Liberal things "Generous purposes" - "Of the four sorts of persons mentioned Isaiah 32:5 , three are described, Isaiah 32:6 , Isaiah 32:7 , and Isaiah 32:8 , but not the fourth." - Secker. Perhaps for והוא vehu , and he, we ought to read ושוע veshoa , the bountiful. read more
SECTION VIII . A PROPHECY OF MESSIAH 'S KINGDOM ( Isaiah 32:1-8 ). A PROPHECY OF MESSIAH 'S KINGDOM . It is generally allowed that this prophecy is Messianic; but some critics insist that it is not so "in a narrow sense." They regard Isaiah as expecting Messiah's kingdom to follow immediately on the discomfiture of Sennacherib, and as looking to Hezekiah to inaugurate it. According to this view, Hezekiah, renovated in character, was to be the Messiah, and might have... read more
An ideal of political good. When the Divine Spirit has been outpoured, when the idols have been cast away, and the Assyrian yoke has been cast off, happy days will dawn. I. ROYALTY WILL BE SYNONYMOUS WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS . The King will be seen in his beauty—not the splendor of purple robes and lofty throne and brilliant court, but that of the equity and justice which imitate Heaven. God will call him by his name, will make him rich with hidden possessions, will go before him... read more
The eyes of them that see shall not be dim . In Messiah's kingdom there shall be no judicial blindness, such as that threatened in Isaiah 6:9 , Isaiah 6:10 , and described in Isaiah 29:10 , Isaiah 29:11 ; but men shall see the truth clearly (comp. Isaiah 29:18 ; Isaiah 35:5 ; Matthew 13:16 , etc.). The ears.; shall hearken; i.e. "shall both hear and understated " (compare "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear"). read more
Disabled and restored. The words are suggestive of the spiritual incapacity of which Israel was too often guilty (see Ezekiel 12:2 ), and of the recovery which, in better days, they were to experience. I. MAN DISABLED BY SIN . There are four directions in which we suffer sad deterioration and incapacity as the consequence of our sin. 1. Spiritual perception . After some transgressions, after continued disobedience and estrangement from God, we fail to "see light in his... read more
The heart also of the rash ; i.e. of those who were rash and hasty, who would not give themselves time to understand the warnings addressed to them, or to think of the real character of their actions. These shall, in Messiah's kingdom, "have the gift of discernment to perceive things in their true nature" (Delitzsch). The tongue of the stammerers . The tongue of those who hitherto have spoken hesitatingly and inconsistently on moral and religions subjects shall be ready —i.e; prompt... read more
The vile person shall be no more called liberal ; rather, the foolish person— as nabal is commonly translated ( Deuteronomy 32:6 ; 2 Samuel 3:33 ; 2 Samuel 13:13 ; Psalms 14:1 ; Psalms 39:8 ; Psalms 74:22 , etc.)—such a man as the "Nabal" of 1 Samuel 25:1-44 . Men are apt to confound moral distinctions, and to call the "fools" who waste their substance in feasting and revelry "generous" or "liberal," and the niggards ( churls ) who hoard their riches "warm men," "wealthy... read more
A mark of good government, etc. Three lines of thought are here laid down. We have— I. A MARK OF GOOD GOVERNMENT . The displacement of the unworthy and the elevation of the good and wise. Under the reign of the righteous King ( Isaiah 32:1 ) the "fool will no longer be called a nobleman," the man of mean character but lofty rank will be made to know his true place in the commonwealth; on the other hand, the man who has in him the qualities of nobility ( Isaiah 32:8 ) shall... read more
For the vile person will speak villany , etc.; rather, for the fool speaketh folly , and his heart doeth wickedness , practising profanity and uttering error against Jehocab , making empty the soul of the hungry—yea , the drink of the thirsty will he cause to fail . The prophet seems to have the portrait of Nabal in his mind, and to take him as the type of a class. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 32:7
The instruments also of the churl are evil "As for the niggard, his instruments are evil" - His machinations, his designs. The paronomasia, which the prophet frequently deals in, suggested this expression כליו וכלי vechelai kelaiv . The first word is expressed with some variety in the MSS. Seven MSS. read וכילי vekili , one וכל vechol , another וכולי vecoli . To destroy the poor with lying words "To defeat the assertions of the poor in judgment" - A word seems to have... read more