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AND THE LOFTINESS ... - see the note at Isaiah 2:11. The repetition of
this makes it strongly emphatic....
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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)_...
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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...
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LOFTINESS. Hebrew. _gabah._ Same word as "lofty" (Isaiah 2:11).
MADE LOW. Hebrew. _shaphal_. Same word as "humbled" (v Isaiah 2:11),
"brought low" (Isaiah 2:12)....
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b. LOSS OF DIGNITY
TEXT: Isaiah 2:10-22
10
Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror
of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty.
11
The lofty looks of man shall be...
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And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of
men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that
day.
AND THE LOFTINESS OF MAN SHALL BE BOWED DOWN - repeated...
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2:17 man (d-5) The _ Adam_ , 'mankind,' as ch. 6.12, 'men.'...
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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...
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The *Lord will not share his honour with any person or with any gods
that mere men have manufactured....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 2
GOD’S IDEAL PLAN FOR ISRAEL
V1 A special message about Jud...
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AND THE LOFTINESS OF MAN SHALL BE BOWED DOWN. — Iteration is used as
the most solemn form of emphasis. That was the burden of the
prophet’s song....
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וְ שַׁח֙ גַּבְה֣וּת הָ אָדָ֔ם וְ
שָׁפֵ֖ל
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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...
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AN EXHORTATION TO HUMILITY AND REVERENCE
Isaiah 2:12-22; Isaiah 3:1-12
If men will not repent, they must suffer. If they will not voluntarily
put away their idols and sorceries, they will be compelle...
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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...
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This Portion of the chapter opens in a very solemn manner. Whether the
prophet means the visitations of God in the day of calamity of this
world; or refers to the day of judgment for another; in both...
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17._And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down _The Prophet declares
that he had his eye on men, when he described the various kinds of
_loftiness_; for God is not displeased saith the steep mountai...
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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...
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AND THE LOFTINESS OF MAN SHALL BE BOWED DOWN,.... This, with what
follows in this verse, is repeated for the confirmation and certainty
of it; and also for the further explanation of what is before
fi...
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_And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of
men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that
day._
Ver. 17. _And the loftiness of man shall be._] This is o...
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_And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down_ Here the prophet
expresses literally what he had delivered metaphorically in the
preceding verses. The same things were asserted Isaiah 2:11, but they
ar...
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THE MAJESTY OF GOD IN HIS FINAL REVELATION...
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And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, since all the objects of
man's pride will be destroyed, AND THE HAUGHTINESS OF MEN SHALL BE
MADE LOW; AND THE LORD ALONE SHALL BE EXALTED IN THAT DAY, the...
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10-22 The taking of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans seems first meant
here, when idolatry among the Jews was done away; but our thoughts are
led forward to the destruction of all the enemies of Christ. It...
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This he repeats again, partly to assure us of the certainty of it, and
partly to fix it deeper in men's minds, because they are very backward
to believe and consider things of this nature....
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THE TERRIBLE VISION (ISAIAH 2:10).
This vision is in direct contrast with the Glorious Vision of Isaiah
2:2. On the one hand glory, now, on the other, judgment. Here we have
a picture of the destiny...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_The day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon everyone that is proud and
lofty_
SCEPTICISM DISCOMFITED BY CHRIST’S ADVENT
I. Among THE CAUSES OF THE SPIRIT OF RELIGIOUS SCEPTICISM there are--
1. An e...
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GOD EXALTED IN THE GREAT DAY
(_Advent Sermon_.)
Isaiah 2:17. _The Lord alone shall be exalted in that day_.
Two questions: What is “that day?” How shall the Lord then be
exalted?
I. “_That day_.” “Th...
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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...
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SECTION II. DENUNCIATION OF GOD'S JUDGMENTS UPON HIS PEOPLE (CH.
2-5.).
EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 2:1
TITLE OF THE CHAPTER. It is gener
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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...
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Ezekiel 28:2; Isaiah 13:11; Isaiah 2:11; Jeremiah 48:29; Jeremiah
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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...