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The Pulpit Commentary — Isaiah — Volume 2
George Rawlinson [1812-1902] · 439,033 words · 488 reading sections
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reo.cbee to the depths of our being, Not forsaken. The same Isaiah is here. We feel ~in. Israel folt it.. We cannot by any philosophy of heredity escape from the conscious- n~ss of personal guilt. Alone the flame burns. At night the thorn pierces through the p1ll?w· Are we left to bear the great sorrow unpitied and una…
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Vers. 8, 9.-The value of security, etc. The principal lesson here is tho inestimable advantage of national independence and consequent individua.l security. But other lessons also stand out from the passage, viz.- I. THE REALITY OF KATIO:>:AL RESPONSIDILITY. It is very clearly implied that Israel had suffered griev…
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which h11s enjoyed 11nd Is ea.pa.hie of o.n independent government,-comes the summons from 11bove; "01111 forth o.11 thy powers, leave no means untried, prepare the way, make a supreme and sacrificial effort to break the bonds, to walk in the way, to reach the goal of II true 11nd lasting liberty." II. THE REWARD OF O…
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forgiven, and all decrees annulled which were issued against the sinuer while possessed of his former appellation. Accordingly, at the approach of death, the Jews were wont to change the ne.me of the dying person, e.nd the ree.son of this custom will be perceived from the following prayer offered for the dying, to w…
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Vere. 6, 7.-The worlc of the praying men amongst us. "Upon thy walls, 0 Jerusalem, I have set watchers; all day and all night they are never silent: ye that are Jehovah'e remembrancers, take ye no rest, and give no rest to him, until he establish and until he make Jerusalem a renown in the earth" (Cheyne). If the watch…
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:n the way. No good thing was ever started that dld not rouse the hlnderere. And no good thing was ever oa.rried through that did not overbear and carry away, or brush aside, tbe binderers. II. TnE WORK OF THOSE WHO REMOVE IIINDRANOES, They are either energetic men, who will not be repressed, or else men of faith in…
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EXPOSITION. blood-stained vesture of the conqueror was CHAPTER LXIII. a glory to him (Nab. ii 3; Rev. xix. 13) Vere. 1-6.-A JuDGMENT ON Im:r11211:A. -" as he travels" (or, "bends forward") in the greatness of his strength-exhibiting Isaiah had already, in the first portion of his in his movements e. mighty indomita…
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Vere. 7 - 14. - GOD PRAISED FOB ms Ver. 9.-In all their a111iotion he we.a l\lERCIES. The address opens with pure and afllioted. The "affliction " of Israel began simple thanksgiving of the most genere.l in Egypt (Gen. xv. 18), probably not long after the death of Joseph. It became an kind, God being praised for his…
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redeemed them. The "redemption" of this Nii.gelba.ch, Delitzsch, Knobel, 11,nd Mr. pe.see.ge ie proho.bly th"t from the bondage Cheyoo are in favonr of the people; Bishop of Egypt (Exod. vi. 6; xv. 13; Deut. vii. H, Lowth a.nd Dr. Kay of God. The reflec- eto.), which belonged to "the do.ye of old"- tions which follow (…
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1piritual beanty or the prayer contained in e~ilhe~n mitatum _only in the latar portion this passage. We may admit that the most of Isau1h. There 1t occurs thirteen times, prominent motive nrged by the speaker has Ver. 17.-Why hast thou made ne to err a nationdistic air; but behind this, e.nd from thy we.ye, Confess…
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be.tred posse!!ded the Edomite ne.tion during its entire ce.reer. Edom strove to debe.r Israel from entrance into the Holy Land by refusing to give them e. passage through her borders (Numb. xx. 14-21). She was always ready to join Israel's enemies, and sought perpetually to te.ke Israel at o. disadvantage (2 Kings xvi…
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Ver. 9.-God affeicted in the affeictions of his people. It is questioned by some whether God can really feel pain. Doubtless, the inner essence of the Divine nature is so far removed from us, a.nd so inscrutable by us, that answers must be given with extreme hesitation to any questions which touch that inner essence…
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HOMILIES BY V ABIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 7-9.-.An outburst_of thanksgiving. A deep heart-effusion, in which all that the religious imagination, inspired by love, ca.n suggest, is projected upon the picture of Jehovah, the redeeming God of Israel. I. Hrs LOVIKG-KINL>NESB. (Cf. eh, Iv. 3; and the Hebrew word in eh. h:iii. 7…
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Vers. 15-19.-Tlie (Jhurch's prayer. One of extreme" spiritual beauty" (Cheyne). I. THE MAJESTY OF Goo. He is contemplated as in heaven, upon" a. height of holi- ness nnd splendour;" and here, as in Ps. lxxx. 14, is besought to "luuk down and behold" as if "be had given up caring for his people, and withdrawn into his …
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v ers. 1-6.-The eai·lie:r and the later redemption. The energetic and gra.phio lan!!uagc of the text applies only in part to that Messianic kingdom to which the prophet makes such frequent reference. It obviously relates, primarily and principally, to the deliverance wrought by Jehovah in favour of his people Israel…
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Vere. 10-14.-How Godfeelsand why he acts. The revolt or disobedience of Israel is said to have "vexed [grieved) his Holy Spirit." We learn from this and from a similar expression in Eph. iv. 30- I. THE GRIEF TO WHICH Goo IS SUBJECT. Men have argued thus. God is a blessed or happy Being; he is infinite in all his attri…
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Ver, 1.-The Oonqueror from Edom. The land of Edom was the country inhabited by the descendants of Esau. 'l'he original enmity between Esau and Jacob was kept up by the two races. The Euomites were regarded by the Israelites as their hereditary enemies, and no doubt the feeling was reciprocated. The Edomites had special…
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at its gates. No one great battle comes to settle it for ever; it is an endless fiaht with an nndying enemy. But" who is this that cometh from Edom?" Is it possible that tL1s One that we see coming, this One on whose step, as he moves tbrouah history the eyes of all t~e ages are fastened-is it possible that he is th…
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The mountains of their own native land are invited to express their joy; each tree in the forest that clothed the hills, or that cast their sha<le over the field, is to have a tongne for the occasion." '1'he point impressed is that, being so deeply impressed wiU1 one great blessing received from God, the whole course …
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Ver. 9.-God's suffering sympathy. There is a verbal difficulty connected with the first clause of this verse. A little Hebrew word that is employed, if pronounced in one way, means "to him;" but, if pronounced in another way, it means "not." According to the one mode the clause will read, "In all their affliction th…
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he ie represented ae though he were a man. We read of his feet, his breath, his hand, hie arm, etc. "He is represented as blessed according to the merit and beauty of whntcver is done that is right. He smelled a sweet savour in Noah's sacrifice. He has pleasure in them that hope in his mercy. He is affected with joy…
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Ver. 10.-Grieving tM Spirit. "But they rebelled, and grieved his Holy Spil'it." Dean Plumptre says, "Here we may note a foreshadowing of the truth of the trim\l personality of the unity of the Godhead, which was afterwards to be revealed. 'l'haL which "vexed" the Holy 8pirit was, in the nature of the case, the unhol…
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Ver.16.-Good news concerning God. "DoubtlesR thou art our Father." The Jews wero the children of Goel. But they had been for a long time so neglecting him that they had lost all the nearer and clearer thoughts of him; and imaged him to themselves through the bleared and blinded vision of their own indulgences, wickedne…
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De.vid, "the earth ehook e.nd trembled; the Delitzsoh renders, "Alree.dy we have been foundations also of the hills movl'd and were long in this state (of sin), and shall we be l!lhaken " (Ps. xviii. 7). When he was seen saved?" Grotius and Ste.rck, " If we had of Elijah, '· a gree.t and strong wind rent reme.ined i…
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sore (La.m. v. 22). Hie a.nger wa.s hot being Mmprlsed within the limits of "the ego.inst the sheep of hie peature (Pa. lxxiv. holy land" (Zech. ii. 12) and "the holy I). B11t they ha.d suffered, they had been border" (Pa. lxxviii. 54). Zion ... Jeru- efilictecl ma.ny yea.re. Might he not now salem (see the comment …
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 1-5.-Longing for the appearance, of God. "Widely yawns the gulf between Israel and her God. A revelation on the widest possible scale is necessary to smite down unbelief and annihilate opposition; God himself must appear." I. FIGURES OF THE MANIFESTATION OF Gon. 'l'he rending of the…
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Ver. 7.-The avlfrted face. "Thou bast hid thy face from us." If so we cannot be happy. The universe itself will refuse to strike out its sweetest notes of joy for us. It is a ]father's world, and must have a Father's love in it all to make us blessed! One of the oldest, sweetest prayers in the Bible is, " God be mercif…
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perversion I Is not the very test of their being Christ's at all something mor11 tlian present feeling; viz. that enrluring unto the end they shall be saved? '!'hen they find t.he Lord's Prayer a difficulty-'' Forgive us our trespasses;'' and they suggest that that was only a provisionary prayer, until the dispensat…
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Cea.re. Sensible of great national sins, but mindful of great mercies at the hand of God, he now feare lest Israel has gone beyond redemption, a.nd now praye for Divine rescue and restoration. We ha.v&- J. A BENSE OF GoD's OVERWHELMING POWER. Israel was brought very low; her land wa.s desolate, her people scattered, h…
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admirable-but there is no inward soundness; it is not the excellency of growing life we are looking upon, but the melancholy beauty of decay. III. THE INEVITABLENESS OF DECLINE, A psalmist and a prophet speak poetically of" trees whose leaves do not fade." But such trees, we know, are not found in the vegetable kin…
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k~o_w all the fulneee of Divine mercy ae it is to be known by any seeking human spmt, we must lay hold on God's strength in this direction. We must" call upon his Name" with penitential spirit and with true faith in Jesus Christ, and we shall ~ave not merely the overflow, but the full cup of Divine mercy, his grace in …
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day lives; the things that make our happine~s and success are not prominent thin as that happen occasionally, but the ten thousand little things that pass almost unheed;d, and t.hat seem to us ~ small to hold God. It is true of our spiritual life. Living in the warmth of the smile of God does more for us than any sp…
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no more tho.n o. crust put over e. state of uncleanness. Before God a man sees it to be no more than e. crust. A man's own goodness is a dainty garment, which makes a brave appee.raoce. Before God a me.n sees that it does but cover a foul person, and the foul person has polluted the dress. There is no place where we fi…
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or coflffllted (oomp. Ezek. xiv. 3; xx. 8, 81). loniane mnde their altars of either stone or 'l'he applioation of the text by St. Paul metal (' Ancient Momirohies,' vol. ii. pp. 3G, (Rom. x. 20) to the calling of the Gentiles 87; Herod., i. 183). The Hebrews in early will be felt by a.II believers in inspiration to …
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book, which Hee open "before him," eo the.t e. mere pleonasm, as in eh. ix. 8; x. 21, 22; their sin is ever in his eight (comp. Ps. lvi. xxvii. 6; :uix. 23; xl. 27; xii. 8, etc. (see B; Me.I. iii. 16 ; Rev. :u. 12). I will not the comment on cb. xl. 27). An inheritor of keep silenoe (comp. Ps. I. 3). "Keeping my mounte…
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L-Ord. And forget my holy mountain ; i.e. The religious exiles would return to the land eithl'r. literally, forget Zion, being absent of promise o.e soon as permitted, o.nd would from it so long (Ps. oxxxvii. 5), or, possibly, there prosper in o. worldly sense-ho.ve abun- ,,eglect Zion, though you might worship ther…
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a new earth, and place hie people therein : Ver. 20.-There ahall be no more thence and the old conditione will be all changed, an infant of de.ye ; i.e. there shall not go and the old grounde of complaint disappear. from the new Jerusalem into the unseen world any infant of e. few days old. On the In the "new Jerueale…
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HOMILETICS. Ver. 6.-Men's Bins recorded in God's book. As far back as the time of Moses God announced through him that men's sins were "laid up in store with him, and ~ea.led up e.mong his treasures" (Deut. xxxii. 34). The later prophets (Mai. iii. 16), with the Psalms (Ps. lvi. 8), and the Revelation of St. John (…
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"inherit it." And "a remnant" hearkens, and returns, and repents, and "doos the first works" (Rev. ii. 6), and becomes a great and flourishing and religious people. Vere. 13-16.-The contrasts of the religioua with the vrreligious life. The prophet notices three main contrasts. I. GOD'S SERVANTS ARE FED WITH A FOOD TH…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Vers. 1-10.-Threatenings and promises. Both, asit woulde.ppear, acldressed to the chosen people, though many, including St. Pe.ul, apply the earlier part of the passage to the conrnrsion of the Gentiles. There is a polytheistic pe.rty, and a party of true believers in the nation. I. Go…
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pene.ltiee (Ps. lxxix. 12; J er. xxxii. 18; Luke vi. 38; Exod. iv, 6, 7; Prov. vi. 27). Tho firm scriptural doctrine the.t the consequences of ancestral sin pass over to posterity here appears (Exod. xx. 5; xxxiv. 7; Job xxi. 19; Numb. xiv, 18; Luke xi. 50, 51). There seems to have been a founding e.nd an e.ccumulation…
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grnndenr needs not to be pointed out. Ordinarily, indeed, we think of man's dependence on .n~ture. If the thought be_ pushed to its limits, it ends in materialism. Spiritual rehg10~, on the contrary, sees m the changes of nature a human pathos; its waste and des~l~t.1on the effect of human sin,_ of violated Di l'in_…
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Vere. 1-7.-Tlrn offensiveness and the doom if sin. The passage briD!~s out in a very graphic form- " I. THE OFFENSIVENESS OF BIN. 1. .Assumption. "Walking after their own thoughts" instead of reverently inquiring God's will (ver. 2). 2. Positive disobedience in the manner of Divine worship (ver. 3), 3. Superstitious p…
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Ver. 20.-17.e Ohristmn view of age. These words are not to be taken literally; they are distinctly pictorial, highly hyperbolical; they indicate a state of future blessedness, employing images most likely to be impressive and inspiring at the time of utterance. They may suggest to us the Christian a..~pect of old ag…
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Vere. 1-3.-Divine reproaches. In the two previous chapters we find the prophet, pleading in the name of Israel, had urged that God kept strange silence when his people were so long held captive, and their land lay so desolate. In this chapter we have the Divine answer to the prophet's plea. There was good reason for…
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Vers. 13-15.-0ontrasted lots of those who serve God and those who forsake him. This passage should be compared with Luke vi. 20-26. "The blessedness of those that serve God, and the woeful condition of those that rebel against him, a.re here set, the one over against the other, that they may serve as a foil to each …
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Ver. 20.-77ie woe of aged sinne1·s. There are three epecio.1 periods of life in which men are peculiarly exposed to the power of temptation and ein. Most men that fall, fall either into young men's perils, full-grown men's indulgences, or old men's sine. A pure, humble, godly old man is one of the noblest sights to be…
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EXPOSITION. a house? All these things have been, 118.ith CHAPTER LXVI. the Lord. The sentence seems incomplete. Vers. 1-4.-THE UNGODLY EXILES RE- Mr. Cheyne supplies, "I spoke." Tho BUKED. Israel, being about to retum from sentence will then run, '' I spoke, and all these things came into being, saith J ~hovab;" th…
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ehould believe a lie " (2 These. ii. 11), so on intended. Such a second bi.t-th of a nation othere he sends a spirit of childish folly, was strange, and without precedont (comp. which makes their conduct silly aud head- eh. xlii. 9; xliii. 19). Shall the earth be i;trong. Persons whose characters are of this made to…
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(Ps. xxxii. 8), and" burned with heat" (Job Jehovah " is spoken of also in eh. :nvii. 1 x.xx. 30). Now they shall enjoy a, time of and xx.xiv. 5, 6 (comp. Rev. xix. 15, 21). refreshing from the Lord. New life shall Will the Lord plead with a.11 flesh ; rather, enter them, oncl health and growth shall will the Lo-rrl…
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worshippers, whioh ahall inhabit the new distant Gentiles have been oonverted, they Jerusalem on equal tenne, and join continu- shall bring to Cllrist the J ewe of the dis- ally in a oommon worship of Jehovah. The persion, who dwell with them in the remote awful destruction of the wicked, and their pa.rte of the ear…
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absolute continuance without an interval. knowledge which the redeemed must have, Shall all 11esh oome to worahip before me and which may well produce a salutary (comp. Ps. lxv. 2). The prophet still uses effect on them, intensifying their gratitude habitual mo,les of expression, though speak- and maintaining in the…
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1md of the conrts of the house of the Lord, a.nd of all the chambers round e.bout e.nd of the treasuries __ ?f the house of God, and of the treas1)ri,es of the dedice.ted things" (1 Chron. xxv111. 11, 12). On the return from the capt1v1ty he required the Isrnclite11 to "go up into the mountain, and bring the woocl, and…
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V. THE CIIUROH WILL DERIVE CONTINUAL COMFORT FROM HER LORD. "I will uot leo.ve you comfortless," so.id the blessed Jesus; "I will come to you" (John xiv. 18). In o.11 their difficulties, in all their troubles, Christ comforts hid people-comforts them with bis Word of truth, comforts them with his gracious promises, com…
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I. THE PAINB AND JOYS ARE NOT, NECESSARILY, IN ANY BENSE MATERIAL. For (1) they exist in the intermediate state (Luke xvi. 23-26), where men have no bodies, the resurrection not having as yet taken place; and (2) they are described by contra- dictory material im~es, which would certainly not have been the case had t…
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religion. And some consciousness of this we must believe to have been dimly present in such worshippers' minds. II. THE DENUNCIATION OF JEHOVAH. FRlse worship is rooted in the depraved will. They have "chosen their own ways;" they "have pleasure in their abominations." For religion is either stagnant or progressive. T…
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Vers. 10-14.-Sympathy with the Church's joy. I. SYMPATHY SHOULD BE FELT WITH THE PROSPERITY OF THE CHURCH. Zion stands for the Church of the ages; in her weal is wre.ppcd up the weal of the world. If we love hume.nity, we love the institution created for the good and salvation of humanity. Every revival of religion …
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hie Name. And this is equivalent to tbe spread of one reliioon throughout the earth. 2. There is to be unity of worBhip. Jerusalem and the sacred hill of Zion are to form the great centre. From all quarters, and by different modes of conveyance, the dispersed ones are to come thronging thither. There will be a renewed …
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Ver. 18.-God our Comforter. It is the province of the teacher to instruct of the father to direct, of the elder brother to lead, and of the mother to console. Sh~ is the comforter of the troubled heart. God, as revealed in Jesus Christ, is to us all of these in one. Like a.s a mother comforts her children, he comfor…
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be of God. Ile "will make it." 2. It will be characterized by reverence for him, and one of its main features will be regular and universal worship (ver. 23). It will be durable as the strongest of his handiworks. It " shall remain." IV. THAT GOD WILL. RECEIVE THOSE FURTHEST AWAY TO NEAREST INTERCOURSE WITH HIMSELF, O…
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