George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 9:11
Him. Israel. Salmanasar came to ruin the kingdom. (Calmet)
Him. Israel. Salmanasar came to ruin the kingdom. (Calmet)
Verse Isaiah 9:11. _THE ADVERSARIES OF REZIN AGAINST HIM_ - "The princes of Retsin against him"] For צרי _tsarey, enemies, Houbigant_, by conjecture, reads שרי _sarey, princes_; which is confirmed by...
THEREFORE - This verse indicates the punishment that would come upon them for their pride. THE LORD SHALL SET UP - Hebrew, ‘Shall exalt.’ That is, they shall overcome and subdue him. THE ADVERSARIES...
CHAPTER 9 The Message of Hope Concerning Israel's Future and the Impending Judgments 1. _The Messiah, His Name, His rule, His kingdom (Isaiah 9:1)_ 2. _Judgment upon Israel (Isaiah 9:8)_ 3. The impen...
ISAIAH 9:8 TO ISAIAH 10:4. YAHWEH SMITES EPHRAIM WITH STROKE AFTER STROKE. It is generally agreed that Isaiah 5:26 formed the closing strophe of this poem (p. 440). The date is probably before the coa...
ADVERSARIES. Some codices read "princes, or generals". HIM: i.e. Ephraim (not Rezin). JOIN, &C.. weave together, unite as allies....
The first blow of Jehovah's hand loss of territory....
_Therefore the Lord shall set up_ Transl. AND ( SO) JEHOVAH EXALTED. _The adversaries of Rezin_must, if the text be correct, denote the Assyrians. But this is not a natural designation (especially if...
Isaiah 9:8 to Isaiah 10:4 (+ Isaiah 5:25-30) Jehovah's hand stretched out in wrath over His people. An oracle against North Israel The key-note of the prophecy is given in the recurrent refrain...
The first strophe (Isaiah 9:8 being an introduction to the whole prophecy)....
THE LORD SENT A WORD INTO JACOB— We have here the third section of the fifth discourse, which reaches to the fifth verse of the next chapter; it is divided into _four_ parts, and exhibits so many divi...
ISRAEL'S PRESUMPTION TEXT: Isaiah 9:8-17 8 The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel. 9 And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say...
Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; THEREFORE THE LORD SHALL SET UP THE ADVERSARIES OF REZIN AGAINST HIM - the Assyrians, who shall...
9:11 arm (c-13) Or 'mingle.'...
DIVINE JUDGMENTS ON THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL This section relates throughout to the kingdom of Israel. It belongs to the same period as the Chapter s immediately preceding, and treats of the ruin which I...
THE ADVERSARIES OF REZIN] Perhaps we should read (with some Heb. MSS) 'the princes of Rezin'; the meaning would then be that the Syrian allies of Israel (Isaiah 7:1) will turn against it. This suits t...
(CONTINUED) 8. Jacob.. Israel] Both names here stand for the northern kingdom, as is made clear by what follows in the next v....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 9 THE FUTURE KING V1 But soon, those who have suffered so gr...
THEREFORE THE LORD SHALL SET UP THE ADVERSARIES... — The Hebrew tenses are in the past (_has set up_)_,_ but probably as representing the prophet’s visions of an accomplished future. The “adversaries”...
_[Isaiah 9:10]_ וַ יְשַׂגֵּ֧ב יְהוָ֛ה אֶת ־צָרֵ֥י...
CHAPTER VII THE MESSIAH WE have now reached that point of Isaiah's prophesying at which the Messiah becomes the most conspicuous figure on his horizon. Let us take advantage of it to gather into one...
CHAPTER III THE VINEYARD OF THE LORD, OR TRUE PATRIOTISM THE CONSCIENCE OF OUR COUNTRY'S SINS 735 B.C. Isaiah 5:1; Isaiah 9:8 - Isaiah 10:4 THE prophecy contained in these Chapter s belongs, as we...
FALSE LEADERSHIP BRINGS RUIN Isaiah 9:8-17 The grievous sins of the Chosen People are again enumerated. They defied God, Isaiah 8:9-10. They refused to repent; they were blind and deaf and profane, I...
Here we have the message of hope (verses Isa 9:1-7) in the glorious picture of the Coming Deliverer, with the equally glorious record of the results of His Coming. It is one of the greatest Messianic...
Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of (o) Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; (o) Rezin king of Syria, who was in league with Israel, was slain by the Assyrians, after whos...
What is here said, though it may have a peculiar reference to the state of the Church in the days of the prophet, is not so limited, but that it hath respect to the Church in all ages. The Lord hath s...
11._But the Lord will set up the adversaries of Rezin against him. _The Israelites having been proud of their alliance with the king of Syria, and hoping that everything would succeed to their wish, I...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9:1-7. But this requires further development; and it is given in a remarkable manner in the next prophecy, comprised in Chapter s 7, 8, 9 to the end...
THEREFORE THE LORD SHALL SET UP THE ADVERSARIES OF REZIN AGAINST HIM,.... Set them up on high, as the word a signifies; exalt them above him, and make them superior to him, and conquerors of him, mean...
Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; Ver. 11. _Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin._] In whom ye trust. He shall s...
_The Lord sent a word_, &c. A prophetical and threatening message by me: for now the prophet, having inserted some consolatory passages for the support of God's faithful people, returns to his former...
Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, namely, the Assyrians, who, according to God's plan, conquered Syria and then advanced upon the northern kingdom, AND JOIN HIS ENE...
Jehovah's Hand Stretched our in Judgment...
JOIN: _ Heb._ mingle...
8-21 Those are ripening apace for ruin, whose hearts are unhumbled under humbling providences. For that which God designs, in smiting us, is, to turn us to himself; and if this point be not gained by...
THEREFORE; to chastise your pride, and defeat your hopes and resolutions. SET UP, Heb. _exalt_; advance their power, and give them success against him. THE ADVERSARIES OF REZIN; the Assyrians, who, pr...
Isaiah 9:11 LORD H3068 up H7682 (H8762) adversaries H6862 Rezin H7526 spur H5526 enemies H341 (H8802) on...
THE FIRST CHASTISEMENT, INVASION BY SYRIA AND PHILISTIA (ISAIAH 9:8). Analysis. · The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it has lighted on Israel (Isaiah 9:8). · And all the people will know, even Eph...
CONTENTS: A divine child, the only hope of Israel. Vision of the outstretched hand. The unavailing chastisement. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Isaiah, Rezin. CONCLUSION: In the worst of times, God's peopl...
Isaiah 9:1. _The dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation._ Dr. Lightfoot infers from this, that there was much greater affliction in the first days of her vexation. All the Versions differ ve...
_Therefore the Lord shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him_ OPPOSITIONS “The Lord shall set up the adversaries. ” This accounts for many oppositions which otherwise would be without expla...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 9:8 PRIDE is the source of all the nation’s disasters. ⇐ ⇔
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 9:11 ADVERSARIES OF REZIN. The Assyrians. ⇐ ⇔...
THE DUTY OF THE AFFLICTED Isaiah 9:9. _And all the people shall know, &c._ God here complains of what Israel did when grievous and prolonged afflictions, sent by God, fell upon them [935] then they...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 9:1 THE TROUBLES OF ISRAEL SHALL END THROUGH THE BIRTH OF A MARVELOUS CHILD. The section of the prophecy commencing with...
Now as we get into chapter 9, he said, Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afte...
2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 16:9; Isaiah 10:9; Isaiah 17:1; Isaiah 8:4...
Therefore — To chastise your pride, and defeat your hopes. Set up — The Assyrians, who, presently after this prophecy, prevailed against him, 2 Kings 16:7. He mentions Rezin, because he was confederat...