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James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:1-21

JUDAH ’S ALLIANCE WITH ASSYRIA Syria and Israel menaced Judah through Jotham’s reign but the situation has become acute now that Ahaz is on the throne (Isaiah 7:1-2 ). THE PROMISED SIGN The Lord, through Isaiah, counsels and encourages the king at a crisis (Isaiah 7:3-16 ). Notice where the prophet is to meet Ahaz (Isaiah 7:3 ): where he and his military engineers may be conferring as to the water supply during the expected siege. Notice who accompanies the prophet, and his name, which... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Isaiah 9:1-7

Phases of Divine Purpose Isa 9:1-7 This is confessedly a chapter most difficult of interpretation. It is evidently detached from some other chapter; the opening word suggests this; that opening word is "Nevertheless." Let us read the last verse of the preceding chapter: "And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness" ( Isa 8:22 ). "Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Isaiah 9:1-21

The Knell of Doom Isa 9:1 to Isa 10:4 There is a very striking expression in the Isaiah 9:11 : "The Lord shall set up the adversaries." "Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?" Does God employ evil spirits, evil men? Is it true that he maketh the wrath of man to praise him, and that he restrains the remainder thereof, and keeps it back for use upon occasion? Does he use up the very hell which sin has made, turning its heat into uses intended for judgment and penalty,... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Isaiah 9:6-7

Now comes in that blessed prophecy which hath refreshed the Church, and will, as long as time shall be, continue to refresh the Church, in all ages; and which, when compared with the accomplishment, as far as hath been completed in the person and work of the Lord Jesus, and which faith is looking forward to the full completion of, forms one of the most blessed of all subjects, to call up our love, and contemplation, and praise, during a whole life of grace, until faith be swallowed up in glory.... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:6

Child. The Messias, whom the son of Isaias prefigured. --- Shoulder. Where the badges of royalty were worn. (Calmet) --- Christ bore his cross. (Tertullian, &c.) --- Wonderful. In his birth, &c. --- Counsellor. From whom all good advice proceeds. Grotius falsely translates, "the consulter of the strong God," meaning Ezechias. Though he deemed the Socinians unworthy of the Christian name, (Ep. ad Valleum.) he too often sides with them. Johets always means one who "gives counsel,"... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:1-7

1-7 The Syrians and Assyrians first ravaged the countries here mentioned, and that region was first favoured by the preaching of Christ. Those that want the gospel, walk in darkness, and in the utmost danger. But when the gospel comes to any place, to any soul, light comes. Let us earnestly pray that it may shine into our hearts, and make us wise unto salvation. The gospel brings joy with it. Those who would have joy, must expect to go through hard work, as the husbandman, before he has the joy... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 9:1-7

The Promise of the Messiah in the Midst of Spiritual Darkness. The Birth of the God-Man Promised. v. 1. Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, literally, "Not is darkness to him to whom is affliction," that is, the land now oppressed with darkness and afflictions will be delivered from its oppression, when at the first He lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, for this country west and northwest of the Sea of Galilee had from the earliest... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 9:1-6

b) The light of the future proceeding from a child that is to be born of the race of DavidIsaiah 9:1-6. (Isaiah 9:2-7).2 (1) 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.(2) 3Thou hast multiplied the nation,And not increased the joy:They joy before thee according to the joy in harvest,And as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.(3) 4For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden,And the staff of... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Isaiah 9:2-7

Isaiah THE KINGDOM AND THE KING Isa_9:2 - Isa_9:7 . The darker the cloud, the brighter is the rainbow. This prophecy has for its historical background the calamitous reign of the weak and wicked Ahaz, during which the heart of the nation was bowed, like a forest before the blast, by the dread of foreign invasion and conquest. The prophet predicts a day of gloom and anguish, and then, out of the midst of his threatenings, bursts this glorious vision, sudden as sunrise. With consummate poetic... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Isaiah 9:1-7

the Prince of Peace Isaiah 8:19-22 ; Isaiah 9:1-7 When men cease to trust in God and rely on the help of man, they often turn to necromancy and spirit-rapping. The medium takes the place of the Mediator. The séance is sought after instead of the Law and the Testimony. What have God’s children to do with back-stair gossip, when their Father’s presence-chamber is open to them? What He does not tell us is not worth our knowing. The land of Galilee was destined to suffer sorely, but better... read more