Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Isaiah 2:13
and upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, pictures and emblems of the proud sinners, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, the rich pastureland east of Jordan,
and upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, pictures and emblems of the proud sinners, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, the rich pastureland east of Jordan,
Verse Isaiah 2:13. _AND UPON ALL THE CEDARS_ - "Even against all the cedars"] Princes, potentates, rulers, captains, rich men, c. - So _Kimchi_. These verses afford us a striking example of that pecu...
AND UPON ALL THE CEDARS OF LEBANON - This is a beautiful specimen of the poetic manner of writing, so common among the Hebrews, where spiritual and moral subjects are represented by grand or beautiful...
CHAPTER 2 Zion's Future Glory and the Day of Jehovah 1. _The glories in the latter days (Isaiah 2:1)_ 2. _Exhortation to walk in the light (Isaiah 2:5)_ 3. _The corruption of the people (Isaiah 2:6)_...
THE DAY OF YAHWEH. A poem dating from Isaiah's earliest period, dealing first with the sin, then with the judgment, of Israel. The text has been badly preserved. Probably the refrain which we find in...
HIGH. Hebrew. _rum._ Same word as "haughtiness" (verses: Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 2:17); "lofty"(Isaiah 2:12); "high" (Isaiah 2:14)....
AND UPON ALL THE CEDARS OF LEBANON— _Lebanon_ is one of the images which is frequently made use of in the writings of the Hebrews. It was one of the remarkable mountains of Palestine, celebrated for i...
b. LOSS OF DIGNITY TEXT: Isaiah 2:10-22 10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty. 11 The lofty looks of man shall be...
And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, AND UPON ALL THE CEDARS OF LEBANON ... OAKS - image for haughty nobles and princes (; Zechariah 11:...
2-4. occur also with a few slight variations in Micah 4:1. The passage appears to be borrowed in Isaiah, because (_a_) it suits its context better in Micah, and (_b_) it is more complete in Micah, Mic...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 2 GOD’S IDEAL PLAN FOR ISRAEL V1 A special message about Jud...
Proud people may think that they do not need God. Then suddenly they will see that God is *Lord of all. And he demands that all must obey him. Nothing in nature, not even vast forests and huge mountai...
UPON ALL THE CEDARS OF LEBANON... — The words find a striking parallel in the passage from Herodotus just referred to. In that storm which is about to burst over the land, the cedars and the oaks, and...
וְ עַל֙ כָּל ־אַרְזֵ֣י הַ לְּבָנֹ֔ון הָ
CHAPTER II THE THREE JERUSALEMS 740-735 B.C. Isaiah 2:1; Isaiah 3:1; Isaiah 4:1 AFTER the general introduction, in chapter 1, to the prophecies of Isaiah, there comes another portion of the book, o...
AN EXHORTATION TO HUMILITY AND REVERENCE Isaiah 2:12-22; Isaiah 3:1-12 If men will not repent, they must suffer. If they will not voluntarily put away their idols and sorceries, they will be compelle...
Following this broad statement of the case between Jehovah and His people, we have the prophet's great appeal to them. The first part constitutes a vision of the latter days, that condition toward whi...
_Basan. Israel; or Syria and the Ammonites, (Calmet) whom Nabuchodonosor subdued, five years after he had taken Jerusalem, (Josephus, [Antiquities?] x. 11.) as the Idumeans, (ver. 14.) Philistines, an...
This Portion of the chapter opens in a very solemn manner. Whether the prophet means the visitations of God in the day of calamity of this world; or refers to the day of judgment for another; in both...
13._Upon all the cedars of Lebanon _The allegory which is here introduced, about the _trees of Lebanon _and _the lofty mountains_, instead of obscuring, sheds light on the subject; for however high ma...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 2, 3, AND 4. Thus re-established, Zion, the mountain of Jehovah, will be the centre of blessing and peace to all the nations (Isaiah 2:1-4). This puts the inv...
AND UPON ALL THE CEDARS OF LEBANON [THAT ARE] HIGH AND LIFTED UP,.... That is, upon the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication with Babylon, and will join with the beast and false prophet...
And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, [that are] high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, Ver. 13. _And upon all the cedars of Lebanon._] Which was to the north. _Ab Aquilone nihil boni._...
_For the day of the Lord_ The time of God's taking vengeance on sinners; _shall be upon every one that is proud_ To mortify and bring him down to the dust; and _upon all the cedars of Lebanon_, &c. In...
10-22 The taking of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans seems first meant here, when idolatry among the Jews was done away; but our thoughts are led forward to the destruction of all the enemies of Christ. It...
Either, 1. Metaphorically, upon the highest and proudest sinners; or, 2. Literally, as may seem probable from the following verses, where there is distinct mention made of _mountains and hills_, ISAI...
Isaiah 2:13 cedars H730 Lebanon H3844 high H7311 (H8802) up H5375 (H8737) oaks H437 Bashan H1316...
THE AWFUL SITUATION OF HIS PEOPLE BEFORE YAHWEH AND ITS FUTURE CONSEQUENCES (ISAIAH 2:6). In contrast with the glorious vision that we have just seen, of Yahweh's triumph and people flocking to God,...
THE TERRIBLE VISION (ISAIAH 2:10). This vision is in direct contrast with the Glorious Vision of Isaiah 2:2. On the one hand glory, now, on the other, judgment. Here we have a picture of the destiny...
Isaiah 2:6. _Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children...
Isaiah 2:1. _The word that Isaiah the son of Amos saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top...
CONTENTS: The coming glory of Jerusalem and Israel. The humbling of the haughty and the shame of sinners in that day. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: In view of the terribleness of that day whe...
Isaiah 2:1. _The word that Isaiah saw._ In these distressing times, when the Jewish church and state were shaken to the very centre, the Messiah spoke to the prophet, and showed him the new-testament...
_The day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon everyone that is proud and lofty_ SCEPTICISM DISCOMFITED BY CHRIST’S ADVENT I. Among THE CAUSES OF THE SPIRIT OF RELIGIOUS SCEPTICISM there are-- 1. An e...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 2:12 AGAINST ALL... AGAINST EVERY. Ten times in these verses Isaiah says that God opposes all human pride. ⇐...
A TERRIBLE PICTURE Isaiah 2:6 _Here_ is the “word” (vision) which Isaiah “saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem” (Isaiah 2:1). The prophet has been enraptured by the wondrous prospect of the distant fut...
SECTION II. DENUNCIATION OF GOD'S JUDGMENTS UPON HIS PEOPLE (CH. 2-5.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 2:1 TITLE OF THE CHAPTER. It is gener
Now chapter 2 is introduced again. The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem (Isaiah 2:1). And now God takes him off to the future. And it shall come to pass in the las...
Amos 2:5; Ezekiel 31:3; Isaiah 10:33; Isaiah 10:34; Isaiah 14:8;...
CHRIST IN ISAIAH Isaiah 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When Isaiah saw Christ in this chapter he saw Him in His Second Advent glory. Peter, in the Spirit, wrote of how the Prophets foretold the sufferings...
The cedars — The cedars and oaks on the mountains shall be either thrown down by furious winds or earthquakes, or torn in pieces by thunder and lightning; and the stately houses built with cedars and...