イザヤ書 5:14-17 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:13-17

The calamities of spiritual ignorance. The miseries which are unfolded in this passage are ascribed, in the thirteenth verse, to ignorance. "My people are gone, ere because they have no knowledge." But it is necessary to distinguish here. We must consider— I. THE IGNORANCE WHICH IS SPIRITUAL AND THEREFORE GUILTY . There is ignorance which is entirely mental and which is wholly guiltless; e.g. that of the little child who cannot understand some of the obligations into... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:14

Therefore hell hath enlarged herself ; rather, hath enlarged her desire (comp. Habakkuk 2:5 ). "Hell" here represents the underworld, into which souls descended at death, not yet perhaps recognized as comprehending two divisions, but regarded much as the Greeks regarded their Hades—as a general receptacle of the dead, dark and silent. Hades ( Sheol ), not viewed as a person, but personified by poetical license, "enlarges her desire" and "opens her mouth" to receive the crowd that is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:15

And the mean man, hall be brought down ; rather, so the mean man is brought down ; i.e. in this way, by the Captivity and the consequent sufferings and deaths, both high and low are brought down and humbled, while God is exalted in man's sight. The future is throughout spoken of as present (comp. Isaiah 2:9 , Isaiah 2:11 , Isaiah 2:17 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:16

God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness ; rather, the holy God shows himself holy by righteousness ; i.e. by executing this righteous judgment on Jerusalem the holy God shows his holiness. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:17

Then shall the lambs feed . Dr. Kay takes the "lambs" to be the remnant of Israel that survived the judgment, who will feed freely, cared for by the good Shepherd; but the parallelism so generally affected by Isaiah seems to require a meaning more consonant with the later clause of the verse. Most commentators, therefore, expound the passage literally, "Then shall lambs feed [on the desolated estates of the covetous]" (see verses 8-10). After their manner ; or, after their own guidance ;... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 5:14

Therefore hell - The word transated “hell,” שׁאול she'ôl, has not the same meaning that we now attach to that word; its usual signification, among the Hebrews, was “the lower world, the region of departed spirits.” It corresponded to the Greek ἅδης Hadēs, “hades,” or place of the dead. This word occurs eleven times in the New Testament Matthew 11:23; Matthew 16:18; Luke 10:15; Luke 16:23; Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31; 1 Corinthians 15:55; Revelation 1:18; Revelation 6:8; Revelation 20:13-14, in all... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 5:15-16

And the mean man ... the mighty man - The expressions here mean that “all” ranks would be subdued and punished; see the note at Isaiah 2:9.The eyes of the lofty ... - see Isaiah 2:11, note; Isaiah 2:17, note.Shall be exalted in judgment - In his justice; he shall so manifest his justice as to be exalted in the view of tbe people.Shall be sanctified - Shall be “regarded” as holy. He shall so manifest his righteousness in his dealings, that it shall be seen and felt that he is a holy God. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 5:17

Then shall the lambs feed - This verse is very variously interpreted. Most of the Hebrew commentators have followed the Chaldee interpretation, and have regarded it as desired to console the pious part of the people with the assurance of protection in the general calamity. The Chaldee is, ‘Then the just shall feed, as it is said, to them; and they shall be multiplied, and shall possess the property of the inpious.’ By this interpretation, “lambs” are supposed, as is frequently the case in the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 5:13-14

Isaiah 5:13-14. Therefore the people are gone into captivity The prophet may refer to those carried captive in the time of Ahaz: see on Isaiah 2:20. Or his words may be rendered, the people go into, &c.; that is, shall certainly and shortly go, speaking of the approaching judgments as if they were already come. Because they have no knowledge No serious consideration of God’s works, and of their own duty and danger. And their honourable men are famished Who thought themselves quite... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 5:15-17

Isaiah 5:15-17. And the mean man, &c. All of them, both high and low, shall be brought to destruction. But the Lord shall be exalted in judgment By the execution of his just judgment upon his incorrigible enemies. And God that is holy shall be sanctified Shall appear to be a holy God; in righteousness That is, by displaying his righteousness, or executing his righteous judgments. Then, &c. When God shall have finished that work of judgment upon the ungodly, he will extend... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:13-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 5:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 5:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 5:15-16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 5:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 5:13-14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 5:15-17

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