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Verse Isaiah 2:15. Isaiah 2:13....
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EVERY HIGH TOWER - Towers, or fortresses, were erected for defense and
protection. They were made on the walls of cities, for places of
observation (compare the note at Isaiah 21:5), or in places of
s...
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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)_...
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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...
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HIGH. Hebrew. _gabah._ Same word as "lofty" (Isaiah 2:11); "loftiness"
(Isaiah 2:17)....
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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...
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And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
TOWER ... WALL. Towers were often made on the walls of cities.
FENCED - strongly fortified....
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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...
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Alluding to the works and fortifications of Uzziah and Jotham (2
Chronicles 26:9; 2 Chronicles 27:3)....
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People build strong *towers and great walls to protect their cities.
But such structures are weak and unsatisfactory, when one compares
them with the powers of God’s Spirit....
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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...
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UPON EVERY HIGH TOWER. — Generic as the words are, they have a
special reference to the fortifications which were the glory of
Uzziah’s reign, and were continued by his successors (2 Chronicles
26:9;...
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וְ עַ֖ל כָּל ־מִגְדָּ֣ל גָּבֹ֑הַ וְ
עַ֖ל
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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15._And upon every lofty tower _What he adds about _towers _and _walls
_is not figurative or metaphorical. We know how men, when they think
that they are well defended, congratulate themselves that th...
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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...
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And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
Ver. 15. _And upon every high tower._] In these the Jews trusted, as
sure help in time of distress, but all in vain....
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_For the day of the Lord_ The time of God's taking vengeance on
sinners; _shall be upon every one that is proud_ To mortify and bring
him down to the dust; and _upon all the cedars of Lebanon_, &c. In...
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and upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, products of
men's ambition and pride,...
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THE MAJESTY OF GOD IN HIS FINAL REVELATION...
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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...
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To which you resorted and trusted for your defence....
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Isaiah 2:15 high H1364 tower H4026 fortified H1219 (H8803) wall H2346...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 2:12 AGAINST ALL... AGAINST EVERY. Ten times
in these verses Isaiah says that God opposes all human pride.
⇐...
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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...
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SECTION II. DENUNCIATION OF GOD'S JUDGMENTS UPON HIS PEOPLE (CH.
2-5.).
EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 2:1
TITLE OF THE CHAPTER. It is gener
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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...
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Genesis 8:22; Isaiah 25:2; Isaiah 27:10; Isaiah 36:1; Zephaniah 1:16...
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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...
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Wall — To which you trusted for your defence....