Isaiah 33:2 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 33:1-12

Here we have, I. The proud and false Assyrian justly reckoned with for all his fraud and violence, and laid under a woe, Isa. 33:1. Observe, 1. The sin which the enemy had been guilty of. He had spoiled the people of God, and made a prey of them, and herein had broken his treaty of peace with them, and dealt treacherously. Truth and mercy are two such sacred things, and have so much of God in them, that those cannot but be under the wrath of God that make conscience of neither, but are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 33:2

O Lord, be gracious unto us ,.... This is a prayer of the church under the persecutions of antichrist, imploring the grace and favour of God in their miserable and distressed circumstances; desiring his gracious help, assistance, and deliverance; pleading not any merits of their own, but casting themselves upon the mercy and kindness of God: we have waited for thee ; time after time, year after year, in the use of means; hoping for the manifestations of thyself, and kind appearance for... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 33:2

Be thou their arm every morning "Be thou our strength every morning" - For זרעם zeroam , their arm, the Syriac, Chaldee, and Vulgate read זרענו zeroenu , our arm, in the first person of the pronoun, not the third: the edition of Felix Pratensis has זרעתינו zerootheynu in the margin. The prophet is here praying against the enemies of God's people; and yet this part of the prayer seems to be in their behalf: but from the above authorities it appears that Our arm is the true... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:1-6

SECTION X. A PROPHECY OF JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA ( Isaiah 33:1-24 .). THE JUDGMENT ON ASSYRIA AND DELIVERANCE OF JERUSALEM , STATED GENERALLY . Events had progressed since the preceding prophecies were delivered. The negotiations carried on with Sennacherib had been futile ( Isaiah 33:7 ), the heavy fine imposed and paid ( 2 Kings 18:14 ) had been of no avail ( Isaiah 33:18 ); the Assyrian monarch was still dissatisfied, and threatened a second siege.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:1-6

Jehovah a Refuge. It is "Israel's extremity, but God's opportunity." Retribution is about to fall on Assyria; salvation and every resource is to be found in Jehovah. I. WOE TO ASSYRIA . This land appears under the image of a rapacious spoiler. The time is about B.C. 700, and the allusion is to Sennacherib and his army, who had advanced on a plundering and destroying course. The tables are to be turned, and the greedy conqueror (of. 2 Kings 18:14 , 2 Kings 18:15 ) was to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:2

O Lord , etc. The mingling of prayer with prophecy is very unusual, and indicative of highly excited feeling. Isaiah realizes fully the danger of his people and nation, and knows that without prayer there is no deliverance. His prayer is at once an outpouring of his own heart, and an example to others. We have waited for thee (comp. Isaiah 8:17 ; Isaiah 26:8 ). Their Am ; i.e. "the Arm of thy people." Every morning . Continually, day by day, since their need of thy support is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:2

The lesser and the larger mercies. This prayer includes the striking request, "Be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble." The words suggest the pertinent and not unprofitable question—Are we laid under greater obligation by the lesser mercies of God which we are continually receiving, or by the larger ones which we occasionally receive at his hands? We look at both— I. THE LESSER MERCIES WE ARE CONTINUALLY RECEIVING . God is to us "our Arm... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:2

Constant renewals of Divine help. "Be thou their Ann every morning." Prophetic reference is made to that wonderful morning, when the inhabitants of Jerusalem arose, and, looking forth from the walls of the city, beheld the besieging army of Sennacherib a multitude of corpses ( Isaiah 37:36 ). The prayer is that every morning of life may bring its witness of as real, if not as striking, helpings and deliverings and defendings of God. The reference to the " arm " is specially... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 33:2

O Lord - This is a solemn prayer to Yahweh, made by the Jews in the apprehension of the invasion of the Assyrian. It is not meant that this prayer was actually offered, but it is a prophetic representation indicating the alarm of the Jews at his approach, and their disposition to throw themselves upon the mercy of God.We have waited for thee - That is, we have looked for deliverance from this threatened invasion from thy hand (compare the note at Isaiah 26:8).Be thou their arm - The arm is a... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 33:2

Isaiah 33:2. O Lord, be gracious unto us The prophet and the pious Jews, contemplating the calamity coming upon their country, here direct their prayer unto God for themselves and their people. Be thou their arm That is, their strength, namely, the strength of all that trust in thee, and wait for thee, Psalms 25:3; every morning Hebrew, לבקרים , in the mornings; that is, every day seasonably and speedily; on all occasions as they need. In mentioning the mornings, the prophet is... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 33:1-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 33:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 33:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 33:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 33:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 33:2

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