ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 5:1 Isaiah’s introductory diagnosis of Judah’s spiritual decline (chs. Isaiah 1:1) concludes with a description of his generation’s apostasy and its consequences. The chapter is divided into the song of the vineyard (Isaiah 5:1) and the “wild grapes” that the vineyard produced... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 5:2 God supplied everything for his people to be a blessing to the world, as he had promised in Genesis 12:1. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 5:7 HE LOOKED FOR JUSTICE, BUT BEHOLD, BLOODSHED; FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS, BUT BEHOLD, AN OUTCRY! Sin turns good into evil. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 5:8 Leviticus 25:1 taught Israel to return purchased lands in the Year of Jubilee. Restoring property to the original owner ensured a fresh start for anyone who had fallen on hard times. Therefore, THOSE WHO JOIN HOUSE TO HOUSE, WHO ADD FIELD TO FIELD, UNTIL THERE IS NO MORE RO... [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 5:14 The greed described in vv. Isaiah 5:8 is answered with the APPETITE of SHEOL, swallowing up the dead (see Psalms 88:3; Proverbs 9:18; Isaiah 14:15; Isaiah 38:18). ⇐ [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 5:18 Isaiah issues four laments (WOE) over God’s people. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 5:24 God delighted in his people (“his pleasant planting,” v. Isaiah 5:7), but THEY HAVE REJECTED... AND HAVE DESPISED him (compare Isaiah 53:3). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 5:26 NATIONS, including Assyria, are summoned by the sovereign God with a mere whistle. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 5:27 Isaiah describes the approach of invading military forces. This is a far cry from the nations approaching Zion to learn the ways of God and cease from war (Isaiah 2:2). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 5:30 DARKNESS AND DISTRESS... LIGHT IS DARKENED. Having rejected the light of the Lord that was offered to them (Isaiah 2:5), Judah and Jerusalem find that the so-called light they chose turns to darkness. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0,... [ Continue Reading ]