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The Punishment of Ariel. (b. c. 725.)
THE PUNISHMENT OF ARIEL. (B. C. 725.) That it is Jerusalem which is here called Ariel is agreed, for that was the city where David dwelt; that part of it which was called Zion was in a particular manner the city of Davi…
Threatenings against Judah. (b. c. 725.)
THREATENINGS AGAINST JUDAH. (B. C. 725.) Here, I. The prophet stands amazed at the stupidity of the greatest part of the Jewish nation. They had Levites, who taught the good knowledge of the Lord and had encouragement f…
Promises to Israel; Character of Persecutors; Promises of Jacob. (b. c. 725.)
PROMISES TO ISRAEL; CHARACTER OF PERSECUTORS; PROMISES OF JACOB. (B. C. 725.) Those that thought to hide their counsels from the Lord were said to turn things upside down (Isaiah 29:16), and they intended to do it unkno…
The Foolish Confidence of Judah. (b. c. 720.)
THE FOOLISH CONFIDENCE OF JUDAH. (B. C. 720.) It was often the fault and folly of the people of the Jews that, when they were insulted by their neighbours on one side, they sought for succour from their neighbours on th…
Doom of Incorrigible Sinners. (b. c. 720.)
DOOM OF INCORRIGIBLE SINNERS. (B. C. 720.) Here, I. The preface is very awful. The prophet must not only preach this, but he must write it (Isaiah 30:8), write it in a table, to be hung up and exposed to public view; he…
Promises. (b. c. 720.)
PROMISES. (B. C. 720.) The closing words of the foregoing paragraph (You shall be left as a beacon upon a mountain) some understand as a promise that a remnant of them should be reserved as monuments of mercy; and here…
Judgments on Assyria. (b. c. 720.)
JUDGMENTS ON ASSYRIA. (B. C. 720.) This terrible prediction of the ruin of the Assyrian army, though it is a threatening to them, is part of the promise to the Israel of God, that God would not only punish the Assyrians…
Confidence in Egypt Reproved. (b. c. 720.)
CONFIDENCE IN EGYPT REPROVED. (B. C. 720.) This is the last of four chapters together that begin with woe; and they are all woes to the sinners that were found among the professing people of God, to the drunkards of Eph…
A Call to Repentance; Deliverance of Jerusalem. (b. c. 720.)
A CALL TO REPENTANCE; DELIVERANCE OF JERUSALEM. (B. C. 720.) This explains the foregoing promise of the deliverance of Jerusalem; she shall be fitted for deliverance, and then it shall be wrought for her; for in that me…
The Reign of Justice. (b. c. 726.)
THE REIGN OF JUSTICE. (B. C. 726.) We have here the description of a flourishing kingdom. "Blessed art thou, O land! when it is thus with thee, when kings, princes, and people, are in their places such as they should be…
Joyful Prospects. (b. c. 726.)
JOYFUL PROSPECTS. (B. C. 726.) In these verses we have God rising up to judgment against the vile persons, to punish them for their villainy; but at length returning in mercy to the liberal, to reward them for their lib…
Assyria Threatened. (b. c. 710.)
ASSYRIA THREATENED. (B. C. 710.) Here we have, I. The proud and false Assyrian justly reckoned with for all his fraud and violence, and laid under a woe, Isaiah 33:1. Observe, 1. The sin which the enemy had been guilty…
The Forebodings of Hypocrites; Encouragement to God's People. (b. c. 710.)
THE FOREBODINGS OF HYPOCRITES; ENCOURAGEMENT TO GOD'S PEOPLE. (B. C. 710.) Here is a preface that commands attention; and it is fit that all should attend, both near and afar off, to what God says and does (Isaiah 33:13…
Threatenings against God's Enemies. (b. c. 720.)
THREATENINGS AGAINST GOD'S ENEMIES. (B. C. 720.) Here we have a prophecy, as elsewhere we have a history, of the wars of the Lord, which we are sure are all both righteous and successful. This world, as it is his creatu…
Threatenings against God's Enemies. (b. c. 720.)
THREATENINGS AGAINST GOD'S ENEMIES. (B. C. 720.) This prophecy looks very black, but surely it looks so further than upon Edom and Bozrah. 1. It describes the melancholy changes that are often made by the divine Provide…
The Blessings of the Gospel. (b. c. 720.)
THE BLESSINGS OF THE GOSPEL. (B. C. 720.) In these verses we have, I. The desert land blooming. In the foregoing chapter we had a populous and fruitful country turned into a horrid wilderness; here we have in lieu of th…
The Blessings of the Gospel. (b. c. 720.)
THE BLESSINGS OF THE GOSPEL. (B. C. 720.) "Then, when your God shall come, even Christ, to set up his kingdom in the world, to which all the prophets bore witness, especially towards the conclusion of their prophecies o…
Sennacherib's Insolent Message. (b. c. 710.)
SENNACHERIB'S INSOLENT MESSAGE. (B. C. 710.) We shall here only observe some practical lessons. 1. A people may be in the way of their duty and yet meet with trouble and distress. Hezekiah was reforming, and his people…
Sennacherib's Insolent Message. (b. c. 710.)
SENNACHERIB'S INSOLENT MESSAGE. (B. C. 710.) We may hence learn these lessons:—1. That, while princes and counsellors have public matters under debate, it is not fair to appeal to the people. It was a reasonable motion…
Hezekiah's Message to Isaiah. (b. c. 710.)
HEZEKIAH'S MESSAGE TO ISAIAH. (B. C. 710.) We may observe here, 1. That the best way to baffle the malicious designs of our enemies against us is to be driven by them to God and to our duty and so to fetch meat out of t…
Prayer of Hezekiah. (b. c. 710.)
PRAYER OF HEZEKIAH. (B. C. 710.) We may observe here, 1. That, if God give us inward satisfaction in his promise, this may confirm us in our silently bearing reproaches. God answered Hezekiah, but it does not appear tha…
Sennacherib Threatened; Sennacherib Destroyed. (b. c. 710.)
SENNACHERIB THREATENED; SENNACHERIB DESTROYED. (B. C. 710.) We may here observe, 1. That those who receive messages of terror from men with patience, and send messages of faith to God by prayer, may expect messages of g…
Hezekiah's Sickness. (b. c. 710.)
HEZEKIAH'S SICKNESS. (B. C. 710.) We may hence observe, among others, these good lessons:—1. That neither men's greatness nor their goodness will exempt them from the arrests of sickness and death. Hezekiah, a mighty po…
Hezekiah's Thanksgiving. (b. c. 710.)
HEZEKIAH'S THANKSGIVING. (B. C. 710.) We have here Hezekiah's thanksgiving-song, which he penned, by divine direction, after his recovery. He might have taken some of the psalms of his father David, and made use of them…