Hawker's Poor man's commentary
Isaiah 33:2
What a sweet, though short prayer! And if it refers to the former history of the invasion of Samaria, by the king of Assyria, how speedily was it answered.
What a sweet, though short prayer! And if it refers to the former history of the invasion of Samaria, by the king of Assyria, how speedily was it answered.
Verse Isaiah 33:2. _BE THOU THEIR ARM EVERY MORNING_ - "Be thou our strength every morning"] For זרעם _zeroam, their arm_, the _Syriac, Chaldee_, and _Vulgate_ read זרענו _zeroenu, our arm_, in the fi...
O LORD - This is a solemn prayer to Yahweh, made by the Jews in the apprehension of the invasion of the Assyrian. It is not meant that this prayer was actually offered, but it is a prophetic represent...
CHAPTER 33 Sixth Woe Against the Assyrian and What Is to Follow 1. _The judgment announced (Isaiah 33:1)_ 2. _The prayer of the faithful remnant (Isaiah 33:2)_ 3. _The judgment executed (Isaiah 33:7)...
ISAIAH 33. DENUNCIATION OF THE TREACHEROUS FOE. ZION'S EXTREMITY, YAHWEH'S OPPORTUNITY. If Isaiah's, the date is apparently 701, and the situation presupposed is Sennacherib's demand for unconditional...
ARM. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause) for the strength and defense put forth by it. EVERY MORNING: i.e. continually....
The nation's prayer to Jehovah. The writer seems to make himself the spokesman of the community, a thing which Isaiah rarely does (see Isaiah 32:15); nowhere, as here, in a prayer. Cheyne, however, su...
O LORD, BE GRACIOUS UNTO US— In this apostrophe to God, the first part contains the supplication; the other, the salvation obtained in consequence thereof. In the supplication there is that difference...
3. SUBJUGATION TEXT: Isaiah 33:1-12 1 Woe to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to destr...
Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt...
1-12. The deliverance of Jerusalem from the Invader. 13-24. The Consequences of the Interposition of Jehovah for those that dwell in the City....
THEIR ARM] viz. Jerusalem's defenders'....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 33 A PRAYER FOR HELP V1 *Woe to our enemies! They ruined and cheated other people. Al...
O LORD, BE GRACIOUS... — Faith transforms itself into prayer. The prophet will still “wait” upon God. In the change of person, “_their_ arm,” “_our_ salvation,” we hear the very words of the prayer as...
יְהוָ֥ה חָנֵּ֖נוּ לְךָ֣ קִוִּ֑ינוּ הֱיֵ֤ה זְרֹעָם֙...
CHAPTER XXI OUR GOD A CONSUMING FIRE 701 B.C. Isaiah 33:1 WE have seen how the sense of forgiveness and the exultant confidence, which fill chapter 33, were brought about within a few months after...
GOD EXALTED IN JUDGMENT Isaiah 33:1-12 Here we have the final prediction against Sennacherib. He had dealt very treacherously by returning against Jerusalem, though he had taken a heavy ransom to lea...
This chapter celebrates a great victory, and is prophetic of the method of the final triumph. In the first thirteen verses we have the prophet's appeal, in which there are two movements. In the first...
(d) O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for thee: be thou (e) their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. (d) He declares by this what is the chief refuge of the faithfu...
_Morning. Speedily. Hebrew, "mornings," or every day. Ezechias thus addressed God._...
2._O Jehovah, have pity upon us. _This sentiment was added by the Prophet, in order to remind the godly where they ought to go amidst such distresses, even when they shall appear to be deprived of all...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 33 AND 34. Chapter s 33, 34 announce the last two great acts of judgment. At the moment when God establishes Himself in Zion, and fills it with righteousness,...
O LORD, BE GRACIOUS UNTO US,.... This is a prayer of the church under the persecutions of antichrist, imploring the grace and favour of God in their miserable and distressed circumstances; desiring hi...
O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. Ver. 2. _O Lord, be gracious unto us._] _Brevicula sed pulchra precat...
_O Lord, be gracious unto us_ The prophet and the pious Jews, contemplating the calamity coming upon their country, here direct their prayer unto God for themselves and their people. _Be thou their ar...
THE PUNISHMENT STRIKES THE ADVERSARY...
O Lord, be gracious unto us! For the grace and mercy of tile heavenly Father is the believers' only stay. WE HAVE WAITED FOR THEE, trustfully expecting the help which He alone can give; BE THOU THEIR...
1-14 Here we have the proud and false destroyer justly reckoned with for all his fraud and violence. The righteous God often pays sinners in their own coin. Those who by faith humbly wait for God, sh...
O LORD, BE GRACIOUS UNTO US; the prophet contemplating the judgment which was now coming upon God's people, directeth his prayer to God for them. THEIR ARM; our arm or strength. The change of persons...
Isaiah 33:2 LORD H3068 gracious H2603 (H8798) waited H6960 (H8765) arm H2220 morning H1242 salvation H3444 time...
CHAPTER 33 THE SIXTH WOE AGAINST THOSE WHO DESPOIL OTHERS AND WHO ARE TREACHEROUS. The sixth woe seems in context to be directed against Assyria for some treacherous act. We can compare and contrast h...
THE GREAT DELIVERANCE AT JERUSALEM (ISAIAH 33:1). Assyria is chided for its greed and treachery, and Yahweh's people plead for deliverance. But the invasion is going forward and the spoil is being gat...
CONTENTS: The distress of Judah and Jerusalem because of coming woes. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The righteous God pays sinners in their own coin. When they have filled up the measure of their ini...
Isaiah 33:1. _Woe to thee,_ thou spoiler, who hast not been spoiled; _AND THOU PLUNDERER, WHO HAST NOT BEEN PLUNDERED._ When thou hast ceased to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; When thou art weary of...
_O Lord, be gracious unto us_ AN APPROPRIATE PRAYER They pray-- 1. For those that were employed in military services for them. “Be Thou their arm every morning.” In our spiritual warfare our own ha...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 33:2 This verse expresses the trust in God that Isaiah is calling for. ⇐ ⇔...
THE SAINT’S ATTITUDE IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE Isaiah 33:2. _O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for Thee: be Thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble_. Like its p...
SECTION X. A PROPHECY OF JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA (Isaiah 33:1.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 33:1 THE JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA
Now chapter 33 begins with a warning to the Assyrians. Woe unto thee that spoilest, and you have not been spoiled; you that deal treacherously, you've not been dealt treacherously with! (Isaiah 33:1)...
2 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 1:4; Exodus 14:27; Hosea 14:2;...
O Lord — The prophet contemplating the judgment which was now coming upon God's people, directs his prayer to God for them. Their arm — Our arm or strength. The change of persons is frequent in prophe...