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Encouragement to Israel. (b. c. 740.)
ENCOURAGEMENT TO ISRAEL. (B. C. 740.) The prophet had said (Isaiah 10:12) that the Lord would perform his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, by Sennacherib's invading the land. Now here we are told what that…
Encouragement to Israel. (b. c. 740.)
ENCOURAGEMENT TO ISRAEL. (B. C. 740.) The prophet, in his preaching, distinguishes between the precious and the vile; for God in his providence, even in the same providence, does so. He speaks terror, in Sennacherib's i…
Prophecy of the Messiah; The Government of Messiah. (b. c. 740.)
PROPHECY OF THE MESSIAH; THE GOVERNMENT OF MESSIAH. (B. C. 740.) The prophet had before, in this sermon, spoken of a child that should be born, a son that should be given, on whose shoulders the government should be, in…
Advancement of Messiah's Kingdom. (b. c. 740.)
ADVANCEMENT OF MESSIAH'S KINGDOM. (B. C. 740.) We have here a further prophecy of the enlargement and advancement of the kingdom of the Messiah, under the type and figure of the flourishing condition of the kingdom of J…
A Song of Praise. (b. c. 740.)
A SONG OF PRAISE. (B. C. 740.) This is the former part of the hymn of praise which is prepared for the use of the church, of the Jewish church when God would work great deliverances for them, and of the Christian church…
A Song of Praise. (b. c. 740.)
A SONG OF PRAISE. (B. C. 740.) This is the second part of this evangelical song, and to the same purport with the former; there believers stir up themselves to praise God, here they invite and encourage one another to d…
The Doom of Babylon. (b. c. 739.)
THE DOOM OF BABYLON. (B. C. 739.) The general title of this book was, The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, Isaiah 1:1. Here we have that which Isaiah saw, which was represented to his mind as clearly and fully as if he…
The Doom of Babylon. (b. c. 739.)
THE DOOM OF BABYLON. (B. C. 739.) We have here a very elegant and lively description of the terrible confusion and desolation which should be made in Babylon by the descent which the Medes and Persians should make upon…
The Doom of Babylon. (b. c. 739.)
THE DOOM OF BABYLON. (B. C. 739.) The great havoc and destruction which it was foretold should be made by the Medes and Persians in Babylon here end in the final destruction of it. 1. It is allowed that Babylon was a no…
Promises to Israel. (b. c. 739.)
PROMISES TO ISRAEL. (B. C. 739.) This comes in here as the reason why Babylon must be overthrown and ruined, because God has mercy in store for his people, and therefore, 1. The injuries done to them must be reckoned fo…
The Doom of the King of Babylon. (b. c. 739.)
THE DOOM OF THE KING OF BABYLON. (B. C. 739.) The kings of Babylon, successively, were the great enemies and oppressors of God's people, and therefore the destruction of Babylon, the fall of the king, and the ruin of hi…
The Doom of the Assyrians; The Doom of the Philistines. (b. c. 726.)
THE DOOM OF THE ASSYRIANS; THE DOOM OF THE PHILISTINES. (B. C. 726.) The destruction of Babylon and the Chaldean empire was a thing at a great distance; the empire had not risen to any considerable height when its fall…
The Burden of Moab. (b. c. 725.)
THE BURDEN OF MOAB. (B. C. 725.) The country of Moab was of small extent, but very fruitful. It bordered upon the lot of Reuben on the other side Jordan and upon the Dead Sea. Naomi went to sojourn there when there was…
The Burden of Moab. (b. c. 725.)
THE BURDEN OF MOAB. (B. C. 725.) Here the prophet further describes the woeful and piteous lamentations that should be heard throughout all the country of Moab when it should become a prey to the Assyrian army. "By this…
Exhortations to Moab. (b. c. 725.)
EXHORTATIONS TO MOAB. (B. C. 725.) God has made it to appear that he delights not in the ruin of sinners by telling them what they may do to prevent the ruin; so he does here to Moab. I. He advises them to be just to th…
The Pride of Moab; The Threatening against Moab; The Doom of Moab. (b. c. 725.)
THE PRIDE OF MOAB; THE THREATENING AGAINST MOAB; THE DOOM OF MOAB. (B. C. 725.) Here we have, I. The sins with which Moab is charged, Isaiah 16:6. The prophet seems to check himself for going about to give good counsel…
The Doom of Syria and Israel. (b. c. 712.)
THE DOOM OF SYRIA AND ISRAEL. (B. C. 712.) We have here the burden of Damascus; the Chaldee paraphrase reads it, The burden of the cup of the curse to drink to Damascus in; and, the ten tribes being in alliance, they mu…
The Doom of Syria and Israel. (b. c. 712.)
THE DOOM OF SYRIA AND ISRAEL. (B. C. 712.) Mercy is here reserved, in a parenthesis, in the midst of judgment, for a remnant that should escape the common ruin of the kingdom of the ten tribes. Though the Assyrians took…
The Doom of Syria and Israel. (b. c. 712.)
THE DOOM OF SYRIA AND ISRAEL. (B. C. 712.) Here the prophet returns to foretel the woeful desolations that should be made in the land of Israel by the army of the Assyrians. 1. That the cities should be deserted. Even t…
The Doom of Syria and Israel. (b. c. 712.)
THE DOOM OF SYRIA AND ISRAEL. (B. C. 712.) These verses read the doom of those that spoil and rob the people of God. If the Assyrians and Israelites invade and plunder Judah, if the Assyrian army take God's people capti…
Judgments Denounced. (b. c. 712.)
JUDGMENTS DENOUNCED. (B. C. 712.) Interpreters are very much at a loss where to find this land that lies beyond the rivers of Cush. Some take it to be Egypt, a maritime country, and full of rivers, and which courted Isr…
The Doom of Egypt. (b. c. 710.)
THE DOOM OF EGYPT. (B. C. 710.) Though the land of Egypt had of old been a house of bondage to the people of God, where they had been ruled with rigour, yet among the unbelieving Jews there still remained much of the hu…
Promises to Egypt. (b. c. 710.)
PROMISES TO EGYPT. (B. C. 710.) Out of the thick and threatening clouds of the foregoing prophecy the sun of comfort here breaks forth, and it is the sun of righteousness. Still God has mercy in store for Egypt, and he…
Threatenings against Egypt. (b. c. 713.)
THREATENINGS AGAINST EGYPT. (B. C. 713.) God here, as King of nations, brings a sore calamity upon Egypt and Ethiopia, but, as King of saints, brings good to his people out of it. Observe, I. The date of this prophecy.…