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THE CARPENTER - The axe is made Isaiah 44:12, and the carpenter now
proceeds to the construction of the god.
STRETCHETH OUT HIS RULE - For the purpose of laying out his work, or
measuring it. The word...
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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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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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The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line;
he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and
maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beau...
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44:13 chalk; (k-15) Others, 'with an awl.' man, (l-38) _ Ish_ . man.
(m-44) _ Adam_ ....
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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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THE CARPENTER. — The wooden idol comes next. First there is the
rough measurement with the “rule;” then the artificer draws the
outline of the figure in red chalk. “Plane” and “compasses”
come in to m...
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חָרַ֣שׁ עֵצִים֮ נָ֣טָה קָו֒
יְתָאֲרֵ֣הוּ בַ †...
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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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The carpenter stretcheth out [his] rule; he marketh it out with a
line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the
compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the
bea...
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_Man. To be styled afterwards a god. (Calmet) --- Maluit esse deum.
(Horace i. ser. 8.)_...
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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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13._That it may abide in the house. _Thus he shews the folly of such
intense application; for their toil brings no other reward than to see
their idols resting indolently without motion in the positio...
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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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THE CARPENTER STRETCHETH OUT HIS RULE,.... Or, the worker of trees e;
that works in wood, or makes images of wood; having cut down a tree,
he stretches out his rule or line upon it, and takes the dime...
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_The carpenter stretcheth out [his] rule; he marketh it out with a
line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the
compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the
be...
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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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The carpenter stretcheth out his rule, again impersonal, "One felleth
trees, draweth his line," in order to cut a piece of wood of the
required size; HE MARKETH IT OUT WITH A LINE, HE FITTETH IT WITH...
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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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He here speaks, either,
1. Of the same image, which is supposed to be made of wood, and then
covered with some metal; or,
2. Of another sort of images made of wood, as the former might be made
of iro...
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Isaiah 44:13 craftsman H2796 H6086 out H5186 (H8804) rule H6957 one
H8388 (H8762) chalk H8279 fashions...
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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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According to — In the same comely shape and proportions which are in
a living man. House — In the dwelling — house of him that made it....