Isaiah 29:1
CONTENTS The Prophet is here reproving Jerusalem, and showing their folly. Towards the close of the Chapter, the Lord gives some sweet promises to the house of Jacob.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONTENTS The Prophet is here reproving Jerusalem, and showing their folly. Towards the close of the Chapter, the Lord gives some sweet promises to the house of Jacob.... [ Continue Reading ]
W e might have been at a loss to know what the Prophet meant by Ariel, had he not himself explained its by adding, the city where David dwelt; consequently Jerusalem. The word itself is taken from a root, signifying the Lion. But the Chapter opens with a woe upon it; and it should seem, from the man... [ Continue Reading ]
Here are the same, or similar denunciations, as have been before noticed. God's judgments for men's rebellion. And what makes the whole most awful, is, that those judgments and punishments remain unsanctified. The people did indeed, when the Lord's afflictions were upon them, call upon the Lord; but... [ Continue Reading ]
All spiritual visitations which the Lord makes upon his people, are among the heaviest of his judgments. And in what an awful instance was this prediction fulfilled, and is still fulfilling, on Israel, in their rejection of Christ, the Lord of life and glory!... [ Continue Reading ]
Here the Lord comes in with sweet promises, for the Lord still favors his people, and will have mercy upon Israel. Hence, therefore, here are blessings of fruitfulness promised; blind eyes are to be opened, deaf ears to be unstopped, and humble souls shall be made joyful in the Lord: And who doth no... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
Reader! above all things, do remark how gracious the Chapter closeth. The Lord will be friends with Jacob, notwithstanding all his rebellion. The cause is assigned, the Lord redeemed Abraham, that is, in the covenant of redemption founded in Christ; and in the promise to Abraham, Jacob's seed was in... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS MY soul! learn from Jerusalem's transgressions, and from Jerusalem's sorrow, how to form proper conceptions of thy unworthiness, and the Lord's chastisement of thy sins. Surely, as in a mirror, mayest thou behold thy features, and learn from both, the sweet instructions of thy God. Well... [ Continue Reading ]