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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 33:2

O Lord, be gracious... — Faith transforms itself into prayer. The prophet will still “wait” upon God. In the change of person, “their arm,” “our salvation,” we hear the very words of the prayer as it was spoken, the first referring to the soldiers who were to fight the battles of their country, the second to the non-combatants who were assembled with Isaiah in supplication.

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See also Isaiah 33:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 33:2. _BE THOU THEIR ARM EVERY MORNING_ - "Be thou our strength every morning"] For זרעם _zeroam, their arm_, the _Syriac, Chaldee_, and _Vulgate_ read זרענו _zeroenu, our arm_, in the fi...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    O LORD - This is a solemn prayer to Yahweh, made by the Jews in the apprehension of the invasion of the Assyrian. It is not meant that this prayer was actually offered, but it is a prophetic represent...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 33 Sixth Woe Against the Assyrian and What Is to Follow 1. _The judgment announced (Isaiah 33:1)_ 2. _The prayer of the faithful remnant (Isaiah 33:2)_ 3. _The judgment executed (Isaiah 33:7)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 33. DENUNCIATION OF THE TREACHEROUS FOE. ZION'S EXTREMITY, YAHWEH'S OPPORTUNITY. If Isaiah's, the date is apparently 701, and the situation presupposed is Sennacherib's demand for unconditional...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ARM. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause) for the strength and defense put forth by it. EVERY MORNING: i.e. continually....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The nation's prayer to Jehovah. The writer seems to make himself the spokesman of the community, a thing which Isaiah rarely does (see Isaiah 32:15); nowhere, as here, in a prayer. Cheyne, however, su...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    O LORD, BE GRACIOUS UNTO US— In this apostrophe to God, the first part contains the supplication; the other, the salvation obtained in consequence thereof. In the supplication there is that difference...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. SUBJUGATION TEXT: Isaiah 33:1-12 1 Woe to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to destr...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-12. The deliverance of Jerusalem from the Invader. 13-24. The Consequences of the Interposition of Jehovah for those that dwell in the City....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THEIR ARM] viz. Jerusalem's defenders'....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 33 A PRAYER FOR HELP V1 *Woe to our enemies! They ruined and cheated other people. Al...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יְהוָ֥ה חָנֵּ֖נוּ לְךָ֣ קִוִּ֑ינוּ הֱיֵ֤ה זְרֹעָם֙...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXI OUR GOD A CONSUMING FIRE 701 B.C. Isaiah 33:1 WE have seen how the sense of forgiveness and the exultant confidence, which fill chapter 33, were brought about within a few months after...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    GOD EXALTED IN JUDGMENT Isaiah 33:1-12 Here we have the final prediction against Sennacherib. He had dealt very treacherously by returning against Jerusalem, though he had taken a heavy ransom to lea...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This chapter celebrates a great victory, and is prophetic of the method of the final triumph. In the first thirteen verses we have the prophet's appeal, in which there are two movements. In the first...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (d) O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for thee: be thou (e) their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. (d) He declares by this what is the chief refuge of the faithfu...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Morning. Speedily. Hebrew, "mornings," or every day. Ezechias thus addressed God._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    What a sweet, though short prayer! And if it refers to the former history of the invasion of Samaria, by the king of Assyria, how speedily was it answered....

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    2._O Jehovah, have pity upon us. _This sentiment was added by the Prophet, in order to remind the godly where they ought to go amidst such distresses, even when they shall appear to be deprived of all...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 33 AND 34. Chapter s 33, 34 announce the last two great acts of judgment. At the moment when God establishes Himself in Zion, and fills it with righteousness,...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    O LORD, BE GRACIOUS UNTO US,.... This is a prayer of the church under the persecutions of antichrist, imploring the grace and favour of God in their miserable and distressed circumstances; desiring hi...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. Ver. 2. _O Lord, be gracious unto us._] _Brevicula sed pulchra precat...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _O Lord, be gracious unto us_ The prophet and the pious Jews, contemplating the calamity coming upon their country, here direct their prayer unto God for themselves and their people. _Be thou their ar...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PUNISHMENT STRIKES THE ADVERSARY...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    O Lord, be gracious unto us! For the grace and mercy of tile heavenly Father is the believers' only stay. WE HAVE WAITED FOR THEE, trustfully expecting the help which He alone can give; BE THOU THEIR...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-14 Here we have the proud and false destroyer justly reckoned with for all his fraud and violence. The righteous God often pays sinners in their own coin. Those who by faith humbly wait for God, sh...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    O LORD, BE GRACIOUS UNTO US; the prophet contemplating the judgment which was now coming upon God's people, directeth his prayer to God for them. THEIR ARM; our arm or strength. The change of persons...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 33:2 LORD H3068 gracious H2603 (H8798) waited H6960 (H8765) arm H2220 morning H1242 salvation H3444 time...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 33 THE SIXTH WOE AGAINST THOSE WHO DESPOIL OTHERS AND WHO ARE TREACHEROUS. The sixth woe seems in context to be directed against Assyria for some treacherous act. We can compare and contrast h...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE GREAT DELIVERANCE AT JERUSALEM (ISAIAH 33:1). Assyria is chided for its greed and treachery, and Yahweh's people plead for deliverance. But the invasion is going forward and the spoil is being gat...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The distress of Judah and Jerusalem because of coming woes. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The righteous God pays sinners in their own coin. When they have filled up the measure of their ini...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 33:1. _Woe to thee,_ thou spoiler, who hast not been spoiled; _AND THOU PLUNDERER, WHO HAST NOT BEEN PLUNDERED._ When thou hast ceased to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; When thou art weary of...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _O Lord, be gracious unto us_ AN APPROPRIATE PRAYER They pray-- 1. For those that were employed in military services for them. “Be Thou their arm every morning.” In our spiritual warfare our own ha...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 33:2 This verse expresses the trust in God that Isaiah is calling for. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE SAINT’S ATTITUDE IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE Isaiah 33:2. _O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for Thee: be Thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble_. Like its p...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    SECTION X. A PROPHECY OF JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA (Isaiah 33:1.). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 33:1 THE JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now chapter 33 begins with a warning to the Assyrians. Woe unto thee that spoilest, and you have not been spoiled; you that deal treacherously, you've not been dealt treacherously with! (Isaiah 33:1)...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 1:4; Exodus 14:27; Hosea 14:2;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    O Lord — The prophet contemplating the judgment which was now coming upon God's people, directs his prayer to God for them. Their arm — Our arm or strength. The change of persons is frequent in prophe...

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