Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 17:7
A man — Those few men that are left. Look — They shall sincerely respect, and trust, and worship God, and God only.
A man — Those few men that are left. Look — They shall sincerely respect, and trust, and worship God, and God only.
AT THAT DAY SHALL A MAN LOOK TO HIS MAKER - Instead of confiding in their strongly fortified places and armies, they shall look for aid and protection to the God that made them, and who alone can help...
CHAPTER 17 The Burden of Damascus and Judgment upon Ephraim 1. _Damascus to be a ruinous heap (Isaiah 17:1)_ 2. _Judgment upon Ephraim (Isaiah 17:4)_ 3. _Woe to the enemies of Israel (Isaiah 17:12) _...
ORACLE ON DAMASCUS AND ISRAEL. In spite of the title this prophecy deals much more with Ephraim than Damascus, which is not mentioned after Isaiah 17:3. The close connexion of the two suggests that th...
A MAN. Literally the man. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14. I LOOK. have an eye unto. HAVE RESPECT. have regard. Note the Alternation in verses: Isaiah 17:7; Isaiah 17:8, "look" and "have respect". THE HOLY...
_look to his Maker_ cf. Isaiah 22:11. "Look to," i.e. regard with trust and veneration....
These verses do not necessarily point to a conversion of the few surviving Ephraimites. They rather describe the impression produced by the vindication of Jehovah's righteousness on mankind at large....
AT THAT DAY, &C.— The meaning of these verses, which express the consequence of this judgment, is, that at the time when God should execute these severe judgments upon the Ephraimites, some, after the...
b. CRISIS TEXT: Isaiah 17:7-8 7 In that day shall men look unto their Maker, and their eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. 8 And they shall not look to the altars, the work of thei...
At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. AT THAT DAY SHALL A MAN LOOK TO HIS MAKER - instead of trusting in their fortresses (; )....
17:7 man (d-5) The _ Adam_ , i.e. 'mankind.'...
JUDGMENT ON SYEIA AND ISRAEL This section is headed,' oracle concerning Damascus,' but its subject is in fact wider; it treats of the impending ruin not only of Syria, but also of Ephraim, i.e. the ki...
In the end, the people will realise why God is punishing them. And then they will return to God. In other words, they will obey him again....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 17 GOD WILL PUNISH DAMASCUS AND ISRAEL V1 God gave Isaiah this spec...
בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֔וּא יִשְׁעֶ֥ה הָ...
In this section (17-18), we have a prophecy dealing with Damascus and an interlude containing a soliloquy of the prophet. The burden of Damascus Isaiah 17:1) announces its doom. It is evident, however...
At that day shall a man look to his (k) Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. (k) He shows that God's corrections always bring fruit, and cause his to turn from their sins...
_Israel. They obeyed the summons of Ezechias and of Josias, (2 Paralipomenon xxx. 1., and xxxiv. 6.) and every after followed the same worship as Juda. (Calmet)_...
I follow the same order as our Bibles, in including these verses, as they are there done, in parentheses; for it seems to me to be so designed, as if to call upon the Reader to observe how the Lord, i...
7._At that day shall a man look to his Maker. _He now shews the fruit of this chastisement, and this is the second consolation with which the godly ought to fortify themselves amidst their afflictions...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 15, 16, 17, AND 18. In Chapter s 15 and 16 Moab is judged. They are warned that the throne of David shall be established, and the oppressor consumed out of th...
AT THAT DAY SHALL A MAN LOOK TO HIS MAKER,.... The one only living and true God, who has made him, and not he himself, nor any other creature; that is, such as are left, as before described, the remna...
At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. Ver. 7. _At that day shall a man look to his Maker._] The elect among the Israelites shall do so,...
_At that day shall a man_ Those few men that are left; _look to his Maker_ They shall sincerely respect, trust in, and worship God, and God only. In other words, at that time, when God shall execute t...
DAMASCUS AND EPHRAIM THREATENED...
At that day shall a man look to his Maker, instead of trusting in fortresses and in the strength of man's arm, as heretofore, AND HIS EYES SHALL HAVE RESPECT TO THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, for the small r...
1-11 Sin desolates cities. It is strange that great conquerors should take pride in being enemies to mankind; but it is better that flocks should lie down there, than that they should harbour any in...
SHALL A MAN, those few men that are left, LOOK TO HIS MAKER, they shall sincerely respect, and trust, and worship (all which are understood by _looking to_) God, and God only, as the next verse explai...
Isaiah 17:7 day H3117 man H120 look H8159 (H8799) Maker H6213 (H8802) eyes H5869 respect H7200 ...
THE FUTURE THAT ISRAEL CAN LOOK FORWARD TO (ISAIAH 17:4). Israel's future is bleak, but it will make them set their eyes on their Maker, the Holy One of Israel. Analysis of Isaiah 17:4. a And it wil...
CONTENTS: The burden of Damascus, foretelling destruction of cities of Syria and Israel. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The God of our salvation is the rock of our strength. It is our forgetfulness of...
Isaiah 17:1. _A ruinous heap._ Tiglath-pileser destroyed it in the support of Ahaz, and carried away the inhabitants. 2 Kings 16:8. Yet it was afterwards rebuilt. Isaiah 17:2. _The cities of Aroer are...
_At that day shall a man look to his Maker_ SANCTIFIED AFFLICTION We are led to consider the designs of God in the afflictions of His people. I. TO RECALL THEIR WANDERING HEARTS TO HIMSELF. “A man...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 17:1 The fourth oracle concerns the alliance between Damascus and Israel in Isaiah’s time (see Isaiah 7:1; Is
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 17:4 The three uses of IN THAT DAY unites these verses. Israel will be brought LOW (vv. Isaiah 17:4), a remnant
SANCTIFIED AFFLICTION Isaiah 17:7. _At that day shall a man look, &c._ In the prophecies of terror to guilty nations there is always some provision of comfort for God’s faithful and penitent people....
DIMINUTIONS AND CHANGES OF LIFE Isaiah 17:5. _And it shall be as when the harvestman, &c._ God’s visitations of judgment are the subject of the prophet’s burdens (Isaiah 17:1). So the text. Adversit...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 17:1 THE BURDEN OF DAMASCUS. The eye of the prophet travels northwards from Moab, and, passing over Ammon as an enemy of small account, rests once more upon Damascus, already threat...
Now he turns his prophecy against Damascus, which, of course, was the capital of Syria. Now Syria and the Northern Kingdom of Israel had confederated together to stand against Assyria. As Assyria beca...
2 Chronicles 30:10; 2 Chronicles 30:11; 2 Chronicles 30:18; 2 Chronicles 31:1;...