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Verse Isaiah 22:13. _LET US EAT AND DRINK, FOR TO-MORROW WE SHALL
DIE._] This has been the language of all those who have sought their
portion in this life, since the foundation of the world. So the p...
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AND BEHOLD ... - When they ought to give themselves to fasting and
prayer, they gave themselves up to revelry and riot.
LET US EAT AND DRINK - Saying, Let us eat and drink. That is, it is
inevitable t...
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CHAPTER 22
The Burden of the Valley of Vision (Jerusalem)
1. _Jerusalem's deplorable state (Isaiah 22:1)_ 2. _The invading
armies (Isaiah 22:5)_ 3. _The siege and the calamity (Isaiah 22:8)_ 4.
Shebn...
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JERUSALEM'S INEXCUSABLE FRIVOLITY. The prophecy apparently belongs to
the time of Sennacherib's invasion. Its menacing tone contrasts with
that of some other prophecies of the time. The people had pro...
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LET US, &C. Note Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6). Supply thus:
"[saying,] 'Let us eat', "&c. Compare 1 Corinthians 15:32....
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The ignoring of Jehovah's presence in this crisis is an unpardonable
sin....
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Isaiah 22:1-14. The inexpiable sin of Jerusalem
The key to this passage the most lurid and minatory of all Isaiah's
prophecies is the irreconcileable antagonism between the mood of the
prophet and th...
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Instead of this the people rush to drown reflection in riotous
festivities. The immediate occasion of the revelry was no doubt a
great sacrifice of thanksgiving to Jehovah for their unexpected
deliver...
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DISCOURSE: 888
THE UNCONCERN OF MEN AMIDST GOD’S CALLS TO REPENTANCE
Isaiah 22:12. In that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping,
and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackclot...
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AND IN THAT DAY DID, &C.— Or, _And in that day will,_ &c. Another
fault which the prophet imputes to the carnal Jews, is manifest and
hardened epicurism, or carnal security, founded in impious and pro...
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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
2.
JUDAH
a. IRREVERENT ATTITUDES
TEXT: Isaiah 22:1-14
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The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou
art wholly gone up to the housetops?
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O thou that...
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And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating
flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall
die.
AND BEHOLD (IMPLYING AMAZEMENT AT THE PEOPLE'S INFAT...
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JERUSALEM REBUKED
A severe rebuke of the conduct of the people of Jerusalem in a time of
calamity. The crisis refered to cannot be certainly identified. The
difficulty in assigning the passage to Sen...
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The reckless enjoyment of the despairing people, who urged the
shortness of the time that remained to them as an excuse for their
excesses. LET US EAT, etc.] the argument of men who believed in no
her...
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וְ הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ שָׂשֹׂ֣ון וְ שִׂמְחָ֗ה
הָרֹ֤ג ׀
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BOOK 4
JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB
701 B.C.
INTO this fourth book we put all the rest of the prophecies of the
Book of Isaiah, that have to do with the prophet's own time: Chapter s
1, 22 and 33, wit...
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In the midst of the prophecies concerning the nations occurs one of
protest against the indifference of Jerusalem to the prophet's
messages. He first describes the joyous people as they stand in
contr...
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And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating
flesh, and drinking wine: let us (p) eat and drink; for to morrow we
shall die.
(p) Instead of repentance you were joyful and made...
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_Die. Thus the pagans encouraged themselves to feast. (Calmet) ---
Ergo vivamus dum licet esse bene. (Petronius) --- This conduct
betrayed an entire want of faith. (Calmet) --- "Nothing offends God so...
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Reader! do not fail to remark, how the Lord, by the same process of
grace, carries on his merciful designs towards his people, in all
ages. He visits their offences with the rod, and their sin with
sc...
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13._And, behold, joy and gladness. _The Prophet does not here find
fault with _joy _viewed in itself; for we see that Paul exhorts the
godly to true joy, the “joy” which is “in the Lord,”
(Philippians...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23.
In Chapter s 19 and 20 Egypt shall be smitten in that day; but Jehovah
will heal it. Egypt, Assyria, and Israel shall together be blessed of
Je...
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AND BEHOLD JOY AND GLADNESS,.... As if it was a time of rejoicing,
rather than of weeping and mourning; and as if they were at a
festival, and in the greatest prosperity and liberty, and not besieged...
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And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating
flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall
die.
Ver. 13. _And behold joy and gladness._] Or, But behol...
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_And in that day did_, or _will, the Lord call_, &c. Another fault,
which the prophet imputes to the carnal Jews, is impenitence, or
carnal security. He foretels that God would call them to weeping an...
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and, behold, instead of such repentance and mourning, JOY AND
GLADNESS, SLAYING OXEN, AND KILLING SHEEP, EATING FLESH, AND DRINKING
WINE, in obstinate and reckless revelry: LET US EAT AND DRINK, FOR
T...
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THE ORACLE OF THE VALLEY OF VISION...
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8-14 The weakness of Judah now appeared more than ever. Now also they
discovered their carnal confidence and their carnal security. They
looked to the fortifications. They made sure of water for the...
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EATING FLESH; not only for necessity, but to excess and luxury, as
_eating and drinking_ are taken, MATTHEW 24:38. LET US EAT AND DRINK;
FOR TO-MORROW WE SHALL DIE: the prophets tell us that we shall...
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Isaiah 22:13 joy H8342 gladness H8057 Slaying H2026 (H8800) oxen H1241
killing H7819 (H8800) sheep H6629 Eating...
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‘And behold, (instead of that there was) joy and gladness, slaying
oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine. “Let us eat
and drink for tomorrow we shall die.” '
But instead of weeping an...
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CONTENTS: The burden of the valley of vision, telling of coming
grievous distress.
CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah, Elam, Kir, Shebna, Eliakim.
CONCLUSION: When God threatens His people with judgment, He ex...
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Isaiah 22:1. _The valley of vision._ A valley near Jerusalem, so
called because of a school of the prophets said to have been there.
Isaiah 22:3. _All thy rulers are fled._ All thy captains of hundred...
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_And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping. .. And
behold joy and gladness_
A CALL TO REPENTANCE
I. THE CALL TO REPENTANCE (Isaiah 22:12).
1. The day here referred to was a season o...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 22:1 The fourth oracle shows the light of the
world, Jerusalem, growing dark.
⇐ ⇔...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 22:12 Isaiah contrasts what THE LORD GOD OF
HOSTS called for with how his unrepentant people responded (v. Isaiah
22:5
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 22:1
A PROPHECY AGAINST JERUSALEM. The prophet, present in Jerusalem,
either actually, or at any rate in spirit, _sees _the inhabitants
crowded together upon the housetops, in a sta...
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Now in chapter 22 he turns his attention to Jerusalem, which is
referred to as the valley of vision. And this is,
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that you've
gone up to the h...
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1 Corinthians 15:32; Amos 6:3; Isaiah 21:4; Isaiah 21:5; Isaiah 5:12;
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Let us, &c. — A most perverse and desperate conclusion....