Introduction
PART 4.
An Apocalyptic Section of Prophecy, CHAPTERS 24-27.
INTRODUCTORY.
The four following chapters (24-27) apparently treat of the last things to Judah, and, comprehensively, of the whole old dispensation. After prophecies against all the nations thus far treated, it forms an appropriate apocalyptic sequel to the series commencing with chapter xiii and closing with chapter 23. Those who deny the supernatural in prophecy, deny, of course, authorship here to Isaiah; but they cannot determine, or even plausibly suggest, by whom, for what, and when, this series of pieces was written, all of which differ from each other in some marked particulars. Calvin, Lowth, and Alexander think the prophecy is best explained by considering it as generally covering Judah’s entire bad fortunes, followed by judgments to the wicked, and by the predictions concerning the glorious period of Messiah and the Gospel.
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