Isaiah 9:20

And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: AND HE SHALL SNATCH ON THE RIGHT HAND, AND BE HUNGRY - not literally. The Hebrew for snatch ( gaazar (H1504)) means to cut. So, to snap at with the teeth (DeDieu). Kimchi supports the English version. The parallel, "he shall eat," supports 'snap at' with the teeth. Image from unappeasable hunger, to picture internal factions, reckless of the most tender ties (Isaiah 9:19), and insatiably spreading misery and death on every side (Jeremiah 19:9). EAT - not literally, but destroy ...

20._Every one shall snatch on the right hand. _It is equivalent to a phrase in common use, _prendre et ravir a toutes mains _, _to take and seize at all hands_. This mode of expression denotes either insatiable covetousness or insatiable cruelty; for the eagerness to _snatch _excites to savage cruelty. That they will be insatiable he expresses more emphatically, by saying that, in consequence of being impelled by blind fierceness and inconceivable rage, they will suck their brother’s blood as freely as they would devour the flesh which was their own property. The bitterness of the vengeance is greatly heightened by this circumstance, that the children of Abraham, and the holy posterity of the chosen race, break out into such beastly fury. Let us therefore remember that it is a dreadful proof of heavenly punishment, when brothers are hurried on, with irreconcilable eagerness, to inflict m...

8-21 Those are ripening apace for ruin, whose hearts are unhumbled under humbling providences. For that which God designs, in smiting us, is, to turn us to himself; and if this point be not gained by lesser judgments, greater may be expected. The leaders of the people misled them. We have reason to be afraid of those that speak well of us, when we do ill. Wickedness was universal, all were infected with it. They shall be in trouble, and see no way out; and when men's ways displease the Lord, he makes even their friends to be at war with them. God would take away those they thought to have help from. Their rulers were the head. Their false prophets were the tail and the rush, the most despicable. In these civil contests, men preyed on near relations who were as their own flesh. The people turn not to Him who smites them, therefore he continues to smite: for when God judges, he will overco...

Verse Isaiah 9:20. _THE FLESH OF HIS OWN ARM_ - "The flesh of his neighbour"] "Του βραχιονος του αδελφου αυτου, the _Septuagint Alexand. Duplex_ _versio, quarum altera legit_ רעו reo, quae vox extat, Jeremiah 6:21. _Nam_ רע rea, αδελφος, Genesis 43:33. _Recte ni fallor_." - SECKER. I add to this excellent remark, that the _Chaldee_ manifestly reads רעו _reo, his neighbour_, not זרעו _zeroo, his arm_; for he renders it by קריביה _karibeyh, his_ _neighbour_. And Jeremiah has the very same expression: ואיש בשר רעהו יאכלו _veish besar reehu yochelu_, "and every one shall eat the flesh of his neighbour,...

AND HE SHALL SNATCH - Hebrew, ‘He shall cut off.’ Many have supposed that this refers to a state of famine; but others regard it as descriptive of a state of faction extending throughout the whole community, dissolving the most tender ties, arid producing a dissolution of all the bonds of life. The context Isaiah 9:19, Isaiah 9:21 shows, that the latter is meant; though it is not improbable that it would be attended with famine. When it is said that he ‘would cut off his right hand,’ it denotes a condition of internal anarchy and strife. AND BE HUNGRY - And not be satisfied. Such would be his rage, and his desire of blood, that he would be insatiable. The retarder of those on one side of him would not appease his insatiable wrath. His desir

EXPOSITION ISAIAH 9:1 THE TROUBLES OF ISRAEL SHALL END THROUGH THE BIRTH OF A MARVELOUS CHILD. The section of the prophecy commencing with Isaiah 7:1 terminates in this glorious burst of glad and gracious promise. The gist of the whole section is: "Israel shall not suffer from Pekah and Rezin; her oppressors shall be Assyria and Egypt, more especially the former; Assyria shall overwhelm her, crush her, lay her low; she shall remain awhile in gloom and darkness; but at length the darkness shall be dispelled; a 'great light' shall shine forth, first in the north, then over all th

AND HE SHALL SNATCH ON THE RIGHT HAND, AND BE HUNGRY,.... Either with his hand, and rob and plunder all within his reach; or, with his teeth, as cannibals, or beasts of prey, catch at, tear, and rend in pieces, whatever comes in their way; and yet hungry after more, and unsatisfied, as follows: AND HE SHALL EAT ON THE LEFT HAND, AND THEY SHALL NOT BE SATISFIED; ravage and spoil on every side, and yet not content. The Targum is, "he shall spoil on the south, and be hungry; and he shall destroy on the north, and not be satisfied:'' THEY SHALL EAT EVERY MAN THE FLESH OF HIS OWN ARM; destroy their near relations, who are their own flesh and blood, or take away their substance from them; so the Targum, "they shall spoil every man the substance of his neighbour:'' which will give some light to Revelation 17:16.

CHAPTER 9 The Message of Hope Concerning Israel's Future and the Impending Judgments 1. _The Messiah, His Name, His rule, His kingdom (Isaiah 9:1)_ 2. _Judgment upon Israel (Isaiah 9:8)_ 3. _The impenitent nation (Isaiah 9:13)_ 4. _The wrath of Jehovah (Isaiah 9:18)_ 5. _Unrighteous judges and three questions (Isaiah 10:1_ Matthew 4:12 quotes the opening verses of this chapter. This applies to His double advent. The first and second coming

ISAIAH 9:8 TO ISAIAH 10:4. YAHWEH SMITES EPHRAIM WITH STROKE AFTER STROKE. It is generally agreed that Isaiah 5:26 formed the closing strophe of this poem (p. 440). The date is probably before the coalition of Syria and Ephraim (Isaiah 9:11 f.), _i.e._ between 740 and 735. It is one of Isaiah's earliest prophecies. It is very uncertain whether the whole is a prediction of the future, or whether, with the exception of the conclusion, it describes calamities that have already overtaken the people. On the whole the former view is preferable. It is that adopted in RV, the tenses being taken as prophetic perfects, the alternative view being given in

EAT. NOT BE SATISFIED. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:26)....