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Ask a QuestionThe strongest argument to plead before God in prayer, the honor of God (Ex 32:12-14; Ps 83:18; Da 9:18, 19).
return--for heathen sin and idolatry are an apostasy from primitive truth. heal--as described (Isa 19:18-20).
Images from the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah (Ge 19:24-28; so De29:23; Jer 49:17, 18).
highway--free communication, resting on the highest basis, the common faith of both (Isa 19:18; Isa 11:16). Assyria and Egypt were joined under Alexander as parts of his empire: Jews and proselytes...
altar--not for sacrifice, but as the "pillar" for memorial and worship (Jos 22:22-26). Isaiah does not contemplate a temple in Egypt: for the only legal temple was at Jerusalem; but, like the...
(Mt 9:11; Lu 5:30; 18:11; Jude 19). Applicable to the hypocritical self-justifiers of our Lord's time. smoke--alluding to the smoke of their self-righteous sacrifices; the fire of God's wrath was...
This verse and Isa 10:33 describe the sudden arrest and overthrow of Sennacherib in the height of his success; Isa 10:18, 19; Eze 31:3,14, &c., contain the same image; "Lebanon" and its forest are...
oblation--unbloody.
Fourth Woe--against those who confound the distinctions of right and wrong (compare Ro 1:28), "reprobate," Greek, "undiscriminating: the moral perception darkened." bitter...sweet--sin is bitter...
(Re 18:22).
(Compare Isa 40:18).
(Isa 40:18, 25).
Lord hath spoken it--Isaiah's prophecies rest on the law (Le26:33). God alters not His word (Numbers 23. 19).
Literally, "But it shall hail with coming down of the forest, and in lowness shall the city (Nineveh) be brought low; that is, humbled." The "hail" is Jehovah's wrathful visitation (Isa 30:30;...
cedars...oaks--image for haughty nobles and princes (Am 2:9; Zec11:1, 2; compare Re 19:18-21). Bashan--east of Jordan, north of the river Jabbok, famous for fine oaks, pasture, and cattle. Perhaps...
And now, &c.--appeal of God to themselves, as in Isa 1:18; Mic 6:3. So Jesus Christ, in Mt 21:40, 41, alluding in the very form of expression to this, makes them pass sentence on themselves. God...
broken...covenant--When Sennacherib invaded Judea, Hezekiah paid him a large sum to leave the land; Sennacherib received the money and yet sent his army against Jerusalem (2Ki 18:14, 17). despised...
Thy princes and people are degenerate in "solid worth," equivalent to "silver" (Jer 6:28, 30; Eze 22:18, 19), and in their use of the living Word, equivalent to "wine" (So 7:9). mixed--literally,...
They--The "other lords" or tyrants (Isa 26:13). shall not live--namely, again. deceased--Hebrew, "Rephaim"; powerless, in the land of shades (Isa14:9, 10). therefore--that is, inasmuch as. Compare...
blind--spiritually (Isa 42:16, 18, 19; Isa 35:5; Joh 9:39). prison--(Isa 61:1, 2). darkness--opposed to "light" (Isa 42:6; Eph 5:8; 1Pe 2:9).
It shall become a vast hunting ground, abounding in wild beasts (compare Jer 49:19).
cry...can...not...save--(Isa 45:20, with which contrast Isa45:19).
strength--stronghold (compare Eze 26:15-18).
strip you--of your gay clothing. (See Isa 2:19, 21).