イザヤ書 2:6-9 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:5-11

THE CONTRAST OF THE PRESENT WITH THE FUTURE . Having shown to Israel the vision of a far-distant future, when holiness and peace would reign upon the earth, and "the mountain of the Lord's house" would draw all men into it, the prophet returns to things as they are—first exhorting Israel to "walk in the light of Jehovah' ( Isaiah 2:5 ), and then showing how far they have withdrawn from the light; Such being the case, punishment must come—mean and great must be equally... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:6

Therefore ; rather, for . The prophet, in calling upon Israel to "walk in the light of the Lord," implies that they are not so walking. He then proceeds to give the reasons of this. They are not, "for God has forsaken them, or, cast them off." The first reason is because they be replenished from the east (Revised Version, "they be filled with customs from the east); i.e. they have adopted a number of Syrian, Assyrian, and Ammonite superstitions; e.g. high places, images, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:6-8

National judgments the result of national sins. God's dealings with Israel are to be viewed as a pattern of his dealings with nations generally. He has not two standards of right and wrong, or two rules of action under like circumstances. He is "no respecter of persons." As he dealt with his own peculiar people, so will he deal, so has he always dealt, with the other nations of the world. I. EVERY NATION HAS ITS PROBATION . God proved Israel during the space of above seven... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:6-21

Retribution and its results. In this noble prophetic passage, as charged with poetic grandeur as it is full of religious zeal, we have our thought directed to— I. Two HEINOUS SINS WHICH BELONG TO EVERY AGE AND CLASS . They are these: 1. Disobedience . The divination to which reference is made ( Isaiah 2:6 ) is expressly prohibited in the Law ( Deuteronomy 18:10-12 ); alliance with strangers ( Isaiah 2:6 ) is also forbidden ( Exodus 34:12 ; Dent; Exodus... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:7

Full of silver and gold . The results of the commercial activity—not evil things in themselves, but probably acquired by sharp dealing, and leading to undue softness and luxury. The Law had given a warning against "greatly multiplying silver and gold" ( Deuteronomy 17:17 ). For the fact of the vast abundance of the precious metals in Judaea at this time, see 2 Kings 14:16 ; 2 Kings 20:13 ; 2 Chronicles 32:27 ; and compare Sennacherib's inscription on the Taylor Cylinder. Full of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:8

Full of idols . The historians declare that both Uzziah and Jotham maintained the worship of Jehovah and disallowed idolatry ( 2 Kings 15:3 , 2 Kings 15:34 ; 2 Chronicles 26:4 ; 2 Chronicles 27:2 ), so that we must regard the idol-worship of the time as an irregular and private practice. (It is, perhaps, alluded to in 2 Chronicles 27:2 ; and the fact of its prevalence is stated in Amos 2:1 ; Micah 5:13 .) Perhaps Bishop Lowth is right in regarding it as mainly a continuation of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:9

And the mean man boweth down , etc. So Ewald and Kay; but most other commentators render, "Therefore shall the mean man be bowed down, and the great man brought low, and thou shalt not [or, 'canst not'] forgive them" (Rosenmüller, Lowth, Gcsenius, Knobel, Cheyne). The transition from narrative to threatening comes best at the beginning of the verse. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 2:6

Therefore - The prophet proceeds in this and the following verses, to state the reasons of their calamities, and of the judgments that had come upon them. Those judgments he traces to the crimes which he enumerates - crimes growing chiefly out of great commercial prosperity, producing pride, luxury, and idolatry.Thou hast forsaken - The address is changed from the exhortation to the house of Jacob Isaiah 2:5 to God, as is frequently the case in the writings of Isaiah. It indicates a state where... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 2:7

Their land also is full of silver and gold - This “gold” was brought chiefly from Ophir. Solomon imported vast quantities of silver and gold from foreign places; 2Ch 8:18; 2 Chronicles 9:10; 1 Chronicles 29:4; compare Job 28:16; 1 Kings 10:21, 1Ki 10:27; 2 Chronicles 9:20. ‘And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones.’ ‘It was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.’ From these expressions we see the force of the language of Isaiah - ‘their land is full,’ etc. This accumulation... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 2:8

Their land also is full of idols - compare Hosea 8:4; Hosea 10:1. Vitringa supposes that Isaiah here refers to idols that were kept in private houses, as Uzziah and Jotham were worshippers of the true God, and in their reign idolatry was not publicly practiced. It is certain, however, that though Uzziah himself did right, and was disposed to worship the true God, yet he did not effectually remove idolatry from the land. The high places were not removed, and the people still sacrificed and... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:5-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:6-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:6-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 2:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 2:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 2:8

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