Isaiah 29:13-24

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 29:9-16

Here, I. The prophet stands amazed at the stupidity of the greatest part of the Jewish nation. They had Levites, who taught the good knowledge of the Lord and had encouragement from Hezekiah in doing so, 2 Chron. 30:22. They had prophets, who brought them messages immediately from God, and signified to them what were the causes and what would be the effects of God's displeasure against them. Now, one would think, surely this great nation, that has all the advantages of divine revelation, is a... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 29:17-24

Those that thought to hide their counsels from the Lord were said to turn things upside down (Isa. 29:16), and they intended to do it unknown to God; but God here tells them that he will turn things upside down his way; and let us see whose word shall stand, his or theirs. They disbelieve Providence: ?Wait awhile,? says God, ?and you shall be convinced by ocular demonstration that there is a God who governs the world, and that he governs it and orders all the changes that are in it for the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 29:13

Wherefore the Lord said ,.... Concerning the hypocritical people of the Jews in Christ's time, as the words are applied by our Lord himself, Matthew 15:7 , Forasmuch as this people draw near to me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me ; Kimchi observes, there is a double reading of the word נגש , rendered "draw near": in one reading of it, it signifies to be "afflicted"; and then the sense is, "when this people are afflicted, with their mouth, and with their lips, they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 29:14

Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people ,.... Because of their hypocrisy and formality, their regard to men, their doctrines and commandments, and not to the will and word of God, therefore he determines "to deal marvellously with this people": even a marvellous work, and a wonder ; that is, something exceedingly marvellous, which would be matter of astonishment to everyone that observed it; and is as follows: for the wisdom of their wise men ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 29:15

Woe unto them ,.... Or, "O ye", that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord ; which they consulted against Christ, to take away his life, to persecute his apostles, and hinder the spread of his Gospel; which though they consulted in private, and formed deep schemes, imagining they were not observed by the Lord, yet he that sits in the heaven saw them, and laughed at their vain imaginations, Psalm 2:1 , and their works are in the dark ; in the dark night, as if the darkness... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 29:16

Surely your turning of things upside down ,.... Revolving things in their minds, throwing them into different shapes, forming various schemes, and inverting the order of things by their deep counsels, and seeking to hide things from the Lord: or, "O the perverseness of you" F26 So some in Gataker; הפככם "subversio vestra", Pagninus, Montanus. ; in imagining and saying that no eye saw, nor anyone knew, what they did, not the Lord himself. So the Vulgate Latin version, "this is your... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 29:17

Is it not yet a very little while ,.... In a short space of time, in a few years, what follows would come to pass; when there would be a strange change and alteration made in the world, and by which it would appear, that the Lord not only knows, but foreknows, all things: and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field ; the forest of Lebanon should be as Carmel. The meaning is, that the Gentile world, which was like a forest uncultivated, and full of unfruitful trees, to which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 29:18

And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book ,.... That is, in the Gospel day, or times of the Gospel dispensation, when that should be preached to the Gentiles; who before were deaf, but now should be made to hear, and be willing to hear, and hear so as to understand the doctrines contained in the Scriptures, the prophecies of them concerning the Messiah; even the words of that book that is sealed to the Jews, and could not be read, neither by the learned nor unlearned among... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 29:19

The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord ,.... The "meek", lowly, and humble, are such who are made sensible of sin, and become humble under a sense of it; who see the insufficiency of their own righteousness, and submit to the righteousness of Christ; who attribute all they have, and are, to the free grace of God, and quietly submit to every dispensation of Providence; who are not easily provoked by men, but bear much and long without reviling; who envy not those that are above... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 29:20

For the terrible one is brought to nought ,.... Who before was so to the people of God; meaning not Sennacherib king of Assyria, but some formidable enemy or enemies under the Gospel dispensation; as the Scribes and Pharisees, and the Jewish sanhedrim; who were "violent" F3 עריץ "violentus", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius. , as it may be rendered, violent persecutors of the followers of Christ, the meek and poor before described; who were brought to nought, and their... read more

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