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Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 32:11-14

Isaiah 32:11-14. Tremble, ye women— Tremble, &c.—and gird sackcloth upon your loins, Isa 32:12 upon your breasts; lamenting for the pleasant field, for the fruitful vine: Isa 32:13 for the land, &c.—yea, for all the houses of joy; [for] the joyous city, Isaiah 32:14. Because the temple is deserted; the thronged city left; the clift and watch-tower shall for a long season be for dens, &c. Vitringa. The prophet begins and proceeds in a more lofty tone than in the former passage,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 32:14

14. palaces—most applicable to Jerusalem (see on Isaiah 32:3). multitude . . . left—the noisy din of the city, that is, the city with its noisy multitude shall lie forsaken [MAURER]. forts—rather, "Ophel" (that is, the mound), the term applied specially to the declivity on the east of Zion, surrounded with its own wall (2 Chronicles 27:3; 2 Chronicles 33:14; 2 Kings 5:24), and furnished with "towers" (or watchtowers), perhaps referred to here (Nehemiah 3:26; Nehemiah 3:27). for ever—limited by... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 32:9-18

An appeal to Judah’s women to repent 32:9-18Isaiah had appealed to the sons of Israel to return to the Lord (Isaiah 31:6), and now he appealed to the women of Israel to rise up in repentance (Isaiah 32:9; cf. Isaiah 3:16-26). Appeal to both sexes stresses the importance of everyone repenting. As in his appeal to the men, the prophet also announced an immediate threat and a more distant disaster. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 32:13-14

Land once cultivated would become deserted, and their homes, even the palaces, would be left empty. Animals would occupy what humans formerly inhabited (cf. Isaiah 5:17)."The devastation caused by Sennacherib’s wind would be completed by Nebuchadnezzar’s whirlwind." [Note: Grogan, p. 207.] Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem in 586 B.C., 115 years after Sennacherib besieged it in 701 B.C. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 32:1-20

1-8. Characteristics of the future age. 9-14. A warning of coming desolation to the over-confident people. 15-20. Afterwards shall be a peaceful and prosperous future.1. The ideal future. 2. Men will defend and protect their inferiors instead of oppressing them. 3. Cp. Isaiah 29:18. 5f. Moral confusion shall cease; men shall be taken at their true value, their character being clearly seen in their actions. 6. Hypocrisy] RV ’profaneness.’8. By.. stand] RV ’in liberal things shall he... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 32:14

(14) The palaces shall be forsaken.—With a bold pencil and rapid strokes the picture of desolation is sketched in outline. The forts are those of Ophel (so in Heb.), the fortified south-eastern slope of the Temple mountain; the towers, probably such as “the tower of the flock,” mentioned in conjunction with Ophel in Micah 4:8. These would serve as dens for the wild asses, which commonly roved in the open country. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 32:1-20

Isaiah 32:20 The text of Coleridge's Lay Sermon (1817), which he describes as 'easy to be remembered from its briefness, likely to be remembered from its beauty'. References. XXXII. 20. W. J. Hocking, ibid. vol. xxxvii. 1890, p. 396. J. Percival, Sermons at Rugby, p. 85. F. E. Paget, Sermons on Duties of Daily Life, p. 311; see also Plain Preaching to Poor People (6th Series), p. 121. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:9-20

CHAPTER XVIISAIAH TO WOMENDATE UNCERTAINIsaiah 32:9-20THE date of this prophecy, which has been appended to those spoken by Isaiah during the Egyptian intrigues (704-702), is not certain. It is addressed to women, and there is no reason why the prophet, when he was upbraiding the men of Judah for their false optimism, should not also have sought to awaken the conscience of their wives and daughters on what is the besetting sin rather of women than of men. The chief evidence for dissociating the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 32:1-20

CHAPTER 32 The Coming King and His Kingdom 1. The King and His rule (Isaiah 32:1-8 ) 2. The careless women addressed (Isaiah 32:9-12 ) 3. The judgment of the land and the city (Isaiah 32:13-14 ) 4. The hope of the future (Isaiah 32:15-20 ) The connection with the previous chapter is obvious. In Isaiah 31:4-9 the coming of the Lord for the deliverance of His people and the punishment of their enemies is predicted. “So shall the Lord of Hosts come down to fight Mount Zion and the hill... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:1-20

JUDAH AND EGYPT These chapters make a unit since, with the exception of the opening part of chapter 28, they chiefly deal with Judah’s futile alliance with Egypt. Isaiah 28:0 Israel, or the kingdom of the ten tribes, is addressed under the name of her leading tribe “Ephraim” (Isaiah 28:1 ). Her great sin is strong drink. “The head of the fat valley” is Samaria the capital, which is soon to be overthrown by the Assyrians (Isaiah 28:2-4 ). Observe, however, the usual forecast of the end of the... read more

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