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Verse Isaiah 29:21. _HIM THAT REPROVETH IN THE GATE_ - "Him that
pleaded in the gate"] "They are heard by the treasurer, master of the
horse, and other principal officers of the regency of Algiers, w...
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THAT MAKE A MAN AN OFFENDER - literally, ‘who cause a man to sin’
(מחטיאי _machăṭı̂y'ēy_); that is, who hold a man to be
guilty, or a criminal. Lowth renders this singularly enough:
‘Who bewildere...
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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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MAKE. MAN AN OFFENDER FOR. WORD. who bring. man into condemnation by.
word (i.e. by false witness).
REPROVETH. decideth: i.e. in judgment.
JUST. righteous.
A THING OF NOUGHT. See note on "confusion...
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Isaiah 29:15-24 A Messianic forecast
The third "Woe" (Isaiah 29:15), directed against the political
intrigue with Egypt, merely serves as a point of attachment for a
glowing description of the regene...
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_That make a man an offender for a word_ The verb rendered "make an
offender" usually means "lead into sin" (Exodus 23:33; Ecclesiastes
5:6, &c.); and is so understood in R.V. marg. "make men to offen...
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FOR THE TERRIBLE ONE, &C.— The _terrible_ and fierce were such as
Herod Agrippa, who persecuted the apostles; the _scorners_ and
blasphemous, such as those who reproached the apostles when filled
with...
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5. SANCTIFICATION
TEXT: Isaiah 29:17-24
17
Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a
fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
18
And in th...
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That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that
reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
THAT MAKE A MAN AN OFFENDER FOR A WORD (Hebrew, bªdaabaar...
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29:21 futility. (d-29) Or 'for nought.'...
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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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THAT MAKE A MAN AN OFFENDER FOR A WORD... — The words indicate that
Isaiah had been accused, as Jeremiah was afterwards (Jeremiah 37:13),
of being unpatriotic, because he had rebuked the sins of Israe...
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מַחֲטִיאֵ֤י אָדָם֙ בְּ דָבָ֔ר וְ לַ †...
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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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That make a man an offender for a (q) word, and lay a snare for him
that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of
nothing.
(q) They who went about to find fault with the prophets...
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_Gate. False prophets rose up against those who spoke the truth, and
condemned them unjustly. (Calmet) --- The just, Christ. (Menochius)_...
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This prophecy surely had its accomplishment, also, when the Scribes
and Pharisees sought to entangle Jesus in his talk; Matthew 22:15;
Luke 20:20....
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21._That make a man an offender for a word. _We have formerly stated
who were the persons with whom the Prophet had to do, namely, with
hypocrites and profane scorners, who set at nought all the repro...
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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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THAT MAKE A MAN AN OFFENDER FOR A WORD,.... Inadvertently spoken,
unwarily dropped, without any bad design or ill meaning; or for a word
misplaced or misconstrued; or for preaching and professing the...
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_That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that
reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought._
Ver. 21. _That make a man an offender for a word._] When h...
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_For_, &c. Here we have the second event connected with the calling of
the Gentiles, the punishment of the enemies of God and his truth. _For
the terrible one is brought to naught_ The proud and poten...
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THE COUNSEL OF GOD...
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that make a man an offender for a word, unjustly condemning him, no
matter what his cause may he, AND LAY A SNARE FOR HIM THAT REPROVETH
IN THE GATE, one who has a matter at issue in the courts, which...
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17-24 The wonderful change here foretold, may refer to the affairs of
Judah, though it looks further. When a great harvest of souls was
gathered to Christ from among the Gentiles, then the wilderness...
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That make a man an offender; that condemn and punish a man as if he
were a great criminal. FOR A WORD; for a verbal reproof, as appears
from the next clause. FOR HIM THAT REPROVETH; for God's faithful...
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IF THEY WERE WISE THEY WOULD RECOGNISE THAT GOD HAS EVERYTHING IN HAND
(ISAIAH 29:17).
For the truth is that Yahweh, the Potter, will take the poor and the
lowly and will work on them to make of them...
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THE THIRD WOE: AGAINST THOSE WHO SEEK TO HIDE WHAT THEY DO FROM GOD,
BUT YAHWEH WILL TRIUMPH IN SPITE OF IT (ISAIAH 29:15).
Analysis.
a Woe to those who seek deep, to hide their counsel from Yahweh,...
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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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_For the terrible one is brought to nought_
SCORNERS AND THEIR PUNISHMENT
Observe what had been the wickedness of these scorners, for which they
should be cut off.
1. They ridiculed the prophets an...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 29:17 Despite human unbelief, God plans to
transform the moral order of the world. The metaphors of v. Isaiah
29:17 are explained in vv....
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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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Acts 3:14; Amos 5:10; Amos 5:11; Amos 5:12; Amos 7:10;...
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That make a man — That condemn a man, as if he was a great criminal.
For him — For God's faithful prophets and ministers. The gate —
There the people used to assemble, both upon civil and sacred
accou...