Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Isaiah 35:7
Parched ground] RM 'mirage': this which so often deceives travellers in the desert will become a real lake.
Dragons] RV 'jackals.'
Parched ground] RM 'mirage': this which so often deceives travellers in the desert will become a real lake.
Dragons] RV 'jackals.'
Verse Isaiah 35:7. _THE PARCHED GROUND_ - "The glowing sand"] שרב _sharab_; this word is Arabic, [Arabic] as well as Hebrew, expressing in both languages the same thing, the _glowing sandy plain_, wh...
AND THE PARCHED GROUND SHALL BECOME A POOL - The idea is the same here as in the previous verse, that under the Messiah there would be blessings as great as if the parched ground’ should become a lake...
CHAPTER 35 Restoration Glory and the Kingdom 1. _Creation blest and the glory of the Lord revealed (Isaiah 35:1)_ 2. _The spiritual and material blessings of the kingdom (Isaiah 35:3)_ 3. The return...
ISAIAH 35. The wilderness shall become fruitful as the most fertile districts of Palestine. Let the timid take courage, for Divine vengeance on the enemy is at hand. The blind and deaf, the lame and d...
_the parched ground_ The Hebr. word (_shârâb_, only again in Isaiah 49:10) is generally thought to be identical with _Serâb_, the Arabic name for THE MIRAGE (so R.V. marg.). Allusions to this remarkab...
DISCOURSE: 914 STREAMS IN THE DESERT Isaiah 35:5. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the fame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of th...
FOR IN THE WILDERNESS, &C.— The prophet here gives us another specimen of the wonderful change in the nature of things with respect to their spiritual state; not only the weak, those who were devoid o...
E. FREEDOM WILL FLOURISH, CHAPTER 35 1. STRENGTHENED TEXT: Isaiah 35:1-7 1 The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. 2 It shall blossom...
And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. THE PARCHED GROUND SHALL BECOM...
35:7 reeds (d-29) Or '[shall be] a court for reeds.' rushes. (e-31) Or 'papyrus.'...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 35 All through CHAPTER S 28 TO 33, there was one main point: It was foolish to trust o...
THE PARCHED GROUND... — The Hebrew word is essentially what we know as the _mirage,_ or _fata morgana,_ the silvery sheen which looks like a sparkling lake, and turns out to be barren sand. Instead of...
וְ הָיָ֤ה הַ שָּׁרָב֙ לַ אֲגַ֔ם וְ
THE REJOICING OF THE REDEEMED Isaiah 35:1-10 God's judgments change Carmel and Sharon into a waste; but His blessing makes the wilderness and parched land as Carmel and Sharon. Where the smile of God...
The message of this chapter stands in close relation to the message of the preceding one, and yet in almost startling contrast to it. That was a picture of desolation. This is one of restoration. As i...
_Dragons. Sea monsters, chap. xxxiv. 13. (Calmet) --- All shall be in proper order, neither too dry nor too wet. (Haydock)_...
See how the blessings of redemption, in the gifts of the Holy Ghost, are beautifully set forth, under the similitude of rivers and streams of water. And when that Holy Spirit came down, agreeably to o...
7._The dry place shall be changed into a pool. _He confirms the former statement, that Christ will come in order to enrich his people with all abundance of blessings; for waters shall flow out of “dry...
Chapter 35 gives a picture of the blessing that succeeds the judgment, the blessing even of the wilderness, which depends on that of Israel. The redeemed of Jehovah shall go up with joy in full securi...
AND THE PARCHED GROUND SHALL BECOME A POOL, AND THE THIRSTY LAND SPRINGS OF WATER,.... Such persons who have been like the parched earth, barren and unfruitful, or like the earth scorched with the sun...
And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, [shall be] grass with reeds and rushes. Ver. 7. _And the parched groun...
_Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened_ The poor Gentiles, who before were blind and deaf, shall now have the eyes and ears of their minds opened to see God's works, and to hear and receive his w...
THE JOYFUL STATE OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM. We have, in this chapter, a beautiful and majestic picture of the flourishing condition of Christ's kingdom, of the glorious future awaiting those who belong to...
And the parched ground shall become a pool, the mirage shall become a real lake, that is, the civic righteousness of men, their acts and works, which now only seem good, will then truly be good becaus...
GRASS WITH REEDS: Or, a court for reeds etc....
5-10 When Christ shall come to set up his kingdom in the world, then wonders, great wonders, shall be wrought on men's souls. By the word and Spirit of Christ, the spiritually blind were enlightened;...
Those dry and parched deserts, in which dragons have their abode, shall yield abundance of grass, and reeds, and rushes, which grow only in moist grounds, JOB 8:11....
Isaiah 35:7 ground H8273 pool H98 thirsty H6774 springs H4002 water H4325 habitation H5116 jackals H8577 lay H7258 grass
THE DAYS OF BLESSING WILL SURELY COME (ISAIAH 35:5). For those who are His the day of blessing is guaranteed. And in that day all will be put right. All disability will be removed to be replaced by ri...
Isaiah 35:1. _The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them;_ They shall be so glad that they shall inspire gladness where all was desolation, and brooding, melancholy batswing, and dr...
CONTENTS: The coming Kingdom blessing and regathering of Israel. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The precious promises of peace in the Gospel will shortly culminate in the endless joys and rest of the c...
Isaiah 35:1. _The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad._ After giving the people bright hopes of recovery from the devastations of invading armies, the prophet dwells at large on the glory...
_And the parched ground shall become a pool_ THE MIRAGE OF THE DESERT We must understand these words as they would be understood in the East. The parched ground is rich in what is known as mirage--t...
_The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them_ THE BLESSINGS OF THE GOSPEL The thirty-fourth and the thirty-fifth Chapter s of Isaiah are by the best scholars supposed to constitute...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 35:5 THEN... THEN. The prophet points to the promised future, which began with the first coming of Jesus Christ (Luke 4:16;...
TRANSFORMATION Isaiah 35:1; Isaiah 35:7. _The wilderness and the solitary place, &c._ Chapter s 34, 35, form one prediction, first announcing the doom of Edom, and then taking us into a new sphere wh...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 35:1 THE GLORY OF THE LAST TIMES. On the punishment of God's enemies will follow the peace, prosperity, and glory of his Church. Previously, the Church is in affliction, waste, and...
Now chapter 35 is out of the darkness into the light. Out of the tribulation into the kingdom. The glorious day of the Lord to which we look forward to. In chapter 35, oh, what a glorious chapter as i...
1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 John 5:19; 1 John 5:20; Acts 26:18; Hosea 1:10;...
Streams — The most dry and barren places shall be made moist and fruitful; which is principally meant of the plentiful effusion of God's grace upon such persons and nations, as had been wholly destitu...