イザヤ書 33:11-22 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:15

He that walketh righteously , etc. The prophet answers the question which he has supposed to be asked. None can endure the revelation of the presence of God but the holy and the upright—"he that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully" ( Psalms 24:4 ; comp. Psalms 15:2-5 ). Uprightness is then explained as consisting in six things mainly— We may compare with this summa, y those of the Psalms above quoted. No enumeration is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:16

He shall dwell on high ; literally, inhabit heights—live , as it were, in the perpetual presence of God. His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks ; rather, strongholds of rocks ( i.e. rocky strongholds) shall be his refuge . He shall fly to God, as his "Rock and his Fortress" ( Psalms 18:2 ), not from him, as his "Enemy and Avenger" (Pc. Isaiah 8:2 ). Bread … waters ; i.e. all that is necessary for his support and sustenance. Shall be given him … shall... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:16

God's witness to character. Connect this verse with the description of the righteous man given in Isaiah 33:15 , observing how very practical is the righteousness which God requires and approves. The good man walks uprightly, speaks worthy things, wants nothing that is his neighbor's, will neither be bought nor forced to do that which is wrong, refuses to listen to evil, and shuts his eyes that he may not see it. God is on the side of such a good man, and whatever may be the disabilities... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:17

Thine eyes . Another transition. Here from the third person to the second, the prophet now addressing those righteous ones of whom he has been speaking in the two preceding verses. Shall see the King in his beauty . The Messianic King, whoever he might be, and whenever he might make his appearance. It has been said that beauty is not predicated of the heavenly King (Cheyne); but Zechariah 9:17 ; Psalms 45:2 .; and Canticles, passim , contradict this assertion. "How great is his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:17

The King in his beauty. When Christ appeared on earth at his first coming, he "had no beauty that men should desire him" ( Isaiah 53:2 ). Roughly clad and toil-worn, whatever the heavenly expression of his countenance, he did not strike men as beautiful, majestic, or even as "comely" ( Isaiah 53:2 ). But at his second coming it will be different. St. John the Divine describes him as he saw him in vision: "In the midst of the seven candlesticks was one like unto the Son of man, clothed... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:17

The glorious vision. "Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty," There is much of beauty in this world. And by Christ Jesus God created the worlds. So that he is the Archetype of all beauty. Everything lovely was first a thought of Christ before it became a fact in life. These eyes of ours have seen glorious spectacles: the sun rising to run his race; the tender greens and purples of the seas; the magnificence of Carmel and Lebanon. How much also have we all seen of moral beauty!—the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:17

The King in his beauty. "Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty." Of this we may take— I. THE CONTEMPORARY VIEW . Those who heard these words from Isaiah's lips or read them from the roll on which he wrote them would naturally think of Hezekiah. But in what aspect would they think of him as clothed on with beauty? Not, surely, as one arrayed in gorgeous royal robes, or as one surrounded with the pomp of a royal court; but as one who wielded the kingly scepter in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:17

The breadth of the kingdom. "They shall behold the land of far distances". We look at— I. THE BREADTH OF THE HISTORICAL KINGDOM . Judah was to be delivered from her Assyrian oppressor. At present she was beleaguered, shut in on every hand, by the invading army; her citizens had no range of land they could traverse—they were confined to the narrow circle made by the besieging hosts of Sennacherib. But soon those boundaries would be removed, the army would be scattered and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:17

Visions of the King. The Targum reads, "Thine eyes shall see the Shechinah of the King of ages." The idea of the prophet probably is , that the good man shall see, with his soul-eyes, God himself delivering and rescuing the city from its threatening foes. The good man never can be content with agencies and instrumentalities and second causes, lie must recognize the living God, working his work of grace by means of them. He cannot be content unless he can " see the King in his beauty"—the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:17-24

The reign of Hezekiah. Amidst all the agitation caused by the invasion of Sennacherib, and his perfidy, "the voices of true prophets were raised with power, pointing to the imperishable elements in the true community, and proclaiming the approach of a great crisis, the crushing weight of which should alight only on the faithless, whether among the Assyrians or in Judah" (Ewald). Here we find a reflection of the excitement of the time. I. THE GLORY OF THE KING . His beauty is a... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:17-24

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