The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 32:2
The soul's rest. "The shadow of a great rock in a weary land." This is an Eastern picture. God is described as our Shade . In the glare of a too-garish day we become endangered; the sun of prosperity smites us. Sunlight has its penalties as well as its pleasures. So has success! The human heart cannot bear too much of brightness. We need shadows for the mind to rest under as well as for the body. I. A MAN IS HERE DESCRIBED . The God-Man. One who, knowing our infirmities and... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 32:2
What Christ is to his people. The prophet enumerates (in Isaiah 32:2 ) some of the chief relations in which Messiah, when he came, would stand to his people. All his announcements are fulfilled in Christ. I. CHRIST IS A HIDING - PLACE FROM THE WIND . When the winds of affliction blow, when "the blast of the terrible ones" is upon us, above all, when the breath of the wrath of God seems to sweep down on us and scorch us up, there is one Refuge only to which we can flee—one... read more