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THEN SHALL IT BE FOR A MAN TO BURN - It will afford materials for a
fire. The design of this verse and the following is, to ridicule the
idea of a man’s using parts of the same tree to make a fire to...
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CHAPTER 44
Jehovah Continues to Speak
1. _Spiritual blessings promised by the gift of the Spirit (Isaiah
44:1)_ 2. _Jehovah the First and the Last (Isaiah 44:6)_ 3. _Idolatry
rebuked (Isaiah 44:9)_ 4...
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ISAIAH 44:6; ISAIAH 44:21. THE INCOMPARABLENESS OF YAHWEH, WHO REDEEMS
ISRAEL. Yahweh of (the heavenly) Hosts (Genesis 2:1 *, 1 Samuel 1:3 *)
asserts Hi
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TAKE THEREOF. take [of the wood] thereof....
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Isaiah 44:6-23. The Reality of Jehovah's Godhead, evinced by His
Predictions, and contrasted with the manifold absurdities of Idolatry
The passage, which is merely a restatement of ideas already expr...
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now meditated were actually taken....
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b. SHOWS THE FRAUDULENCE OF FALSE GODS
TEXT: Isaiah 44:9-20
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They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the
things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses...
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Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and
warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a
god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falle...
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THE IMPOTENCE OF IDOLS
1-23. The reproach of God's people shall be entirely removed. Jehovah
the Eternal, who rules the events of history, contrasted with the
futile gods of the heathen.
24-28. This...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 44
The connection between Chapter s 43 and 44 is similar to the
connection...
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(15-17) THEN SHALL IT BE.... — The point on which the prophet dwells
with indignant iteration is that it is a mere chance which half of the
shapeless log is to be worshipped as a god, and which to be...
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וְ הָיָ֤ה לְ אָדָם֙ לְ בָעֵ֔ר וַ...
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Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1...
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CHAPTER I
THE DATE OF Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 43:1;...
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THE FOLLY OF IDOLATRY
Isaiah 44:12-20
We are here conducted to a metal idol factory, Isaiah 44:12. As we
enter, we are forewarned that we shall find the workmen vain, and
their delectable things unpr...
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The beginning of this chapter (verses Isa 44:1-5) contains the
gracious promise of the outpouring of the Spirit of God, and a
description of the blessing of refreshment and renewal which will come
to...
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Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take of it, and (u)
warm himself; indeed, he kindleth [it], and baketh bread; yea, he
maketh a god, and worshippeth [it]; he maketh it a graven image, a...
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What a fine contrast does this view of the dung-hill god of a man's
own creating, form with what went before, in which the glory of
Jehovah is so sublimely set forth! If there were not facts existing...
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15., 16.,and 17._Then shall a man use it for burning. _He censures
their ignorance in not being taught by manifest experience that a
trunk of wood is not God, and even reproves their ingratitude in
de...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 44 AND 45.
Jehovah now reasons with His people whom He had formed from the womb,
encourages them, promises them His Spirit. Their children shall spring
up as...
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THEN SHALL IT BE FOR A MAN TO BURN,.... And which indeed is the proper
use of it, but not all that this man puts it to; only the boughs, and
what he cuts off as useless to his purpose, and the chips h...
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_The smith_, &c. “The sacred writers,” says Bishop Lowth, “are
generally large and eloquent upon the subject of idolatry: they treat
it with great severity, and set forth the absurdity of it in the
st...
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THE VANITY OF IDOLATRY OVER AGAINST JEHOVAH...
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Then shall it be for a man to burn, that is, ordinarily such a tree
will yield fuel; FOR HE WILL TAKE THEREOF AND WARM HIMSELF; YEA, HE
KINDLETH IT AND BAKETH BREAD; YEA, HE MAKETH A GOD AND WORSHIPET...
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9-20 Image-making is described, to expose the folly of idolaters.
Though a man had used part of a log for fuel, he fell down before an
image made of the remainder, praying it to deliver him. Man grea...
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Having related the practices of idolaters, he now discovers the vanity
and folly of them; that he maketh his fire and his god of the same
materials, distinguished only by the art of man....
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Isaiah 44:15 man H120 burn H1197 (H8763) take H3947 (H8799) warm H2552
(H8799) kindles H5400 ...
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ISAIAH REVEALS THE FOLLY OF IDOLATRY (ISAIAH 44:10).
Note the contrast of this passage with what precedes it. Isaiah brings
out that while it is Yahweh Who formed Israel, the idol is merely
fashioned...
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In this chapter, God encourages his Church by a promise of the
visitation of his Spirit. Oh, that it may be fulfilled to us also!
Isaiah 44:1. Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I hav...
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This evening, we will read two Chapter s from Isaiah's prophecy, the
forty-fourth and the fifty-fifth, and a few verses from the
twenty-third chapter of the second Book of Samuel. May the Lord bless
a...
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Isaiah 44:1. _Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I
have chosen: Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from
the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant;...
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Isaiah 44:1. _Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I
have chosen: Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from
the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my Servant;...
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CONTENTS: The promise of the Spirit and the coming restoration. The
folly of idolatry.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Cyrus.
CONCLUSION: There is no God besides Jehovah. He is infinite and
therefore...
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Isaiah 44:5. _Another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord._
This phrase is somewhat obscure; it is not said whether they signed a
covenant, or imprinted some mark on their hand. The latter sen...
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_They that make a graven image_
THE VANITY OF GRAVEN IMAGES
Substituting homely prose for glowing poetry we may, after a fashion,
reduce the prophet’s thought to propositions like the following--
1...
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IDOL-MAKERS
Isaiah 44:9. _They that make a graven image, &c._
What have we in this section of this chapter? An effective exposure of
the folly of a practice that was almost universal! A fact in itsel...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 44:1
A PROPHECY OF ISRAEL'S SPIRITUAL RECOVERY AND REGENERATION. This
section is closely connected with Isaiah 43:1; of which it ought to
form
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Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: Thus
saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which
will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesh...
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2 Chronicles 25:14; Isaiah 44:10; Isaiah 45:20; Judges 2:19;...
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Fallen down — Having related the practices of idolaters, he now
discovers the folly of them, that he makes his fire and his god of the
same materials, distinguished only by the art of man....