Isaiah 9

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 9:15

(15) The ancient and honourable . . .—Comp. Isaiah 3:2-3, for the meaning of the words. These, the prophet seems to say, were the true leaders of the people. The ideal work of the prophet was, indeed, that of a teacher who was to lead even them, but corruptio optimi pessima; and to Isaiah, as to Jeremiah, there was no class so contemptible and base as that of spiritual guides whose policy was that of a time-serving selfishness. The verse is rejected by some critics as a marginal note that has... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 9:17

(17) Therefore the Lord shall have no joy . . .—The Hebrew tenses are in the past, The Lord had no joy. The severity of the coming judgment is represented as not sparing even the flower of the nation’s youth, the widows and orphans who were the special objects of compassion both to God and man. The corruption of the time was universal, and the prophet’s formula, “For all this his anger is not turned away . . .” tolls again like the knell of doom.Folly.—Better, blasphemy or villainy. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 9:18

(18) It shall devour the briers and thorns . . .—The words are obviously figurative for men who were base and vile, as in 2 Samuel 23:6; but the figure may have been suggested by Isaiah 7:23-24. The outward desolation, with its rank growth of underwood, was to the prophet’s eye a type of the moral condition of his people. And for such a people sin becomes the punishment of sin, and burns like a fire in a forest thicket, leaving the land clear for fresh culture and a better growth. (Comp. Isaiah... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 9:19-20

(19, 20) Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts is the land darkened . . .—The vision of darkness and famine which had come before the prophet’s eyes in Isaiah 8:21 appears once again, and here, as there, it is a question whether the words are to be understood literally or figuratively. The definiteness of the language of Isaiah 9:20 suggests the thoughts of the horrors of a famine like that of Samaria (2 Kings 6:28-29), or of Deuteronomy 28:53-57; Zechariah 11:9. But even that scene of horror... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 9:1-21

The Gift of Peace Isaiah 9:6 ; Isaiah 5:21 What a contrast these two texts present! The wicked those living apart from God have no peace; but to those who know the Incarnate Son of God to be their Saviour, He is their Peace the Prince of Peace. Let us look at Him, and then at the great inward gift that He comes to convey to us. I. Peace Inherent in Christ's Nature. Whatever Christ is, He is by nature, not by circumstance. If He is a King, He is so by nature; if He is the Redeemer, it is... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:1-8

5CHAPTER VIKING AND MESSIAH; PEOPLE AND CHURCH735-732 B.C.Isaiah 7, 8, 9:1-8THIS section of the book of Isaiah (chapters 7-9:7) consists of a number of separate prophecies uttered during a period of at least three years: 735-732 B.C. By 735 Ahaz had ascended the throne; Tiglath-pileser had been occupied in the far east for two years. Taking advantage of the weakness of the former and the distance of the later, Rezin, king of Damascus, and Pekah, king of Samaria, planned an invasion of Judah. It... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:6-21

CHAPTER VIITHE MESSIAHWE have now reached that point of Isaiah’s prophesying at which the Messiah becomes the most conspicuous figure on his horizon. Let us take advantage of it to gather into one statement all that the prophet told his generation concerning that exalted and mysterious Person.When Isaiah began to prophesy, there was current among the people of Judah the expectation of a glorious King. How far the expectation was defined it is impossible to ascertain; but this at least is... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:8-21

CHAPTER IIITHE VINEYARD OF THE LORD,OR TRUE PATRIOTISM THE CONSCIENCE OF OUR COUNTRY’S SINS735 B.C.Isaiah 5:1-30; Isaiah 9:8 - Isaiah 10:4THE prophecy contained in these chapters belongs, as we have seen, to the same early period of Isaiah’s career as chapters 2-4, about the time when Ahaz ascended the throne after the long and successful reigns of his father and grandfather, when the kingdom of Judah seemed girt with strength and filled with wealth, but the men were corrupt and the women... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 9:1-21

CHAPTER 9 The Message of Hope Concerning Israel’s Future and the Impending Judgments 1. The Messiah, His Name, His rule, His kingdom (Isaiah 9:1-7 ) 2. Judgment upon Israel (Isaiah 9:8-12 ) 3. The impenitent nation (Isaiah 9:13-17 ) 4. The wrath of Jehovah (Isaiah 9:18-21 ) 5. Unrighteous judges and three questions (Isaiah 10:1-4 Matthew 4:12-25 quotes the opening verses of this chapter. This applies to His double advent. The first and second coming of the Lord are wonderfully blended... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 9:1

9:1 Nevertheless {a} the dimness [shall] not [be] such as [was] in her distress, {b} when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict [her by] the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of {c} the nations.(a) He comforts the Church again after these great threatenings promising to restore them to great glory in Messiah.(b) With which Israel was punished, first by Tiglath-pilesar, which was a light scourge in... read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 9:15

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 9:17

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 9:18

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 9:19-20

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 9:1-21

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:1-8

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:6-21

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:8-21

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 9:1-21

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 9:1

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