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G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 9:1-21

Here we have the message of hope (verses Isa 9:1-7 ) in the glorious picture of the Coming Deliverer, with the equally glorious record of the results of His Coming. It is one of the greatest Messianic passages in the Old Testament. This is followed immediately by a prophecy of judgment on Israel, which falls into four distinct parts, each ending with the words, "For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still." For this reason we have included in our reading the... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Isaiah 9:6-7

The Birth of Christ in Isaiah Isaiah 7:5-14 ; Isaiah 9:6-7 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Book of Revelation opens thus: "The Revelation of Jesus Christ." "We see no reason why the whole Bible is not a "revelation of Jesus Christ." We see no reason why the Book of Isaiah is not a "revelation of Jesus Christ." We know that Isaiah, the same as other Old Testament Books, carries much by way of history, and yet we contend that the history of the Bible is there because of its particular relationship to... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 9:6

HOPE‘Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given.’ Isaiah 9:6 I. Here, in this Son of His, is an offer made by God, by which He pledges Himself to justify all suffering, retrieve all failure, redeem all fault.—He gives us an end for which to live, a purpose to which to consecrate ourselves. Here is His mind, here is His plan, for us—for us, not in our small individual worries and troubles only, but for us in the mass, as a race, as a society, as a civilisation. God has a scheme, an issue... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:1-7

The Rise of The Great King Immanuel (Isaiah 9:2-7 ). The rise of Immanuel is described in terms of great light and rejoicing, and is connected with the defeat of the enemies of God’s people. As a result the child promised in Isaiah 7:14 will be born and will gain worldwide dominion. Analysis. a The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, on them has the light shined (Isaiah 9:2). b You have multiplied the nation, You have... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:2-7

Isaiah 9:2-Judges : . Israel’ s Deliverer.— This famous passage on the Messianic King is now by several regarded as late. The question is too large to be discussed, but it seems more difficult to explain its origin in the post-exilic period than under the monarchy. This was present as a starting-point, and Isaiah would not expect it to be eliminated. The bursting of the enemy’ s yoke and the establishment of a righteous rule were quite in line with his aspirations. In the later period other... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 9:6

Having spoken of the glorious light, and joy, and victory of God’s people, he now proceeds to show the ground of it, and by what person these things are procured. Unto us; unto us Jews, of whom Christ was born, and to whom he was primarily sent, Matthew 15:24, for our use and benefit. A Child; the Messiah, by the consent of interpreters, not only Christian, but Jewish; for so the ancient Hebrew doctors understood the place, and particularly the Chaldee paraphrast; although the later Jews, out... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Isaiah 9:6

THE TITLES AND GOVERNMENT OF CHRISTIsaiah 9:6. For unto us a Child is born, &c.I. The Incarnation and Government of Jesus Christ. Let us contemplate Him, 1. As the Incarnate One. “Unto us a child is born” (H. E. I. 846–853). 2. As a gift of Heaven to a fallen world. “Unto us a Son is given.” 3. As advanced to supreme rule and authority. “The government shall be upon His shoulder. II. The names and characters by which He is distinguished. “His name,” &c. III. The adaptation of these... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:6

Isaiah 9:6 The Incarnation and the secret of believing it. I. Our nature shrinks from the imagination of Deity existing in solitude. Suppose that self-manifestation is a property of the Divine nature, as essential to its perfection as wisdom or love, then He in whom that manifestation is made, to whom God communicates His nature as the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, must be co-eternal with Him. From the beginning the Word was with God. II. There is nothing absurd... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:6-7

Isaiah 9:6-7 In the time when the prophet Isaiah wrote this prophecy, everything round him was exactly opposite to his words. The king of Judea, his country, was not reigning in righteousness. He was an unrighteous and wicked governor. The weak and poor and needy had no one to right them, no one to take their part. I. But Isaiah had God's Spirit with him; the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of holiness, righteousness, justice. And that Holy Spirit convinced him of sin and of righteousness and of... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Isaiah 9:6

DISCOURSE: 872CHRIST’S INCARNATION AND CHARACTERIsaiah 9:6. Unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.THERE is no true peace or happiness in the world except that which arises from the Gospel of Christ; for God himself testifies that there is no peace to the wicked. But where the Gospel truly prevails, peace and joy immediately... read more

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