Isaiah 33

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 33:2-3

Isaiah 33:2-3. O Lord, be gracious unto us— In this apostrophe to God, the first part contains the supplication; the other, the salvation obtained in consequence thereof. In the supplication there is that difference of persons which shews that they prayed both for the present and absent: for the present and the whole community in these words, Be gracious unto us; for the absent, Be thou their arm every morning. They who pour forth this supplication suppose part of their community to be absent;... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 33:4

Isaiah 33:4. And your spoil shall be gathered— In this apostrophe to the enemy, we have the consequence of their overthrow; which should be the collection of their spoils, without order or distinction; just as locusts, without order or fear, run over the fields and plunder them, every one of them claiming to itself what it first seizes. There are some who understand the first clause thus, Your spoil shall be gathered, as the caterpillar is gathered; that is to say, as the husbandmen collect... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 33:5

Isaiah 33:5. The Lord, &c.— JEHOVAH is exalted; yea, he dwelleth on high. Lowth. See Psalms 99:0. read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 33:6

Isaiah 33:6. And wisdom and knowledge, &c.— And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, the possession of continued salvation: the fear of JEHOVAH, this shall be thy treasure. Lowth. Vitringa supposes this apostrophe to be directed to the prince or head of the nation, wherein the prophet teaches him, and consequently the people, in what manner that prosperity and felicity are to be preserved which the Lord had conferred upon them. He shews, that the only way to preserve... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 33:7-9

Isaiah 33:7-9. Behold, their valiant ones— Behold their valiant ones, they cry without: the ambassadors of peace, they weep bitterly. Isaiah 33:8. The highways lie desolate; the traveller ceaseth: he hath broken, &c. Isaiah 33:9. Lebanon is ashamed, withers away: Sharon is become like a wilderness, &c. The prophet, seeing as it were immediately before his eyes, that spoiling and devastation of the land of the people of God mentioned Isa 33:1 seeing it with all its consequences, such as... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 33:10-12

Isaiah 33:10-12. Now will I rise, saith the Lord— We are taught in this period, that when the calamity of the people, as well as the insolence of their enemies, should be full, God would interpose, and severely punish the oppressors; for that this was the true and proper time wherein he had determined to exalt his glory before the eyes of the nations. When this time should come, he would no longer delay, or endure the pride and arrogance of his enemies; on the contrary, all their counsels... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 33:13-16

Isaiah 33:13-16. Hear, ye that are far off— This period is immediately connected with that preceding; wherein the divine judgment just mentioned is celebrated, and its severity defended against those hypocrites who misinterpreted it. The prophet, using still the same figure, adapts words to God agreeable to the present circumstance. He supposes that God had now executed that judgment upon his enemies, which in the words preceding he had said that he would execute. Here, therefore, as the order... read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 33:17-18

Isaiah 33:17-18. Thine eyes shall see the king, &c.— By the king to be seen in his beauty, Vitringa understands God himself, the king of the Jews, shewing himself with the brightest demonstrations of his majesty, in the deliverance and salvation of his believing people; temporal, under the Maccabees; spiritual, in and by the Messiah. For the ancient prophets generally speak of these two conjointly; because the external deliverance and salvation by the Maccabees was a type of the spiritual... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 33:19

Isaiah 33:19. Thou shalt not see a fierce people— While the people of God should see the king in his beauty, while they should see their land widely extending itself, they should no more see a barbarous enemy, or one of a stammering tongue and foreign speech, which they could not understand. They should be freed from a cruel and troublesome enemy, whose aspect and commerce had been a terror to them. Compare Dan 8:23 where Antiochus Epiphanes is called a king of fierce countenance; and see... read more

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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 33:20

Isaiah 33:20. Look upon Zion— The prophet here, representing the chorus of teachers comforting the people of God, commands this people to turn their attention to Jerusalem, after its restoration flourishing greatly; and promises to them the durable stability of that state, under the metaphor of a tent sustaining itself by stakes and cords against winds and storms, and affording a safe and secure shelter to those within it. In this passage he is generally thought to refer to the spiritual... read more

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 33:2-3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 33:4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 33:5

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 33:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 33:7-9

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 33:10-12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 33:13-16

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 33:17-18

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 33:19

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 33:20

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