Verse Isaiah 14:31. There shall come from the north a smoke - "From the north cometh a smoke"] That is, a cloud of dust raised by the march of Hezekiah's army against Philistia; which lay to the south-west from Jerusalem. A great dust raised has, at a distance, the appearance of smoke: Fumantes pulvere campi; "The fields smoking with dust." - VIRG. AEn. xi. 908.
HOWL, O GATE - That is, ye who throng the gate. The gates of a city were the chief places of concourse. CRY, O CITY - The prophet here fixes the attention upon some principal city of Philistia, and c...
CHAPTER 14 Israel's Restoration and Blessing After Babylon is Fallen and the Burden of Philistia 1. _Israel's restoration and exaltation (Isaiah 14:1)_ 2. _The proverb against the king of Babylon (Is...
PHILISTIA'S EXULTATION IS PREMATURE: WORSE CALAMITIES ARE AT HAND. The Philistines are warned not to rejoice that the rod which has oppressed them is broken, for the tyrant's successor will smite them...
GATE. CITY. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), for the people in them. NONE SHALL BE ALONE. there shall be no stragglers. IN. at....
Isaiah 14:24-32. Two Isaianic Fragments 2 Samuel 14:24; 2 Samuel 14:24. An announcement of Jehovah's purpose to destroy the Assyrians on the soil of Canaan. In spite of the absence of a title these v...
As in Isaiah 14:29 the prophet had rebuked the premature rejoicing of the Philistines, so here he calls them to public lamentation in view of the advancing enemy. _thou_… art _dissolved_ Render as an...
HOWL, O GATE; &C.— _Howl, O gate; cry, O city; all of thee is dissolved, O Palestine; for,_ &c.—_And there shall not be a solitary one among his legions._ Vitringa: see also Bishop Lowth. In this latt...
d. DOMINATED TEXT: Isaiah 14:28-32 28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. 29 Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent'...
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times. HOWL, O GATE - i:e., ye who throng the...
14:31 apart (a-23) Or 'is missing.'...
1. STRANGERS] The thought of the voluntary adhesion of strangers is prominent in the later Chapter s of the book (Isaiah 44:5; Isaiah 55:5; Isaiah 60:5)....
WARNING TO THE PHILISTINES This prophecy is assigned, in the title prefixed to it, to the year that king Ahaz died (728 b.c.). The Philistines are represented as exulting over the death of their oppre...
THOU.. DISSOLVED] RV 'thou art melted away, O Philistia, all of thee.' THE NORTH] the way by which the invader would naturally approach. _Shall be_ ALONE IN] RV 'standeth aloof at.' The meaning is tha...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 14 THE *LORD’S PEOPLE WILL COME HOME V1 The *Lord will pity the peo...
HOWL, O GATE... — The “gate,” as elsewhere, is the symbol of the city’s strength. The “city_”_ stands probably for Ashdod, as the most conspicuous of the Philistine cities. FROM THE NORTH. — Here of t...
הֵילִ֤ילִֽי שַׁ֨עַר֙ זַֽעֲקִי ־עִ֔יר נָמֹ֖וג פְּלֶ֣שֶׁת...
CHAPTER XXVII BABYLON AND LUCIFER DATE UNCERTAIN Isaiah 13:1; Isaiah 14:1 THIS double oracle is against the City Isaiah 13:2; I
CHAPTER XVII ISAIAH TO THE FOREIGN NATIONS 736-702 B.C. Isaiah 14:24; Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 16:1; Isaiah 17:1;...
In this section we have three prophecies: concerning Assyria Isaiah 14:24), concerning Philistia Isaiah 14:28), and the commencement of one concerning Moab (15). This fragment concerning Assyria consi...
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, all Palestina, [art] dissolved: for there shall come from the (u) north a smoke, and none [shall be] (x) alone in his appointed times. (u) That is, from the Jews or A...
The date of the prophecy is here faithfully set down, in order that, when accomplished, it may not be suspected to have been written after the things predicted had come to pass. The year that Ahaz die...
31._Howl, O gate. _Here the Prophet makes use of amplifications, that by means of them he may seal his predictions on the hearts of the godly, and may press with greater earnestness those things of wh...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 AND 14. With chapter 12 one division of the whole book closes. That which commences with chapter 13 continues to the end of chapter 27, which describes th...
HOWL, O GATE,.... Or gates of the cities of Palestine; the magistrates that sat there to execute judgment, or the people that passed through there; or because now obliged to open to their enemies; whe...
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, [art] dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none [shall be] alone in his appointed times. Ver. 31. _Howl, O gate._] Philistines...
_Howl, O gate_ O people, who used to pass through the gates; _cry, O city_ O inhabitants of the city; or _city_ may be put collectively for all their cities. _Thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved_ Heb...
PROPHECIES AGAINST ASSYRIA AND PHILISTIA...
Howl, O gate! the strong fortifications of the Philistine cities being meant. CRY, O CITY! Ashdod and Gaza having retained much of their ancient glory. THOU, WHOLE PALESTINA, ART DISSOLVED, melting aw...
NONE SHALL BE ALONE: Or, he shall not be alone APPOINTED: Or, assemblies...
28-32 Assurance is given of the destruction of the Philistines and their power, by famine and war. Hezekiah would be more terrible to them than Uzziah had been. Instead of rejoicing, there would be l...
O GATE: _the gate_ is put either, 1. Metaphorically, for the people passing through the gates, or for the magistrates and others who used to meet in the gate for judgment, or upon other occasions; or...
Isaiah 14:31 Wail H3213 (H8685) gate H8179 Cry H2199 (H8798) city H5892 Philistia H6429 dissolved...
THE BURDEN OF PHILISTIA (ISAIAH 14:28). This comes ‘in the year that King Ahaz died'. Thus it is probable that we are to see some connection between the death and the oracle. Philistia are told that...
Isaiah 14:1. _For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jaco...
CONTENTS: Christ's Kingdom set up on earth with Israel restored, the Beast of hell. Satan's fall and doom. Babylon's final judgment. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: It is the comfort of God's people tha...
Isaiah 14:1. _And set them in their own land._ This prediction is so correct, as appears from the books of Nehemiah and Ezra, that no man can doubt the truth of prophecy; and its literal accomplishmen...
_Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina_ PHILISTIA Philistia was the southwest coast of the land of Canaan, to the whole of which it afterwards gave its name in the Greek form of Palestine, and was nomin...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 14:28 The second oracle of Isaiah 13:1 concerns Philistia. ⇐...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 14:30 God promises SAFETY for his own but FEAR for Philistia, which is left without a REMNANT....
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 14:1 THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL, AND HER SONG OF TRIUMPH OVER BABYLON. The destruction of Babylon is to be followed by the restoration of Israel, with the good w
For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob (Isaiah 14:1...
Isaiah 13:6; Isaiah 16:7; Isaiah 20:1; Jeremiah 1:14; Jeremiah 25:16
Gate — The gate is put for the city. City — City is here put collectively for their cities. The north — From Chaldea. A smoak — A grievous judgment and calamity. Times — When God's appointed time shal...