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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Isaiah
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 475,677 words · 701 reading sections
Isaiah 17:11
Isaiah 17:11 Ver. 11. In the day shall thou make thy plant to grow,.... Not that it is in the power of man to make it grow; but the sense is, that all means and methods should be used to make it grow, no cost nor pains should be spared: and in the morning shall thou make thy seed to flourish; which may denote both di…
1,196 wordsSECTION 182Isaiah 18:1
Isaiah 18:1 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 18 This chapter is a prophecy of the desolation of a land or country, described by the wings with which it was shaded, and by the rivers by which it was situated, Isa 18:1 by its messengers and message to another nation, which is also described, Isa 18:2 all the nations of the world…
769 wordsSECTION 183Isaiah 18:2
Isaiah 18:2 Ver. 2. That sendeth ambassadors by the sea,.... The Red Sea, which washed the coasts of Egypt and Ethiopia, and which were united into one kingdom under Sabacus, or So the Ethiopian, called king of Egypt, 2Ki 17:4 and this kingdom, or rather the king of it, is here described as sending ambassadors by sea …
996 wordsSECTION 184Isaiah 18:3
Isaiah 18:3 Ver. 3. All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth,.... All the men of the world are here called upon, either by the Lord, or rather by the prophet, to be eye and ear witnesses of the judgment that should be inflicted upon the above nation, and of the salvation of his own people; which shou…
305 wordsSECTION 185Isaiah 18:4
Isaiah 18:4 Ver. 4. For so the Lord said unto me,.... The prophet Isaiah, both what goes before, and follows after: I will take my rest; these are not the words of the prophet, as some think, like those of Habakkuk, Hab 2:1 but of the Lord himself, signifying that he would, as he always did, enjoy himself, amidst all…
548 wordsSECTION 186Isaiah 18:5
Isaiah 18:5 Ver. 5. For afore the harvest,.... Or vintage: the above metaphor is carried on; before the designs and schemes of the people above described are ripe for execution, who promised themselves a large harvest of their neighbours: when the bud is perfect; when the bud of the vine is become a perfect grape, th…
350 wordsSECTION 187Isaiah 18:6
Isaiah 18:6 Ver. 6. They shall be left, together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth,.... That is, both sprigs and branches; with the fruit of them, which being unripe, are disregarded by men, but fed upon by birds and beasts; the fruits by the former, and the tender sprigs and green branch…
211 wordsSECTION 188Isaiah 18:7
Isaiah 18:7 Ver. 7. In that time shall the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts,.... Not exactly at the time when this destruction should be, but some time after, even in Gospel times; for to them this part of the prophecy refers: of a people scattered and peeled; this explains what the present is, that shall be…
400 wordsSECTION 189Isaiah 19:1
Isaiah 19:1 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 19 This chapter contains prophecies of various calamities that should come upon Egypt in a short time, and of the conversion of many of them to Christ in Gospel times. The calamities are many; the Lord's coming unto them, which their gods cannot prevent, nor stand before, nor save t…
942 wordsSECTION 190Isaiah 19:2
Isaiah 19:2 Ver. 2. And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians,.... Or mingle and confound them together; in which confusion they should fall upon and destroy one another, as the Midianites did: the phrase is expressive of rebellions and civil wars, as the following words explain it; and which show, that the c…
398 wordsSECTION 191Isaiah 19:3
Isaiah 19:3 Ver. 3. And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof,.... Meaning not the spirit of valour and courage, that is expressed before, but of wisdom, prudence, and understanding; the wisdom of Egypt, in which Moses is said to be brought up, Ac 7:22 was famous all the world over; hither men of learnin…
268 wordsSECTION 192Isaiah 19:4
Isaiah 19:4 Ver. 4. And the Egyptians will I give over into the hands of a cruel lord,.... Not of Sennacherib king of Assyria, which way go many interpreters, both Christian and Jewish, as Aben Ezra, Jarchi, and Kimchi; nor of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, as in Jer 46:25 but either of the twelve tyrants that rose u…
242 wordsSECTION 193Isaiah 19:5
Isaiah 19:5 Ver. 5. And the waters shall fail from the sea,.... Which Kimchi understands figuratively of the destruction of the Egyptians by the king of Assyria, compared to the drying up of the waters of the Nile; and others think that the failure of their trade by sea is meant, which brought great revenues into the …
239 wordsSECTION 194Isaiah 19:6
Isaiah 19:6 Ver. 6. And they shall turn the rivers far away,.... The river Nile, called "rivers", the plural for the singular, because of the abundance of water in it; or its seven streams, with other rivulets, derived from it. Some make the "they" here to refer to the kings of Egypt, and interpret the words of some p…
479 wordsSECTION 195Isaiah 19:7
Isaiah 19:7 Ver. 7. The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks,.... Not at the fountain or origin of the Nile and its streams, but by the sides thereof; on the banks of which grew a reed or rush, called by the Greeks "papyrus" and "biblus"; from whence come the words "paper" and "bible", or book, of whi…
654 wordsSECTION 196Isaiah 19:8
Isaiah 19:8 Ver. 8. The fishers also shall mourn,.... Because there will be no fish to catch, the waters of the river being dried up, and so will have none to sell, and nothing to support themselves and families with; and this must also affect the people in general, fish being the common food they lived upon, see Nu 1…
243 wordsSECTION 197Isaiah 19:9
Isaiah 19:9 Ver. 9. Moreover they that work in fine flax,.... Of which they made fine linen cloth, and yarn, and was much wore by the Egyptians, and was the commodity of the country, and for which other nations traded with them, 1Ki 10:28 but now would have no flax to work, that being withered and gone which was sown …
346 wordsSECTION 198Isaiah 19:10
Isaiah 19:10 Ver. 10. And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof,.... Meaning either the persons that work in flax, or in making nets; who shall be disappointed in their views, expectations, and designs, in bringing them to a good market, since there will be no buyers. The word for "purposes" signifies foundatio…
344 wordsSECTION 199Isaiah 19:11
Isaiah 19:11 Ver. 11. Surely the princes of Zoan [are] fools,.... Zoan was a very ancient city of Egypt, it was built within seven years of Hebron in the land of Judah, Nu 13:22 here it was that the Lord did those miracles, by the hands of Moses and Aaron, before Pharaoh and his people, in order to oblige him to let I…
4,977 wordsSECTION 200Isaiah 20:1
Isaiah 20:1 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 20 This chapter contains a prophecy of the destruction of the Egyptians and Ethiopians by the Assyrians, which had been prophesied of separately in the two preceding chapters Isa 18:1, and now conjunctly in this: the time of it is given, Isa 20:1 the sign of it, the prophet's walkin…
538 wordsSECTION 201Isaiah 20:2
Isaiah 20:2 Ver. 2. At the same time spake the Lord by Isaiah the son of Amoz,.... Or, "by the hand of Isaiah", by his means; and it was to him likewise, as the following words show; and so the Septuagint version renders it; he spoke by him, by the sign he used, according to his order, and he spoke to him to use the s…
283 wordsSECTION 202Isaiah 20:3
Isaiah 20:3 Ver. 3. And the Lord said,.... Here follows the explanation of the sign, and the accommodation of it to the thing signified by it: like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot; not wholly naked, for that would have been very indecent and dangerous indeed; but without his upper garment, as Saul…
283 wordsSECTION 203Isaiah 20:4
Isaiah 20:4 Ver. 4. So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives,.... As beasts are led or driven, being taken prisoners, and carried captive by the king of Assyria, namely Sargon, whoever is intended by him: young and old; without any regard to age, sparing none for the…
148 wordsSECTION 204Isaiah 20:5
Isaiah 20:5 Ver. 5. And they shall be afraid and ashamed,.... That is, those that trusted and depended upon the Egyptians and Ethiopians, particularly the Jews after mentioned, shall be "afraid" that it will be their turn next, that they also shall be taken and carried captive; and they shall be "ashamed" that they ha…
151 wordsSECTION 205Isaiah 20:6
Isaiah 20:6 Ver. 6. And the inhabitants of this isle shall say, in that day,.... Not of Ashdod, Isa 20:1 or the isle of Caphtor, Jer 47:4 but the land of Israel, as both Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it; so called, because it bordered on the sea, as such countries are sometimes called isles; see Jer 25:22. Ben Melech in…
247 wordsSECTION 206Isaiah 21:1
Isaiah 21:1 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 21 This chapter contains prophecies against Babylon, Idumea, and Arabia. The prophecy against Babylon is called "the burden of the desert of the sea"; whose enemies are described by the fierce manner of their coming, and by the land from whence they came, Isa 21:1 which vision being…
873 wordsSECTION 207Isaiah 21:2
Isaiah 21:2 Ver. 2. A grievous vision is declared unto me,.... The prophet; meaning the vision of Babylon's destruction, which was "hard", as the word signifies, and might seem harsh and cruel; not to him, nor to the Jews, but to the Chaldeans: the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth; t…
597 wordsSECTION 208Isaiah 21:3
Isaiah 21:3 Ver. 3. Therefore are my loins filled with pain,.... As a woman at the time of childbirth, as the following words show: these words are spoken by the prophet, not with respect to himself, as if he was pained at heart at the prophecy and vision he had of the ruin of Babylon, since that was a mortal enemy of…
242 wordsSECTION 209Isaiah 21:4
Isaiah 21:4 Ver. 4. My heart panted,.... Fluttered about, and could hardly keep its place: or, "my mind wandered" {r}; like a person in distraction and confusion, that knew not what to think say or do: fearfulness affrighted me; the terror of Cyrus's army seized him, of its irruption into the city, and of his being d…
259 wordsSECTION 210Isaiah 21:5
Isaiah 21:5 Ver. 5. Prepare the table,.... Set it, spread it, furnish it with all kind of provisions, as at a feast; and such an one Belshazzar made, the night the city was taken: these words are directed to him by his courtiers or queen, as represented by the prophet, in order to remove his fears; see Da 5:10: watch…
427 wordsSECTION 211Isaiah 21:6
Isaiah 21:6 Ver. 6. For thus hath the Lord said unto me,.... This is a confirmation of the above prophecy from the Lord himself, he showing to the prophet, in a visionary way, the ruin of Babylon, and the means and instruments of it: go, set a watchman; not Habakkuk, as Jarchi; nor Urias, as the Septuagint; nor Jerem…
140 wordsSECTION 212Isaiah 21:7
Isaiah 21:7 Ver. 7. And he saw a chariot [with] a couple of horsemen,.... The drivers of it, or the riders in it; perhaps meaning Cyrus and Darius: a chariot of asses, [and] a chariot of camels; by the former may be meant the Persians, who very much used mules or asses; and the Medes by the latter, who abounded in ca…
244 wordsSECTION 213Isaiah 21:8
Isaiah 21:8 Ver. 8. And he cried, a lion,.... That is, the watchman cried, a lion, or that he saw a lion; not Uriah the priest, as the Septuagint; nor Habakkuk, as some Jewish writers; but Cyrus, at the head of the Persian and Median armies, compared to a lion for his fierceness, courage, and strength; see 2Ti 4:17 a …
201 wordsSECTION 214Isaiah 21:9
Isaiah 21:9 Ver. 9. And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men,.... Or "of a man" {x}; a chariot with a man in it, Cyrus or Darius: [with] a couple of horsemen; the army of the Medes and Persians, with their two leaders or generals, as before; only now seen nearer the city, just entering into it; for so the word may b…
288 wordsSECTION 215Isaiah 21:10
Isaiah 21:10 Ver. 10. O my threshing, and the corn of my floor,.... Which may be understood either of the Babylonians, now threshed or punished by the Lord, and whom he had made use of as instruments for the punishment of others; or rather of the people of the Jews, whom the prophet calls "his", as being his countryme…
273 wordsSECTION 216Isaiah 21:11
Isaiah 21:11 Ver. 11. The burden of Dumah,.... Whether this prophecy concerns the Edomites or Idumeans, or whether the Arabians, particularly the Dumean Arabians, is a question, since Dumah was a son of Ishmael, Ge 25:14 and there was a place in Arabia called Dumatha {y}; and Aben Ezra and Kimchi interpret it here of …
2,586 wordsSECTION 217Isaiah 22:1
Isaiah 22:1 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 22 This chapter contains two prophecies, one concerning the invasion of Judah and Jerusalem, not by the Medes and Persians, but by the Assyrian army, under which they served; and the other of the removal of Shebna, an officer in Hezekiah's court, and of the placing of Eliakim in his…
839 wordsSECTION 218Isaiah 22:2
Isaiah 22:2 Ver. 2. Thou art full of stirs,.... Or, "wast full of stirs"; through the multitude of people walking about in it, and the vast hurry of business done in it; but now all hush and quiet, the streets clear of people, and the shops shut up, and all got up to the housetops for shelter; or, "full of noises" {l}…
279 wordsSECTION 219Isaiah 22:3
Isaiah 22:3 Ver. 3. All thy rulers are fled together,.... Either the rulers of Jerusalem, civil and ecclesiastical, that should have been at the head of the people, and have encouraged them, fled together to the housetops, or to the temple and strongholds; or the generals and officers of their militia, one and all of …
279 wordsSECTION 220Isaiah 22:4
Isaiah 22:4 Ver. 4. Therefore said I,.... Not God to the ministering angels, as Jarchi; but the prophet to those that were about him, his relations, friends, and acquaintance: look away from me; turn away from me, look another way; cease from me, let me alone; leave me to myself, that I may weep in secret, take my fi…
195 wordsSECTION 221Isaiah 22:5
Isaiah 22:5 Ver. 5. For [it is] a day of trouble,.... To Hezekiah, and also Jerusalem, and all the inhabitants of the land: and of treading down; the people of it by Sennacherib's army, like mire in the streets, when their cities were taken by him: and of perplexity by the Lord of hosts in the valley of vision; in J…
187 wordsSECTION 222Isaiah 22:6
Isaiah 22:6 Ver. 6. And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men [and] horsemen,.... Or the Elamites, as the Targum and Septuagint, that is, the Persians, who were at this time subject to the Assyrians, and served in Sennacherib's army, which consisted of many nations; see Isa 29:7 these bore the quiver, a case for a…
326 wordsSECTION 223Isaiah 22:7
Isaiah 22:7 Ver. 7. And it shall come to pass, [that] thy choicest valleys,.... The valleys that were near Jerusalem, that used to be covered with the choicest corn or vines, or with grass and flocks of sheep, and used to be exceeding delightful and pleasant: shall be full of chariots; where they can be more easily d…
137 wordsSECTION 224Isaiah 22:8
Isaiah 22:8 Ver. 8. And he discovered the covering of Judah,.... Either God himself, who uncloaked them of their hypocrisy, as Dr. Lightfoot; or took away his power and presence from them, and his protection of them, and discovered their weakness; or rather the enemy Sennacherib: and then by the covering is meant, not…
249 wordsSECTION 225Isaiah 22:9
Isaiah 22:9 Ver. 9. Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many,.... Not Jerusalem in general, but that part of it which was called the stronghold of Zion, and in particular had the name of the city of David, 2Sa 5:7 the fortifications of which, in times of peace, had gone to decay; and whi…
261 wordsSECTION 226Isaiah 22:10
Isaiah 22:10 Ver. 10. And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem,.... To know what number of men were in them, and how many could be spared to do duty, either as watchmen or soldiers; or to know how to levy the tax, and what money they would be able to raise, to defray the charge of the defence of the city; or to se…
242 wordsSECTION 227Isaiah 22:11
Isaiah 22:11 Ver. 11. Ye made also a ditch between the two walls,.... The outward and the inward; for Hezekiah not only repaired the broken wall, but he built another without, 2Ch 32:5 and between these two he made a ditch, or receptacle for water; for rain water, as Kimchi says; that the inhabitants might not want wa…
5,106 wordsSECTION 228Isaiah 23:1
Isaiah 23:1 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 23 This chapter gives an account both of the desolation and restoration of Tyre, an ancient city of Phoenicia. Its desolation is described as so complete, that a house was not left in it, Isa 23:1 and by the fewness and stillness of the inhabitants of it, with which it had been repl…
1,339 wordsSECTION 229Isaiah 23:2
Isaiah 23:2 Ver. 2. Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle,.... Either the isles of Chittim, or other islands that traded with Tyre, the singular being put for the plural, called upon to grieve and mourn, because the city of their merchandise was destroyed, as Kimchi; or of Tyre itself, which being situated at some dist…
278 wordsSECTION 230Isaiah 23:3
Isaiah 23:3 Ver. 3. And by great waters the seed of Sihor,.... Sihor is the river Nile in Egypt; it had its name from the black colour of its waters, as in Jer 2:18 hence called by the Greeks Melas, and by the Latins Melo: the "seed" of it intends what was sown and grew upon the banks of it, or was nourished by the ov…
266 wordsSECTION 231Isaiah 23:4
Isaiah 23:4 Ver. 4. Be thou ashamed, O Zidon,.... A city near to Tyre, about twenty five miles from it; Jarchi says it was within a day's walk of it; these two cities, as they were near to each other, so they were closely allied together, and traded much with one another, so that the fall of Tyre must be distressing a…
327 wordsSECTION 232Isaiah 23:5
Isaiah 23:5 Ver. 5. As at the report concerning Egypt,.... Its future destruction prophesied of, Isa 19:1 or what had in times past befallen it when the ten plagues were inflicted on it, and Pharaoh and his host were drowned in the Red Sea; the report of which filled the neighbouring nations with fear and trembling, a…
297 wordsSECTION 233Isaiah 23:6
Isaiah 23:6 Ver. 6. Pass ye over to Tarshish,.... Either to Tartessus in Spain, or to Tarsus in Cilicia, which lay over against them, and to which they might transport themselves, families, and substance, with greater ease; or "to a province of the sea", as the Targum, any other seaport; the Septuagint says to Carthag…
150 wordsSECTION 234Isaiah 23:7
Isaiah 23:7 Ver. 7. [Is] this your joyous [city]?.... Which the other day looked so gay, brisk, and cheerful, through the number of its inhabitants, largeness of trade, fullness of provisions, and pleasures of every kind; and now distressed and desolate, and no voice of joy and gladness heard in it: whose antiquity […
611 wordsSECTION 235Isaiah 23:8
Isaiah 23:8 Ver. 8. Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning [city],.... Which had a king over it, to whom it gave a crown; and which crowned its inhabitants with riches and plenty, and even enriched the kings of the earth, Eze 27:33 this is said as wondering who could lay a scheme to destroy such a city…
195 wordsSECTION 236Isaiah 23:9
Isaiah 23:9 Ver. 9. The Lord of hosts hath purposed it,.... To destroy Tyre; who is wonderful in counsel, capable of forming a wise scheme, and able to put it in execution; being the Lord of armies in heaven and in earth: and his end in it was, to stain the pride of all glory; Tyre being proud of its riches, the exte…
260 wordsSECTION 237Isaiah 23:10
Isaiah 23:10 Ver. 10. Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish,.... Or, "of the sea", as the Vulgate Latin; meaning Tyre, which was situated in the sea, and did, as it were, spring from it, and was fortified by it, and supported by ships of merchandise on it, from various places; but now, being about t…
343 wordsSECTION 238Isaiah 23:11
Isaiah 23:11 Ver. 11. He stretched out his hand over the sea,.... That is, the Lord of hosts, who had purposed to destroy Tyre, stretched out his hand of power over it, called the sea, as in Isa 23:4 because situated in it, supported by it, and had the sovereignty of it; in like manner as he stretched out his hand on …
2,581 wordsSECTION 239Isaiah 24:1
Isaiah 24:1 INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 24 This chapter contains a prophecy of calamities that should come upon the whole world, and the inhabitants of it, for their sins; of the preservation of a remnant; of the visitation of the kings of the earth; and of the appearance of Christ in his glory and majesty. The miserable …
697 wordsSECTION 240Isaiah 24:2
Isaiah 24:2 Ver. 2. And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest,.... Or, "prince" {p}; no order or rank of men will fare better than another; their dignity, in things civil or ecclesiastical, will not secure them from ruin; it will be no better with princes and priests than the common people; they shall al…
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