Isaiah 35

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 35:1-10

Isaiah 35:1 . The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad. After giving the people bright hopes of recovery from the devastations of invading armies, the prophet dwells at large on the glory and grace of the Messiah’s kingdom. Dr. Lowth has here left the Versions behind, by reading, “The well-watered plains of Jordan shall rejoice.” His authorities for reading Jordan instead of desert are very few. He has refined on the original, and gaited the pure and beautiful simplicity of the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 35:1-10

Isaiah 35:1-10The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for themThe blessings of the GospelThe thirty-fourth and the thirty-fifth chapters of Isaiah are by the best scholars supposed to constitute one entire and complete prophecy, not connected specially, or at least organically, with what goes before or follows.It is a masterpiece of poetry. A single poem divided into two parts; in the first part, the prophet sets forth in lurid colours the universal judgments of God upon all the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 35:3

Isaiah 35:3Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.Weak hands and feeble kneesI. I shall attempt to show THE IMPORTANCE OF HANDS AND KNEES IN GOING TO HEAVEN. The hands and knees are those parts of the body in which the effects of fear are the most easily seen. Of course, the root of despondency and fear must lie in the heart; it is that which is first moved with terror. But afterwards these extremities, these limbs of action begin to feel the weakness also. Just so the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 35:4

Isaiah 35:4Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear notComfort for the fearfulPresumption and fear are the Scylla and Charybdis of the Christian life, and it requires Divine guidance, together with all our own watchfulness, to steer safely between them.My object is, to suit the case of those who are well entitled to hope for the Divine mercy through Christ Jesus, but are disquieting themselves, or are disquieted by the enemy with needless fears. 1. “I cannot indulge the hope... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 35:5-6

Isaiah 35:5-6Then the eyes of the blind shall be openedGood hope for the afflictedI.This joyful prediction was literally fulfilled in the MIRACULOUS CURES WHICH OUR LORD PERFORMED IN THE DAYS OF HIS FLESH. II. The cheering prediction is spiritually fulfilled, in THE EXPERIENCE OF SINNERS, IN THE DAY OF CONVERSION. III. This pleasing prediction is also accomplished, in a spiritual sense, in THE EXPERIENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN, IN THE DAY OF GRACIOUS REVIVAL, AFTER A SEASON OF DECLENSION. IV. The... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 35:6

Isaiah 35:6Then shall the lame man leap as an hartA threefold promise1.Banished crutch. 2. Accentuation of speechless tongue. 3. Irrigated Sahara. (T. De Wilt Talmage, D. D.)And the tongue of the dumb singDumb singersI. NOTE THE PERSONS WHOM GOD HAS CHOSEN TO SING HIS SONGS FOR EVER. “The tongue of the dumb shall sing.” Their singing does not come naturally from themselves; they were not born songsters. No, they were dumb. How this ought to give you encouragement in seeking to do good to... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 35:7

Isaiah 35:7And the parched ground shall become a poolThe mirage of the desertWe must understand these words as they would be understood in the East.The parched ground is rich in what is known as mirage--the image of water, a sheen that cheats the eye, and so successfully cheats it that the thirsty traveller says, I see rivers! It is the mirage--(from mirari, to wonder at)--a beautiful thing: water on every hand: presently we shall drink and be glad. The traveller moves, the mirage recedes; the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 35:8-10

Isaiah 35:8-10And an highway shall be thereHighwaysHighways are among the characteristic features of civilisation in a country, since they are the means of regular and easy communication between the opposite parts, and especially of all with the capital; but in times of foreign invasion they fall first into the power of the enemy, and are most completely deserted by the inhabitants (Judges 5:6); and in Judaea, or any other country where wild beasts still exist, these keep aloof from the roads... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 35:9

Isaiah 35:9No lion shall be thereHuman animalnessI.MAY NATURALLY POSSESSES SOMETHING OF THE ANIMAL NATURE. That man by nature has animal desires and passions is no fault of his own, nor is it a misfortune to the possessor if these are inherited in harmonious proportion with the mental and spiritual propensities. They are all from the Divine Creator. They are all essential to man’s enjoyment, and symmetrical development. The Creator wastes no material. As the watch contains no unnecessary... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 35:10

Isaiah 35:10And the ransomed of the Lord shall returnMarching to musicMy object will be to give the text its highest practical appropriation as setting forth in glowing language the return of God’s spiritual Israel, His ransomed ones, from every land.I. WHO THEY ARE. 1. “The ransomed of the Lord.” To ransom signifies to redeem or free from captivity or punishment by paying down an equivalent, to rescue from danger and death, to deliver from the possession of an enemy either by/exploits of... read more

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 35:1-10

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 35:1-10

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 35:3

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 35:4

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 35:5-6

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 35:6

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 35:7

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 35:8-10

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 35:9

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 35:10

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