ISAIAH 28-31. In the main these Chapter s belong to the period before Sennacherib's invasion in 701 (pp. 59, 71f.). Special prominence is given to the project of an alliance with Egypt, which was strenuously opposed by Isaiah but carried through in spite of him, though the attempt was made to keep i... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH 29. THE DOOM OF ARIEL. Possibly Isaiah 29:7 f., with most of Isaiah 29:5, is an insertion to turn a prophecy of judgment into one of mercy. Isaiah 29:1 is then a prophecy of ruin to Jerusalem, visited meaning visited in judgment (Isaiah 24:18). Isaiah 29:16 also seems to be late. Woe is prono... [ Continue Reading ]
The people are stupefied, for Yahweh has drenched their senses with a trance-slumber (Genesis 2:21 *). He has shut their eyes and muffled their heads. All alike fail to understand the prophetic vision; to the educated it is a sealed book which they cannot read, the illiterate cannot read it, though... [ Continue Reading ]