ISAIAH CHAPTER 2 A prophecy of Christ's kingdom, and the calling of the Gentiles, ISAIAH 2:1; and rejection of the Jews for their idolatry and pride, ISAIAH 2:6. The great majesty and power of God; and his terrors on the wicked; with an exhortation to fear God, and not to trust in man, ISAIAH 2:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND; or, _now_, as this particle is rendered, 1 SAMUEL 9:1 EZRA 1:1, &c. IN THE LAST DAYS; in the times of the Messias or the gospel, as the generality both of Jewish and Christian writers understand it, and as may further appear both from the use of this phrase in this sense, Jeremiah 48:47, Jeremi... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL GO; shall not only have some weak desires of going, but shall be ready to take pains, and shall actually go. And say; such shall be their zeal, that they shall not only go themselves, but shall persuade and press others to go with them. WE WILL WALK IN HIS PATHS; they show the truth of their c... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL JUDGE AMONG THE NATIONS; Christ shall set up and use his authority among and over all nations, not only giving laws to them, as other rulers do, but doing that which no other powers can do, Convincing their minds and consciences, conquering and changing their hearts, and ordering their live... [ Continue Reading ]
COME YE; seeing the Gentiles are thus ready and resolved to go to the Lord's house, let this oblige and provoke you, O ye Israelites, to go with them, or before them. Whereby he secretly intimates their backwardness, and that when the Gentiles did come into the church, they would apostatize from it.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE; for the following reasons. Or, but, as this particle is oft used. But why do I persuade the Israelites to receive the light of the gospel? my labour is in vain. I foresee they will refuse it; and God, for their many and great sins, will give them up to apostacy and infidelity. THOU HAST F... [ Continue Reading ]
NEITHER IS THERE ANY END OF THEIR TREASURES; they have heaped up riches immoderately, (which was forbidden even to their king, DEUTERONOMY 17:17) and by wicked practices; they are never satisfied, but still greedily pursuing after more and more wealth, making this their chief business and joy. Their... [ Continue Reading ]
They give that worship to their own creatures which they deny to me their Creator, than which nothing can be more impious and absurd.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MEAN MAN BOWETH DOWN, and the great man humbleth himself; men of all ranks fall down and worship idols. FORGIVE THEM NOT; cut off these incorrigible idolaters. Such an imprecation is not strange, considering the heinousness and inexcusableness of the crime, the singular condition of the prophets... [ Continue Reading ]
ENTER INTO THE ROCK, AND HIDE THEE IN THE DUST: this is spoken ironically, and with derision. The sense is, Such dreadful calamities are coming upon you, that you will be ready to hide yourselves in rocks and caves of the earth, but all to no purpose. FOR FEAR OF THE LORD, AND FOR THE GLORY OF HIS M... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL BE BOWED DOWN judicially, as they bowed down voluntarily before their idols. So the punishment is very suitable to the sin. SHALL BE EXALTED IN THAT DAY; his justice and power shall be magnified, and the vanity and impotency of all other gods shall be detected.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DAY OF THE LORD; the time of God's taking vengeance upon sinners, which is called _God's day_, ISAIAH 13:6,9 EZE 13:5 30:3, and oft elsewhere.... [ Continue Reading ]
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_, ISAIAH 2:14, _of towers and walls_, ISAIAH 2:15, of _ships and pictures_, ISAIAH 2:16. Whereby he intima... [ Continue Reading ]
To which men used to betake themselves in times of war and danger. It is usual with the prophets to describe God's judgments upon men by the shaking and smoking of the mountains, the trembling of the earth, and the like.... [ Continue Reading ]
To which you resorted and trusted for your defence.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SHIPS OF TARSHISH; the ships of the sea, as that word is used, PSALMS 48:7, whereby you fetched riches and precious things from the remote parts of the world.... [ Continue Reading ]
This he repeats again, partly to assure us of the certainty of it, and partly to fix it deeper in men's minds, because they are very backward to believe and consider things of this nature.... [ Continue Reading ]
God will discover the impotency of idols to succour their worshippers, and thereby destroy their worship in the world.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY, the idolatrous Israelites, SHALL GO INTO THE HOLES OF THE ROCKS, AND INTO THE CAVES OF THE EARTH; their usual places of retreat in cases of danger; of which see JOSHUA 10:16 JUDGES 6:2 1 SAMUEL 13:6. TO SHAKE TERRIBLY THE EARTH; either properly, or rather figuratively, to send dreadful judgmen... [ Continue Reading ]
Into the meanest and darkest places, in which moles and bats have their abode; whereas before they set them up in high and honourable places, where they might be seen and worshipped. This great and sudden change proceeded either from true repentance, which filled them with shame, and grief, and indi... [ Continue Reading ]
No text from Poole on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Seeing God will undoubtedly bring down the highest and proudest of the sons of men into so much contempt and misery, from henceforth never admire nor place your trust in man, whose breath, upon which his life and strength depends, is in his nostrils, and therefore is quickly stopped and taken away.... [ Continue Reading ]