Isaiah 32:9-20 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 32:9-20

In these verses we have God rising up to judgment against the vile persons, to punish them for their villainy; but at length returning in mercy to the liberal, to reward them for their liberality. I. When there was so great a corruption of manners, and so much provocation given to the holy God, bad times might well be expected, and here is a warning given of such times coming. The alarm is sounded to the women that were at ease (Isa. 32:9) and the careless daughters, to feed whose pride,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:9

Rise up, ye women that are at ease ,.... On beds of down, unconcerned about the present or future state of the nation; who had their share of guilt in the nation's sins, particularly pride, luxury, superstition, rejection of the Messiah, and contempt of his Gospel, and so should have their part in its punishment. Some think that the men of the nation are so called, because of their effeminacy. The Jews interpret them of the other cities of Judea, besides Jerusalem; the Targum explains it by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:10

Many days and years shall ye be troubled ,.... Or, "days above a year" F11 ימים על שנה "dies super annum", Vatablus; "dies ultra annum", Cocceius. ; a year, and somewhat more, yet not two years; which some understand of the time from this prophecy, until their troubles began, by the invasion of Sennacherib; and others of the continuance of it, it lasting more than a year; or, "days with a year"; so Kimchi, days upon a year, year upon year, one year after another; and so denotes a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:11

Tremble, ye women that are at ease ,.... Which may be considered either as an exhortation to repentance for their sins, of which, if a due sense was impressed on their hearts, would cause a trembling of body and mind, under a fearful expectation of divine wrath; or as a prediction, that though they were now quite tranquil and easy, and nothing disturbed them, yet such calamities would come upon them as would make them tremble: be troubled, ye careless ones ; or, "confident ones" F12 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:12

They shall lament for the teats ,.... Either of the beasts of the field, that should be dried up, and give no milk, through the great drought that should be upon the land; or through the waste of the herbage by the enemy; or else of the women, their breasts and paps, which should afford no milk for their infants, through the famine that should press them sore, which would occasion great lamentation, both in mothers and children; though some think are to be understood of the fields, and are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:13

Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers ,.... The curse of the earth, the spontaneous productions of it, being uncultivated, and this through want of men, they being destroyed or carried captive by the enemy; this is to be understood of the land of Judea, and not Samaria, as Aben Ezra; where the professing and covenant people of God dwelt; which is mentioned to show the apostasy of this people, for which ruin came upon their land, and the aggravation of it, as well as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:14

Because the palaces shall be forsaken ,.... The palaces of the princes and nobles shall be forsaken by them, they being obliged to flee from the enemy, or being taken, and either slain, or carried captive. The word in the Hebrew is in the singular number, "the palace", meaning the royal palace; and so Aben Ezra and Jarchi interpret it of the king's palace; though the Targum paraphrases it the house of the sanctuary, or the temple, so Kimchi; which was left desolate, as Christ foretold it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:15

Until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high ,.... That is, Jerusalem shall lie in ruins until this time comes; which therefore cannot be understood of the effusion of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost, which, as it was before the destruction of the city by the Romans, so the desolation it was brought to by the Chaldeans did not last so long; but must be interpreted of a pouring forth of the Spirit in his gifts and graces yet to come, which will bring on the fulness of the Gentiles, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:16

Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness ,.... In the desert part of the world, inhabited by Pagans, Papists, and Mahometans; where the Scriptures, the rule of judgment, and where the Gospel, sometimes called the judgment of the Lord, Isaiah 51:4 had no place, now they shall have one, and an abiding one; and men of judgment in spiritual and evangelical things, and such as do justice and judgment, shall dwell there: and righteousness remain in the fruitful field ; both the doctrine... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:17

And the work of righteousness shall be peace ,.... Not works of righteousness done by men, no, not by the best of men; for though peace may be had and enjoyed in doing them, yet it does not arise and flow from thence, because there is no justification by them, and salvation through them, without which there can be no true solid peace; nor the work of righteousness in men, which is their sanctification, and is indeed the work of God, and follows upon the pouring forth of his Spirit, and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 32:9-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:17

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