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Verse Isaiah 27:5. _OR _- "Ah"] For או _o_ I read אוי _oi_, as it
was at first in a MS. The י _yod_ was easily lost, being followed by
another י _yod_....
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OR LET HIM - The Hebrew word rendered here or (או _'ô_) means
“unless;” and the sense is, the enemies of the Jewish people shall
be completely destroyed as briers are by fire, “unless” they flee
to G...
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CHAPTER 27 ISRAEL'S ENEMIES OVERTHROWN AND THE GREAT RESTORATION
1. _Assyria, Babylon and Egypt punished (Isaiah 27:1)_ 2. _What
Jehovah has done and will do (Isaiah 27:2)_ 3. The vineyard
established...
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YAHWEH'S CHERISHED VINEYARD. Here another song is inserted. The text
and meaning are alike most uncertain, but apparently the general
thought is that Israel is Yahweh's pleasant vineyard (_mg.),_ tend...
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OR: i.e. if such enemies wish to avert My wrath, let them make peace
with Me.
MY STRENGTH. Me, as. refuge or protection....
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The song of the vineyard, the counterpart of ch. Isaiah 5:1 ff. This
peculiar and perplexing passage has little relation to the context. It
seems to fall into two stanzas; the first (Isaiah 27:2 a) ex...
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_Or let him take hold, &c._ ELSE MUST HE TAKE HOLD OF MY STRENGTH:
lit. "my stronghold" or asylum: cf. 1 Kings 1:50; 1 Kings 2:28. The
figure is relinquished; the idea expressed being that uncondition...
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I THE LORD DO KEEP IT— We have in these verses a fine testimony of
the divine grace and clemency towards the church, of God's constant
care and continued affection to it. This elegant period contains...
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D. JOINING OF JUDAH AND GENTILES, CHAPTER 27
1. JOINED BY DIVINE PROTECTION
TEXT: Isaiah 27:1-6
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In that day Jehovah with this hard and great and strong sword will
punish leviathan the swift serpe...
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Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me;
and he shall make peace with me.
OR - Else; the only alternative if Israel's enemies wish to escape
being 'burnt together.'
LE...
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27:5 make (l-18) Or 'he made.'...
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1. The powers hostile to God's people are here symbolically
represented as monsters. LEVIATHAN THE PIERCING (RV 'swift') SERPENT
perhaps stands for Assyria, watered by the rapid Tigris, and
'leviathan...
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A gracious overture even to God's enemies....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 27
GOD’S JUDGEMENT AGAINST LEVIATHAN
V1 On that day, the *Lord will seize his powerf...
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Unlike in 5:5-6, the *Lord is not angry at the *vineyard. But he will
destroy any ‘*thorn-bushes or weeds’, that is, the enemies of his
people. Although God will forgive even those enemies, if they
si...
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These verses return to the story about the *vineyard (see Isaiah
5:1-7)....
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OR LET HIM TAKE HOLD OF MY STRENGTH. — Or, _Let him lay hold on my
fortress: let him make peace with Me._ The thought implied is that
even the enemies of Jehovah, if repentant, may find in Him “their...
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אֹ֚ו יַחֲזֵ֣ק בְּ מָעוּזִּ֔י
יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה שָׁלֹ֖ום...
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CHAPTER XXIX
GOD'S POOR
DATE UNCERTAIN
Isaiah 25:1; Isaiah 26:1; Isaiah 27:1
WE have seen that no more than the faintest gleam of historical
reflection brightens the obscurity of chapter 24, and th...
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GOD'S CARE FOR HIS VINEYARD
Isaiah 27:1-13
Throughout these Chapter s we must remember that the doom of Babylon
and the restoration of God's people are symbolical of other events,
for which the world...
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This circle of prophecy ends with a message which describes the
process toward ultimate restoration, and announces its certainty. The
way to restoration is the way of judgment, and this the prophet fi...
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Or let him (e) take hold of my strength, [that] he may make peace with
me; [and] he shall make peace with me.
(e) He marvels that Israel will not come by gentleness, unless God
make them to feel his...
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I place this verse alone, in order that the Reader may consider it
somewhat more particularly. It is Jehovah the Father who is here
speaking, and therefore it may be supposed that he is speaking, in t...
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5._Will she take hold of my strength? _ או (ō,) is frequently a
disjunctive conjunction, (196) and therefore this passage is explained
as if the particle had been twice used, “_Either _let her take ho...
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Finally, Jehovah invites His people to hide themselves a little
moment, while He comes out of His place to execute vengeance (chap.
27). The power of Satan in this world and among men shall be
destroy...
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OR LET HIM TAKE HOLD OF MY STRENGTH,.... Not on the law, as the Targum
and Kimchi; but on Christ, as Jerom rightly interprets it; who is the
strength and power of God, the man of his right hand he has...
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Or let him take hold of my strength, [that] he may make peace with me;
[and] he shall make peace with me.
Ver. 5. _Or let him take hold of my strength,_] _i.e., _ Of mine arm,
wherewith I am about to...
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_Fury is not in me_ Namely, against my vineyard or my people; I have
been displeased with them, and have chastized them, but I am not
implacable toward them, and resolved utterly to destroy them, as t...
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Or let him take hold of My strength, let him make his peace with God,
the only alternative by which the wicked may escape the threatened
punishment, that he may make peace with Me; and he shall make p...
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THE DOWNFALL OF THE WORLDLY POWERS...
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1-5 The Lord Jesus with his strong sword, the virtue of his death,
and the preaching of his gospel, does and will destroy him that had
the power of death, that is, the devil, that old serpent. The wo...
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OR, or if at any time fury be, or seem to be, in me against my
vineyard or people, LET HIM, my people, as is clearly implied from the
following words; _for there is no peace_ to those who are not God'...
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GOD'S FIERCE PROTECTION OF HIS PEOPLE SEEN AS A VINEYARD (ISAIAH
27:2).
In contrast to that mighty Serpent are the afflicted people of God,
and with such an Enemy they certainly need special protectio...
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Isaiah 27:1. _In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong
sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, That is to say, he
will punish those who are like leviathan; the proudest, the...
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CONTENTS: Punishment of the proud enemy of God's people. Israel
restored and fruitful.
CHARACTERS: God, serpent, dragon.
CONCLUSION: When the Lord comes to punish the inhabitants of the
earth, He wil...
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Isaiah 27:1. _In that day the Lord shall punish leviathan._ It would
seem that the Assyrian and Chaldean empire are here intended. See on
Job 41:1; Amos 9:13. The desolations mentioned in the tenth ve...
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_Let him take hold of My strength_
TAKING HOLD OF THE DIVINE STRENGTH
I. THE INVITATION. “Let him take hold of My strength.” This
becomes an imperative duty--a duty universal in its application.
II...
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_Fury is not in Me._
--Of all the senses put upon this difficult verse there are only two
which can be looked upon as natural or probable. The first may be
paraphrased as follows:--It is not because...
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A SOLEMN DISCLAIMER
Isaiah 27:4. _Fury is not in me_, &c.
The figurative language in Isaiah 27:1 sets forth some powerful and
terrible enemies of Israel—cruel, crafty, and bloodthirsty
oppressors. Bu...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 27:1
THE TRIPLE JUDGMENT ON THE POWERS OF DARKNESS. The crowning judgment
of all is now briefly described. "In that day"—the day of God's
vengeance—when all his other enemies have b...
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Chapter 27:
In that day (Isaiah 27:1)
Now what day? In the day in which God is bringing the Great
Tribulation upon the earth.
In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall
pun...
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2 Corinthians 5:19; Colossians 1:20; Colossians 1:21; Ephesians 2:16;...
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Or — Or if at any time fury seem to be in me against my people. Let
him — My people. Take hold — Which he may by humble prayer not
only restrain from doing him hurt, but engage to do him good....