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Verse Isaiah 25:2. _A CITY_ - "The city"] Nineveh, Babylon, Ar, Moab,
or any other strong fortress possessed by the enemies of the people of
God.
For the first מעיר _meir, of a city_, the _Syriac_ a...
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FOR THOU HAST MADE - This is supposed to be uttered by the Jews who
should return from Babylon, and therefore refers to what would have
been seen by them. In their time it would have occurred that God...
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CHAPTER 25
Israel's Praise and the Blessings of the Kingdom
1. _The praise of the delivered nation (Isaiah 25:1)_ 2. _The blessing
for all nations during the Kingdom (Isaiah 25:6)_ 3. Israel rejoicin...
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A SONG OF PRAISE FOR YAHWEH'S GREAT DELIVERANCE. The deliverance still
lies in the future; the song is written from the standpoint of the
redeemed community, and expresses its exultation over its salv...
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STRANGERS. foreigners. See note on Isaiah 5:17....
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The writer of the psalm, speaking in the name of the believing
community, praises God for His wonderful providence (Isaiah 25:1)
manifested in the overthrow of Israel's enemies (2, 3) and in the
mercy...
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The fall of a hostile city. The word "city" can hardly in this case be
understood collectively, although the terms of the description are too
vague to shew what historic city is intended. All that app...
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FOR THOU HAST MADE OF A CITY, AN HEAP— The prophet here plainly
speaks of the destruction of a city; but respecting what city is meant
interpreters greatly vary. Vitringa seems to have proved clearly...
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B. JUBILEE BY JUDAH, CHAPTER 25
1. JUBILATION FOR JEHOVAH'S POWER
TEXT: Isaiah 25:1-5
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O Jehovah, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name;
for thou hast done wonderful things, e...
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For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a
palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
THOU HAST MADE OF A CITY AN HEAP - Babylon, "the city of confusion"
(;...
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1. THY COUNSELS, etc.] RV 'even counsels of old' (i.e. formed of old)
'in faithfulness and truth.'...
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A CITY] viz. the one that oppressed God's people (Isaiah 24:10).
STRANGERS] aliens from God's covenant people (Isaiah 1:7)....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 25
A SONG TO PRAISE GOD
V1 *Lord, you are my God. I will always give you great honou...
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THOU HAST MADE OF A CITY AN HEAP. — The city spoken of as “the
palace of strangers” was, probably in the prophet’s thought, that
which he identified with the oppressors and destroyers of his people
—...
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כִּ֣י שַׂ֤מְתָּ מֵ עִיר֙ לַ † גָּ֔ל...
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BOOK 5
PROPHECIES NOT RELATING TO ISAIAH'S TIME
In the first thirty-nine Chapter s of the Book of Isaiah-the half
which refers to the prophet's own career and the politics contemporary
with that - we...
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SORROW TURNED TO GLADNESS
Isaiah 25:1-12
Here is a song of thanksgiving at the fall of Babylon. When she fell,
a sigh of relief passed over the whole world, and strong, terrible
nations over which sh...
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Immediately following this terrible description is a prophecy which,
in the form of praise, declares the activity of Jehovah. The song
first offers praise for judgment both in its procedure, as it des...
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For thou hast made of a (b) city an heap; [of] a fortified city a
ruin: a palace (c) of foreigners to be no city; it shall never be
built.
(b) Not only of Jerusalem, but also of these other cities wh...
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The Prophet, in the name of the Church, begins the song of praise. And
without all doubt, it is a gospel song, in which redemption is
celebrated. Probably with reference to the ruin of Babylon, which,...
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2._For thou hast made of a city a heap. _Some refer this to Jerusalem;
but I think that there is a change of the number, as is very customary
with the prophets; for the Prophet does not speak merely o...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 25 AND 26.
Chapter s 25 and 26 take the form of a song, in which the effect of
God's intervention is celebrated. Let us observe its principal
subjects. God is...
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FOR THOU HAST MADE OF A CITY AN HEAP,.... Which is to be understood,
not of Samaria, nor of Jerusalem; rather of Babylon; though it is best
to interpret it of the city of Rome, as Jerom says the Jews...
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For thou hast made of a city an heap; [of] a defenced city a ruin: a
palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Ver. 2. _For thou hast made of a city an heap._] _Babylonem
intelligit...
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_Thou hast made of a city a heap_ Nineveh, Babylon, Ar of Moab, or any
other strong city, or fortress, possessed by the enemies of the people
of God. Vitringa has made it appear probable that Babylon...
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THANKSGIVING FOR GOD'S BENEFITS...
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For Thou hast made of a city an heap, laid the wicked world city in
ruins, OF A DEFENSED CITY A RUIN, as described in the preceding
chapter. A PALACE OF STRANGERS TO BE NO CITY, the fortifications, th...
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1-5 However this might show the deliverance of the Jews out of
captivity, it looked further, to the praises that should be offered up
to God for Christ's victories over our spiritual enemies, and the...
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A CITY; which is put collectively for cities. He speaks of the cities
of STRANGERS, as the following clause explains it, or of enemies of
God, and of his people. And under the name cities he comprehen...
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Isaiah 25:2 made H7760 (H8804) city H5892 ruin H1530 fortified H1219
(H8803) city H7151 ruin H4654 palace...
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YAHWEH WILL BRING DOWN ‘THE CITY' WITH ALL ITS ANTI-GOD SIGNIFICANCE
AND WILL UPHOLD HIS PEOPLE AND DEFEAT DEATH SO THAT THEY RISE AGAIN
(ISAIAH 25:1).
Analysis.
a O Yahweh, you are my God, I will ex...
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CONTENTS: Triumphs of the coming Kingdom age.
CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah.
CONCLUSION: God should be exalted by His people for the wonderful
things He has done, and is to do, according to His promises,...
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Isaiah 25:2. _A defenced city a ruin._ This city, in the next words,
is called _a palace of strangers;_ therefore it was a great city. In
the critics we find nothing but conjectures, as Samaria Ar of...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 25:1 Human domination is overthrown by God.
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 25:2 THE CITY. See note on 24:10.
⇐...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 25:1
ISAIAH'S SONG OF PRAISE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GOD'S KINGDOM. AS in
Isai
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But O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy
name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are
faithfulness and truth (Isaiah 25:1).
In other words, "God, I'm goi...
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Deuteronomy 13:16; Isaiah 13:22; Isaiah 14:23; Isaiah 17:1; Isaiah 2
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A city — Which is put for cities: or of enemies of God and his
people. And under the name cities he comprehends their countries and
kingdoms. Strangers — The royal cities, in which were the palaces of...