Isaiah 35:8 The way of holiness is (1) a high way; (2) a strait and narrow way; (3) a plain and obvious way; (4) a safe way. J. N. Norton, Golden Truths, p. 399. Reference: Isaiah 35:8 . Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. xxxii., No. 1912. read more
Isaiah 35:10 I. "Sorrow and sighing shall flee away." (1) The sorrow of bodily disease shall pass away. (2) The sorrow of dying will pass away. (3) The sorrow of bereavement will pass away. (4) The sorrow of poverty will flee away. (5) The sorrows caused by the sins of others will flee away. (6) The sorrows produced by the fear of evil, by dark imaginations, and by blighted hopes, shall flee away. (7) The sorrows of this life's illusions and delusions shall all pass away. (8) The sorrows of sin... read more
DISCOURSE: 912GLORIOUS PROSPECTS OF THE GOSPEL CHURCHIsaiah 35:1-2. The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose; it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing; the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God,AS the planting of the Jews in Canaan was accompanied with the slaughter of the Canaanites, so... read more
DISCOURSE: 913ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE WEAKIsaiah 35:3-4. Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; he will come and save you.OUR blessed Lord, as the great Shepherd of the sheep, has set an example to all inferior pastors, how to watch over their flock [Note: Ezekiel 34:11-16. Isaiah 40:11.]. And in the words before us he gives them special... read more
DISCOURSE: 914STREAMS IN THE DESERTIsaiah 35:5-7. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the fame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water; in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.THOUGH the truths which we have to proclaim lie... read more
DISCOURSE: 915THE WAY TO ZIONIsaiah 35:8-10. And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: and the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and coma to Zion with songs, and everlasting joy upon their heads; they... read more
redeemed Heb. "goel," Redemp. (Kinsman type). (See Scofield " :-") . read more
Weak Hands and Feeble Knees March 20th, 1859 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "Strenghten ye the weak hands and confirm the feeble knees." Isaiah 35:3 It is the duty of all men to be careful of the sons of sorrow. There be some who from their very birth are marked by melancholy as her own. The silent shades of sorrow are their congenial haunts; the glades of the forest of grief are the only places where their leaf can flourish. Others there are who through some crushing misfortune are brought... read more
Chapter 35Now chapter 35 is out of the darkness into the light. Out of the tribulation into the kingdom. The glorious day of the Lord to which we look forward to. In chapter 35, oh, what a glorious chapter as it speaks of the earth and its conditions when Jesus comes and establishes God's kingdom and He reigns upon the earth. For at that timeThe wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and... read more
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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 35:8-10
THE EXILES’ RETURNIsaiah 35:8-10. And an highway shall be there, &c.The chapter of which these words are a part testifies of Christ. The prophet, while foretelling in it the return of the Jews from their captivity in Babylon, is enabled to look forward to a more spiritual and much greater deliverance. With the eye of faith he sees the kingdom of the Messiah established in the earth, and beholds Him open a new and blessed road by which a multitude of the enslaved and perishing escape from... read more