Isaiah 31

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 31:1-3

THE ONLY COUNSELLORIsaiah 31:1-3. Woe to the rebellious children, &c.These words were spoken by the prophet at a time when the Jewish nation was in great and imminent danger. They were addrest to the rulers of the nation, who were endeavouring to ward off the danger: and their purpose is to rebuke those rulers for the measures they were taking with that view, by entering into alliance with Pharaoh, king of Egypt, in the hope that he would deliver them out of it. But we should make a great... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 31:6

A CALL TO THE REVOLTEDIsaiah 31:6. Turn ye unto Him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.Had mankind adhered to the divine idea, no such word as this would have been necessary. Divine communications would have consisted probably of counsels, directions, predictions, progressive revelations of truth. The demand that man turn shows that he has gone astray. All divine communications suppose the existence of sin and the need of salvation. Happily for us, they show the way in which... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 31:9

THE FIERY ORDEAL OF THE CHURCHIsaiah 31:9. The Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.There is a variety of purposes for which fire is used. One of them was of old for the sacrifice, the burnt-offering; another was for incense, to keep it always smoking. Furnaces were used by the workers in metals.I. THE FIRE. “Whose fire is in Zion.” Without the sacred fire there would have been no burnt-offering, no clouds of incense; and therefore God commanded that it should be kept... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Isaiah 31:4-5

DISCOURSE: 905GOD THE PROTECTOR OF HIS PEOPLEIsaiah 31:4-5. Thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for Mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Isaiah 31:1

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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 31:1-9

Shall we turn in our Bibles to Isaiah 31:1-9 .Now as a backdrop to these scriptures in Isaiah 31:1-9 is the impending invasion of Assyria. Assyria is the world-conquering power at the moment. Assyria has destroyed the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Assyria has destroyed Syria; has conquered over Babylon. And now the Assyrian troops are moving in a massive invasion of the Southern Kingdom of Judah. Having taken some of the cities of Judah already. And there is pressure against Hezekiah and the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 31:1-9

Isaiah 31:1 . Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help. This was a sin in open defiance of the law. Deuteronomy 28:68. It was a great revolt of unbelief, because it distrusted the Lord, and all his wondrous works, to trust in an arm of flesh. By consequence, the prohibition has a strong bearing on the christian church in times of trouble. Isaiah 31:9 . The Lord, whose fire is in Zion. He had promised to be about his church as a wall of fire, while the wicked have only a fire and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 31:1

Isaiah 31:1Woe to them that go down to Egypt for helpThe abundance of horses in Egypt The abundance of horses in Egypt is attested, not only in other parts of Scripture, but by profane writers.Homer describes Thebes as having a hundred gates, out of each of which two hundred warriors went forth with chariots and horses. Diodorns speaks of the whole country between Thebes and Memphis as filled with royal stables. The horses of Solomon are expressly said to have been brought out of Egypt. This... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 31:2

Isaiah 31:2Yet He also is wiseGod works in historyYou have been clever and successful, but have you forgotten that “God also is wise,” that He too has His policy, and acts reasonably and consistently?You think you have been making history; but God also works in history, and surely, to put it on the lowest ground, with as much cleverness and persistence as you do. (Prof. G. A. Smith, D. D.)Forgetfulness of GodThe forgetfulness, against which Isaiah directs this shaft of satire, is the besetting... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 31:3

Isaiah 31:3Men, and not God . . . flesh, and not spiritSpiritual existences the chief forces of the worldIt is here evidently implied that a spirit is mightier than a horse.The ancients attached the idea of immense force to a well-trained war-horse. I. SPIRIT IS THE ORIGINAL POWER We see power everywhere around us. We see it in the inanimate world, as the effect which one element produces upon another, and in the motion which one body, in a certain relation, produces upon another. We see it,... read more

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 31:1-3

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 31:6

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 31:9

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Isaiah 31:4-5

Scofield's Reference Notes - Isaiah 31:1

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 31:1-9

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 31:1-9

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 31:1

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 31:2

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 31:3

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