God has given up his special people. They have refused to live the life that he requires of them. They want to copy all the other nations. They want to follow foreign customs and interests. They aim to heap up more and more money (for provisions) and *weapons of war (for protection).
Verse Isaiah 2:6. _THEY BE REPLENISHED_ - "And they multiply"] Seven MSS. and one edition, for ישפיקו _yaspiku_, read ישפיחו _yaspichu_, "and have joined themselves to the children of strangers;" tha...
THEREFORE - The prophet proceeds in this and the following verses, to state the reasons of their calamities, and of the judgments that had come upon them. Those judgments he traces to the crimes which...
CHAPTER 2 Zion's Future Glory and the Day of Jehovah 1. _The glories in the latter days (Isaiah 2:1)_ 2. _Exhortation to walk in the light (Isaiah 2:5)_ 3. _The corruption of the people (Isaiah 2:6)_...
THE DAY OF YAHWEH. A poem dating from Isaiah's earliest period, dealing first with the sin, then with the judgment, of Israel. The text has been badly preserved. Probably the refrain which we find in...
THEREFORE. Or, For. REPLENISHED: or, full of divinations. FROM THE EAST. Especially diviners and mediums from an evil spirit (an _ob)._ Compare Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6; Deuteronomy
THEREFORE THOU HAST FORSAKEN THY PEOPLE— The prophet here begins his complaint of the present state of the Jewish nation; which contains, First, His proposition of its present state, as forsaken by Go...
THE VIOLENCE OF CORRUPTION AND JUDGMENT Isaiah 2:5-22 a. LIGHT UPON THE DARKNESS TEXT: Isaiah 2:5-9 5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah. 6 For thou hast forsaken...
Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of stranger...
2:6 themselves (l-30) Lit. 'clasp hands.'...
2-4. occur also with a few slight variations in Micah 4:1. The passage appears to be borrowed in Isaiah, because (_a_) it suits its context better in Micah, and (_b_) it is more complete in Micah, Mic...
THEREFORE] RV 'For.' REPLENISHED FROM THE EAST] alluding to the influx of settlers and foreign customs from that quarter. SOOTHSAYERS, etc.] Soothsayers are forbidden amongst the Israelites in Deutero...
THEREFORE THOU HAST FORSAKEN THY PEOPLE... — Better, _For Thou hast..._ This was the sad, dark present, in contrast with the bright future. Jehovah “went not forth” with the armies of Judah (Psalms 68...
כִּ֣י נָטַ֗שְׁתָּה עַמְּךָ֙ בֵּ֣ית יַעֲקֹ֔ב כִּ֤י...
CHAPTER II THE THREE JERUSALEMS 740-735 B.C. Isaiah 2:1; Isaiah 3:1; Isaiah 4:1 AFTER the general introduction, in chapter 1, to the prophecies of Isaiah, there comes another portion of the book, o...
A VISION OF WORLD PEACE Isaiah 2:1-11 This and the four following Chapter s must be classed together as a distinct portion of this book, belonging to the earliest years of Isaiah's ministry. Their d...
Following this broad statement of the case between Jehovah and His people, we have the prophet's great appeal to them. The first part constitutes a vision of the latter days, that condition toward whi...
Therefore thou (m) hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they are (n) filled [with customs] from the east, and [are] soothsayers like the Philistines, (o) and they please themselves in...
_Jacob. Thus the converts address God, (Haydock) or the prophet give the reasons of the subversion of the ten tribes. --- Filled. Consecrated as priests. --- Children. Imitating idolatrous nations, (C...
Here the prophet takes occasion to call upon the Jewish church, from the zeal of the Gentile: and since the heathen is so forward to go up to the house of the Lord, how much more ought the Lord's own...
6._Surely thou hast forsaken thy people _In these words he now plainly charges the people with having a perverse disposition; and he does this not in direct terms, but, as it were, bursting into aston...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 2, 3, AND 4. Thus re-established, Zion, the mountain of Jehovah, will be the centre of blessing and peace to all the nations (Isaiah 2:1-4). This puts the inv...
THEREFORE THOU HAST FORSAKEN THY PEOPLE, THE HOUSE OF JACOB,.... These words contain a reason of the divine conduct, in calling the Gentiles, and rejecting the Jews, because of the sins of the latter...
_Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and [are] soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strang...
_Therefore_ For the following causes; _thou hast forsaken thy people_ Or, wilt certainly forsake and reject them. _The house of Jacob_ The body of that nation. The prophet here begins his complaint of...
Therefore Thou hast forsaken Thy people, the house of Jacob, rather, "For Thou hast rejected," since this fact, the deliberate transgressions of Israel, had caused God to let them walk in the foolishn...
THE GENTILES CALLED TO THE KINGDOM...
FROM THE EAST: Or, more then the East PLEASE THEMSELVES IN THE CHILDREN: Or, abound with the children. etc....
1-9 The calling of the Gentiles, the spread of the gospel, and that far more extensive preaching of it yet to come, are foretold. Let Christians strengthen one another, and support one another. It is...
THEREFORE; for the following reasons. Or, but, as this particle is oft used. But why do I persuade the Israelites to receive the light of the gospel? my labour is in vain. I foresee they will refuse i...
Isaiah 2:6 forsaken H5203 (H8804) people H5971 house H1004 Jacob H3290 filled H4390 (H8804) eastern H6924 soothsayers...
THE AWFUL SITUATION OF HIS PEOPLE BEFORE YAHWEH AND ITS FUTURE CONSEQUENCES (ISAIAH 2:6). In contrast with the glorious vision that we have just seen, of Yahweh's triumph and people flocking to God,...
HIS RECOGNITION BEFORE YAHWEH OF ISRAEL'S POSITION (ISAIAH 2:6). However, Isaiah is really in no doubt about their true position. There are no scales before his eyes. He now turns to God and outlines...
Isaiah 2:1. _The word that Isaiah the son of Amos saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top...
Isaiah 2:6. _Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children...
CONTENTS: The coming glory of Jerusalem and Israel. The humbling of the haughty and the shame of sinners in that day. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: In view of the terribleness of that day whe...
Isaiah 2:1. _The word that Isaiah saw._ In these distressing times, when the Jewish church and state were shaken to the very centre, the Messiah spoke to the prophet, and showed him the new-testament...
_Therefore Thou hast forsaken Thy people_ GOD NEVER FORSAKEN WITHOUT GOOD REASON “Therefore Thou hast forsaken Thy people. ” The term is logical God never forsakes His people in any whimsical way: H...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 2:1 Within the reassuring context of God’s promises (Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 4:2), Isaiah identifies the sinful h
GOD’S PEOPLE FORSAKEN Hebrews 13:5. _I will never leave thee nor forsake thee_. Isaiah 2:6. _Thou hast forsaken Thy people the house of Jacob_. How comforting is the Apostle’s assurance! But do not t...
A TERRIBLE PICTURE Isaiah 2:6 _Here_ is the “word” (vision) which Isaiah “saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem” (Isaiah 2:1). The prophet has been enraptured by the wondrous prospect of the distant fut...
THE MATERIAL AND THE MORAL Isaiah 2:6. _They be replenished from the east, &c._ We have here the indictment which the prophet brings against Israel. It consists of three counts: 1. That the people...
SECTION II. DENUNCIATION OF GOD'S JUDGMENTS UPON HIS PEOPLE (CH. 2-5.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 2:1 TITLE OF THE CHAPTER. It is gener
Now chapter 2 is introduced again. The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem (Isaiah 2:1). And now God takes him off to the future. And it shall come to pass in the las...
1 Chronicles 10:13; 1 Kings 11:1; 1 Kings 11:2; 2 Chronicles 15:2;...
CHRIST IN ISAIAH Isaiah 2:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When Isaiah saw Christ in this chapter he saw Him in His Second Advent glory. Peter, in the Spirit, wrote of how the Prophets foretold the sufferings...
Therefore — For the following reasons. Thou — Wilt certainly forsake and reject. Thy people — The body of that nation. Because — Their land is full of the idolatrous manners of the eastern nations, th...