The Book of the Prophet Isaiah: Chapters I-XXXIXUniversity Press, 1896 - Bible |
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... 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 To the house of the God of Jacob ; And 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 To the house of the God of Jacob ; And 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 ...
Page 40
... 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 Assyrian Empire 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 righteousness saith Samaria Sargon seems Sennacherib sense shalt Shebna Sheol shews spirit strophe Syria thee thereof thou hast 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. All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? Art thou become like unto us? Thy pomp is brought down to the grave and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Page 16 - And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation neither shall they learn war any more.
Page 279 - 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 86 - 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. 7 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 257 - 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.
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 40 - Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, And the flame consumeth the chaff, So their root shall be as rottenness, And their blossom shall go up as dust: Because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Page 187 - For thou hast been a strength to the poor, A strength to the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, When the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
Page 107 - And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
Page 229 - And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: 21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.