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Verse Isaiah 44:14. _HE HEWETH HIM DOWN _- "He heweth down"] For
לכרת _lichroth_, the _Septuagint_ and _Vulgate_ read כרת
_carath_ or יכרת _yichroth_....
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HE HEWETH HIM DOWN CEDARS - In the previous verses, the prophet had
described the formation of an axe with which the work was to be done
Isaiah 44:12, and the laying out, and carving of the idol Isaia...
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CHAPTER 44
Jehovah Continues to Speak
1. _Spiritual blessings promised by the gift of the Spirit (Isaiah
44:1)_ 2. _Jehovah the First and the Last (Isaiah 44:6)_ 3. _Idolatry
rebuked (Isaiah 44:9)_ 4...
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ISAIAH 44:6; ISAIAH 44:21. THE INCOMPARABLENESS OF YAHWEH, WHO REDEEMS
ISRAEL. Yahweh of (the heavenly) Hosts (Genesis 2:1 *, 1 Samuel 1:3 *)
asserts His uniqueness, challenging any who claim to have...
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Isaiah 44:6-23. The Reality of Jehovah's Godhead, evinced by His
Predictions, and contrasted with the manifold absurdities of Idolatry
The passage, which is merely a restatement of ideas already expr...
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b. SHOWS THE FRAUDULENCE OF FALSE GODS
TEXT: Isaiah 44:9-20
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They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the
things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses...
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He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which
he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he
planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
Description of the...
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44:14 terebinth (n-14) Or 'oak.' himself (o-19) Lit. 'and he maketh
[it] strong for himself.' see Psalms 80:17 . Others explain it in the
sense of allowing the tree to grow to its full size and streng...
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THE IMPOTENCE OF IDOLS
1-23. The reproach of God's people shall be entirely removed. Jehovah
the Eternal, who rules the events of history, contrasted with the
futile gods of the heathen.
24-28. This...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD PROMISES COMFORT TO HIS PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 40 TO 48
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 44
The connection between Chapter s 43 and 44 is similar to the
connection...
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HE HEWETH HIM DOWN CEDARS. — The manufacture is traced further back,
possibly by way of protest against the belief current in all nations
that some archaic image had fallen from heaven (Acts 19:35). T...
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לִ כְרָת ־לֹ֣ו אֲרָזִ֔ים וַ יִּקַּ֤ח
תִּרְזָה֙ וְ אַלֹּ֔ון וַ יְאַמֶּץ
־לֹ֖ו בַּ עֲצֵי...
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Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 46:1; Isaiah 47:1; Isaiah 48:1
CHAPTER IX
FOUR POINTS OF A TRUE RELIGION
Isaiah 43:1 - Isaiah 48:1
WE have now surveyed the governing truths of Isaiah 40:1; Isaia
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THE FOLLY OF IDOLATRY
Isaiah 44:12-20
We are here conducted to a metal idol factory, Isaiah 44:12. As we
enter, we are forewarned that we shall find the workmen vain, and
their delectable things unp...
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The beginning of this chapter (verses Isa 44:1-5) contains the
gracious promise of the outpouring of the Spirit of God, and a
description of the blessing of refreshment and renewal which will come
to...
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What a fine contrast does this view of the dung-hill god of a man's
own creating, form with what went before, in which the glory of
Jehovah is so sublimely set forth! If there were not facts existing...
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14._He shall cut down for himself: _The Prophet expresses not only the
zeal and furious eagerness of idolaters, but also their rebellion and
obstinacy; for when he says that they _cut down cedars _and...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 44 AND 45.
Jehovah now reasons with His people whom He had formed from the womb,
encourages them, promises them His Spirit. Their children shall spring
up as...
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HE HEWETH HIM DOWN CEDARS, AND TAKETH THE CYPRESS AND THE OAK,.... To
make gods of, trees both pleasant and durable, but all unfruitful:
WHICH HE STRENGTHENETH FOR HIMSELF AMONG THE TREES OF THE FORE...
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He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which
he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he
planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish [it].
Ver. 14. _He hewet...
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_The smith_, &c. “The sacred writers,” says Bishop Lowth, “are
generally large and eloquent upon the subject of idolatry: they treat
it with great severity, and set forth the absurdity of it in the
st...
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THE VANITY OF IDOLATRY OVER AGAINST JEHOVAH...
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STRENGTHENETH:
Or, taketh courage...
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9-20 Image-making is described, to expose the folly of idolaters.
Though a man had used part of a log for fuel, he fell down before an
image made of the remainder, praying it to deliver him. Man grea...
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THE CYPRESS AND THE OAK, which afford the best and most durable
timber. WHICH HE STRENGTHENETH FOR HIMSELF AMONG THE TRESS OF THE
FOREST: the sense of the words thus rendered is, that he planteth, and...
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Isaiah 44:14 down H3772 (H8800) cedars H730 takes H3947 (H8799)
cypress H8645 oak H437 secures H553 (H8762) trees H6086 forest H3293
plants H5193 (H8804) pine H766 rain H1653 nourishes H1431 (H8762)...
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ISAIAH REVEALS THE FOLLY OF IDOLATRY (ISAIAH 44:10).
Note the contrast of this passage with what precedes it. Isaiah brings
out that while it is Yahweh Who formed Israel, the idol is merely
fashioned...
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Isaiah 44:1. _Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I
have chosen: Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from
the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my Servant;...
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CONTENTS: The promise of the Spirit and the coming restoration. The
folly of idolatry.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Cyrus.
CONCLUSION: There is no God besides Jehovah. He is infinite and
therefore...
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Isaiah 44:5. _Another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord._
This phrase is somewhat obscure; it is not said whether they signed a
covenant, or imprinted some mark on their hand. The latter sen...
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_They that make a graven image_
THE VANITY OF GRAVEN IMAGES
Substituting homely prose for glowing poetry we may, after a fashion,
reduce the prophet’s thought to propositions like the following--
1...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 44:14 The false gods depend on human purpose
for their existence.
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IDOL-MAKERS
Isaiah 44:9. _They that make a graven image, &c._
What have we in this section of this chapter? An effective exposure of
the folly of a practice that was almost universal! A fact in itsel...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 44:1
A PROPHECY OF ISRAEL'S SPIRITUAL RECOVERY AND REGENERATION. This
section is closely connected with Isaiah 43:1; of which it ought to
form the conclusion. The prophet cannot be...
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Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: Thus
saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which
will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesh...
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Habakkuk 2:19; Hosea 4:12; Isaiah 40:20; Jeremiah 10:3...
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Oak — Which afford the best and most durable timber. Strengtheneth
— He plants, and with care and diligence improves those trees, that
he or his posterity may thence have materials for their images, a...