make. man an offender for. word. who bring. man into condemnation by. word (i.e. by false witness).
reproveth. decideth: i.e. in judgment.
just. righteous.
a thing of nought. See note on "confusion", Isaiah 24:10.
Verse Isaiah 29:21. _HIM THAT REPROVETH IN THE GATE_ - "Him that pleaded in the gate"] "They are heard by the treasurer, master of the horse, and other principal officers of the regency of Algiers, w...
THAT MAKE A MAN AN OFFENDER - literally, ‘who cause a man to sin’ (מחטיאי _machăṭı̂y'ēy_); that is, who hold a man to be guilty, or a criminal. Lowth renders this singularly enough: ‘Who bewildere...
CHAPTER 29 The Second Woe Against Ariel and the Third Woe 1. _The fall of Ariel (Jerusalem) predicted (Isaiah 29:1)_ 2. _Their enemies dealt with by Jehovah (Isaiah 29:5)_ 3. The people's condition:...
_That make a man an offender for a word_ The verb rendered "make an offender" usually means "lead into sin" (Exodus 23:33; Ecclesiastes 5:6, &c.); and is so understood in R.V. marg. "make men to offen...
Isaiah 29:15-24 A Messianic forecast The third "Woe" (Isaiah 29:15), directed against the political intrigue with Egypt, merely serves as a point of attachment for a glowing description of the regene...
FOR THE TERRIBLE ONE, &C.— The _terrible_ and fierce were such as Herod Agrippa, who persecuted the apostles; the _scorners_ and blasphemous, such as those who reproached the apostles when filled with...
5. SANCTIFICATION TEXT: Isaiah 29:17-24 17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? 18 And in th...
That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. THAT MAKE A MAN AN OFFENDER FOR A WORD (Hebrew, bªdaabaar...
29:21 futility. (d-29) Or 'for nought.'...
WARNINGS TO JUDAH These Chapter s refer to the state of affairs during the reign of Hezekiah, when Palestine was threatened by Assyria, and an influential party in Judah favoured resistance, relying...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 29 THE FATE OF *JERUSALEM V1 *Woe to *Jerusalem, the city of David! It will not matt...
THAT MAKE A MAN AN OFFENDER FOR A WORD... — The words indicate that Isaiah had been accused, as Jeremiah was afterwards (Jeremiah 37:13), of being unpatriotic, because he had rebuked the sins of Israe...
מַחֲטִיאֵ֤י אָדָם֙ בְּ דָבָ֔ר וְ לַ †...
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 ------------...
This is the first of a series of declamations concerning the chosen people, and sets forth the purpose of Jehovah in judgment. The message opens with a description of the judgment (verses Isa 29:1-4),...
That make a man an offender for a (q) word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing. (q) They who went about to find fault with the prophets...
_Gate. False prophets rose up against those who spoke the truth, and condemned them unjustly. (Calmet) --- The just, Christ. (Menochius)_...
This prophecy surely had its accomplishment, also, when the Scribes and Pharisees sought to entangle Jesus in his talk; Matthew 22:15; Luke 20:20....
21._That make a man an offender for a word. _We have formerly stated who were the persons with whom the Prophet had to do, namely, with hypocrites and profane scorners, who set at nought all the repro...
Jerusalem is reduced to the last extremity. But this time Jehovah appears for her deliverance, and the multitude of her enemies disappear as a dream of the night. Everything is dark and gloomy as to t...
THAT MAKE A MAN AN OFFENDER FOR A WORD,.... Inadvertently spoken, unwarily dropped, without any bad design or ill meaning; or for a word misplaced or misconstrued; or for preaching and professing the...
_That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought._ Ver. 21. _That make a man an offender for a word._] When h...
_For_, &c. Here we have the second event connected with the calling of the Gentiles, the punishment of the enemies of God and his truth. _For the terrible one is brought to naught_ The proud and poten...
that make a man an offender for a word, unjustly condemning him, no matter what his cause may he, AND LAY A SNARE FOR HIM THAT REPROVETH IN THE GATE, one who has a matter at issue in the courts, which...
THE COUNSEL OF GOD...
17-24 The wonderful change here foretold, may refer to the affairs of Judah, though it looks further. When a great harvest of souls was gathered to Christ from among the Gentiles, then the wilderness...
That make a man an offender; that condemn and punish a man as if he were a great criminal. FOR A WORD; for a verbal reproof, as appears from the next clause. FOR HIM THAT REPROVETH; for God's faithful...
Isaiah 29:21 man H120 offender H2398 (H8688) word H1697 snare H6983 (H8799) reproves H3198 (H8688) gate...
THE THIRD WOE: AGAINST THOSE WHO SEEK TO HIDE WHAT THEY DO FROM GOD, BUT YAHWEH WILL TRIUMPH IN SPITE OF IT (ISAIAH 29:15). Analysis. a Woe to those who seek deep, to hide their counsel from Yahweh,...
IF THEY WERE WISE THEY WOULD RECOGNISE THAT GOD HAS EVERYTHING IN HAND (ISAIAH 29:17). For the truth is that Yahweh, the Potter, will take the poor and the lowly and will work on them to make of them...
CONTENTS: Warnings to Judah and Jerusalem of impending discipline. The blessing after the final deliverance. CHARACTERS: God, David, Abraham. CONCLUSION: Those who are formal and hypocritical in the...
Isaiah 29:1. _Woe to Ariel,_ the lion of God, or the strong lion, for _El_ is often rendered _strong_ or _rock,_ as in Psalms 42:9. “God my rock.” The city of Jerusalem was that strong rock, or strong...
_For the terrible one is brought to nought_ SCORNERS AND THEIR PUNISHMENT Observe what had been the wickedness of these scorners, for which they should be cut off. 1. They ridiculed the prophets an...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 29:17 Despite human unbelief, God plans to transform the moral order of the world. The metaphors of v. Isaiah 29:17 are explained in vv....
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 29:1 A WARNING TO JERUSALEM. Expostulation is followed by threats. The prophet is aware that all his preaching to the authorities in Jerusalem (Isaiah 28:14) will be of no avail, an...
Chapter 29, the woe unto Jerusalem. Ariel means the lion of God. It is one of the names for Jerusalem. Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, [the lion of God] the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let th...
Acts 3:14; Amos 5:10; Amos 5:11; Amos 5:12; Amos 7:10;...
That make a man — That condemn a man, as if he was a great criminal. For him — For God's faithful prophets and ministers. The gate — There the people used to assemble, both upon civil and sacred accou...