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Verse Isaiah 9:14. _IN ONE DAY._] _Thirteen_ MSS. of _Kennicott_ and
_De_ _Rossi_ read ביום _beyom_, in a day; and another has a rasure
in the place of the letter ב _beth_....
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WILL CUT OFF HEAD AND TAIL - This is a proverbial expression, which is
explained in the following verse; see also Deuteronomy 28:13. The head
is often used to denote those in honor and authority. The...
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CHAPTER 9
The Message of Hope Concerning Israel's Future and the Impending
Judgments
1. _The Messiah, His Name, His rule, His kingdom (Isaiah 9:1)_ 2.
_Judgment upon Israel (Isaiah 9:8)_ 3. The impen...
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ISAIAH 9:8 TO ISAIAH 10:4. YAHWEH SMITES EPHRAIM WITH STROKE AFTER
STROKE. It is generally agreed that Isaiah 5:26 formed the closing
strophe of this poem (p. 440). The date is probably before the
coa...
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RUSH. Hebrew. _'agmon._ Occurs twice in "former" portion, here and
Isaiah 19:15. and once in "latter" portion (Isaiah 58:5, "bulrush").
Elsewhere only in Job 41:2;...
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Isaiah 9:8 to Isaiah 10:4 (+ Isaiah 5:25-30)
Jehovah's hand stretched out in wrath over His people. An oracle
against North Israel
The key-note of the prophecy is given in the recurrent refrain...
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Second strophe. It describes a "day" of terror (which may be either a
battle or a revolution) in which the leaders of the people suddenly
perished. What incident is referred to cannot be determined; r...
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Render: AND ( SO) JEHOVAH CUT OFF FROM ISRAEL HEAD AND TAIL,
PALM-BRANCH AND RUSH, IN ONE DAY. _head and tail_ i.e. leader and
follower, a proverbial expression, like the next phrase.
15 is almost uni...
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FOR THE PEOPLE TURNETH NOT, &C.— We have here the second crime of
this refractory people, who, _impenitent_ and _stupid,_ regarded not
the chastisement of the Lord, nor turned to him at his reproof.
T...
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ISRAEL'S PRESUMPTION
TEXT: Isaiah 9:8-17
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The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
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And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of
Samaria, that say...
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Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and
rush, in one day.
HEAD AND TAIL - proverbial for the highest and lowest (; ).
BRANCH AND RUSH - another image for the same th...
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BRANCH] EV 'palm branch': 'palm-branch and rush'—a proverbial
expression signifying high and low (Isaiah 19:15)....
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(CONTINUED)
8. Jacob.. Israel] Both names here stand for the northern kingdom, as
is made clear by what follows in the next v....
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DIVINE JUDGMENTS ON THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL
This section relates throughout to the kingdom of Israel. It belongs
to the same period as the Chapter s immediately preceding, and treats
of the ruin which I...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 9
THE FUTURE KING
V1 But soon, those who have suffered so gr...
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HEAD AND TAIL, BRANCH AND RUSH... — The “branch” is strictly
that of the palm-tree, which in its stately height answered to the
nobles of the land, while the “rush,” the emblem of a real or
affected l...
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_[Isaiah 9:13]_ וַ יַּכְרֵ֨ת יְהוָ֜ה מִ
יִּשְׂרָאֵ֗ל...
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CHAPTER VII
THE MESSIAH
WE have now reached that point of Isaiah's prophesying at which the
Messiah becomes the most conspicuous figure on his horizon. Let us
take advantage of it to gather into one...
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CHAPTER III
THE VINEYARD OF THE LORD,
OR TRUE PATRIOTISM THE CONSCIENCE OF OUR COUNTRY'S SINS
735 B.C.
Isaiah 5:1; Isaiah 9:8 - Isaiah 10:4
THE prophecy contained in these Chapter s belongs, as we...
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FALSE LEADERSHIP BRINGS RUIN
Isaiah 9:8-17
The grievous sins of the Chosen People are again enumerated. They
defied God, Isaiah 8:9-10. They refused to repent; they were blind and
deaf and profane, I...
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Here we have the message of hope (verses Isa 9:1-7) in the glorious
picture of the Coming Deliverer, with the equally glorious record of
the results of His Coming. It is one of the greatest Messianic...
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_Him. Hebrew, "the branch and the rush." (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "the
great and the small."_...
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Here is the sad cause of the Prophet's lamentation, and a miserable
close he makes indeed of the sorrowful subject, at every termination:
for the thing explains itself. The Lord corrects in mercy; but...
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14._Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel. _He intimates that
God’s vengeance will be universal, and will involve all ranks; for
the whole nation was corrupted, and the contagion had spread over...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9:1-7.
But this requires further development; and it is given in a remarkable
manner in the next prophecy, comprised in Chapter s 7, 8, 9 to the end...
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THEREFORE THE LORD WILL CUT OFF FROM ISRAEL HEAD AND TAIL,.... The
former of these is afterwards interpreted of "the ancient and
honourable", men in high places, civil magistrates, judges, governors,...
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Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and
rush, in one day.
Ver. 14. _Head and tail,_] _i.e., _ High and low _a_ _as _ Isa 9:15
Here he compareth Israel, _non sine morsu,_...
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_For the people turneth not_, &c. We have here the second crime of
this refractory people, who, impenitent and stupid, regarded not the
chastisement of the Lord, nor turned to him at his reproof. Ther...
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Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel, in wreaking His final
vengeance upon the rebellious people, HEAD AND TAIL, BRANCH AND RUSH,
IN ONE DAY, in one great destruction. The prophet explains the...
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Jehovah's Hand Stretched our in Judgment...
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8-21 Those are ripening apace for ruin, whose hearts are unhumbled
under humbling providences. For that which God designs, in smiting us,
is, to turn us to himself; and if this point be not gained by...
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Isaiah 9:14 LORD H3068 off H3772 (H8686) head H7218 tail H2180 Israel
H3478 branch H3712 bulrush H100 one...
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THE SECOND CHASTISEMENT. THE REMOVAL OF THE LEADERSHIP (ISAIAH 9:13).
Analysis.
a Yet the people have not turned to Him who smote them, nor have they
sought Yahweh of hosts (Isaiah 9:13).
b Therefor...
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CONTENTS: A divine child, the only hope of Israel. Vision of the
outstretched hand. The unavailing chastisement.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Isaiah, Rezin.
CONCLUSION: In the worst of times, God's peopl...
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Isaiah 9:1. _The dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation._
Dr. Lightfoot infers from this, that there was much greater affliction
in the first days of her vexation. All the Versions differ ve...
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_Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tall, branch and
rush, in one day_
GOD GIVING ACCOUNT OF HIS ACTIONS
I. THE GROUND OR OCCASION OF THE JUDGMENT in the particle
“therefore.” Wher...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 9:14 IN ONE DAY. Judgment comes suddenly,
perhaps referring to 722 B.C., when the northern kingdom fell.
⇐...
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TRUE NATIONAL GREATNESS
Isaiah 19:1; Isaiah 19:14. _The burden of Egypt, &c._
The prophecies of Isaiah take a wide range, embrace the fortunes of
almost every nation, however remote, with whom the Is...
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THE DUTY OF THE AFFLICTED
Isaiah 9:9. _And all the people shall know, &c._
God here complains of what Israel did when grievous and prolonged
afflictions, sent by God, fell upon them [935] then they...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 9:1
THE TROUBLES OF ISRAEL SHALL END THROUGH THE BIRTH OF A MARVELOUS
CHILD. The section of the prophecy commencing with...
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Now as we get into chapter 9, he said,
Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation,
when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the
land of Naphtali, and afte...
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2 Kings 17:6; Amos 2:14; Amos 3:12; Amos 5:2; Amos 5:3;...
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Head — High and low. Branch — The goodly branches of tall trees,
the mighty and noble. Rush — The bulrush, the weakest and meanest
persons. One day — All together, one as well as another....