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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 32:1-8

We have here the description of a flourishing kingdom. ?Blessed art thou, O land! when it is thus with thee, when kings, princes, and people, are in their places such as they should be.? It may be taken as a directory both to magistrates and subjects, what both ought to do, or as a panegyric to Hezekiah, who ruled well and saw something of the happy effects of his good government, and it was designed to make the people sensible how happy they were under his administration and how careful they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:2

And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest ,.... Or, "that man"; the King Messiah before mentioned; who had agreed to become man, was promised and prophesied of as such, had often appeared in a human form, was to be incarnate, and now is; though he is not a mere man; were he, he could not be what is here said of him, "as a hiding place, and covert from the wind and tempest", of his Father's wrath, raised by sin; and which all men are deserving of, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:3

And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim ,.... Not of the seers and prophets, or ministers of the word only, but of the righteous in general, as the Targum; even all such as are illuminated by the Spirit of God, who shall have a clear discerning of Gospel truths, behold with open face, with eyes unveiled, the glory of them, and of Christ in them, and not have their eyes covered, or such a dim obscure knowledge of them as under the law; and not only the watchmen shall see, eye to eye,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 32:2

As the shadow of a great rock - The shadow of a great projecting rock is the most refreshing that is possible in a hot country, not only as most perfectly excluding the rays of the sun, but also as having in itself a natural coolness, which it reflects and communicates to every thing about it. Speluncaeque tegant, et saxea procubet umbra . Virg. Georg. 3:145. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 32:3

And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim "And him the eyes of those that see shall regard" - For ולא velo , and not, Le Clerc reads ולו velo , and to him, of which mistake the Masoretes acknowledge there are fifteen instances; and many more are reckoned by others. The removal of the negative restores to the verb its true and usual sense. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 32:1-8

SECTION VIII . A PROPHECY OF MESSIAH 'S KINGDOM ( Isaiah 32:1-8 ). A PROPHECY OF MESSIAH 'S KINGDOM . It is generally allowed that this prophecy is Messianic; but some critics insist that it is not so "in a narrow sense." They regard Isaiah as expecting Messiah's kingdom to follow immediately on the discomfiture of Sennacherib, and as looking to Hezekiah to inaugurate it. According to this view, Hezekiah, renovated in character, was to be the Messiah, and might have... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 32:1-8

An ideal of political good. When the Divine Spirit has been outpoured, when the idols have been cast away, and the Assyrian yoke has been cast off, happy days will dawn. I. ROYALTY WILL BE SYNONYMOUS WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS . The King will be seen in his beauty—not the splendor of purple robes and lofty throne and brilliant court, but that of the equity and justice which imitate Heaven. God will call him by his name, will make him rich with hidden possessions, will go before him... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 32:2

A man shall be as an hiding-place from the wind , etc. Modem critics mostly render, "each man"— i.e. the king, and each of his princes. But it is, to say the least, allowable —with Vitringa and Kay—to regard the word as referring to the king only (comp. Zechariah 6:12 , where ish , a man, is used in the same vague way of One who is clearly the Messiah). There was never but one man who could be to other men all that is predicated in this verse of the "man" mentioned (comp. Isaiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 32:2

What Christ is to his people. The prophet enumerates (in Isaiah 32:2 ) some of the chief relations in which Messiah, when he came, would stand to his people. All his announcements are fulfilled in Christ. I. CHRIST IS A HIDING - PLACE FROM THE WIND . When the winds of affliction blow, when "the blast of the terrible ones" is upon us, above all, when the breath of the wrath of God seems to sweep down on us and scorch us up, there is one Refuge only to which we can flee—one... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 32:2

The soul's rest. "The shadow of a great rock in a weary land." This is an Eastern picture. God is described as our Shade . In the glare of a too-garish day we become endangered; the sun of prosperity smites us. Sunlight has its penalties as well as its pleasures. So has success! The human heart cannot bear too much of brightness. We need shadows for the mind to rest under as well as for the body. I. A MAN IS HERE DESCRIBED . The God-Man. One who, knowing our infirmities and... read more

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