.
MEAN MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14.
DISCOMFITED. become tributaries....
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The discomfiture of the Assyrians will be accomplished by Jehovah
Himself. The connexion with what precedes is not very close....
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_not of a mighty man … mean man_ R.V. NOT OF MAN … MEN (see on ch.
Isaiah 2:9). Lit. "of a Not-man … Not-mortal," i.e. a superhuman
sword.
_shall be discomfited_ R.V. SHALL BECOME TRIBUTARY, "be subj...
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THEN SHALL THE ASSYRIAN FALL— The history of the Assyrian overthrow
fully explains these verses. The meaning of the phrase, _His young men
shall be discomfited,_ is, that those of Sennacherib's soldie...
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3. SWORD
TEXT: Isaiah 31:1-9
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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...
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Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and
the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from
the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
THEN...
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31:8 tributary; (c-37) Or 'be discomfited.'...
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The Assyrian's fall will be brought about by no human agency. For the
fulfilment see Isaiah 37:36. BE DISCOMFITED] RV 'become tributary.'...
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1-5. Judah should trust not in Egypt, but in Jehovah.
6-9. The wonderful deliverance from the Assyrian....
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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!...
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The ‘sword’ here does not refer to a soldier’s metal weapon
(tool of war). Instead, the word ‘sword’ here means any agent that
God will use to kill.
For the sudden death of thousands of *Assyrian sol...
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NOT OF A MIGHTY MAN... — The Hebrew has no adjectives, but the nouns
are those which are commonly opposed to each other in this way, as in
Isaiah 2:9, like the Latin _vir_ and _homo._ The thought expr...
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וְ נָפַ֤ל אַשּׁוּר֙ בְּ חֶ֣רֶב לֹא
־אִ֔ישׁ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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(h) Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of man; and the
sword, not of men, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword,
and his young men shall be made vessels.
(h) When your repe...
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_Flee not. Hebrew, "flee to himself," lo. Septuagint and Vulgate have
read la, "not." The angel destroyed the army, and the king was slain
at his return. --- Tributaries. Ninive being afterwards subje...
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It is blessed to observe how the Lord's precepts are frequently
accompanied with promises; and his commands to his people to return to
him, with giving the ability to return. See a beautiful illustrat...
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8._Then the Assyrian. _The copulative ו (_vau_) is better translated
as an adverb of time: “_Then _the Assyrian shall fall down;” that
is, “When you shall have turned to the Lord, and when your life
s...
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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...
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THEN SHALL THE ASSYRIAN FALL WITH THE SWORD, NOT OF A MIGHTY MAN,....
That is, the Assyrian army under Sennacherib their king, which
besieged Jerusalem in Hezekiah's time; which, as soon as the people...
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Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and
the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from
the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
Ver. 8....
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_Then shall the Assyrian_, &c. When you have cast away your idols, and
seriously sought unto God for help; both which things were performed
by Hezekiah; _fall by the sword, not of a mighty man_, &c. N...
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Then shall the Assyrian, representative of the world-power hostile to
the true Lord, FALL WITH THE SWORD, NOT OF A MIGHTY MAN, that of a
human champion, AND THE SWORD, NOT OF A MEAN MAN, of a human
ad...
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JEHOVAH PROTECTS THOSE WHO FEAR HIM...
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FROM THE SWORD:
Or, for fear of the sword
DISCOMFITED:
Or, tributarie. _Heb._ for melting, or tribute...
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6-9 They have been backsliding children, yet children; let them
return, and their backslidings shall be healed, though they have sunk
deep into misery, and cannot easily recover. Many make an idol of...
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THEN; when you have cast away your idols, and seriously sought to me
for help; both which things were performed by Hezekiah. WITH THE
SWORD, NOT OF A MIGHTY MAN; AND THE SWORD, NOT OF A MEAN MAN; by t...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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:
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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...
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2 Chronicles 32:21; 2 Kings 19:34; Hosea 1:7; Isaiah 10:16;...
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The sword — Not of any man, but of an angel. Discomfited — Heb.
shall melt away, a great part of them being destroyed by the angel;
and the hearts of the rest melting for fear....