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Verse Isaiah 29:11. _I CANNOT; FOR IT IS SEALED _- "I cannot read it;
for it is sealed up."] An ancient MS. and the _Septuagint_ have
preserved a word here, lost out of the text; לקרות _likroth_,
(for...
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AND THE VISION OF ALL - The vision of all the prophets; that is, all
the revelations which God has made to you (see the note at Isaiah
1:1). The prophet refers not only to his own communications, but...
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CHAPTER 29
The Second Woe Against Ariel and the Third Woe
1. _The fall of Ariel (Jerusalem) predicted (Isaiah 29:1)_ 2. _Their
enemies dealt with by Jehovah (Isaiah 29:5)_ 3. The people's
condition:...
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The people are stupefied, for Yahweh has drenched their senses with a
trance-slumber (Genesis 2:21 *). He has shut their eyes and muffled
their heads. All alike fail to understand the prophetic vision...
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OF ALL. of the whole, or altogether.
BOOK. scroll, or document, in writing....
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A distinction is drawn between the ignorance of the educated and that
of the uneducated classes. The man of culture is like one who
_will_not break the seal of a sealed book that he may read it; the m...
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_the vision of all_ i.e. the revelation of all this (cf. Psalms 49:17,
"all that").
_learned_ is literally "knowing letters....
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Isaiah 29:1-14. The announcement of Jehovah's wonderful purpose
regarding Jerusalem, and its reception on the part of the people
Under the second "Woe" (Isaiah 29:1) are grouped two oracles, which
ma...
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The people meet their doom in a state of spiritual stupor, unobservant
of Jehovah's work, and heedless of the warnings given to them....
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AND THE VISION, &C.— These words set forth the consequence of the
common blindness of the whole Jewish nation, learned and unlearned,
teacher and people; namely, their universal incapacity to interpre...
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4. SULLENNESS
TEXT: Isaiah 29:9-16
9
Tarry ye and wonder; take your pleasure and be blind: they are
drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
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For Jehovah hath poured...
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And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that
is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read
this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
A...
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29:11 vision (b-4) Or 'every vision.'...
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WARNINGS TO JUDAH
These Chapter s refer to the state of affairs during the reign of
Hezekiah, when Palestine was threatened by Assyria, and an influential
party in Judah favoured resistance, relying...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 29
THE FATE OF *JERUSALEM
V1 *Woe to *Jerusalem, the city of David! It will not matt...
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‘Books’ in the ancient world were often pieces of skin (like
leather) that a person would sew together to make a single long
*document. After use, the writer rolled his *document. He then closed
it in...
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THE VISION OF ALL... — Better, _the whole vision, i.e.,_ the entire
substance of Isaiah’s teaching. The words perhaps imply that this
had been committed to writing, but that to the unbelievers they we...
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וַ תְּהִ֨י לָכֶ֜ם חָז֣וּת הַ כֹּ֗ל כְּ
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BOOK 3
ORATIONS ON THE EGYPTIAN INTRIGUES AND ORACLES ON FOREIGN NATIONS
705-702 B.C.
Isaiah:
29 About 703
30 A little later
31 A little later
32:1-8 Later
32:9-20 Date uncertain
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This is the first of a series of declamations concerning the chosen
people, and sets forth the purpose of Jehovah in judgment. The message
opens with a description of the judgment (verses Isa 29:1-4),...
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And the vision of all is become to you as the words of a book that is
sealed, which [men] deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this,
I pray thee: and he saith, I (i) cannot; for it [is] sealed...
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Here are the same, or similar denunciations, as have been before
noticed. God's judgments for men's rebellion. And what makes the whole
most awful, is, that those judgments and punishments remain
unsa...
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_THE SEALED BOOK_
‘And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book
that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read
this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; fo...
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11._Therefore every vision hath become to you. _The Prophet expresses
still more clearly what he had formerly said, that the blindness of
the Jews will be so great that, though the Lord enlightens the...
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Jerusalem is reduced to the last extremity. But this time Jehovah
appears for her deliverance, and the multitude of her enemies
disappear as a dream of the night. Everything is dark and gloomy as to
t...
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AND THE VISION OF ALL IS BECOME UNTO YOU AS THE WORDS OF A BOOK THAT
IS SEALED,.... The prophecies of all the prophets contained in the
Scriptures; or all the prophecies in the book of Isaiah, concern...
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And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that
is sealed, which [men] deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read
this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it [is] sealed:...
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_And the vision of all_ Of all your prophets, or every vision; _is
unto you as the words of a book that is sealed_ Which no man can read
while it is sealed up, as books then sometimes were, being in t...
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THE WOE UPON ARIEL...
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And the vision of all, that which was revealed by the vision of the
true prophets concerning all things, IS BECOME UNTO YOU AS THE WORDS
OF A BOOK THAT IS SEALED, of a roll of parchment sealed so that...
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BOOK:
Or, letter...
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9-16 The security of sinners in sinful ways, is cause for lamentation
and wonder. The learned men, through prejudice, said that the Divine
prophecies were obscure; and the poor urged their want of le...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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THE UNBELIEVING RESPONSE OF THE MAJORITY TO GOD (ISAIAH 29:9).
There are at least two ways of looking at this passage. One is to see
it as Isaiah's words prior to God's amazing deliverance, seeking to...
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Isaiah 29:11
I. There is something of truth in the representation that the Bible is
a sealed book. We always regard it as a standing proof of the Divine
origin of the volume, that it is not to be unfo...
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CONTENTS: Warnings to Judah and Jerusalem of impending discipline. The
blessing after the final deliverance.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Abraham.
CONCLUSION: Those who are formal and hypocritical in the...
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Isaiah 29:1. _Woe to Ariel,_ the lion of God, or the strong lion, for
_El_ is often rendered _strong_ or _rock,_ as in Psalms 42:9. “God
my rock.” The city of Jerusalem was that strong rock, or strong...
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_The vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is
sealed_
THE UNIVERSALITY OF SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS
What is affirmed in these verses holds so strikingly true of God’s
general revela...
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_Stay yourselves, and wonder, they are drunken, but not with wine_
SPIRITUAL DRUNKENNESS
By spiritual drunkenness (Isaiah 29:9) we are probably to understand
unsteadiness of conduct and a want of sp...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 29:1
A WARNING TO JERUSALEM. Expostulation is followed by threats. The
prophet is aware that all his preaching to the authorities in
Jerusalem (Isaiah 28:14) will be of no avail, an...
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Chapter 29, the woe unto Jerusalem. Ariel means the lion of God. It is
one of the names for Jerusalem.
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, [the lion of God] the city where David dwelt!
add ye year to year; let th...
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Daniel 12:4; Daniel 12:9; Isaiah 8:16; Matthew 11:25; Matthew 13:11;...