Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Isaiah 2:8
They give that worship to their own creatures which they deny to me their Creator, than which nothing can be more impious and absurd.
They give that worship to their own creatures which they deny to me their Creator, than which nothing can be more impious and absurd.
Verse Isaiah 2:8. _THEIR LAND ALSO IS FULL OF IDOLS_ - "And his land is filled with idols"] Uzziah and Fotham are both said, 2 Kings 15:3; 2 Kings 15:34-12, "to have done that which was right in the...
THEIR LAND ALSO IS FULL OF IDOLS - compare Hosea 8:4; Hosea 10:1. Vitringa supposes that Isaiah here refers to idols that were kept in private houses, as Uzziah and Jotham were worshippers of the true...
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...
IDOLS. nothings. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:1.Deuteronomy 17:14; Deuteronomy 17:14). App-92....
THE VIOLENCE OF CORRUPTION AND JUDGMENT Isaiah 2:5-22 a. LIGHT UPON THE DARKNESS TEXT: Isaiah 2:5-9 5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah. 6 For thou hast forsaken...
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: THEIR LAND ALSO IS FULL OF IDOLS. The repetition thrice () of "their land is full...
2:8 idols; (m-7) Lit. 'nonentities,' 1 Chronicles 16:26 ....
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...
One cannot count all the gods that the *Lord’s people have shaped out of dead blocks of wood....
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...
THEIR LAND ALSO IS FULL OF IDOLS. — The word which Isaiah chooses for “idols” (_elîlîm_ — _i.e.,_ vain, false, gods) seems intentionally contrasted with _elîm_ (gods, or mighty ones), and may fairly b...
וַ תִּמָּלֵ֥א אַרְצֹ֖ו אֱלִילִ֑ים לְ מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה...
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...
A VISION OF WORLD PEACE Isaiah 2:1-11 This and the four following Chapter s must be classed together as a distinct portion of this book, belonging to the earliest years of Isaiah's ministry. Their d...
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...
_Horses. Which the kings were forbidden to multiply, Deuteronomy xvii. 16. Great riches often precede the ruin of states._...
Here the prophet takes occasion to call upon the Jewish church, from the zeal of the Gentile: and since the heathen is so forward to go up to the house of the Lord, how much more ought the Lord's own...
8._Their land is also full of idols _He repeats what he had already noticed about idolatry, but enters into it more fully; and, having first mentioned the subject itself, he next speaks of the use of...
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...
THEIR LAND ALSO IS FULL OF IDOLS,.... Of the Virgin Mary, and of saints departed, whose images are set up to be worshipped in all their churches, and had in private houses: AND THEY WORSHIP THE WORK...
Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: Ver. 8. _Their land also is full of idols._] As Babylon, "a land of idols"; Jer 50:...
_Their land also is full of idols_ Every city had its god, (Jeremiah 11:13,) and, according to the goodness and fertility of their lands, they made goodly images, Hosea 10:1. _They worship the work of...
THE GENTILES CALLED TO THE KINGDOM...
their land also is full of idols, for idolatry had entered the land with the wealth gained through commerce with the surrounding heathen nations; THEY WORSHIP THE WORK OF THEIR OWN HANDS, THAT WHICH T...
1-9 The calling of the Gentiles, the spread of the gospel, and that far more extensive preaching of it yet to come, are foretold. Let Christians strengthen one another, and support one another. It is...
Isaiah 2:8 land H776 full H4390 (H8735) idols H457 worship H7812 (H8691) work H4639 hands H3027 fingers...
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,...
HIS RECOGNITION BEFORE YAHWEH OF ISRAEL'S POSITION (ISAIAH 2:6). However, Isaiah is really in no doubt about their true position. There are no scales before his eyes. He now turns to God and outlines...
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...
_Therefore Thou hast forsaken Thy people_ GOD NEVER FORSAKEN WITHOUT GOOD REASON “Therefore Thou hast forsaken Thy people. ” The term is logical God never forsakes His people in any whimsical way: H...
_Their land also is full of idols_ IDOLS The philosophic theory of polytheism is “one centre, many emanations. ” Iamblicus and Porphyry defend it on this line against the monotheism of early Christi...
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...
THE MATERIAL AND THE MORAL Isaiah 2:6. _They be replenished from the east, &c._ We have here the indictment which the prophet brings against Israel. It consists of three counts: 1. That the people...
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...
2 Chronicles 27:2; 2 Chronicles 28:23; 2 Chronicles 28:2; 2 Chronicles 33:3;...
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...