whole earth This universality is significant and marks the whole passage as referring, not merely to a near judgment upon Assyria, but in a yet larger sense to the final crash of the present world-system at the end of the age. (See "Times of the Gentiles," Luke 21:24; Revelation 16:14; Daniel 2:44; Daniel 2:45 "Armageddon," ; Revelation 16:14; Revelation 19:17. No other such universal catastrophe on the nations is known to Scripture. read more
Chapter 14For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob ( Isaiah 14:1 ).Again, now he moves out to the end of the Kingdom Age where Israel is restored and exalted among the world.The people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them... read more
Isaiah 14:1 . And set them in their own land. This prediction is so correct, as appears from the books of Nehemiah and Ezra, that no man can doubt the truth of prophecy; and its literal accomplishment demonstrates the truth of divine revelation. Isaiah 14:6 . He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke. Nebuchadnezzar began his career by joining the Medes to overthrow Nineveh. In his twelfth year he destroyed Ecbatana, the capital of the Medes. After that he turned his arms... read more
Isa 14:26 This [is] the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this [is] the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. Ver. 26. This is the purpose that is purposed. ] Heb., The council that is consulted. Now there are many devices in the heart of man, but, when all is done, the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand. Pro 19:21 read more
Isaiah 5:25, Zephaniah 3:6-Ruth : Reciprocal: Psalms 102:16 - When Proverbs 19:21 - nevertheless Isaiah 10:23 - determined Isaiah 19:17 - because Isaiah 25:11 - he shall spread Jeremiah 30:24 - fierce Zephaniah 1:4 - stretch Zechariah 6:1 - and the Romans 9:11 - that the 2 Timothy 1:9 - according to his Hebrews 6:17 - the immutability read more
This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.The earth — Upon this vast empire, now in the hands of the Assyrians, and shortly to come into the hands of the Babylonians.The hand — The providence of God executing his purpose. read more
26, 27. This is the purpose The sense of these verses is, That the “purpose” formed against Babylon and Assyria is also formed against all peoples who deserve punishment, and it must be executed. Rules of justice control the Almighty in regard to all nations, and they cannot be changed. read more
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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 14:26
Upon the whole earth; upon this vast empire, now in the hands of the Assyrians, and shortly to come into the hands of the Babylonians. The whole earth is put synecdochically for a great part of it. The hand; the providence of God executing his purpose. read more