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James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 33:13

"Hear, ye that are afar off, what I have done; and ye that are near, acknowledge my might. The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the godless ones; Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings. He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil: he... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 33:13-16

Isaiah 33:13-16. Hear, ye that are far off— This period is immediately connected with that preceding; wherein the divine judgment just mentioned is celebrated, and its severity defended against those hypocrites who misinterpreted it. The prophet, using still the same figure, adapts words to God agreeable to the present circumstance. He supposes that God had now executed that judgment upon his enemies, which in the words preceding he had said that he would execute. Here, therefore, as the order... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 33:13

13. far off—distant nations. near—the Jews and adjoining peoples (Isaiah 49:1). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 33:13

God summoned, through His prophet, the entire earth, those far and near, to pay attention to what He had done to His people. It has worldwide significance. God’s powerful acts toward Israel in the past will cause the nations to stream to Zion in the future. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 33:13-16

The people of Zion 33:13-16Isaiah now turned to focus on one aspect of the future hope of the nation: Zion. It will consist of a people and a king. The prophet concentrated on the people first (Isaiah 33:13-16) and then their king (Isaiah 33:17-24). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 33:1-24

1-12. The deliverance of Jerusalem from the Invader. 13-24. The Consequences of the Interposition of Jehovah for those that dwell in the City.1. The Assyrian is addressed. That spoilest, etc.] may mean, (1) that the Assyrian attacked Judah without provocation, or (2) that he has so far spoiled other nations unchecked.2. Their arm] viz. Jerusalem’s defenders’.3. Disaster overtakes the enemy. People.. nations] refer to the various races subject to Sennacherib and serving in his army.4. As.. upon... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 33:13

(13) Hear, ye that are far off . . .—The fate of Assyria is proclaimed as a warning to other nations, and to Israel itself. For the “sinners in Zion” also there is the furnace of fire of the wrath of God. “Who,” they ask, “can dwell with that consuming fire, those everlasting (œonian?) burnings,” which are one aspect of the righteousness of God? read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 33:1-24

God Is a Consuming Fire Isaiah 33:14-16 This passage contains a question, and the reply to the question, and an assurance over and above the reply. I. Consider the answer here given to the inquiry about dwelling with God. The possession of spiritual life shown to be spiritual life by the external manifestations of walking righteously, and speaking uprightly, and holding aloof from evil is the one thing which enables a man to stand without being consumed in the consuming fire of the presence of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 33:1-24

CHAPTER XXIOUR GOD A CONSUMING FIRE701 B.C.Isaiah 33:1-24WE have seen how the sense of forgiveness and the exultant confidence, which fill chapter 33, were brought about within a few months after the sentence of death, that cast so deep a gloom on chapter 22. We have expounded some of the contents of chapter 33, but have not exhausted the chapter; and in particular we have not touched one of Isaiah’s principles, which there finds perhaps its finest expression: the consuming righteousness of... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 33:1-24

CHAPTER 33 Sixth Woe Against the Assyrian and What Is to Follow 1. The judgment announced (Isaiah 33:1 ) 2. The prayer of the faithful remnant (Isaiah 33:2-6 ) 3. The judgment executed (Isaiah 33:7-13 ) 4. The judge in the midst of Zion (Isaiah 33:14-16 ) 5. The King beheld in His beauty (Isaiah 33:17-23 ) 6. Healing and forgiveness the result of the coming of the King (Isaiah 33:24 ) This is the last mention which is made of the Assyrian apart from the historical chapters. Here... read more

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