isaiah-28:15-19,-isaiah-28:9-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-22

THE REBUKE OF JUDAH 'S NOBLES . The power of the nobles under the later Jewish monarchy is very apparent throughout Isaiah's prophecy. It is they, and not the king, who are always blamed for bad government ( Isaiah 1:10-23 ; Isaiah 3:12-15 , etc.) or errors of policy ( Isaiah 9:15 , Isaiah 9:16 ; Isaiah 22:15-19 , etc.). Isaiah now turns from a denunciation of the priests and prophets, who especially opposed his teaching, to a threatening of the great men who guided the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-22

The judgment prepared for scorner's. "Scorners," in the language of Scripture, are those who set at naught God's prophets, or his messages, or his Holy Word, or his Church, or his ministers. Men delight in such scorn because it seems to them so fine a thing, so grand a thing, so bold, so brave, so heroic. It is a poor thing, comparatively, to exalt one's self against man; it is magnificent to measure one's strength with God's, and enter the lists against him . This may, no doubt, be so... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-22

Jehovah pronounces judgment. The rulers or politicians are addressed. They are stigmatized as " men of scorn" (cf. Isaiah 28:22 ; Isaiah 29:20 ; Hosea 7:5 ). The scornful or scoffing habit implies excessive self-confidence on the one hand, on the other contempt of religion and of God. But "be not deceived; God is not mocked." "It has been commonly found," says Calvin, "in almost every age, that the common people, though they are distinguished by unrestrained fierceness and... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:15

We have made a covenant with death (comp. Job 5:23 ; Hosea 2:18 ). The words are a boast, expressed somewhat enigmatically, that they have secured their own safety by some secret agreement. The exact nature of the agreement they are disinclined to divulge. With hell are we at agreement . A " synonymous parallelism," merely strengthening the previous assertion. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through . Assyrian invasion has been compared to a "flood" ( Isaiah 8:7 ; ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:16

Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone . In contrast with the insecure refuge and false ground of confidence whereon the nobles relied, the prophet puts forward the one sure "Rock" on which complete dependence may be placed—which he declares that Jehovah is laying, or "has laid," in Zion as a tried stone, a precious corner stone , a sure foundation. The imagery is, no doubt, drawn from the practice of Oriental kings, and notably Solomon, to employ foundation-stones of enormous size... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:16

Christ the Cornerstone. "Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a Stone, a tried Stone, a precious Corner-stone, a sure Foundation." This stone we all know to be Christ, concerning whom all the prophets did testify. It is historically true that the Stone was laid in Zion, and what we have to treat of is the house. Here is the Foundation. Firm, as the eternal Rock, with its roots in God's own everlasting nature. The Foundation is not created ; it is . God sends forth his Son to be the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:16

The sure Foundation. "A precious Cornerstone, a sure Foundation" (Revised Version). It is characteristic of prophetic messages that, however severely sins may be denounced, and judgment declared, in the very midst of the message some word of love and hope and cheer is put in for the sake of the true and faithful ones. God is ever mindful of his elect remnant. Those who are striving to be obedient and righteous in a degenerate age, and in the midst of abounding self-indulgence, are within his... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:16-22

The judgments of God. When human folly has gone to so great a length ( Isaiah 28:15 ), it may look out for the coming of Divine judgment; for this cannot be long delayed. And when we look we find— I. THE SEVERITY OF GOD 'S VISITATION . 1. It will correspond closely with man ' s guilt , as if measured with line and plummet ( Isaiah 28:17 ); it will be broad as its breadth, deep as its depth, enlarged to its magnitude; more severe as men's guilt is more wanton, most... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:17

Judgment also will I lay to the line, said righteousness to the plummet ; rather, justice also will I set for my rule , and righteousness for my plumb-line ; i.e. I will execute justice and judgment on the earth with all strictness and exactness. The scorners had implied that, by their clever devices, they would escape the judgment of God ( Isaiah 28:15 ). The hail (comp. Isaiah 28:2 ). The storm of Assyrian invasion will overwhelm Egypt, which is a "refuge of lies," false and... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:18

And your covenant with death shall be disannulled ; or, wiped out . The entire clever arrangement, by which they thought to avert the danger from themselves and from Judaea, shall come to naught. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. As the prophet continues, his metaphor becomes still more mixed. "Treading down" was so familiar an expression for destroying, that, perhaps, its literal sense was overlooked (comp. Isaiah 5:5 ; Isaiah... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:16-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:18

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