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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 9:2

The people that walked in darkness (comp. Isaiah 8:22 ). All the world was "in darkness" when Christ came; but here the Jews especially seem to be intended. It was truly a dark time with them when Christ came. Have seen ; rather, saw . The "prophetic" preterit is used throughout the whole passage. A great light. "The Light of the world," "the Sun of righteousness," "the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world, "first broke on man in that northern tract" by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 9:2

The dawn of gospel day. "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined." The glory which God revealed then through the prophet was but a prelude to that greater glory which the Incarnation made manifest. So much so that these words are used in Matthew 4:16 , and relate to Jesus leaving Nazareth and coming to Capernaum, upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim, that so the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 9:2

Light in darkness. Cheyne's translation brings out the meaning and reference of this passage. "Surely there is (now) no (more) gloom to her whose lot was affliction. At the former time she brought shame on the land of Zebulun, and on the land of Naphtali, but in the latter he hath brought honor on the way by the sea, the other side of Jordan, the district of the nations." The historical facts to which allusion is made are: 1. The despoiling of Upper and Lower Galilee by Tiglath-Pileser (... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 9:3

Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy . Dr. Kay defends this reading, and supposes a contrast of time between this clause and the next; he renders, "Thou didst multiply the nation" ( i.e. in the days of Solomon and again in those of Uzziah) "and not increase the joy; but now ," etc. The objection is that the verbs are all in the same tense, the simple preterit, and that there is nothing in the original corresponding to "but now." Almost all other recent... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 9:3

The joy of men in a Redeemer. "They joy before thee," in view of the Redeemer thou hast sent. There can be no joy like that men feel in the acceptance of God's "unspeakable gift." Illustrate by the song and chorus of the angels at Bethlehem: "Unto you is born a Savior;" "Glory to God in the highest." And by the triumph-song of the redeemed ones in the glory: "Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, "etc. There had been times of great rejoicing in the history of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 9:4

Thou hast broken the yoke of his burden , etc. The coming of the Messiah sets the Israelites free, removes the yoke from off their neck, breaks the rod wherewith their shoulders were beaten, delivers them from bondage into the "glorious liberty of the children of God." Not, however, in an earthly sense, since the Messiah's kingdom was not of this world. The "yoke" is that of sin, the "oppressor" is that prince of darkness, who had well-nigh brought all mankind under his dominion when Christ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 9:5

For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise ; rather, for all the armor of him that armeth noisily (Knobel, Vance Smith); or, perhaps, "every hoof of him that trampeth noisily" (Gesenius, Cheyne). The noun and participle, which are cognate words, occur only in this passage. And garments , etc. Translate, And every garment that is rolled in blood , shall be for burning , even fuel for fire . All military accoutrements shall be committed to the flames, that the reign of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 9:2

The people that walked in darkness - The inhabitants of the region of Galilee. They were represented as walking in darkness, because they were far from the capital, and from the temple; they had few religious privileges; they were intermingled with the pagan, and were comparatively rude and uncultivated in their manners and in their language. Allusion to this is several times made in the New Testament; John 1:46 : ‘Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?’ John 7:52 : ‘Search and look, for out... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 9:3

Thou hast multiplied the nation - Thou hast rendered the nation strong, powerful, mighty. Several interpreters, as Calvin, Vitringa, and Le Clerc, suppose that the prophet here, and in the two following verses, speaks in the first instance of the prosperity near at hand, and of the rapid increase of the Israelites after the return from the Babylonian exile, in which the inhabitants of Galilee must have participated, as may be inferred from the accounts of Josephus respecting the great... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 9:4

For thou hast broken - This verse, and the following, show the way in which the occasion of the joy had been furnished. The expression ‘thou hast’ does not necessarily refer to the past, but is a form of expression derived from the nature of the prophetic visions, where that is described as past which is seen to pass before the eyes of the prophet; see the Introduction, section 7.The yoke - This word is often used to denote oppression, or tyranny; Leviticus 26:13; Deuteronomy 28:48 - where... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 9:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 9:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 9:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 9:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 9:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 9:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 9:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 9:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 9:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 9:4

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