イザヤ書 51:17-22 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:22

God pleads the cause of his people. How can God, it may be asked, be at once Judge and Advocate? Can he plead at his own tribunal; entreat himself to show mercy; deprecate his own anger? if not, before what tribunal does he plead? whose mercy does he entreat? whose anger does he deprecate? The prophet himself could, perhaps, scarcely have explained his own words; but the Holy Spirit who inspired them knew exactly in what sense they were true. The riddle has to be solved by the consideration... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:22

God our Advocate with himself. "Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, and thy God who is the Advocate of his people." He will plead for his people when none else will plead (comp. Isaiah 63:5 ). In this we find a foreshadowing of the idea of Christ as our Advocate with God, which, most deeply, most spiritually apprehended, is God pleading with God—God an Advocate with himself. This may be worked out thus— I. JESUS PLEADS FOR US WITH GOD . "There is one God, and one Mediator between... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:17

Awake, awake - (See the notes at Isaiah 51:9). This verse commences an address to Jerusalem under a new figure or image. The figure employed is that of a man who has been overcome by the cup of the wrath of Yahweh, that had produced the same effect as inebriation. Jerusalem had reeled and fallen prostrate. There had been none to sustain her, and she had sunk to the dust. Calamities of the most appalling kind had come upon her, and she is now called on to arouse from this condition, and to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:18

There is none to guide her - The image here is taken from the condition of one who is under the influence of an intoxicating draught, and who needs some one to sustain and guide him. The idea is, than among all the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the time of the calamity, there was none who could restore to order the agitated and distracted affairs of the nation. All its wisdom was destroyed; its counsels perplexed; its power overcome.All the sons whom she hath brought forth - All the inhabitants... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:19

These two things are come unto thee - Margin, ‘Happened.’ That is, two sources of calamity have come upon thee; to wit, famine and the sword, producing desolation and destruction; or desolation by famine, and destruction by the sword (see Lowth on Hebrew Poetry, Lect. xix.) The idea here is, that far-spread destruction had occurred, caused by the two things, famine and the sword.Who shall be sorry for thee? - That is, who shall be able so to pity thee as to furnish relief?Desolation - By... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:20

Thy sons - Jerusalem is here represented as a mother. Her sons, that is, her inhabitants, had become weak and prostrate everywhere, and were unable to afford consolation.They lie at the head of all the streets - The ‘head’ of the streets is the same which in Lamentations 2:19; Lamentations 4:1, is denominated ‘the top of the streets.’ The head or top of the streets denotes, doubtless, the beginning of a way or street; the corner from which other streets diverge. These would be public places,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:21

And drunken, but not with wine - Overcome and prostrate, but not under the influence of intoxicating drink. They were prostrate by the wrath of God. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:22

I have taken out of thy hand the cup of trembling - (See the notes at Isaiah 51:17). This verse contains a promise that they would be delivered from the effect of the wrath of God, under which they had been suffering so long.Thou shalt no more drink it again - Thou shalt no more be subject to similar trials and calamities (see Isaiah 54:7-9). Probably the idea here is, not that Jerusalem would never be again destroyed, which would not be true, for it was afterward subjected to severer trials... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 51:17

Isaiah 51:17. Awake, awake God having awoke and arisen for the comfort of his people, here calls on them to awake, as afterward, Isaiah 52:1. This is a call to awake, not so much out of the sleep of sin though that also was necessary, in order to their being ready for deliverance, as out of the stupor of despondency and despair. Hebrew, התעוררי , rouse up thyself; come out of that forlorn and disconsolate condition in which thou hast so long been. When the Jews were in captivity they were... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 51:18-20

Isaiah 51:18-20. There is none to guide her, &c. When thou wast drunk with this cup, and couldest not direct or support thy steps, neither thy princes, nor prophets, nor priests, were able or willing to lead or uphold thee. These two things are come upon thee Those here following, which, although they be expressed in four words, yet may be fitly reduced to two things, namely, desolation by famine, and destruction by the sword. Who shall be sorry for thee Who is there left to take... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 51:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 51:22

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 51:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 51:18-20

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