Isaiah 2:6

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 2:6-9

The calling in of the Gentiles was accompanied with the rejection of the Jews; it was their fall, and the diminishing of them, that was the riches of the Gentiles; and the casting off of them was the reconciling of the world (Rom. 11:12-15); and it should seem that these verses have reference to that, and are designed to justify God therein, and yet it is probable that they are primarily intended for the convincing and awakening of the men of that generation in which the prophet lived, it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 2:6

Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people, the house of Jacob ,.... These words contain a reason of the divine conduct, in calling the Gentiles, and rejecting the Jews, because of the sins of the latter hereafter mentioned; though some, as the Targum and R. Moses, refer this to the Israelites; and read, "because ye have forsaken", &c.; and interpret it of their forsaking the Lord, his worship, and his law. What is hereafter said does not agree with the Jews, literally understood, neither... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 2:6

They be replenished "And they multiply" - Seven MSS. and one edition, for ישפיקו yaspiku , read ישפיחו yaspichu , "and have joined themselves to the children of strangers;" that is, in marriage or worship. - Dr. Jubb. So Vulg., adhaeserunt. Compare Isaiah 14:1 . But the very learned professor Chevalier Michaelis has explained the word יספחו yesupachu , Job 30:7 , (German translation, note on the place), in another manner; which perfectly well agrees with that place, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:5-10

Purgation by judgment. The blessed age cannot yet come in. If we suppose the prophet to have been reading the previous oracle as a sabbath lesson out of the elder prophet Joel's scroll, he adds the exhortation, "Let us walk in the light of Jehovah!" Then a sudden pause. For he calls to mind the present corrupt condition of the nation. They cannot pass over to that new and happy condition of things as they now are. Peace can only be the fruit of righteousness. God cannot impart blessings for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:5-11

THE CONTRAST OF THE PRESENT WITH THE FUTURE . Having shown to Israel the vision of a far-distant future, when holiness and peace would reign upon the earth, and "the mountain of the Lord's house" would draw all men into it, the prophet returns to things as they are—first exhorting Israel to "walk in the light of Jehovah' ( Isaiah 2:5 ), and then showing how far they have withdrawn from the light; Such being the case, punishment must come—mean and great must be equally... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:6

Therefore ; rather, for . The prophet, in calling upon Israel to "walk in the light of the Lord," implies that they are not so walking. He then proceeds to give the reasons of this. They are not, "for God has forsaken them, or, cast them off." The first reason is because they be replenished from the east (Revised Version, "they be filled with customs from the east); i.e. they have adopted a number of Syrian, Assyrian, and Ammonite superstitions; e.g. high places, images, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:6-8

National judgments the result of national sins. God's dealings with Israel are to be viewed as a pattern of his dealings with nations generally. He has not two standards of right and wrong, or two rules of action under like circumstances. He is "no respecter of persons." As he dealt with his own peculiar people, so will he deal, so has he always dealt, with the other nations of the world. I. EVERY NATION HAS ITS PROBATION . God proved Israel during the space of above seven... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 2:6-21

Retribution and its results. In this noble prophetic passage, as charged with poetic grandeur as it is full of religious zeal, we have our thought directed to— I. Two HEINOUS SINS WHICH BELONG TO EVERY AGE AND CLASS . They are these: 1. Disobedience . The divination to which reference is made ( Isaiah 2:6 ) is expressly prohibited in the Law ( Deuteronomy 18:10-12 ); alliance with strangers ( Isaiah 2:6 ) is also forbidden ( Exodus 34:12 ; Dent; Exodus... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 2:6

Therefore - The prophet proceeds in this and the following verses, to state the reasons of their calamities, and of the judgments that had come upon them. Those judgments he traces to the crimes which he enumerates - crimes growing chiefly out of great commercial prosperity, producing pride, luxury, and idolatry.Thou hast forsaken - The address is changed from the exhortation to the house of Jacob Isaiah 2:5 to God, as is frequently the case in the writings of Isaiah. It indicates a state where... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 2:6

Isaiah 2:6 . Therefore For the following causes; thou hast forsaken thy people Or, wilt certainly forsake and reject them. The house of Jacob The body of that nation. The prophet here begins his complaint of the state of the Jewish nation, and “assigns the reason of God’s withdrawing his kindness from those of the present age, (as there would be a more remarkable rejection of them under the gospel,) because of their following the corrupt manners of the idolatrous nations round about... read more

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