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Increase of the Church Predicted. (b. c. 758.)
INCREASE OF THE CHURCH PREDICTED. (B. C. 758.) The particular title of this sermon (Isaiah 2:1) is the same with the general title of the book (Isaiah 1:1), only that what is there called the vision is here called the w…
A Charge against the Israelites. (b. c. 758.)
A CHARGE AGAINST THE ISRAELITES. (B. C. 758.) The calling in of the Gentiles was accompanied with the rejection of the Jews; it was their fall, and the diminishing of them, that was the riches of the Gentiles; and the c…
The Doom of Idolaters. (b. c. 758.)
THE DOOM OF IDOLATERS. (B. C. 758.) The prophet here goes on to show what a desolation would be brought upon their land when God should have forsaken them. This may refer particularly to their destruction by the Chaldea…
Judgments Denounced. (b. c. 758.)
JUDGMENTS DENOUNCED. (B. C. 758.) The prophet, in the close of the foregoing chapter, had given a necessary caution to all not to put confidence in man, or any creature; he had also given a general reason for that cauti…
Judgments Denounced.. (b. c. 758.)
JUDGMENTS DENOUNCED.. (B. C. 758.) Here God proceeds in his controversy with his people. Observe, I. The ground of his controversy. It was for sin that God contended with them; if they vex themselves, let them look a li…
The Vanity of the Daughters of Zion. (b. c. 758.)
THE VANITY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF ZION. (B. C. 758.) The prophet's business was to show all sorts of people what they had contributed to the national guilt and what share they must expect in the national judgments that wer…
Humiliation of the Daughters of Zion. (b. c. 758.)
HUMILIATION OF THE DAUGHTERS OF ZION. (B. C. 758.) It was threatened (Isaiah 3:25) that the mighty men should fall by the sword in war, and it was threatened as a punishment to the women that affected gaiety and a loose…
The Future Glory of Zion. (b. c. 758.)
THE FUTURE GLORY OF ZION. (B. C. 758.) By the foregoing threatenings Jerusalem is brought into a very deplorable condition: every thing looks melancholy. But here the sun breaks out from behind the cloud. Many exceeding…
Israel Compared to a Vineyard. (b. c. 758.)
ISRAEL COMPARED TO A VINEYARD. (B. C. 758.) See what variety of methods the great God takes to awaken sinners to repentance by convincing them of sin, and showing them their misery and danger by reason of it. To this pu…
Worldly-Mindedness Reproved; The Punishment of the Sensual. (b. c. 758.)
WORLDLY-MINDEDNESS REPROVED; THE PUNISHMENT OF THE SENSUAL. (B. C. 758.) The world and the flesh are the two great enemies that we are in danger of being overpowered by; yet we are in no danger if we do not ourselves yi…
Denunciations against Sin. (b. c. 758.)
DENUNCIATIONS AGAINST SIN. (B. C. 758.) Here are, I. Sins described which will bring judgments upon a people: and this perhaps is not only a charge drawn up against the men of Judah who lived at that time, and the parti…
Isaiah's Heavenly Vision. (b. c. 758.)
ISAIAH'S HEAVENLY VISION. (B. C. 758.) The vision which Isaiah saw when he was, as is said of Samuel, established to be a prophet of the Lord (1 Samuel 3:20), was intended, 1. To confirm his faith, that he might himself…
Isaiah's Heavenly Vision. (b. c. 758.)
ISAIAH'S HEAVENLY VISION. (B. C. 758.) Our curiosity would lead us to enquire further concerning the seraphim, their songs and their services; but here we leave them, and must attend to what passed between God and his p…
Judicial Blindness Threatened. (b. c. 758.)
JUDICIAL BLINDNESS THREATENED. (B. C. 758.) God takes Isaiah at his word, and here sends him on a strange errand—to foretel the ruin of his people and even to ripen them for that ruin—to preach that which, by their abus…
The Distress of Ahaz; Comfort Administered to Ahaz. (b. c. 740.)
THE DISTRESS OF AHAZ; COMFORT ADMINISTERED TO AHAZ. (B. C. 740.) The prophet Isaiah had his commission renewed in the year that king Uzziah died, Isaiah 6:1. Jotham his son reigned, and reigned well, sixteen years. All…
The Promise of Immanuel. (b. c. 740.)
THE PROMISE OF IMMANUEL. (B. C. 740.) Here, I. God, by the prophet, makes a gracious offer to Ahaz, to confirm the foregoing predictions, and his faith in them, by such sign or miracle as he should choose (Isaiah 7:10-1…
Judgments Announced. (b. c. 740.)
JUDGMENTS ANNOUNCED. (B. C. 740.) After the comfortable promises made to Ahaz as a branch of the house of David, here follow terrible threatenings against him, as a degenerate branch of that house; for though the loving…
Judgments Announced. (b. c. 740.)
JUDGMENTS ANNOUNCED. (B. C. 740.) In these verses we have a prophecy of the successes of the king of Assyria against Damascus, Samaria, and Judah, that the two former should be laid waste by him, and the last greatly fr…
Judah's Encouragement. (b. c. 740.)
JUDAH'S ENCOURAGEMENT. (B. C. 740.) The prophet here returns to speak of the present distress that Ahaz and his court and kingdom were in upon account of the threatening confederacy of the ten tribes and the Syrians aga…
The Importance of the Scriptures. (b. c. 740.)
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SCRIPTURES. (B. C. 740.) In these verses we have, I. The unspeakable privilege which the people of God enjoy in having the oracles of God consigned over to them, and being entrusted with the sacred…
Judgment and Mercy; The Promise of Gospel Grace; The Promise of Messiah; The Titles of Messiah. (b. c. 740.)
JUDGMENT AND MERCY; THE PROMISE OF GOSPEL GRACE; THE PROMISE OF MESSIAH; THE TITLES OF MESSIAH. (B. C. 740.) The first words of this chapter plainly refer to the close of the foregoing chapter, where every thing looked…
Threatenings against Judah; Threatenings against Israel. (b. c. 740.)
THREATENINGS AGAINST JUDAH; THREATENINGS AGAINST ISRAEL. (B. C. 740.) Here are terrible threatenings, which are directed primarily against Israel, the kingdom of the ten tribes, Ephraim and Samaria, the ruin of which is…
The Condemnation of Oppressors. (b. c. 740.)
THE CONDEMNATION OF OPPRESSORS. (B. C. 740.) Whether they were the princes and judges of Israel of Judah, or both, that the prophet denounced this woe against, is not certain: if those of Israel, these verses are to be…
The Pride of the King of Assyria; Sennacherib's Pride Rebuked; Destruction of the King of Assyria. (b. c. 740.)
THE PRIDE OF THE KING OF ASSYRIA; SENNACHERIB'S PRIDE REBUKED; DESTRUCTION OF THE KING OF ASSYRIA. (B. C. 740.) The destruction of the kingdom of Israel by Shalmaneser king of Assyria was foretold in the foregoing chapt…