ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 27:1 LEVIATHAN. An ancient symbol of evil. Myths describe a powerful, dragon-like deity. The threefold designation—THE FLEEING SERPENT, THE TWISTING SERPENT, and the DRAGON THAT IS IN THE SEA—is matched by the Lord’s threefold description of the HARD AND GREAT AND STRONG SWORD.... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 27:3 EVERY MOMENT I WATER IT. Contrast “I will also command... no rain” in Isaiah 5:6. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 27:6 God’s people will become a worldwide garden of Eden (see Isaiah 26:18). FILL THE WHOLE WORLD WITH FRUIT, a different image from “fill the face of the world with cities” in Isaiah 14:21. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.leng... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 27:9 THEREFORE BY THIS. Through loving restraint, God will bring his people to idol-free purity before him. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 27:12 FROM THE RIVER EUPHRATES TO THE BROOK OF EGYPT. The boundaries of the Promised Land (see Genesis 15:18). YOU WILL BE GLEANED ONE BY ONE. God will gather in his chosen people. The agricultural metaphor matches the “vineyard” in Isaiah 27:2. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 27:13 A GREAT TRUMPET. Matching the “great sword” of v. Isaiah 27:1. The Year of Jubilee was announced with the blowing of the trumpet on the Day of Atonement to “proclaim liberty throughout the land” (Leviticus 25:8). ASSYRIA... EGYPT. See Isaiah 19:23. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]