Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 33:10
10. The sight of His people's misery arouses Jehovah; He has let the enemy go far enough. I—emphatic; God Himself will do what man could not. read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 33:11
11. Ye—the enemy. conceive chaff— (Isaiah 26:18; Isaiah 59:4). your breath—rather, your own spirit of anger and ambition [MAURER], (Isaiah 30:28). read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 33:12
12. (Isaiah 9:19; Amos 2:1). Perhaps alluding to their being about to be burnt on the funeral pyre (Amos 2:1- :). thorns—the wicked (2 Samuel 23:6; 2 Samuel 23:7). read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 33:13
13. far off—distant nations. near—the Jews and adjoining peoples (Isaiah 49:1). read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 33:14
14. sinners in Zion—false professors of religion among the elect people ( :-). hypocrites—rather, "the profane"; "the abandoned" [HORSLEY]. who, c.—If Jehovah's wrath could thus consume such a host in one night, who could abide it, if continued for ever ( :-)? Fire is a common image for the divine judgments (Isaiah 29:6 Isaiah 30:30). among us—If such awful judgments have fallen on those who knew not the true God, how infinitely worse shall fall on us who, amid religious privileges and... read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 33:15
15. In contrast to the trembling "sinners in Zion" ( :-), the righteous shall be secure amid all judgments; they are described according to the Old Testament standpoint of righteousness (Psalms 15:2; Psalms 24:4). stoppeth . . . ears . . . eyes—"Rejoiceth not in iniquity" (Psalms 24:4- :; contrast Isaiah 29:20; Psalms 10:3; Romans 1:32). The senses are avenues for the entrance of sin (Romans 1:32- :). read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 33:16
16. on high—heights inaccessible to the foe (Isaiah 26:1). bread . . . waters—image from the expected siege by Sennacherib; however besieged by trials without, the godly shall have literal and spiritual food, as God sees good for them (Isaiah 41:17; Psalms 37:25; Psalms 34:10; Psalms 132:15). read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 33:17
17. Thine—the saints'. king in . . . beauty—not as now, Hezekiah in sackcloth, oppressed by the enemy, but King Messiah (Isaiah 32:1) "in His beauty" (Song of Solomon 5:10; Song of Solomon 5:16; Revelation 4:3). land . . . very far off—rather, "the land in its remotest extent" (no longer pent up as Hezekiah was with the siege); see Margin. For Jerusalem is made the scene of the king's glory (Revelation 4:3- :, c.), and it could not be said to be "very far off," unless the far-off land be... read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 33:18
18. meditate—on the "terror" caused by the enemy, but now past. where, c.—the language of the Jews exulting over their escape from danger. scribe—who enrolled the army [MAURER] or, who prescribed the tribute to be paid [ROSENMULLER]; or, who kept an account of the spoil. "The principal scribe of the host" (2 Kings 25:19; Jeremiah 52:25). The Assyrian records are free from the exaggerations of Egyptian records. Two scribes are seen in every Assyrian bas-relief, writing down the various objects... read more
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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 33:9
9. ( :-). Lebanon—personified; the allusion may be to the Assyrian cutting down its choice trees (Isaiah 14:8; Isaiah 37:24). Sharon—south of Carmel, along the Mediterranean, proverbial for fertility (Isaiah 37:24- :). Bashan—afterwards called Batanea (Isaiah 2:13). fruits—rather, understand "leaves"; they lie as desolate as in winter. read more