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WOE UNTO THEM THAT SEEK DEEP ... - That is, who attempt to conceal
their “real” intentions under a plausible exterior, and correct
outward deportment. This is most strikingly descriptive of the
charac...
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CHAPTER 29
The Second Woe Against Ariel and the Third Woe
1. _The fall of Ariel (Jerusalem) predicted (Isaiah 29:1)_ 2. _Their
enemies dealt with by Jehovah (Isaiah 29:5)_ 3. The people's
condition:...
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Isaiah 29:15-24 A Messianic forecast
The third "Woe" (Isaiah 29:15), directed against the political
intrigue with Egypt, merely serves as a point of attachment for a
glowing description of the regene...
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Cf. Isaiah 30:1; Isaiah 31:1. _that seek deep to hide_their _counsel
from the Lord_ THAT HIDE A PLAN DEEP FROM JEHOVAH. The Egyptian party
at court had done their utmost to conceal their project from...
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WOE UNTO THEM, &C.— _Woe unto them who with deep dissimulation seek
to hide their counsel,_ &c. Isaiah 29:16. _This perverseness of yours
is as if the potter were reputed as clay; that the work should...
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4. SULLENNESS
TEXT: Isaiah 29:9-16
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Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are
drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
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For Jehovah hath poured...
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Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and
their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who
knoweth us?
THAT SEEK DEEP TO HIDE - rather, 'that seek to hid...
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WARNINGS TO JUDAH
These Chapter s refer to the state of affairs during the reign of
Hezekiah, when Palestine was threatened by Assyria, and an influential
party in Judah favoured resistance, relying...
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Nobody can hide anything from God. Jesus also warned people about this
(see Luke 12:2-3)....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 29
THE FATE OF *JERUSALEM
V1 *Woe to *Jerusalem, the city of David! It will not matt...
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These substances are all strong and beautiful. His whole body seems so
strong and powerful; but it is also very beautiful. Especially, this
is so about his arms and legs.
And he is tall, like the bea...
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WOE UNTO THEM... — The words sound like an echo of Isaiah 5:8;
Isaiah 5:11; Isaiah 5:18, and show that Isaiah had not lost the power
of adding to that catalogue of woes. The sins of which he speaks he...
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הֹ֛וי הַ מַּעֲמִיקִ֥ים מֵֽ יהוָ֖ה לַ
סְתִּ֣ר
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BOOK 3
ORATIONS ON THE EGYPTIAN INTRIGUES AND ORACLES ON FOREIGN NATIONS
705-702 B.C.
Isaiah:
29 About 703
30 A little later
31 A little later
32:1-8 Later
32:9-20 Date uncertain
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This is the first of a series of declamations concerning the chosen
people, and sets forth the purpose of Jehovah in judgment. The message
opens with a description of the judgment (verses Isa 29:1-4),...
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Woe to them that (n) seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD,
and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who
knoweth us?
(n) This is spoken of them who in heart despised G...
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All spiritual visitations which the Lord makes upon his people, are
among the heaviest of his judgments. And in what an awful instance was
this prediction fulfilled, and is still fulfilling, on Israel...
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15._Woe to them that conceal themselves from Jehovah. _The Prophet
again exclaims against those wicked and profane despisers of God, whom
he formerly called לצים, (_lētzīm_,) “scorners,” who think
tha...
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Jerusalem is reduced to the last extremity. But this time Jehovah
appears for her deliverance, and the multitude of her enemies
disappear as a dream of the night. Everything is dark and gloomy as to
t...
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WOE UNTO THEM,.... Or, "O ye",
THAT SEEK DEEP TO HIDE THEIR COUNSEL FROM THE LORD; which they
consulted against Christ, to take away his life, to persecute his
apostles, and hinder the spread of his...
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Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and
their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who
knoweth us?
Ver. 15. _Woe unto them that seek deep to hide._] Th...
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_Wo unto them that seek deep_ Hebrew, המעמיקים, _that make_,
or _dig deep;_ a metaphor from persons digging deep into the earth,
that they may hide what they wish to keep safe and unknown. _To hide
th...
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9-16 The security of sinners in sinful ways, is cause for lamentation
and wonder. The learned men, through prejudice, said that the Divine
prophecies were obscure; and the poor urged their want of le...
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THAT SEEK DEEP, Heb. _that make deep_. A metaphor from men who use to
dig deep into the earth, that they may hide any thing there which they
would keep safe and unknown. TO HIDE THEIR COUNSEL FROM THE...
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Isaiah 29:15 Woe H1945 seek H6009 (H8688) hide H5641 (H8687) counsel
H6098 LORD H3068 works H4639 dark...
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THE THIRD WOE: AGAINST THOSE WHO SEEK TO HIDE WHAT THEY DO FROM GOD,
BUT YAHWEH WILL TRIUMPH IN SPITE OF IT (ISAIAH 29:15).
Analysis.
a Woe to those who seek deep, to hide their counsel from Yahweh,...
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CONTENTS: Warnings to Judah and Jerusalem of impending discipline. The
blessing after the final deliverance.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Abraham.
CONCLUSION: Those who are formal and hypocritical in the...
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Isaiah 29:1. _Woe to Ariel,_ the lion of God, or the strong lion, for
_El_ is often rendered _strong_ or _rock,_ as in Psalms 42:9. “God
my rock.” The city of Jerusalem was that strong rock, or strong...
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_Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord_
THE FOLLY OF ACTING SEPARATELY FROM GOD
I. THEIR POLITICS DESCRIBED (Isaiah 29:15). The consultations they had
about their own safet...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 29:15 Judah’s leaders are reduced to the
secrecy of underhanded human politics. For them, the sovereign God
might as well not exist.
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 29:1
A WARNING TO JERUSALEM. Expostulation is followed by threats. The
prophet is aware that all his preaching to the authorities in
Jerusalem (Isaiah 28:14) will be of no avail, an...
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Chapter 29, the woe unto Jerusalem. Ariel means the lion of God. It is
one of the names for Jerusalem.
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, [the lion of God] the city where David dwelt!
add ye year to year; let th...
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1 Corinthians 4:5; 2 Corinthians 4:2; Ezekiel 8:12; Ezekiel 9:9;...
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Seek deep — A metaphor from men, who use to dig deep into the earth,
that they may hide any thing there. To hide — Vainly imagining, that
they can deceive, not only men, but God, by their external
pro...