The Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Chapters I-XXXIX |
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Page xlvi
... things we are not here concerned ; but the fact that the Hierodouloi , or sacred prostitutes , of the Canaanite religion were known as " holy women " furnishes decisive evidence of the complete divorce in ancient times of the two ideas ...
... things we are not here concerned ; but the fact that the Hierodouloi , or sacred prostitutes , of the Canaanite religion were known as " holy women " furnishes decisive evidence of the complete divorce in ancient times of the two ideas ...
Page lvi
... things , in which Zion , as the seat of God's kingdom of right- eousness and peace , is the centre of light and blessing for the nations , and all nature becomes subservient to the needs of humanity . The representation includes ...
... things , in which Zion , as the seat of God's kingdom of right- eousness and peace , is the centre of light and blessing for the nations , and all nature becomes subservient to the needs of humanity . The representation includes ...
Page lx
... thing is the completeness with which that ideal is to be realised through his endowment with the spirit of God . Now it is possible that Isaiah may have had a deeper sense at one time than at others of the exceptional qualities required ...
... thing is the completeness with which that ideal is to be realised through his endowment with the spirit of God . Now it is possible that Isaiah may have had a deeper sense at one time than at others of the exceptional qualities required ...
Page lxi
The second thing to be observed is that in Isaiah's vision of the future the monarchy itself is but one institution among many , and presupposes a political organisation after the fashion of the existing Hebrew commonwealth . Hence ...
The second thing to be observed is that in Isaiah's vision of the future the monarchy itself is but one institution among many , and presupposes a political organisation after the fashion of the existing Hebrew commonwealth . Hence ...
Page lxiv
... things of eternity and with mouth and hand in the things of time , with his spirit in the eternal counsel of God and his body in a very definite moment of history1 . " 66 The literary quality most conspicuous in the writings of Isaiah ...
... things of eternity and with mouth and hand in the things of time , with his spirit in the eternal counsel of God and his body in a very definite moment of history1 . " 66 The literary quality most conspicuous in the writings of Isaiah ...
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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.