Scofield's Bible Commentary
Isaiah 9:3
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Omit, not. Isaiah complains that despite the wickedness of the northern kingdom her afflictions are light, her prosperity great.
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Omit, not. Isaiah complains that despite the wickedness of the northern kingdom her afflictions are light, her prosperity great.
Verse Isaiah 9:3. _AND NOT INCREASED THE JOY_ - "Thou hast increased their joy"] _Eleven_ MSS. of _Kennicott's_ and _six_ of _De Rossi's, two_ ancient, read לו _lo, it_, according to the Masoretical c...
THOU HAST MULTIPLIED THE NATION - Thou hast rendered the nation strong, powerful, mighty. Several interpreters, as Calvin, Vitringa, and Le Clerc, suppose that the prophet here, and in the two followi...
CHAPTER 9 The Message of Hope Concerning Israel's Future and the Impending Judgments 1. _The Messiah, His Name, His rule, His kingdom (Isaiah 9:1)_ 2. _Judgment upon Israel (Isaiah 9:8)_ 3. The impen...
ISRAEL'S DELIVERER. This famous passage on the Messianic King is now by several regarded as late. The question is too large to be discussed, but it seems more difficult to explain its origin in the po...
THOU: i.e. Jehovah* HAST. This is the Figure of speech _Prolepsis_, by which the future is prophetically spoken of as present, or past. AND NOT INCREASED THE JOY. The difficulty is not removed by rea...
and _not increased the joy_ Lit., "unto it thou hast increased the joy." _Lô"_, "not" and _lô_, "to it," being pronounced alike, are sometimes confused in the text of the O.T. There is no reason for a...
The sudden change of style is remarkable; all at once the prophecy breaks into a strain of rapturous and animated poetry, which is sustained to the close. In the Hebr. ch. 9 begins here....
DISCOURSE: 871 BLESSINGS IMPARTED BY THE GOSPEL Isaiah 9:2. The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shi...
THOU HAST MULTIPLIED THE NATION, &C.— The prophet, in the remainder of this discourse, sets forth, _First,_ A consequence of this great benefit, that is, the joy of the pious for so great a blessing,...
CHAPTER NINE C. PEACE BY IMMANUEL 1. HIS PERSONALITY TEXT: Isaiah 9:1-7 1 But there shall be no gloom to her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and...
Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. THOU HAST MULTIPLIED THE NATION - pr...
1. RV 'But there shall be no gloom to her that was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time hath he made it glorious...
(CONTINUED) 8. Jacob.. Israel] Both names here stand for the northern kingdom, as is made clear by what follows in the next v....
_AND_ NOT INCREASED THE JOY] So Heb. written text, ancient Greek versions and Vulg. But Heb. traditional reading, Syr., and LXX give 'increased the joy to it,' RV 'increased their joy'; and this readi...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 9 THE FUTURE KING V1 But soon, those who have suffered so gr...
THOU HAST MULTIPLIED THE NATION, AND NOT INCREASED THE JOY... — Better, following the marginal reading of the Hebrew: _Thou hast increased its joy._ The picture is one of unmingled brightness; the ret...
_[Isaiah 9:2]_ הִרְבִּ֣יתָ הַ גֹּ֔וי _לֹ֖ו_† הִגְדַּ֣לְתָּ...
CHAPTER VI KING AND MESSIAH; PEOPLE AND CHURCH 735-732 B.C. Isaiah 7:8, 9:Isaiah 7:1 THIS section of the book of Isaiah (Chapter s 7-9:7) consists of a number of separate prophecies uttered during...
THE PRINCE OF PEACE Isaiah 8:19-22; Isaiah 9:1-7 When men cease to trust in God and rely on the help of man, they often turn to necromancy and spirit-rapping. The medium takes the place of the Mediat...
Here we have the message of hope (verses Isa 9:1-7) in the glorious picture of the Coming Deliverer, with the equally glorious record of the results of His Coming. It is one of the greatest Messianic...
Thou hast (g) multiplied the nation, [and] increased the joy: they rejoice before thee according to the joy in harvest, [and] as [men] rejoice when they divide the spoil. (g) Their number was greater...
_And hast. Parkhurst says it should be, "(whom) thou hast not brought up (the Gentiles) with joy they," &c. (Symmachus) (Haydock) --- The numerous forces of the Assyrians could not save them from the...
The joy here spoken of, is not that carnal joy, which men of the world are seeking after; but the spiritual joy of grace in the heart: and the similitude of harvest-men and warriors is uncommonly beau...
3._Thou hast multiplied. _This passage is somewhat obscure, both in itself, and on account of the diversity of interpretations; for it appears to be absurd to say that _the joy was not increased_, see...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9:1-7. But this requires further development; and it is given in a remarkable manner in the next prophecy, comprised in Chapter s 7, 8, 9 to the end...
THOU HAST MULTIPLIED THE NATION,.... With light, knowledge, honour, and glory, even Galilee of the nations before mentioned, the land of darkness, and of the shadow of death, where the people dwelt; o...
Thou hast multiplied the nation, [and] not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, [and] as [men] rejoice when they divide the spoil. Ver. 3. _Thou hast multiplied th...
_Thou hast multiplied the nation_ Thou hast made good thy promise to Abraham, concerning the multiplication of his seed, by adding his spiritual seed unto the carnal, by gathering in the Gentiles to t...
THE PROMISE OF THE MESSIAH IN THE MIDST OF SPIRITUAL DARKNESS. The Birth of the God-Man Promised....
Thou hast multiplied the nation, so the prophet addresses the Lord in a direct hymn of praise, since He, beginning with Galilee, extended the circle of believers in Him until His Church was spread ove...
1-7 The Syrians and Assyrians first ravaged the countries here mentioned, and that region was first favoured by the preaching of Christ. Those that want the gospel, walk in darkness, and in the utmos...
THOU HAST MULTIPLIED THE NATION; thou hast made good thy promise to Abraham concerning the multiplication of his seed, GENESIS 15:5, GENESIS 22:17, by adding his spiritual seed unto the carnal, by gat...
Isaiah 9:3 multiplied H7235 (H8689) nation H1471 increased H1431 (H8689) joy H8057 rejoice H8055 (H8804) before...
THE RISE OF THE GREAT KING IMMANUEL (ISAIAH 9:2). The rise of Immanuel is described in terms of great light and rejoicing, and is connected with the defeat of the enemies of God's people. As a result...
The last verses of the eighth chapter picture a horrible state of wretchedness and despair: «And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall...
CONTENTS: A divine child, the only hope of Israel. Vision of the outstretched hand. The unavailing chastisement. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Isaiah, Rezin. CONCLUSION: In the worst of times, God's peopl...
Isaiah 9:1. _The dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation._ Dr. Lightfoot infers from this, that there was much greater affliction in the first days of her vexation. All the Versions differ ve...
_Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the Joy_ NATIONAL POWER AND NATIONAL CHARACTER The difference between national power and national character, between the success and the worthines...
_Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation_ THE PROPHECY EXPLAINED Let me venture to give what I conceive to be the true rendering of the prophecy--a rendering which at least...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 9:3 YOU HAVE MULTIPLIED THE NATION. No longer are the faithful a small remnant (see Isaiah 26:15;...
THE JOY OF HARVEST (_Harvest Thanksgiving Sermon_.) Isaiah 9:3. _They joy before Thee according to the joy in harvest, &c._ I. THE JOY OF THE NATURAL HARVEST. Harvest was peculiarly interesting to t...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 9:1 THE TROUBLES OF ISRAEL SHALL END THROUGH THE BIRTH OF A MARVELOUS CHILD. The section of the prophecy commencing with...
Now as we get into chapter 9, he said, Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afte...
1 Peter 1:8; 1 Samuel 30:16; 2 Chronicles 20:25; Acts 8:8; Hosea 4:7;...
Thou hast — Thou hast made good thy promise to Abraham concerning the multiplication of his seed, by gathering in the Gentiles to the Jews. Before thee — In thy presence, and in the place of thy worsh...