But we shall find this judgment resumed in detail in verse 8 of chapter 9 (Isa 9:8). In chapter 6 we have the judgment of the people in view of the Messiah's coming glory; consequently there is a remnant acknowledged. [See Note #1] Chapter 7 formally introduces the Messiah, Immanuel...
The Lord Will Judge Babylon - This is an oracle about Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz saw: On a bare hill raise a signal flag; shout to them, wave
To look at the spiritual side, figs are “cursed” fruit as they who are of the works of the law are under the “curse” of the law. There is a very deep spiritual meaning to this passage that requires much study and I don’t have room enough here to explain. However, if you beg...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionDeclare what is to be, present it— let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no God apart from me, a righteous God and a Savior; there ...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionIt may be that the LORD your God will hear the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule the living God, and that he will rebuke him for the words the LORD your God has heard. Therefore...
II. Isaiah 40—55 A. The Lord’s Glory in Israel’s Liberation Chapter 40 Promise of Salvation - Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God.
The ethical teachings of chapter 5 are summed up in the last verse, “Be therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect” (Mt 5:48). B. The Beatitudes (5:2-12). 1. The introductory verses, picturing Christ seated, imply His role as a Lawgiver or Rabbi. The...
Chapter 39 serves as a transition. It is the last chapter where the focus is on contemporary events, and it points to events that will take place more than a century hence. Chapters 40-66 are written primarily to encourage and instruct these exiles and guide them in their return to ...
The people might keep that festival and offer many sacrifices, but this would not avail to ward off the tribulation which they deserved, and at which the prophet had hinted in the last verse of the preceding chapter. Benson CommentaryIsaiah 29:1. Wo to Ariel — This word signifies a ...
III. Isaiah 56—66 Chapter 56 Salvation for the Just - Thus says the LORD: Observe what is right, do what is just, for my salvation is about to come,