SECTION X. A PROPHECY OF JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA (Isaiah 33:1-24.).
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Isaiah 33:1-24
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Matthew Henry on Isaiah 33:1-14Isaiah 33:1-14 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryHere we have the proud and false destroyer justly reckoned with for all his fraud and violence. The righteous God often pays sinners in their own coin. Those who by faith humbly wait for God, shall find him gracious to…Assyria Threatened. (b. c. 710.)Isaiah 33:1-12 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleASSYRIA 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 Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 33:1-6Isaiah 33:1-6 · The Pulpit CommentaryTHE JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA AND DELIVERANCE OF JERUSALEM, STATED GENERALLY. Events had progressed since the preceding prophecies were delivered. The negotiations carried on with Sennacherib had been futile (Isaiah 33:7), th…The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 33:1Isaiah 33:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryWoe to thee that spoilest. The "spoiler" is here, evidently, Assyria—the world-power of this entire group of prophecies (see especially Isaiah 30:31; Isaiah 31:8), and the greatest "spoiler" of Isaiah's time. Thou wast…The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 33:1-6Isaiah 33:1-6 · The Pulpit CommentaryJehovah a Refuge. It is "Israel's extremity, but God's opportunity." Retribution is about to fall on Assyria; salvation and every resource is to be found in Jehovah. I. WOE TO ASSYRIA. This land appears under the image…The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 33:1Isaiah 33:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryAggravated evil. I. THAT SIN IS OFTEN FOUND IN AN AGGRAVATED FORM. It may take the forms of which the prophet here complains. 1. Unprovoked aggression. "Thou spoilest, and (though) thou wast not spoiled." Men may go so…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Isaiah 33:1-14Here we have the proud and false destroyer justly reckoned with for all his fraud and violence. The righteous God often pays sinners in their own coin. Those who by faith humbly wait for God, shall find him gracious to…Matthew HenrycommentaryAssyria 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…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 33:1-6THE JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA AND DELIVERANCE OF JERUSALEM, STATED GENERALLY. Events had progressed since the preceding prophecies were delivered. The negotiations carried on with Sennacherib had been futile (Isaiah 33:7), th…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 33:1Woe to thee that spoilest. The "spoiler" is here, evidently, Assyria—the world-power of this entire group of prophecies (see especially Isaiah 30:31; Isaiah 31:8), and the greatest "spoiler" of Isaiah's time. Thou wast…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 33:1Aggravated evil. I. THAT SIN IS OFTEN FOUND IN AN AGGRAVATED FORM. It may take the forms of which the prophet here complains. 1. Unprovoked aggression. "Thou spoilest, and (though) thou wast not spoiled." Men may go so…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 33:1-6Jehovah a Refuge. It is "Israel's extremity, but God's opportunity." Retribution is about to fall on Assyria; salvation and every resource is to be found in Jehovah. I. WOE TO ASSYRIA. This land appears under the image…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 33:2Constant renewals of Divine help. "Be thou their Ann every morning." Prophetic reference is made to that wonderful morning, when the inhabitants of Jerusalem arose, and, looking forth from the walls of the city, beheld…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 33:2O Lord, etc. The mingling of prayer with prophecy is very unusual, and indicative of highly excited feeling. Isaiah realizes fully the danger of his people and nation, and knows that without prayer there is no deliveran…Joseph S. Exell and contributors