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John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 2:8

Their land also is full of idols ,.... Of the Virgin Mary, and of saints departed, whose images are set up to be worshipped in all their churches, and had in private houses: and they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made ; namely, idols of gold, silver, brass, wood, and stone, Revelation 9:20 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 2:9

And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself ,.... Both high and low, rich and poor, bow down unto, humble themselves before, and worship idols made by the hands of men: the words for the "mean man" and "the great man" are אדם and איש , "Adam" and "Ish"; and which are also interpreted by Jarchi of little or mean men, and of princes and mighty ones: therefore forgive them not ; their sins of soothsaying, covetousness, and idolatry; and such that worship the beast... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 2:10

Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust ,.... As it was when Rome Pagan was destroyed, the kings, princes, and freemen called to the rocks to fall on them and hide them, Revelation 6:15 so it will be at the downfall of Rome Papal, when the kings and merchants of the earth, who have been concerned therewith, will stand afar off, as for fear of her torment, Revelation 18:10 . so for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty ; lest he should pour out his wrath and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 2:11

The lofty looks of man shall be humbled ,.... Particularly of the man of sin, the son of perdition, who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, assuming that to himself which belongs to God; looking down with contempt upon, and behaving haughtily and insolently to all below him; blaspheming the name of God, his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven; he shall be humbled, consumed, and destroyed with the breath of Christ's mouth, and the brightness of his coming, 2... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:2

In the last days "In the latter days" - "Wherever the latter times are mentioned in Scripture, the days of the Messiah are always meant," says Kimchi on this place: and, in regard to this place, nothing can be more clear and certain. And the mountain of the Lord's house, says the same author, is Mount Moriah, on which the temple was built. The prophet Micah, Micah 4:1-4 , has repeated this prophecy of the establishment of the kingdom of Christ, and of its progress to universality and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:3

To the house - The conjunction ו vau is added by nineteen of Kennicott's, thirteen of De Rossi's MSS., one of my own, and two editions, the Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Arabic, and some copies of the Targum; And to the house. It makes the sentence more emphatic. He will teach us of his ways - Unless God grant a revelation of his will, what can we know? We will walk in his paths - Unless we purpose to walk in the light, of what use can that light be to us? For out of Zion shall... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:4

Neither shall they learn war any more - If wars are necessary, how deep must that fall be that renders them so! But what a reproach to humanity is the trade of war! Men are regularly instructed in it, as in any of the necessary arts. "How to dislodge most souls from their frail shrines By bomb, sword, ball, and bayonet, is the art Which some call great and glorious!" And is this a necessary part of a finished education in civilized society? O Earth! Earth! Earth! read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:6

They be replenished "And they multiply" - Seven MSS. and one edition, for ישפיקו yaspiku , read ישפיחו yaspichu , "and have joined themselves to the children of strangers;" that is, in marriage or worship. - Dr. Jubb. So Vulg., adhaeserunt. Compare Isaiah 14:1 . But the very learned professor Chevalier Michaelis has explained the word יספחו yesupachu , Job 30:7 , (German translation, note on the place), in another manner; which perfectly well agrees with that place, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:7

Their land is also full of horses "And his land is filled with horses" - This was in direct contradiction to God's command in the law: "But he (the king) shall not multiply horses to himself; nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses; neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold," Deuteronomy 17:16 , Deuteronomy 17:17 . Uzziah seems to have followed the example of Solomon, see 1 Kings 10:26-29 , who first transgressed in these... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:8

Their land also is full of idols "And his land is filled with idols" - Uzziah and Fotham are both said, 2 Kings 15:3 , 2 Kings 15:4 , 2 Kings 15:34 , 2 Kings 15:35 , "to have done that which was right in the sight of the Lord;" that is, to have adhered to and maintained the legal worship of God, in opposition to idolatry and all irregular worship; for to this sense the meaning of that phrase is commonly to be restrained; "save that the high places were not removed where the people... read more

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