The terrible one. — The word stands, as in Isaiah 29:5, for the Assyrian invader; the “scorner,” for the prophet’s enemies who derided his message, and sought, “watching for iniquity,” to find an accusation against him.
FOR THE TERRIBLE ONE - The violent one (עריץ _‛__ârı̂yts_), the oppressor, who had exercised cruelty over them. This, I suppose, refers to the haughty among the Jews themselves; to those who held off...
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:...
THE TERRIBLE ONE. the tyrant....
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...
_the terrible one_ or "tyrant" probably denotes an external oppressor (the Assyrian); cf. Isaiah 25:3-4; _the scorner_is the despiser of religion (ch. Isaiah 28:14; Isaiah 28:22;...
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...
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: THE TERRIBLE ONE - namely, the persecutors among the Jewish nobles. THE SCORNE...
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...
כִּֽי ־אָפֵ֥ס עָרִ֖יץ וְ כָ֣לָה לֵ֑ץ וְ
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),...
_Prevail. Wicked princes, scoffers, &c., (ver. 10., and chap. xxviii. 7.) shall be exterminated. Ezechias promoted piety with greater zeal after his deliverance._...
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....
20._For the violent man is brought to nought. _He states more clearly what we have already mentioned in the former verse, namely, that the restoration of the Church consists in this, that the Lord rai...
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...
FOR THE TERRIBLE ONE IS BROUGHT TO NOUGHT,.... Who before was so to the people of God; meaning not Sennacherib king of Assyria, but some formidable enemy or enemies under the Gospel dispensation; as t...
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: Ver. 20. _For the terrible one is brought to nought._] This is part matter of the...
_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...
THE COUNSEL OF GOD...
For the terrible one is brought to naught, and the scorner is consumed, both the tyrants and the mockers, the enemies of Jehovah being laid low, AND ALL THAT WATCH FOR INIQUITY ARE CUT OFF, their wick...
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...
THE TERRIBLE ONE; the proud and potent enemies of those meek and poor believers now mentioned, such as the unbelieving Jews and the heathen potentates were in the first age of Christianity. THE SCORNE...
Isaiah 29:20 one H6184 nothing H656 (H8804) one H3887 (H8801) consumed H3615 (H8804) watch H8245 ...
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...
Daniel 7:19; Daniel 7:7; Habakkuk 1:6; Habakkuk 1:7; Isaiah 13:3;...
That watch — That early and diligently apply themselves to the practice of wickedness....