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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:9

Boweth down "Shall be bowed down" - This has reference to the preceding verse. They bowed themselves down to their idols, therefore shall they be bowed down and brought low under the avenging hand of God. Therefore forgive them not - "And thou wilt not forgive them." - L. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:10

"When he ariseth to strike the earth with terror" - On the authority of the Septuagint, confirmed by the Arabic and an ancient MS., I have added here to the text a line, which in the 19th and 21st verses ( Isaiah 2:19 , Isaiah 2:21 ;) is repeated together with the preceding line, and has, I think, evidently been omitted by mistake in this place. The MS. here varies only in one letter from the reading of the other two verses; it has בארץ baarets , instead of הארץ haarets . None of... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:11

Be humbled - " ושח שפל shaphel veshach , read שח שפלו shaphelu shach ." - Dr. Durell. Which rectifies the grammatical construction. No MS. or version confirms this reading. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:13-16

And upon all the cedars "Even against all the cedars" - Princes, potentates, rulers, captains, rich men, etc. - So Kimchi. These verses afford us a striking example of that peculiar way of writing, which makes a principal characteristic of the parabolical or poetical style of the Hebrews, and in which the prophets deal so largely, namely, their manner of exhibiting things Divine, spiritual, moral, and political, by a set of images taken from things natural, artificial, religious, historical,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:5-10

Purgation by judgment. The blessed age cannot yet come in. If we suppose the prophet to have been reading the previous oracle as a sabbath lesson out of the elder prophet Joel's scroll, he adds the exhortation, "Let us walk in the light of Jehovah!" Then a sudden pause. For he calls to mind the present corrupt condition of the nation. They cannot pass over to that new and happy condition of things as they now are. Peace can only be the fruit of righteousness. God cannot impart blessings for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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 2:6-21

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 2:9

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:10

Enter into the rock . The limestone rocks of Palestine are full of extensive caverns, to which the Israelites often betook themselves in times of danger (see 6:2 ; 1 Samuel 13:6 ; 1 Samuel 22:1 , etc.). The prophet exhorts them to flee thither now, but without stating what exactly is the peril (comp. Isaiah 2:19 , Isaiah 2:21 ). Hide thee in the dust . Not "the dust of humiliation" (Kay), but "the dust of the earth" ( Genesis 2:7 ), put here for the earth itself, as in Isaiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:10-11

Shame for the sinner. We can more easily bear suffering than shame. Man has great powers of physical endurance. But we dread shame as we dread nothing else. There was the keenest distress in that old and cruel way of treating some criminals. They were put in the pillory. They were lifted up on a stage in the market-place. A frame was fastened round the neck and wrists, which left the head and hands exposed. Crowds gathered below, and scorned the poor man, throwing at him all manner of vile... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:13-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:5-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:5-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:6-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:10-11

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