The Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Chapters I-XXXIX |
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Page xxxii
... explained by the accession of Hezekiah . If we accept the view that Hezekiah succeeded to the throne in 727 this prophecy would signalise Isaiah's return to power after about six or seven years of retirement under the government of Ahaz ...
... explained by the accession of Hezekiah . If we accept the view that Hezekiah succeeded to the throne in 727 this prophecy would signalise Isaiah's return to power after about six or seven years of retirement under the government of Ahaz ...
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... either case implied ; and the bare suggestion is perhaps more effective than an explicit assertion would be . 3. The conflux of nations explained by the desire , everywhere 3 4 To the house of the God of Jacob ; v . 3. ] 15 ISAIAH , II .
... either case implied ; and the bare suggestion is perhaps more effective than an explicit assertion would be . 3. The conflux of nations explained by the desire , everywhere 3 4 To the house of the God of Jacob ; v . 3. ] 15 ISAIAH , II .
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... explained in ch . v . 1-7 . The point of the accusation here is that those who should have kept the vineyard from the intrusion of wild beasts have themselves devoured it . the spoil ... houses ] the evidence of their sin . 15. The ...
... explained in ch . v . 1-7 . The point of the accusation here is that those who should have kept the vineyard from the intrusion of wild beasts have themselves devoured it . the spoil ... houses ] the evidence of their sin . 15. The ...
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... explained by a slight change in the text and is on some grounds to be preferred . 18 , 19. The third woe , against the mocking scepticism which leads men to harden themselves in sin . The men addressed do not believe in the prophet's ...
... explained by a slight change in the text and is on some grounds to be preferred . 18 , 19. The third woe , against the mocking scepticism which leads men to harden themselves in sin . The men addressed do not believe in the prophet's ...
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... explained fairly enough as the continuation of v . 24 , it gains immensely in significance when read as the final strophe of the prophecy in ch . ix . 8 - x . 4 , a position to which several considerations lead us to assign it . ( 1 ) ...
... explained fairly enough as the continuation of v . 24 , it gains immensely in significance when read as the final strophe of the prophecy in ch . ix . 8 - x . 4 , a position to which several considerations lead us to assign it . ( 1 ) ...
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Ahaz allusion Assyrian Babylon behold Better book of Isaiah Cheyne clause connexion Damascus deliverance destruction Deut divine Duhm earth Edom Egypt Egyptian Ephraim Ethiopia expression Ezek glory hand hath Hebr Hebrew Hezekiah Holy idea inhabitants invasion Isaiah Israel Jehovah Jerusalem Judah judgment king of Assyria kingdom land LORD of hosts means Merodach-baladan Messianic Messianic age Moab nation natural oracle passage Pekah perhaps Philistines phrase probably prophecy prophet R.V. marg reference reign religious remnant revelation righteousness saith Samaria Sargon seems Sennacherib sense shalt Shebna Sheol shews spirit strophe Syria thee thereof thou hast thought Tirhakah translation Tyre unto utter Uzziah verb verse viii vineyard vision whole word xvii xviii xxii xxiv xxix xxxi xxxii xxxvi Zech Zion
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Page 113 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming ; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 86 - O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger ! and the staff in their hand is mine indignation : I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so ; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
Page 276 - LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight.
Page 47 - Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Page 281 - For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Page 33 - Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, And planted it with the choicest vine, And built a tower in the midst of it, And also made a winepress therein: And he looked that it should bring forth grapes, And it brought forth wild grapes.
Page 185 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
Page 256 - And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, And the dust thereof into brimstone, And the land thereof shall become burning pitch. > It shall not be quenched night nor day; The smoke thereof shall go up for ever : From generation to generation it shall lie waste ; None shall pass through it for ever and ever.
Page 230 - And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Page 259 - It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: The glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon ; ^ They shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.