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Verse Isaiah 30:33. _FOR TOPHET_ IS _ORDAINED_] Tophet is a valley
very near to Jerusalem, to the southeast, called also the valley of
Hinnom or Gehenna; where the Canaanites, and afterwards the
Isra...
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FOR TOPHET - The same idea is conveyed in this verse as in the
preceding, but under another form, and with a new illustration. The
sense is, that the army of the Assyrians would be completely
destroye...
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CHAPTER 30
The Fourth Woe Against Alliance With Egypt
1. _The alliance and its failure (Isaiah 30:1)_ 2. _The written table
against the rebellious people (Isaiah 30:8)_ 3. Jehovah's word of
encourage...
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If this is the work of Isaiah, it describes the overthrow of Assyria.
The description is very vigorous, and some feel that the loud colours
are dashed on too violently to make Isaiah's authorship prob...
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TOPHET. the place of burning. In the valley of Hinnom, the place where
continual fires consumed the refuse of Jerusalem. Compare Revelation
19:20; Revelation 20:10.
THE KING. Moloch. See note on 1 Kin...
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_For Tophet is ordained of old_ Render: FOR A BURNING-PLACE IS ALREADY
LAID OUT. Tophet is the name of a spot in the valley of the son of
Hinnom, south of Jerusalem, where human sacrifices were offere...
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AND IN EVERY PLACE— The prophet here again, as in the 29th verse,
subjoins the consequence of the fall of the Assyrian. The sum of the
passage is, that in every place which the Assyrian, passing with...
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2. SALVATION
TEXT: Isaiah 30:15-33
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For thus said the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, In returning
and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be
your strength: and ye...
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For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he
hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood;
the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindl...
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30:33 Topheth (g-2) See 2 Kings 23:10 ....
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1-7. The Egyptian alliance is profitless.
8-11. The perversity of Judah,
12-17. and its disastrous consequences.
18-26. There is a glorious prospect for the repentant people.
27-33 But first Jehov...
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The destruction of the Assyrian set forth under the image of a funeral
pyre. TOPHET] 'a Tophet,' i.e. a place of burning. The name was given
to the valley of Hinnom, where, previous to Hezekiah's acce...
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For the sudden and extraordinary end of the huge *Assyrian army, see
Isaiah 37:33-36.
WOE ~ a very sad cry because there is much pain to come.
LORD ~ God’s name in the Bible. In the original language...
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God has used the *Assyrians to punish his people. But now his people
have returned to him. God has therefore achieved his purpose. Now God
can punish the *Assyrians for their proud attitudes and for t...
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TOPHET IS ORDAINED OF OLD. — Literally, _the Tophet, or place of
burning,_ with perhaps the secondary sense of “a place of
loathing.” Tophet was the name given to the Valley of Hinnom,
outside Jerusal...
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כִּֽי ־עָר֤וּךְ מֵֽ אֶתְמוּל֙
תָּפְתֶּ֔ה גַּם־_הִ֛יא_†
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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
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THE GOODNESS OF GOD'S SEVERITY
Isaiah 30:18-33
Jerusalem refused God's invitation to return to Him and rest; they
preferred to trust in Egyptian cavalry. Their Almighty Friend knew
that this would en...
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This chapter contains two distinct messages. In the first, the prophet
denounces an alliance with Egypt (verses Isa 30:1-26), and in the
second foretells the destruction of Assyria (verses Isa 30:27-3...
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_Topheth. 'Tis the same as Gehenna, and is taken for hell. (Challoner)
--- The Assyrians perish amid horrid cries (Haydock) and thunders,
which resembled the noise made by drums, and by children who w...
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REFLECTIONS
BLESSED Lord! rebellious as I am, and unworthy of the least of thy
mercies, yet, Lord, for thine own great name's sake, let my covering
be the covering of thy
Spirit; and let me never see...
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I hope that the Reader is, by this time, so well acquainted with
scripture, as to need not the remark how, all along, the Lord is
forever blending, judgment with mercy. Here we have, as in many other...
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33._For Tophet is ordained. _The Prophet goes on to threaten the
vengeance of God, and says that not only a temporary calamity, but
also everlasting destruction awaits the wicked; for hell is prepared...
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The effect of this unbelief is manifested in chapter 30. The people
put their trust in man, according to the wisdom of man. They look to
Egypt for help, but in vain. This contempt of Jehovah, accompan...
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FOR TOPHET IS ORDAINED OF OLD,.... The place long ago appointed for
the ruin of the Assyrian army, which pitched here: this was a valley
near Jerusalem, the valley of the son of Hinnom; so called, fro...
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For Tophet [is] ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he
hath made [it] deep [and] large: the pile thereof [is] fire and much
wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, dot...
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Isa. 30:27, to the end, and 31:9. Mr. Bedford supposes (Scripture
Chronology, p. 671.) that what is here said respects the time when
Rabshakeh came against Jerusalem, and God did so wonderfully appear...
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_For Tophet is ordained of old_ “Tophet is a valley very near to
Jerusalem, to the southeast, called also _the valley of Hinnom_, or
_Gehenna;_ where the Canaanites, and afterward the Israelites,
sacr...
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For Tophet is ordained of old, a dreadful altar being prepared for the
slaughter; YEA, FOR THE KING IT IS PREPARED, for the ruler of the
world power; HE, Jehovah, HATH MADE IT DEEP AND LARGE, so that...
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Trust in Jehovah Rewarded; Overthrow of the Lord's Enemies...
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OF OLD:
_ Heb._ from yesterday...
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27-33 God curbs and restrains from doing mischief. With a word he
guides his people into the right way, but with a bridle he turns his
enemies upon their own ruin. Here, in threatening the ruin of
Se...
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TOPHET was a place near Jerusalem, in which the idolatrous Israelites
used cruelly to offer up their children to Moloch, 2 CHRONICLES 28:3,
2 CHRONICLES 33:6; see also Jeremiah 7:31,...
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Isaiah 30:33 Tophet H8613 established H6186 (H8803) old H865 king
H4428 prepared H3559 (H8717) deep H6009 ...
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FOR GOD'S FINAL PURPOSE IS TO BLESS HIS TRUE PEOPLE WHO WILL REMAIN
AFTER HIS CHASTISEMENT AND PURIFICATION, AND TO DEFEAT THEIR ENEMIES
HIMSELF (ISAIAH 30:19).
While the future holds adversity for th...
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THE DESTRUCTION OF ASSYRIA (ISAIAH 30:27).
However, although there will be no help for them in Egypt, they will
be delivered, for God Himself will act to deliver them. For the
remnant who come throug...
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TOPHET
See (Jeremiah 7:31); (Jeremiah 19:6); (2 Kings 23:10).
Historically a place in the valley of Hinnom where human sacrifices
were offered. The word means "place of fire." The symbolic reference...
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CONTENTS: Warnings against alliance with Egypt against Sennacherib and
exhortation to turn to the Lord for help.
CHARACTERS: God, Pharoah.
CONCLUSION: When sin has brought men into distress, it is th...
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Isaiah 30:1. _Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that
take counsel, but not of me._ It was a law among all ancient nations
to undertake nothing of importance without consulting the gods....
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_For Tophet is ordained of old_
THE ANNIHILATION OF THE ASSYRIAN POWER
The annihilation of the Assyrian power is graphically set forth as one
great funeral obsequy, such as were well known among Eas...
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TOPHET ORDAINED OF OLD
Isaiah 30:33. _For Tophet is ordained of old, &c._
Some of us have often admired the expression, “Knowing the terrors
of the Lord, we persuade men;” implying that the law of pe...
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THE EARTHLY SONG AND THE HEAVENLY VOICE
Isaiah 30:29. _Ye shall have a song … and the Lord shall cause His
glorious voice to be heard, &c._
The fulfilment of this prophecy is recorded in Isaiah 37:36...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 30:1
THE ALLIANCE WITH EGYPT OPENLY REBUKED. In the preceding chapter
(Isaiah 30:15) the design of the Jewish rulers to seek the alliance of
Egypt was covertly
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Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but
not from me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my Spirit,
that they may add sin to their sin (Isaiah 30:1):
Now these pe...
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1 Peter 1:8; 2 Kings 23:10; Ezekiel 32:22; Ezekiel 32:23; Genesis 19
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Tophet — This was a place near Jerusalem, in which the idolatrous
Israelites used to offer up their children to Moloch. It may be put,
for any place of torment; and particularly it is put for hell. Fo...