Isaiah 32:7-8

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 32:7

The instruments also of the churl are evil ,.... Not his vessels or measures he sells by, which are small and deficient, as Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it; nor his servants, his tools in doing his wickedness, which are fit for his purpose, wicked men; but rather these are much the same with "the instruments of the foolish shepherd", Zechariah 11:15 and may signify the evil ways and methods which covetous pastors or shepherds take to fleece the flock, and to increase their own gain:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:8

But the liberal man deviseth liberal things ,.... The man of a princely spirit consults and contrives, and delivers out things worthy of a prince and governor in the church of God; he that is one of a free spirit, that is made free by the Spirit of God, and is led into the doctrines of free grace, will study to deliver out the same to others, and, as he has freely received, he will freely give, and without any sinister, selfish, and mercenary ends and views: and by liberal things shall he... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 32:7

The instruments also of the churl are evil "As for the niggard, his instruments are evil" - His machinations, his designs. The paronomasia, which the prophet frequently deals in, suggested this expression כליו וכלי vechelai kelaiv . The first word is expressed with some variety in the MSS. Seven MSS. read וכילי vekili , one וכל vechol , another וכולי vecoli . To destroy the poor with lying words "To defeat the assertions of the poor in judgment" - A word seems to have... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 32:8

Liberal things "Generous purposes" - "Of the four sorts of persons mentioned Isaiah 32:5 , three are described, Isaiah 32:6 , Isaiah 32:7 , and Isaiah 32:8 , but not the fourth." - Secker. Perhaps for והוא vehu , and he, we ought to read ושוע veshoa , the bountiful. 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 32:5-8

A mark of good government, etc. Three lines of thought are here laid down. We have— I. A MARK OF GOOD GOVERNMENT . The displacement of the unworthy and the elevation of the good and wise. Under the reign of the righteous King ( Isaiah 32:1 ) the "fool will no longer be called a nobleman," the man of mean character but lofty rank will be made to know his true place in the commonwealth; on the other hand, the man who has in him the qualities of nobility ( Isaiah 32:8 ) shall... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 32:7

The instruments . Mr. Cheyne translates, "the machinations," which gives a better sense; but the rendering is scarcely borne out by any parallel use of the term c'li in Scripture or elsewhere. C'li properly means "vessels," "weapons," "implements." He deviseth wicked devices ; rather, he deviseth plots . The word "he" is emphatic. Unlike the fool, who passively does evil through thoughtlessness, the niggard actively devises crafty plans against his fellow-men. He seeks to cheat the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 32:8

By liberal things shall he stand ; or, to liberal things . The Hebrew will bear either sense. read more

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