Isaiah 29:22

Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale. THUS SAITH THE LORD ... Join "saith ... concerning the house of Jacob." REDEEMED - out of Ur, a land of idolaters (). NOT NOW - after the moral revolution described, , the children of Jacob shall no longer give cause to their forefathers to blush for them. NEITHER ... WAX PALE - with shame and disappointment at the wicked degeneracy of his posterity, and fear as to their punishment....

22._Therefore thus saith Jehovah. _This is the conclusion of the former statement; for he comforts the people, that they may not despair in that wretched and miserable condition to which they shall be reduced. We ought to observe the time to which those things must relate, that is, when the people have been brought into a state of slavery, the temple overturned, the sacrifices taken away, and when it might be thought that all religion had fallen down, and that there was no hope of deliverance. The minds of believers must therefore have been supported by this prediction, that, when they were shipwrecked, they might still have this plank left, which they might seize firmly, and by which they might be brought into the harbour. We too ought to take hold of these promises, even in the most desperate circumstances, and to rely on them with our whole heart. _To the house of Jacob. _The address...

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 was turned into a fruitful field; and the Jewish church, that had long been a fruitful field, became as a deserted forest. Those who, when in trouble, can truly rejoice in God, shall soon have cause greatly to rejoice in him. The grace of meekness contributes to the increase of our holy joy. The enemies who were powerful shall become mean and weak. To complete the repose of God's people, the scorners at home shall be cut off by judgements. All are apt to speak unadvisedly, and to mistake what they hear, but it is very unfair to make a man an offender for a word. They did all they could to bring those into trouble who told them of their faults. But He that redeemed Abraham out of his snares...

Verse Isaiah 29:22. _WHO REDEEMED ABRAHAM_] As God redeemed Abraham from among idolaters and workers of iniquity, so will he redeem those who hear the words of the Book, and are humbled before him, Isaiah 29:18. _CONCERNING THE HOUSE OF JACOB_ - "The God of the house of Jacob"] I read אל _El_ as a noun, not a preposition: the parallel line favours this sense; and there is no address to the house of Jacob to justify the other. _NEITHER SHALL HIS FACE NOW WAX PALE_ - "His face shall no more be covered with confusion."] "יחורו _yechoro_, Chald. _ut_ ὁ μεταβαλει, Theod. εντραπησεται, Syr. נחפרו _necaphro, videtur_ _legendum_ יחפרו yechepheru: hic enim solum legitur verbum, חור chavar, nec in linguis affinibus habet pud

THEREFORE - In consequence of the happy change which shall take place in the nation when the oppressor shall be removed Isaiah 29:20, and when the poor and the meek shall rejoice Isaiah 29:19, and the ignorant shall be instructed Isaiah 29:18, Jacob shall not be ashamed of his descendants as he was before, nor have cause to blush in regard to his posterity. WHO REDEEMED ABRAHAM - That is, who brought him out of a land of idolaters, and rescued him from the abominations of idolatry. The word ‘redeem,’ here (פדה _pâdâh_), properly denotes “to ransom, that is, to redeem a captive, or a prisoner with a price paid...

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, and that their adoption of measures directly antagonistic to the commands of God will bring on the very evil which they are seeking to avert, and cause Jerusalem to be actually besieged by her enemies. In the present passage he distinctly announces the siege, and declares that it will commence within a year. ISAIAH 29:1 WOE TO ARIEL, TO ARIEL, THE CITY WHERE DAVID DWELT! "Ariel' is clearly a myst

THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD, WHO REDEEMED ABRAHAM,.... That brought him from Ur of the Chaldees; that freed him from idolatry, and from a vain conversation before conversion, and delivered him from many evils and dangers afterwards; and saved him with an everlasting salvation, through the Messiah, the great Redeemer, that sprung from him, and took on him the nature of the seed of Abraham: CONCERNING THE HOUSE OF JACOB; his family and posterity, the whole body of the Jewish people; or rather the church of God in Gospel times, consisting of the posterity of Jacob; that trod in his steps, plain hearted Christians, Israelites indeed, praying souls, wrestling Jacobs, and prevailing Israels; of whom the Lord speaks the following things: JACOB SHALL NOT NOW BE ASHAMED, NEITHER SHALL HIS FACE NOW WAX PALE; as formerly, when those that descended from Jacob rejected the Messiah, traduced his c...

REDEEMED (_ See Scofield) - (Isaiah 59:20). _ (_ See Scofield) - (Exodus 14:30). _...

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: Blinded and religious formalists (Isaiah 29:9)_ 4. _The third woe (Isaiah 29:15)_ 5. _In that Day: joy and blessing for the meek and iniquity punished (Isaiah 29:17) _ Ariel means “the lion of God.” It is one of the names of Jerusalem. A great siege of Jerusalem is predicted. Neither Sennacherib's invasion nor the sie

ABRAHAM. Reference to Pentateuch, as well known. App-92. THE HOUSE OF JACOB. See note on Isaiah 2:5. HIS FACE... WAX PALE. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for fear....