Isaiah 14:1-2

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 14:1-3

This comes in here as the reason why Babylon must be overthrown and ruined, because God has mercy in store for his people, and therefore, 1. The injuries done to them must be reckoned for and revenged upon their persecutors. Mercy to Jacob will be wrath and ruin to Jacob's impenitent implacable adversaries, such as Babylon was. 2. The yoke of oppression which Babylon had long laid on their necks must be broken off, and they must be set at liberty; and, in order to this, the destruction of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 14:1

For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, will yet choose Israel ,.... While the Jews were in captivity, the Lord seemed to have no pity for them, or compassion on them, and it looked as if he had rejected them, and wholly cast them off; but by delivering them from thence, he showed that he had a merciful regard unto them, and made it to appear that they were his chosen people, and beloved by him: and this is a reason why Babylon should be destroyed, and her destruction be no longer deferred,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 14:2

And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place ,.... That is, the people among whom the Jews dwelt in Babylon, who had a kindness for them, and especially such of them as were proselyted to their religion should attend them in their journey home, and supply them with all necessaries for provision and carriage, as they were allowed to do by the edict of Cyrus, Ezra 1:4 and this will have a further accomplishment in the latter day, when the Gentiles shall bring their sons and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 14:1

And will yet choose Israel - That is, will still regard Israel as his chosen people; however he may seem to desert them, by giving them up to their enemies, and scattering them among the nations. Judah is sometimes called Israel; see Ezekiel 13:16 ; Malachi 1:1 ; Malachi 2:11 ; : but the name of Jacob and of Israel, used apparently with design in this place, each of which names includes the twelve tribes, and the other circumstances mentioned in this and the next verse, which did not... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 14:2

For servants and handmaids - For thrallis and thrallesses. - Old Bible. Male and female slaves. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:1

For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob. God's purpose of mercy upon Israel requires, as its preliminary, the destruction of Babylon, and may be considered as the final cause of that destruction. His desire to have mercy on Israel soon is the reason why the days of Babylon are not prolonged (see Isaiah 13:22 ). Will yet choose Israel . The Captivity was a rejection of Israel from their position as a favored race—God's peculiar people; their restoration was a fresh "choice" of them out of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:1

God's mercy may delay, it does not fail. The captivity in Babylon seems to be in the thought of the prophet, and it would be a long and weary time, during which the people, even the faithful among the people, might think God had "forgotten to be gracious," or "delayed his coming;" so assurances are given that, however it may please God to tarry, holding back the fulfillment of his promises, they are always "yea and amen," and at the last it wilt be found that "not one word hath failed of all... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:1-3

The reign of sin and the rest of God. Taking the period of exile as a picture of the condition of the human soul when it is in a foreign land, under the sway of the enemy, apart and afar from its true heritage, and regarding the return and the "rest" ( Isaiah 14:3 ) in their own laud as a picture of the soul's condition when it has been brought back to God and has re-entered on his service, we have here some valuable suggestions. I. OUR SPIRITUAL CONDITION UNDER THE REIGN ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:1-23

THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL , AND HER SONG OF TRIUMPH OVER BABYLON . The destruction of Babylon is to be followed by the restoration of Israel, with the good will of the nations, and by their exercising rule over their late oppressors ( Isaiah 14:1 , Isaiah 14:2 ). In this time of rest and refreshment they will sing a song of triumph over Babylon. The song extends from Isaiah 14:4 to Isaiah 14:23 . It consists of five stanzas, or strophes, each comprising seven... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:1-23

Song of redeemed Israel I. THE OCCASION OF THE SONG . ( Isaiah 14:1-3 .) The immediate purpose of that awful convulsion of the nations described in the preceding chapter was judgment; but beyond this lies the purpose of mercy. The inspired song of Israel is ever of "mercy and judgment." One loving purpose works, whether through the hiding of the cloud and the storm, or in the manifest brightness of the calm summer day. Whether he makes himself known to us amidst terror and... read more

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