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Verse Isaiah 33:23. _THY TACKLINGS ARE LOOSED_] Here the Assyrians
are represented under the figure of a ship wrecked by a violent storm;
and the people on the beach, young, old, feeble, and diseased...
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THY TACKLINGS - This is evidently an address to Sennacherib. The
mention of the war-galley and the ship seems to have suggested the
application of the figure to the enemies of the Jews, and particular...
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CHAPTER 33
Sixth Woe Against the Assyrian and What Is to Follow
1. _The judgment announced (Isaiah 33:1)_ 2. _The prayer of the
faithful remnant (Isaiah 33:2)_ 3. _The judgment executed (Isaiah
33:7)...
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ISAIAH 33. DENUNCIATION OF THE TREACHEROUS FOE. ZION'S EXTREMITY,
YAHWEH'S OPPORTUNITY. If Isaiah's, the date is apparently 701, and the
situation presupposed is Sennacherib's demand for unconditional...
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THE LAME TAKE THE PREY. Referring to the spoil taken from the dead of
the Assyrian host. See 2 Kings 19:35....
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The idea of the perfect security of the righteous man leads by an easy
transition to more positive features of the golden age....
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The abrupt transition from the glorious future to the present or the
past, in the first part of the verse, is somewhat surprising at this
point. It is not Assyria but Zion which is compared to an unse...
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DISCOURSE: 911
ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE WEAK
Isaiah 33:23. _The lame take the pray._
IT is impossible to read the Scriptures with attention, and not be
struck with the amazing condescension of God, towar...
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THY TACKLINGS ARE LOOSED— Two things are to be supposed in the
interpretation of these words; _first,_ that this apostrophe is
directed to the government of the hostile nation: _secondly,_ when the
st...
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4. SERENITY
TEXT: Isaiah 33:13-24
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Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near,
acknowledge my might.
14
The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the godless...
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Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast,
they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil
divided; the lame take the prey.
THY TACKLINGS ARE LOOSED. Con...
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Reverts to the present. Zion is like a shattered ship. Nevertheless
the spoil from her foes will be so great that even cripples take their
share....
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1-12. The deliverance of Jerusalem from the Invader.
13-24. The Consequences of the Interposition of Jehovah for those that
dwell in the City....
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Perhaps Isaiah is not describing any particular occasion. These verses
are to encourage God’s people in any times of trouble. Whatever
happens, God does not change. Live rightly. And he will provide a...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 33
A PRAYER FOR HELP
V1 *Woe to our enemies! They ruined and cheated other people.
Al...
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THY TACKLINGS ARE LOOSED... — The words have been taken as
applicable either to Assyria, as one of the _“_ships of Tarshish”
that had been wrecked, or to Zion, as a vessel that had been driven by
the...
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נִטְּשׁ֖וּ חֲבָלָ֑יִךְ בַּל
־יְחַזְּק֤וּ כֵן ־תָּרְנָם֙...
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CHAPTER XXI
OUR GOD A CONSUMING FIRE
701 B.C.
Isaiah 33:1
WE have seen how the sense of forgiveness and the exultant confidence,
which fill chapter 33, were brought about within a few months after...
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THE REWARD OF THE RIGHTEOUS
Isaiah 33:13-24
The devouring fire and everlasting burnings of Isaiah 33:14 are
clearly the emblems of the divine presence. The righteous dwell in God
as the bush which w...
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This chapter celebrates a great victory, and is prophetic of the
method of the final triumph. In the first thirteen verses we have the
prophet's appeal, in which there are two movements. In the first...
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Thy (a) tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their
mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the (b) prey of a great
spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
(a) He derides the Assy...
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_Thy tacklings. He speaks of the enemies of the Church, under the
allegory of a ship that is disabled. (Challoner) --- Sennacherib shall
attempt invasion no more than a ship without masts would put to...
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These precious things are said, to carry off the minds of the people
from the terrors of the approaching captivity, to the prospect of
gospel times, which should be accomplished by the coming of the L...
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23._Thy cords were loosed. _He directs his discourse to the Assyrians,
in whose person he likewise addresses all the enemies of the Church.
After having promised to the Church such stability as shall...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 33 AND 34.
Chapter s 33, 34 announce the last two great acts of judgment. At the
moment when God establishes Himself in Zion, and fills it with
righteousness,...
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THY TACKLINGS ARE LOOSED,.... Or "are left" h; forsaken by the
mariners, as being of no use and service:
THEY COULD NOT WELL STRENGTHEN THEIR MAST; with ropes to make it stand
upright:
THEY COULD NO...
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_Thy tacklings are loosed_ This apostrophe of the prophet is directed
to the hostile nation. Having designed their army under the notion of
a _gallant ship_, (Isaiah 33:21,) he here represents their u...
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THE SINNERS ALARMED, THE PIOUS COMFORTED...
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Thy tacklings are loosed, Jerusalem being considered a ship whose
cables and rigging have been torn by adverse winds; THEY COULD NOT
WELL STRENGTHEN THEIR MAST, for the mast had no hold without the
ca...
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THY TACKLINGS ARE LOOSED:
Or, they have forsaken thy tacklings...
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15-24 The true believer watches against all occasions of sin. The
Divine power will keep him safe, and his faith in that power will keep
him easy. He shall want nothing needful for him. Every blessin...
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THY TACKLINGS ARE LOOSED; he directeth his speech to the Assyrians;
and having tacitly designed their army under the notion of a gallant
ship, ISAIAH 33:21, he here represents their broken and undone...
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Isaiah 33:23 tackle H2256 loosed H5203 (H8738) strengthen H3653 H2388
(H8762) mast H8650 spread H6566 ...
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CHAPTER 33 THE SIXTH WOE AGAINST THOSE WHO DESPOIL OTHERS AND WHO ARE
TREACHEROUS.
The sixth woe seems in context to be directed against Assyria for some
treacherous act. We can compare and contrast h...
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THE PERFECT PARADISE (ISAIAH 33:21).
In this chapter His people are to mount level by level into the
presence of the Holy One. Firstly it has happened by their response to
an awareness of God's holine...
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CONTENTS: The distress of Judah and Jerusalem because of coming woes.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The righteous God pays sinners in their own coin. When
they have filled up the measure of their ini...
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Isaiah 33:1. _Woe to thee,_ thou spoiler, who hast not been spoiled;
_AND THOU PLUNDERER, WHO HAST NOT BEEN PLUNDERED._
When thou hast ceased to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled;
When thou art weary of...
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_Thy tacklings are loosed_
THY TACKLINGS ARE LOOSED
The tacklings may denote the good counsels of wise senators; a strong,
well-disciplined army; and money, which is necessary to supply the
exigence...
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_Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities--_
ISAIAH’S IMAGERY
Among the images which crowd the concluding verses of this chapter, we
may perhaps, without fancifulness, distinguish an under-current...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 33:23 Currently God’s people are like a
drifting ship. But THEN, even THE LAME WILL TAKE THE PREY (even the
weak will become successful hunters). God’s sin-sick people will be...
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THE DISABLED SHIP
(_A Sermon to Seamen_.)
Isaiah 33:23. _Thy tacklings are loosed, &c._
Seas, rivers, and ships have for ages afforded the world the mainstay
of commerce. Not only so; the imagery of...
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SECTION X. A PROPHECY OF JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA (Isaiah 33:1.).
EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 33:1
THE JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA
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Now chapter 33 begins with a warning to the Assyrians.
Woe unto thee that spoilest, and you have not been spoiled; you that
deal treacherously, you've not been dealt treacherously with! (Isaiah
33:1)...
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1 Corinthians 1:27; 1 Samuel 30:10; 1 Samuel 30:22; 2 Chronicles
20:25;...
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Tacklings — He directs his speech to the Assyrians; and having
designed their army under the notion of a gallant ship, Isaiah 33:21,
he here represents their undone condition, by the metaphor of a shi...