Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:17
The Lord "Jehovah" - For אדני Adonai , a great number of MSS. read יהוה Yehovah . read more
イザヤ書 9:13-21 Jcb
Adam Clarke
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:18
For wickedness - Wickedness rageth like a fire, destroying and laying waste the nation: but it shall be its own destruction, by bringing down the fire of God's wrath, which shall burn up the briers and the thorns; that is, the wicked themselves. Briers and thorns are an image frequently applied in Scripture, when set on fire, to the rage of the wicked; violent, yet impotent, and of no long continuance. "They are extinct as the fire of thorns," Psalm 118:12 . To the wicked themselves, as... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:20
The flesh of his own arm "The flesh of his neighbor" - " Του βραχιονος του αδελφου αυτου , the Septuagint Alexand. Duplex versio, quarum altera legit רעו reo , quae vox extat , Jeremiah 6:21 . Nam רע rea , αδελφος , Genesis 43:33 . Recte ni fallor ." - Secker. I add to this excellent remark, that the Chaldee manifestly reads רעו reo , his neighbor, not זרעו zeroo , his arm; for he renders it by קריביה karibeyh , his neighbor. And Jeremiah has the very same... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 9:8-21
THE PROPHET RETURNS TO THREATS AND WARNINGS , ADDRESSED CHIEFLY TO THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL . The remainder of this chapter, together with the first four verses of the next, seems to have formed originally a distinct and separate prophecy. The passage is a poem in four stanzas, with the same refrain at the end of each: "For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still." A somewhat early date has been assigned to the prophecy, as; for... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 9:8-21
Persistent impenitence brings repeated chastisements. One would naturally expect that so weak a creature as man, when chastised by the Divine anger, would readily and at once " humble himself under the almighty hand of God," accept the chastisement as deserved, and entreat for mercy and forgiveness. But, weak as he is, man is unwilling to acknowledge his weakness, and, faulty as he is, dislikes nothing so much as acknowledging his faults. God's judgments he will net allow to be judgments,... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 9:13
The people . The people of Israel, as distinct from the people of Judah. The particular judgment announced in Isaiah 9:11 , Isaiah 9:12 is clearly to fall on them. Neither do they seek the Lord of hosts . Israel had set itself to seek after Baal from the time of Ahab ( 1 Kings 16:31 ). The reform of Jehu ( 2 Kings 10:28 ) had gone but skin-deep. Baal was still "sought to," rather than Jehovah, when the final judgment came ( 2 Kings 17:16 ; Hosea 2:13 ). read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 9:14
Head and tail, branch and rush ; i.e. the whole nation, from the highest to the lowest. The "branch" intended is the "palm branch," at once lofty in position and the most glorious form of vegetable life ( Psalms 92:12 ; So Psalms 7:7 , Psalms 7:8 , etc.); the "rush" is the simple "sedge" that grows, not only low on the ground, but in the "mire" ( Job 8:11 ). The same expression occurs again in Isaiah 19:15 . read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 9:14-17
Man in God's view. There are three classes among mankind in reference to whom we here learn the thought and feeling of God. We infer from what is stated in the text— I. HIS SPECIAL INTEREST IN THE YOUNG . Things had come to such a state, the natural order of things was so reversed, that "the Lord would have no joy in their young men" ( Isaiah 9:17 ). Hence we may fairly argue that the common and normal condition is that in which God has joy in the young. It is a... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 9:15
Some suppose this verse to be a gloss, or marginal note, which has crept into the text; but it is too pointed and sarcastic for a mere gloss. There is no reason to doubt its being Isaiah's. Having spoken of "the tail," he takes the opportunity of lashing the false prophet, who claimed to be among the "honorable," but was really the lowest of the low, worse than his dupes, the true "tail" (comp. Isaiah 28:7 ; Isaiah 29:10 ; Isaiah 30:10 ). read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:14
In one day - Thirteen MSS. of Kennicott and De Rossi read ביום beyond in a day; and another has a rasure in the place of the letter ב beth . read more