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Verse Isaiah 33:20. _LOOK UPON ZION_ - "Thou shalt see Zion"] For
חזה _chazeh_, "see," read תחזה _techezeh_, "thou shalt see,"
with the _Chaldee_. - _Houbigant_. At the end of this verse we find in
th...
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LOOK UPON ZION - Lowth renders this, ‘Thou shalt see Zion,’ by
Changing the Hebrew text in conformity with the Chaldee. There is no
doubt that this accords with the sense of the passage, but there is...
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CHAPTER 33
Sixth Woe Against the Assyrian and What Is to Follow
1. _The judgment announced (Isaiah 33:1)_ 2. _The prayer of the
faithful remnant (Isaiah 33:2)_ 3. _The judgment executed (Isaiah
33:7)...
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ISAIAH 33. DENUNCIATION OF THE TREACHEROUS FOE. ZION'S EXTREMITY,
YAHWEH'S OPPORTUNITY. If Isaiah's, the date is apparently 701, and the
situation presupposed is Sennacherib's demand for unconditional...
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LOOK. Gaze.
THE CITY. Figure of speech _Polyonymia._
SOLEMNITIES. festal-days. Reference to Pentateuch, where the word
frequently occurs (compare Leviticus 23.Numbers 15, &c).
TABERNACLE. tent. Heb...
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The idea of the perfect security of the righteous man leads by an easy
transition to more positive features of the golden age....
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The permanent peace and inviolability of Jerusalem, the centre of the
true religion: see ch. Isaiah 32:18....
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For _solemnities_, render FESTAL ASSEMBLY.
_a tabernacle_that _shall not be taken down_ Better (as R.V.), A TENT
THAT SHALL NOT BE REMOVED. For the figure, cf. Jeremiah 10:20....
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DISCOURSE: 910
THE CHURCH’S SECURITY
Isaiah 33:20. Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes
shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be
taken down; not one of...
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LOOK UPON ZION— The prophet here, representing the chorus of
teachers comforting the people of God, commands this people to turn
their attention to Jerusalem, after its restoration flourishing
greatly...
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4. SERENITY
TEXT: Isaiah 33:13-24
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Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near,
acknowledge my might.
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The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the godless...
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Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see
Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken
down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither...
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1-12. The deliverance of Jerusalem from the Invader.
13-24. The Consequences of the Interposition of Jehovah for those that
dwell in the City....
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Zion likened to a tent which nothing can root up....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 33
A PRAYER FOR HELP
V1 *Woe to our enemies! They ruined and cheated other people.
Al...
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Perhaps Isaiah is not describing any particular occasion. These verses
are to encourage God’s people in any times of trouble. Whatever
happens, God does not change. Live rightly. And he will provide a...
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LOOK UPON ZION... — The words sound like an echo of Psalms 46, 48,
which were probably written by the sons of Korah on the destruction of
Sennacherib’s army. Men had seen Zion desecrated by Ahaz, besi...
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חֲזֵ֣ה צִיֹּ֔ון קִרְיַ֖ת
מֹֽועֲדֵ֑נוּ עֵינֶיךָ֩ תִרְאֶ֨ינָה...
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CHAPTER XXI
OUR GOD A CONSUMING FIRE
701 B.C.
Isaiah 33:1
WE have seen how the sense of forgiveness and the exultant confidence,
which fill chapter 33, were brought about within a few months after...
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THE REWARD OF THE RIGHTEOUS
Isaiah 33:13-24
The devouring fire and everlasting burnings of Isaiah 33:14 are
clearly the emblems of the divine presence. The righteous dwell in God
as the bush which w...
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This chapter celebrates a great victory, and is prophetic of the
method of the final triumph. In the first thirteen verses we have the
prophet's appeal, in which there are two movements. In the first...
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CHAPTER XXXIII.
_ Broken. It was taken 125 years afterwards. The Church remains till
the end of time, (Calmet) whereas both the prophets and history assure
us, that Jerusalem was subject to destructi...
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These precious things are said, to carry off the minds of the people
from the terrors of the approaching captivity, to the prospect of
gospel times, which should be accomplished by the coming of the L...
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20._Behold Zion. _Some read it in the vocative case, “Behold, O
Zion;” but it is preferable to read it in the accusative case. He
brings forward a promise of the restoration of the Church, which ought...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 33 AND 34.
Chapter s 33, 34 announce the last two great acts of judgment. At the
moment when God establishes Himself in Zion, and fills it with
righteousness,...
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LOOK UPON ZION,.... Instead of such terrible objects as before
described, a very amiable and lovely one is presented to view; even
Zion, the church of God, beloved by him, chosen for his habitation, a...
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Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see
Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle [that] shall not be taken
down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neithe...
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_Look upon Zion_ Contemplate Zion's beauty and safety, and her
glorious and peculiar privileges; _the city of our solemnities_ This
was the chief part of Zion's glory and happiness, that God was
solem...
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THE SINNERS ALARMED, THE PIOUS COMFORTED...
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Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities, where Jehovah dwells and
the people assemble for worship, to praise the Lord and to keep his
feasts; THINE EYES SHALL SEE JERUSALEM A QUIET HABITATION, A
T...
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15-24 The true believer watches against all occasions of sin. The
Divine power will keep him safe, and his faith in that power will keep
him easy. He shall want nothing needful for him. Every blessin...
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LOOK UPON ZION; contemplate Zion's beauty and safety, and her glorious
and peculiar privileges; it is an object worthy of thy deepest
meditation. THE CITY OF OUR SOLEMNITIES: this he mentions, as the...
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THE GLORY THAT IS COMING (ISAIAH 33:17).
In stark contrast with all that has gone before is the destiny of
God's true people. For them the future holds the promise of a
permanent existence in the pre...
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CHAPTER 33 THE SIXTH WOE AGAINST THOSE WHO DESPOIL OTHERS AND WHO ARE
TREACHEROUS.
The sixth woe seems in context to be directed against Assyria for some
treacherous act. We can compare and contrast h...
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Isaiah 33:20
To our Zion, to the Church of Christ, are promised explicitly such
gifts as those of the text unity, truth, success. Of which of them, it
may be asked, can we make our boast?
I. The unit...
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CONTENTS: The distress of Judah and Jerusalem because of coming woes.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The righteous God pays sinners in their own coin. When
they have filled up the measure of their ini...
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Isaiah 33:1. _Woe to thee,_ thou spoiler, who hast not been spoiled;
_AND THOU PLUNDERER, WHO HAST NOT BEEN PLUNDERED._
When thou hast ceased to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled;
When thou art weary of...
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_Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities--_
ISAIAH’S IMAGERY
Among the images which crowd the concluding verses of this chapter, we
may perhaps, without fancifulness, distinguish an under-current...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 33:20 God’s people are secured forever in
their perfect home, reversing the distress of vv. Isaiah 33:7 (see Isa
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST
Isaiah 33:20. _Look upon Zion, &c._
It is probable that when this prophecy was delivered the city of
Jerusalem was threatened with an immediate siege; but Jeho...
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SECTION X. A PROPHECY OF JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA (Isaiah 33:1.).
EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 33:1
THE JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA
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Now chapter 33 begins with a warning to the Assyrians.
Woe unto thee that spoilest, and you have not been spoiled; you that
deal treacherously, you've not been dealt treacherously with! (Isaiah
33:1)...
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Deuteronomy 12:5; Ezekiel 48:35; Isaiah 37:33; Isaiah 54:2; Matt
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Look upon — Contemplate Zion's glorious and peculiar privileges.
Solemnities — This was the chief part of Zion's glory, that God was
solemnly worshipped, and the solemn assemblies and feasts kept in h...