Ambassadors of peace] i.e. sent to obtain peace. The reference is to Hezekiah's ineffectual embassy to Sennacherib at Lachish (2 Kings 18:14).
8, 9. describe the country ravaged by the invader. Broken the covenant] cp. 2 Kings 18:14.
11, 12. set forth figuratively the destruction of the Assyrian army.
Verse Isaiah 33:7. _THEIR VALIANT ONES SHALL CRY WITHOUT_ - "The mighty men raise a grievous cry"] _Three_ MSS. read אראלים _erelim_, that is, _lions of God_, or _strong lions_. So they called valian...
BEHOLD - This verse introduces a new subject by a very sudden transition. It is designed, with the two following, to exhibit the desolation of the land on the invasion of Sennacherib, and the constern...
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)...
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...
BEHOLD. Figure of speech. _Asterismos_. App-6. THE AMBASSADORS. Note the Figure of speech. _Asyndeton_ (App-6), inIsa 33:7-12....
_their valiant ones_ This word is hopelessly obscure. It is usually translated "God's lions," i.e. -picked warriors, each as fierce as a lion and as invincible as his God" (Cheyne: see on Isaiah 29:1,...
For a moment the prophet's faith seems to relax its hold on the great principles he has enunciated, as he turns to contemplate the misery and desolation of the present. But in reality this is an addit...
BEHOLD, THEIR VALIANT ONES— _Behold their valiant ones, they cry without: the ambassadors of peace, they weep bitterly._ Isaiah 33:8. _The highways lie desolate; the traveller ceaseth: he hath broken,...
3. SUBJUGATION TEXT: Isaiah 33:1-12 1 Woe to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to destr...
Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt...
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...
BEHOLD, THEIR VALIANT ONES. — Literally, _their lions of God._ Heb., _Arielam,_ probably with a reference to the “Ariel” of Isaiah 29:1, the lion-like heroes of the lion-like city. (Comp. 2 Samuel 23:...
הֵ֚ן אֶרְאֶלָּ֔ם צָעֲק֖וּ חֻ֑צָה מַלְאֲכֵ֣י שָׁלֹ֔ום...
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...
GOD EXALTED IN JUDGMENT Isaiah 33:1-12 Here we have the final prediction against Sennacherib. He had dealt very treacherously by returning against Jerusalem, though he had taken a heavy ransom to lea...
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...
Behold, (l) their valiant ones shall cry outside: the (m) ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. (l) Sent from Sennacherib. (m) Whom they of Jerusalem sent to intreat of peace....
_Without. The people of the country, and the envoys of Ezechias, 4 Kings xviii. 14. Hebrew, "Behold their Ariel, cried they without," insultingly, (Calmet) pointing at Jerusalem, chap. xxix. 1. At whi...
If the Prophet be here speaking of general things, the whole will be suited to all times, in the Church. God's faithfulness is the same: the efficacy of Christ's blood and righteousness, the same: and...
7._Behold, their messengers _(7) _shall cry without. _It is difficult to determine whether Isaiah relates historically the fearful perplexity and imminent danger to which the Jews were reduced, in ord...
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,...
BEHOLD, THEIR VALIANT ONES SHALL CRY WITHOUT,.... Or, "in the street": this, and the two following verses Isaiah 33:8, describe the sad and desolate condition of the people of God, before the above ha...
_Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly._ Ver. 7. _Behold their valiant ones._] Or, Their heralds, messengers. Heb., _Hen Erelam,_ behold their Ere...
_Behold_, &c. That the mercy here promised might be duly appreciated and magnified, he gives a lively representation of the great danger and distress in which it found them. _Their valiant ones_ “Thre...
THE PUNISHMENT STRIKES THE ADVERSARY...
Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without, namely, the men of rank sent to the Assyrian general at Lachish, to offer presents and sue for peace, 2 Kings 18:14; THE AMBASSADORS OF PEACE SHALL WEEP B...
VALIANT ONES: Or, messengers...
1-14 Here we have the proud and false destroyer justly reckoned with for all his fraud and violence. The righteous God often pays sinners in their own coin. Those who by faith humbly wait for God, sh...
BEHOLD: that the mercy here promised might be duly magnified, he makes a lively representation of their great danger and distress, in which it found them. THEIR VALIANT ONES; or, _their heralds_ or _m...
Isaiah 33:7 ones H691 cry H6817 (H8804) outside H2351 ambassadors H4397 peace H7965 weep H1058 (H8799) bitterly...
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...
BEWAILING THE TREACHERY OF THE ENEMY (ISAIAH 33:7). Meanwhile the Assyrian advance continued. Yahweh had promised action, but had not yet acted. He was waiting above for the right time to arrive. All...
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...
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...
_The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly_ THE WEEPING AMBASSADORS Tell me not of the removal of statesmen, the falling of generals or admirals in warfare, the removal of princes or monarchs fro...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 33:7 Their HEROES are Judah’s soldiers. The ENVOYS are their diplomats (see Isaiah 36:22)....
GOD AVENGING HIS OWN ELECT Isaiah 33:7 _Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without, &c._ I. A PICTURE OF DESOLATION. The picture has two distinct points of interest— 1. _Man_ (Isaiah 33:7). Desola...
SECTION X. A PROPHECY OF JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA (Isaiah 33:1.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 33:1 THE JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA
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)...
2 Kings 18:18; 2 Kings 18:37; 2 Kings 19:1; Isaiah 36:22; Isaiah 36:3
Behold — That the mercy promised might be duly magnified, he makes a lively representation of their great danger and distress. The ambassadors — Whom he shall send to beg peace of the Assyrian. Shall...