Isaiah 29:22

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 29:17-24

Those that thought to hide their counsels from the Lord were said to turn things upside down (Isa. 29:16), and they intended to do it unknown to God; but God here tells them that he will turn things upside down his way; and let us see whose word shall stand, his or theirs. They disbelieve Providence: ?Wait awhile,? says God, ?and you shall be convinced by ocular demonstration that there is a God who governs the world, and that he governs it and orders all the changes that are in it for the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 29:22

Therefore thus saith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham ,.... That brought him from Ur of the Chaldees; that freed him from idolatry, and from a vain conversation before conversion, and delivered him from many evils and dangers afterwards; and saved him with an everlasting salvation, through the Messiah, the great Redeemer, that sprung from him, and took on him the nature of the seed of Abraham: concerning the house of Jacob ; his family and posterity, the whole body of the Jewish people; or... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 29:22

Who redeemed Abraham - As God redeemed Abraham from among idolaters and workers of iniquity, so will he redeem those who hear the words of the Book, and are humbled before him, Isaiah 29:18 , Isaiah 29:19 . Concerning the house of Jacob "The God of the house of Jacob" - I read אל El as a noun, not a preposition: the parallel line favors this sense; and there is no address to the house of Jacob to justify the other. Neither shall his face now wax pale "His face shall no more be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:17-24

A RENEWAL OF PROMISE . God's judgment ( Isaiah 29:14 ), whatever it is, will pass. In a little while there will be a great change. The lowly will be exalted, the proud abased. From the "meek" and "poor' will be raised a body of true worshippers, who will possess spiritual discernment ( Isaiah 29:18 ), while the oppressors and "scorners" will be brought to naught. When Isaiah expected this change is uncertain; but he holds out the hope of it here, as elsewhere so frequently ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:17-24

Religious revivals. It is sometimes supposed that religious revivals are modern inventions, concessions to the weakness of the degenerate man of the nineteenth century; and no doubt there have been features in many so-called "revivals" which have justified this view of them. But, in point of fact, revivals, if we follow out the history of religion, are found to be movements which have belonged to all ages, and without which it appears more than probable that religion in this world would... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:17-24

A time of regeneration. A time of refreshing and of renewal is, notwithstanding all the gloom of preceding pictures, at hand. I. THE CHANGE IN NATURE . "One of Isaiah's most characteristic ideas is a future transformation of nature corresponding to that of man" (Cheyne). The forest will be turned into the garden-land. Lebanon stands for the wild or uncultivated land (cf. Isaiah 10:18 , Isaiah 10:34 ). The passage in Isaiah 32:15 is parallel. When God again begins to bless... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:18-24

The hour of revival. I. ITS CHARACTERISTICS . 1. The spirit of docility . Those once deaf now " hear the words of the book" ( Isaiah 29:18 ); " They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine" ( Isaiah 29:24 ). It is one of the surest signs of the presence of God's Spirit that the attitude of insensibility or of captiousness is exchanged for the desire to learn the will of God—that those who once held aloof... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 29:22

The Lord, who redeemed Abraham ; rather, who delivered Abraham , as the verb used is often rendered (see Job 33:28 ; Psalms 51:18 ; Psalms 69:18 ; Psalms 78:42 , etc.). God's directions to Abraham to remove from a land of idolaters ( Joshua 24:2 , Joshua 24:3 ; Acts 7:2 , Acts 7:3 ) were practically a "deliverance." The work thus commenced could not be suffered to remain incomplete. Israel—the true Israel— would not be ashamed , or wax pale through fear any more; they... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 29:22

Therefore - In consequence of the happy change which shall take place in the nation when the oppressor shall be removed Isaiah 29:20-21, and when the poor and the meek shall rejoice Isaiah 29:19, and the ignorant shall be instructed Isaiah 29:18, Jacob shall not be ashamed of his descendants as he was before, nor have cause to blush in regard to his posterity.Who redeemed Abraham - That is, who brought him out of a land of idolaters, and rescued him from the abominations of idolatry. The word... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 29:22-24

Isaiah 29:22-24. Therefore thus saith the Lord These verses contain the third consequence of turning Lebanon into a fruitful field; “a wonderful increase of the true seed of Abraham and Jacob disseminated through the whole world, in whom those patriarchs, according to the promises given them by God, might be able to recognise their true image.” Who redeemed Abraham From manifold dangers, and especially from idolatry, in which his family and ancestors were generally involved; Jacob shall... read more

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