Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Isaiah 8:13
The meaning is, 'recognise Jehovah in His true character as the all-holy One' (so He had revealed Himself to the prophet, Isaiah 6:3), 'and stand in awe of Him accordingly.'
The meaning is, 'recognise Jehovah in His true character as the all-holy One' (so He had revealed Himself to the prophet, Isaiah 6:3), 'and stand in awe of Him accordingly.'
SANCTIFY ... - Regard Yahweh as holy; that is, worship and honor him with pious fear and reverence. Regard him as the source of safety, and the true defense. Ahaz and his people sought for aid from As...
CHAPTER 8 Jehovah's Word Through Isaiah and the Assyrian Announced 1. _The divine instruction and Maher-shalal-hash-baz (Isaiah 8:1)_ 2. _The Assyrian to come (Isaiah 8:5)_ 3. _The answer of faith (I...
MORE EXTRACTS ON THE CRISIS FROM ISAIAH'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. It is not clear how many bits of the autobiography are included here, but the section for the most part probably deals with the coalition of Sy...
SANCTIFY. Hallow, regard as holy. Compare Isaiah 29:23. See note on Exodus 3:5. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 20:12; Numbers 27:14). the LO
Isaiah was able to stand alone against the nation during this crisis, because he knew that his thoughts were controlled by a Power not his own....
Render: JEHOVAH OF HOSTS, HIM SHALL YE COUNT HOLY, AND LET HIM BE ( THE OBJECT OF) YOUR FEAR AND ( OF) YOUR TERROR. "Count holy" (Isaiah 29:23); recognise as the Holy One, especially by absolute trust...
DISCOURSE: 868 GOD THE ONLY PROPER OBJECT OF FEAR Isaiah 8:12. _Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. Sanctif...
SANCTIFY THE LORD OF HOSTS HIMSELF— _The Lord of Hosts, him shall ye sanctify,_ &c. The duty opposite to the vice of the Jewish people is here set forth, _Sanctify the Lord;_ that is to say, so worshi...
THE PROMISE Isaiah 8:9-15 TEXT: Isaiah 8:9-15 9 Make an uproar, O ye peoples, and be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and be broken in pieces; gird yourselve...
Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. The words of Yahweh. Verse 12. SAY YE NOT, A CONFEDERACY - rather. A...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 8 ISAIAH’S SON WILL BE A SIGN TO THE PEOPLE V1 The *Lord sen...
SANCTIFY THE LORD OF HOSTS HIMSELF... — The words contain an implicit appeal to the revelation of the Divine Name in Isaiah 6:3. Had the prophet’s disciples entered into the meaning of that “Holy, hol...
אֶת ־יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֹ֖ות אֹתֹ֣ו תַקְדִּ֑ישׁוּ וְ...
CHAPTER VI KING AND MESSIAH; PEOPLE AND CHURCH 735-732 B.C. Isaiah 7:8, 9:Isaiah 7:1 THIS section of the book of Isaiah (Chapter s 7-9:7) consists of a number of separate prophecies uttered during...
FEAR GOD'S POWER, NOT MAN'S Isaiah 8:5-18 It seems likely that Syria and Samaria attacked Ahaz because he would not join in a federation against the growing power of Assyria. A strong party seems to...
In this section we have the account of how the prophet turns from his more public ministry to devote himself to a small circle of believing souls. This departure was signalized by his writing on a tab...
(p) Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and [let] him [be] your fear, and [let] him [be] your dread. (p) In putting your trust only in him, in calling on him in adversity, patiently looking for his h...
I pray the Reader to observe with me, the tender care of God over his people, in times of general calamity. In these verses, the Prophet is commissioned to comfort the Lord's mourners; and a precious...
_THE TRIUNE SANCTUARY_ ‘Sanctify the Lord of Hosts Himself; and let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread.’ Isaiah 8:13 I. THE WHOLE SUBJECT OF GODHEAD IS ONE OF AWE, AND IF OF AWE, THEN ‘DRE...
13._Sanctify Jehovah of hosts himself. _We have said that the reason why dangers lead to immoderate alarm is, that wretched men do not raise their eyes and minds to heaven. The Prophet now, therefore,...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9:1-7. But this requires further development; and it is given in a remarkable manner in the next prophecy, comprised in Chapter s 7, 8, 9 to the end...
SANCTIFY THE LORD OF HOSTS HIMSELF,.... Christ, Immanuel, God with us, the Lord of the armies above and below, of angels and of men, God over all, the true Jehovah, who is sanctified by his people, wh...
Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and [let] him [be] your fear, and [let] him [be] your dread. Ver. 13. _Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself._] Even your sweetest Immanuel; _non sanctificatur autem...
_Sanctify the Lord of hosts_ Give him the glory of his power, and goodness, and faithfulness, by trusting in his promises for deliverance; _and let him be your fear_ Let God, and not the kings of Syri...
A REBUKE AND AN EXHORTATION...
Sanctify the Lord of hosts Himself, giving Him the honor, setting Him apart for adoration as the almighty Ruler of the universe, AND LET HIM BE YOUR FEAR AND LET HIM BE YOUR DREAD, standing in awe of...
9-16 The prophet challenges the enemies of the Jews. Their efforts would be vain, and themselves broken to pieces. It concerns us, in time of trouble, to watch against all such fears as put us upon c...
SANCTIFY THE LORD OF HOSTS; give him the glory of his power, and goodness, and faithfulness, by trusting to his promises for your deliverance. LET HIM BE YOUR FEAR; let God, and not the kings of Syria...
Isaiah 8:13 LORD H3068 hosts H6635 hallow H6942 (H8686) fear H4172 dread H6206 (H8688) Sanctify -...
MEANWHILE ISAIAH AND HIS FOLLOWERS ARE NOT TO ALIGN THEMSELVES WITH ANY POLITICAL PARTY. ALL ARE HEADING FOR DISASTER. RATHER HE MUST SEAL THE TESTIMONY OF YAHWEH (ISAIAH 8:11). In the light of this f...
Isaiah 8:13 I. The whole subject of Godhead is one of awe, and if of awe, then "dread." The more you know of God, the more you feel the unfathomableness of the mystery of Godhead. And all mystery is...
CONTENTS: Predictions of the Syrian invasion and of the desolations of Judah and Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Israel, Uriah, Zechariah, Maher, Shalal-hash-baz, Rezin, sons of Remaliah. CONCLUSION: If a n...
Isaiah 8:1. _Take thee a great roll._ Lowth reads, a large mirror. The Chaldaic has _scripturam claram,_ a fair writing, which might be on a polished plate; but the Versions read as the English. Isaia...
_Neither fear ye their fear._ Sanctify the Lord of hosts Himself SANCTIFYING THE LORD To sanctify Jehovah is in mind and in practice to recognise Him as the holy God, the Lord who is absolute, free...
_For the Lord spake thus to me_ GOD’S OVERPOWERING HAND The hand is the absolute Hand which, when it is laid upon a man, overpowers all his perception, feeling, and thinking. (_F. Delitzsch, D. D._...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 8:11 The holy God, who is the SANCTUARY for frightened human beings who turn to him, is also the SNARE for those who do not fear him....
“HALLOWED BE THY NAME!” Isaiah 8:13. _Sanctify the Lord of hosts Himself; and let Him be your fear, &c._ I. WHAT IS IT TO “SANCTIFY THE LORD OF HOSTS HIMSELF”? It is, 1. To fill our minds with righ...
THREATENED, BUT SAFE Isaiah 8:9. _Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces, &c._ This is a shout of triumphant defiance which Ahaz and his people might have raised, had the...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 8:1 THE SIGN OF MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ. The sign of Immanuel was recondite. In its more spiritual sense it appealed to faith in an event far distant. Even in its literal import, it w...
So in chapter 8 he continues in this prediction of the Assyrian invasion. Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaia...
Genesis 31:53; Isaiah 26:3; Isaiah 26:4; Leviticus 10:3; Luke 12:5;...
Sanctify — Give him the glory of his power, and goodness, and faithfulness, by trusting to his promises. Let him — Let God, and not the kings of Syria and Israel be the object of your fear....