The Book of the Prophet Isaiah: Chapters I-XXXIXUniversity Press, 1896 - Bible |
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Page ix
... reigns of Jotham , Ahaz and Hezekiah ; and during the greater part of that period he exercised a commanding political influence in Jerusalem . Of no other prophet can it be said with so much truth that his biography is the history of ...
... reigns of Jotham , Ahaz and Hezekiah ; and during the greater part of that period he exercised a commanding political influence in Jerusalem . Of no other prophet can it be said with so much truth that his biography is the history of ...
Page x
... reign of about 50 years , marks the close of a singularly brilliant chapter in the history of both North and South Israel . The crippling of Damascus in the Assyrian campaigns of 797 and 773 afforded to the kingdom of Samaria an ...
... reign of about 50 years , marks the close of a singularly brilliant chapter in the history of both North and South Israel . The crippling of Damascus in the Assyrian campaigns of 797 and 773 afforded to the kingdom of Samaria an ...
Page xii
... reign of Menahem ( 2 Ki . xv . 19 ) brought the danger close to the doors of North Israel . If it be the case , as is held by some Assyriologists , that Uzziah himself , shortly before his death , suffered a defeat at the hands of ...
... reign of Menahem ( 2 Ki . xv . 19 ) brought the danger close to the doors of North Israel . If it be the case , as is held by some Assyriologists , that Uzziah himself , shortly before his death , suffered a defeat at the hands of ...
Page xiii
... reign , however , must have been very short . See Chronological Note . 2 The Assyrian monuments shew that this expedition took place in 734 ; and this fixes approximately the date of the Syro - Ephraimitic war . The chastisement of ...
... reign , however , must have been very short . See Chronological Note . 2 The Assyrian monuments shew that this expedition took place in 734 ; and this fixes approximately the date of the Syro - Ephraimitic war . The chastisement of ...
Page xiv
... REIGN OF SARGON ( 722—705 ) . The siege of Samaria , begun by Shalmaneser , was brought to a conclusion under Sargon , who succeeded to the throne in 722. In the first years of his reign , whilst he was occupied with the affairs of ...
... REIGN OF SARGON ( 722—705 ) . The siege of Samaria , begun by Shalmaneser , was brought to a conclusion under Sargon , who succeeded to the throne in 722. In the first years of his reign , whilst he was occupied with the affairs of ...
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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.