Isaiah 9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 9:6

Isaiah 9:6. For, &c. Having spoken of the glorious light, and joy, and victory of God’s people, the prophet now proceeds to show the foundation and cause thereof. And, “though he is everywhere most excellent, he is peculiarly so in this passage, which contains an emphatical description of the person and kingdom of the Son of God; the kingdom of peace; the eternal and universal kingdom, in which the church should have the highest cause for joy; which should bring with it an abolition of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 9:7

Isaiah 9:7. Of the increase of his government, &c. His peaceable and happy government shall be enlarged without end: either without end of duration, for ever, as is expressed in a following clause of this verse, or without limitation: his peaceable and happy government shall be extended to all the ends of the earth. Upon the throne of David The throne which was promised to David, and to his seed for ever; from henceforth, &c. From the beginning of it unto all eternity. The... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 9:8-12

Isaiah 9:8-12. The Lord sent a word, &c. A prophetical and threatening message by me: for now the prophet, having inserted some consolatory passages for the support of God’s faithful people, returns to his former work of commination against the rebellious Israelites; and it lighted Hebrew, נפל , it fell, that is, it shall fall in the prophetical style. It shall certainly be accomplished; upon Israel The same with Jacob in the former clause. We have here the third section of the... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 9:13-15

Isaiah 9:13-15. For the people turneth not, &c. We have here the second crime of this refractory people, who, impenitent and stupid, regarded not the chastisement of the Lord, nor turned to him at his reproof. Therefore a total subversion of their state and polity is denounced as the severest punishment upon them. The Lord will cut off, &c., head and tail High and low, honourable and contemptible, as the next verse explains it; branch and rush The goodly branches of tall trees,... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 9:16-17

Isaiah 9:16-17. For, &c. “We have here a defence of the divine judgment, taken from the universal corruption of the people, wherein God sets forth the justice of his proceedings, and shows, that not from choice, but from the iniquities of the people, he is compelled to punish. The leaders of this people Their governors, both civil and ecclesiastical, especially the latter, their teachers, or the false prophets, last-mentioned; cause them to err Their governors compelling them by... read more

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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 9:18

Isaiah 9:18. For wickedness burneth as fire, &c. Rageth like a fire, destroying and laying waste the nation. We have here the third great evil, on account of which divine vengeance was about to come upon them; namely, the power of reigning and barefaced impiety; the punishment whereof, denounced in the subsequent verses, is, as usual, assimilated to the vice, namely, destructive factions, which should overthrow their republic. Having rendered themselves hateful to God by their crimes,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 9:20-21

Isaiah 9:20-21. He shall snatch on the right hand They shall plunder and devour one another, without ever being satisfied, or ceasing. They shall eat every man the flesh, &c. They shall destroy one another by their intestine wars: see Isaiah 49:26. But it was literally fulfilled when they were reduced to that extremity that they ate the flesh of their own children, 2 Kings 6:28; Jeremiah 19:8-9; a judgment denounced for their sins by Moses, Deuteronomy 28:53, where see the note. They... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:1-7

Messiah, Prince of Peace (9:1-7)The southern kingdom under Ahaz was about to enter a time of increasing distress and darkness (see 8:21-22). The northern kingdom was about to be attacked by Assyria, and the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali in the far north Galilean region were about to be taken into captivity (2 Kings 15:29). Yet out of this darkness and from this conquered northern area will come the great deliverer, the Messiah, to lead his people to victory and to introduce an era of light,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:8-21

The fall of Israel (9:8-10:4)Isaiah now describes the situation in the northern kingdom Israel, which becomes weakened by enemy attacks and finally is conquered by Assyria. The northerners refuse to acknowledge that God is the one who has brought this catastrophe upon them. They make a show of self-assurance by saying they will rebuild, bigger and better, whatever their enemies have destroyed (8-12).Because the people refuse to repent, God will punish them further. His purpose is to remove the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 9:1

Nevertheless = For, This member (Isaiah 9:1-7 ) relates to Messiah, the Son, referring back to Isaiah 8:9 , Isaiah 8:10 ; and carries Isaiah 7:14 on to its future fulfilment, See App-102 . dimness. vexation. Almost the same two words as dimness. anguish (Isaiah 8:22 ). at the first. When Ben-hadad, in the reign of Baasha, "smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali" (1 Kings 15:20 ) the land, &c. Quoted in Luke 1:79 . afterward.... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 9:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 9:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 9:8-12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 9:13-15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 9:16-17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 9:18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 9:20-21

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:1-7

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:8-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 9:1

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