Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Isaiah 2:17
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.
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.
AND THE LOFTINESS ... - see the note at Isaiah 2:11. The repetition of this makes it strongly emphatic....
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)_...
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...
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)....
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...
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...
2:17 man (d-5) The _ Adam_ , 'mankind,' as ch. 6.12, 'men.'...
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...
The *Lord will not share his honour with any person or with any gods that mere men have manufactured....
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...
וְ שַׁח֙ גַּבְה֣וּת הָ אָדָ֔ם וְ שָׁפֵ֖ל
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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...
THE MAJESTY OF GOD IN HIS FINAL REVELATION...
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...
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....
Isaiah 2:17 loftiness H1365 man H120 down H7817 (H8804) haughtiness H7312 men H582 low H8213 (H8804) LORD...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
SECTION II. DENUNCIATION OF GOD'S JUDGMENTS UPON HIS PEOPLE (CH. 2-5.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 2:1 TITLE OF THE CHAPTER. It is gener
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...
Ezekiel 28:2; Isaiah 13:11; Isaiah 2:11; Jeremiah 48:29; Jeremiah
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...