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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 2:6-9

The calling in of the Gentiles was accompanied with the rejection of the Jews; it was their fall, and the diminishing of them, that was the riches of the Gentiles; and the casting off of them was the reconciling of the world (Rom. 11:12-15); and it should seem that these verses have reference to that, and are designed to justify God therein, and yet it is probable that they are primarily intended for the convincing and awakening of the men of that generation in which the prophet lived, it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 2:6

Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of Jacob ,.... These words contain a reason of the divine conduct, in calling the Gentiles, and rejecting the Jews, because of the sins of the latter hereafter mentioned; though some, as the Targum and R. Moses, refer this to the Israelites; and read, "because ye have forsaken", &c.; and interpret it of their forsaking the Lord, his worship, and his law. What is hereafter said does not agree with the Jews, literally understood, neither... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 2:7

Their land also is full of silver and gold ,.... Procured by pardons, indulgences, masses, praying souls out of purgatory, tithes, annates, Peter's pence, &c.; neither is there any end of their treasures ; laid up in the pope's coffers, in their churches, monasteries, and convents: their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots ; for the cardinals, archbishops, bishops, &c.; to ride on and in. Horses and chariots are mentioned among the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 2:8

Their land also is full of idols ,.... Of the Virgin Mary, and of saints departed, whose images are set up to be worshipped in all their churches, and had in private houses: and they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made ; namely, idols of gold, silver, brass, wood, and stone, Revelation 9:20 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 2:9

And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself ,.... Both high and low, rich and poor, bow down unto, humble themselves before, and worship idols made by the hands of men: the words for the "mean man" and "the great man" are אדם and איש , "Adam" and "Ish"; and which are also interpreted by Jarchi of little or mean men, and of princes and mighty ones: therefore forgive them not ; their sins of soothsaying, covetousness, and idolatry; and such that worship the beast... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:6

They be replenished "And they multiply" - Seven MSS. and one edition, for ישפיקו yaspiku , read ישפיחו yaspichu , "and have joined themselves to the children of strangers;" that is, in marriage or worship. - Dr. Jubb. So Vulg., adhaeserunt. Compare Isaiah 14:1 . But the very learned professor Chevalier Michaelis has explained the word יספחו yesupachu , Job 30:7 , (German translation, note on the place), in another manner; which perfectly well agrees with that place, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:7

Their land is also full of horses "And his land is filled with horses" - This was in direct contradiction to God's command in the law: "But he (the king) shall not multiply horses to himself; nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses; neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold," Deuteronomy 17:16 , Deuteronomy 17:17 . Uzziah seems to have followed the example of Solomon, see 1 Kings 10:26-29 , who first transgressed in these... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:8

Their land also is full of idols "And his land is filled with idols" - Uzziah and Fotham are both said, 2 Kings 15:3 , 2 Kings 15:4 , 2 Kings 15:34 , 2 Kings 15:35 , "to have done that which was right in the sight of the Lord;" that is, to have adhered to and maintained the legal worship of God, in opposition to idolatry and all irregular worship; for to this sense the meaning of that phrase is commonly to be restrained; "save that the high places were not removed where the people... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:9

Boweth down "Shall be bowed down" - This has reference to the preceding verse. They bowed themselves down to their idols, therefore shall they be bowed down and brought low under the avenging hand of God. Therefore forgive them not - "And thou wilt not forgive them." - L. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:5-10

Purgation by judgment. The blessed age cannot yet come in. If we suppose the prophet to have been reading the previous oracle as a sabbath lesson out of the elder prophet Joel's scroll, he adds the exhortation, "Let us walk in the light of Jehovah!" Then a sudden pause. For he calls to mind the present corrupt condition of the nation. They cannot pass over to that new and happy condition of things as they now are. Peace can only be the fruit of righteousness. God cannot impart blessings for... read more

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