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Verse Isaiah 31:5. _PASSING OVER_ - "Leaping forward"] The generality
of interpreters observe in this place an allusion to the deliverance
which God vouchsafed to his people when he destroyed the firs...
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AS BIRDS FLYING - This is another comparison indicating substantially
the same thing as the former, that Yahweh would protect Jerusalem. The
idea here is, that He would do it in the same manner as bir...
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CHAPTER 31
The Fifth Woe Against Them that Go Down to Egypt
1. _The Egyptian Alliance condemned again (Isaiah 31:1)_ 2. _Jehovah
promises to deliver Jerusalem (Isaiah 31:4) _ All looks forward
towar...
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ISAIAH 31. THE FOLLY OF RELIANCE ON EGYPT. JERUSALEM WILL BE
PROTECTED, AND ASSYRIA OVERTHROWN.
vv. Isaiah 31:6 f. seems to be an interpolation. Isaiah 31:4 f_._
creates serious difficulties. Isaiah 3...
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AS BIRDS FLYING. As birds hovering [covering and protecting their nest
with their wings], so will, &c. The Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ is to
be thus supplied. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:1...
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Jehovah's protection of Jerusalem is expressed by a very different
figure that of birds hovering over their nests. The word for
_birds_denotes especially small, sparrow-like, birds; and its use here
m...
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DISCOURSE: 905
GOD THE PROTECTOR OF HIS PEOPLE
Isaiah 31:4. _Thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and
the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is
called forth...
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3. SWORD
TEXT: Isaiah 31:1-9
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Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and
trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they
are very strong, but they lo...
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As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem;
defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve
it.
AS BIRDS FLYING, SO WILL THE LORD OF HOSTS DEFEND JERUSALEM. A...
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1-5. Judah should trust not in Egypt, but in Jehovah.
6-9. The wonderful deliverance from the Assyrian....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD DEFENDS *JERUSALEM
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 31 TO 39
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 31
NUMBERS ARE NOT EVERYTHING
V1 *Woe to people who are appealing to Egypt for help!...
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AS BIRDS FLYING... — The picture that follows (Æschylean, as the
former was Homeric; see “Æsch. _Agam._ 49-54, though there the
point is the wailing of the parent birds over the plundered nest) is,
at...
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כְּ צִפֳּרִ֣ים עָפֹ֔ות כֵּ֗ן יָגֵ֛ן
יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֹ֖ות עַל
־יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם גָּנֹ֥ון וְ הִצִּ֖יל
פָּסֹ֥חַ וְ
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CHAPTER XIV
THREE TRUTHS ABOUT GOD
ABOUT 702 B.C.
Isaiah 31:1
CHAPTER 31, which forms an appendage to Chapter s 29 and 30, can
scarcely be reckoned among the more important prophecies of Isaiah. I...
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A NOBLER FUTURE FOR THE NATION
Isaiah 31:1-9; Isaiah 32:1-8
Isaiah continues to denounce the contemplated alliance with Egypt. His
compatriots put their trust in horses and chariots, and refused the...
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The prophet again denounces the alliance with Egypt. He declares that
the sin of it is a false trust consequent on the chosen people tuning
their back on Jehovah. The folly of it is manifest in the fa...
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_Over. He will protect Jerusalem, notwithstanding the menaces of
Sennacherib, as he did his people from the destroying angel._...
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Here the Lord condescends to make use of two beautiful similitudes, to
point out his watchfulness over his people. The strength of the lion,
and the solicitude of the bird, are brought in view in proo...
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5._As birds that fly. _This is the second comparison, by which the
Prophet shews how great care the Lord takes of us, and how earnestly
he is bent on making us happy. It is taken from _birds_, which a...
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The folly of trusting in an arm of flesh is again pointed out, but
only while dwelling on the true means of deliverance. Jehovah at
Jerusalem would be in the midst of the nations as a lion among the
s...
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AS BIRDS FLYING, SO WILL THE LORD OF HOSTS DEFEND JERUSALEM,.... As
the preceding metaphor expresses the mighty power of God, this his
tenderness and affection, as well as his speed and swiftness in t...
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As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending
also he will deliver [it; and] passing over he will preserve it.
Ver. 5. _As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts._] This is...
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_For_, or _but_ or, _nevertheless, thus hath the Lord spoken_ That is,
although you have done evil in sending to Egypt for help, and they
will not be able to help you, yet the Lord will of his own gra...
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As birds flying, fluttering over a brood of fledglings, SO WILL THE
LORD OF HOSTS DEFEND JERUSALEM, hovering over its inhabitants with
anxious care; DEFENDING ALSO HE WILL DELIVER IT, AND PASSING OVER...
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1-5 God will oppose the help sought from workers of iniquity. Sinners
may be convicted of folly by plain and self-evident truths, which they
cannot deny, but will not believe. There is no escaping the...
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AS BIRDS FLYING; which come from above, and so cannot be kept off;
which fly swiftly, and engage themselves Valiantly and resolutely,
when they perceive that their young ones are in eminent danger. He...
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Isaiah 31:5 birds H6833 flying H5774 (H8802) LORD H3068 hosts H6635
defend H1598 (H8686) Jerusalem H3389 Defending H1598 (H8800) deliver
H5337 (H8689) over H6452 (H8800) preserve H4422 (H8689)
birds...
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IN THE END IT IS YAHWEH WHO WILL DELIVER HIS PEOPLE (ISAIAH 31:4).
Isaiah points out that God is not afraid of the rantings of Assyria.
Rather He will come to act on behalf of His people as He did at...
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CONTENTS: Judah again warned against the Egyptian alliance. Jehovah's
defense of Jerusalem.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: It is gross absurdity to forsake the Rock of Ages for
broken reeds. If men wi...
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Isaiah 31:1. _Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help._ This was a
sin in open defiance of the law. Deuteronomy 28:68. It was a great
revolt of unbelief, because it distrusted the Lord, and all his...
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_As birds flying_
THREE PICTURES OF ONE REALITY
I. THE VERY STRIKING AND BEAUTIFUL PICTURES. There are three of them.
1. “As birds flying,” &c. The original shows that it is the
mother-bird that is...
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A PROTECTED LIFE
As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts protect Jerusalem. Isaiah
31:5.
Did you ever hear of certain great families in which there were
traditions handed down from one generatio...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 31:1
A FURTHER WARNING AGAINST SEEKING THE ALLIANCE OF EGYPT. This prophecy
seems to be quite independent of the last (Isaiah 30:1). It may have
been given earlier or later. The ch...
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Shall we turn in our Bibles to Isaiah 31:1-9.
Now as a backdrop to these scriptures in Isaiah 31:1-9 is the
impending invasion of Assyria. Assyria is the world-conquering power
at the moment. Assyria...
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Deuteronomy 32:11; Exodus 12:27; Exodus 19:4; Isaiah 10:14; Psalms
37:40; Psalms 46:5; Psalms 91:4...
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As birds — Which come from above, and so cannot be kept off; which
fly swiftly, and engage resolutely, when their young ones are in
danger. Passing over — The destroying angel shall pass over
Jerusale...