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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 29:20

The terrible one; the proud and potent enemies of those meek and poor believers now mentioned, such as the unbelieving Jews and the heathen potentates were in the first age of Christianity. The scorner; the scornful opposers of God’s word and people. That watch for iniquity; that early and diligently apply themselves to the practice of wickedness, or to do mischief to others. read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 29:1-24

Chapter 29Chapter 29, the woe unto Jerusalem. Ariel means the lion of God. It is one of the names for Jerusalem.Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, [the lion of God] the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill the sacrifices. Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee ( Isaiah 29:1-3 ).Talking about the coming... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 29:1-24

Isaiah 29:1 . Woe to Ariel, the lion of God, or the strong lion, for El is often rendered strong or rock, as in Psalms 42:9. “God my rock.” The city of Jerusalem was that strong rock, or strong lion. The Chaldaic, for reasons unknown to us, reads the altar; which would more closely touch the nation, as the altar was the sinner’s hope. In Ezekiel’s vision of the new temple, the great brazen altar is called the lion: Isaiah 43:15. ה אראיל ו מ ve-mi-ha-ariel, “and from the lion of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 29:20-21

Isaiah 29:20-21For the terrible one is brought to noughtScorners and their punishmentObserve what had been the wickedness of these scorners, for which they should be cut off.1. They ridiculed the prophets and the serious professors of religion. They despised them, and did their utmost to bring them into contempt; they were scorners, and sat in the seat of the scornful. 2. They lay at catch for an occasion against them. By their spies they watch for iniquity, to see if they can lay hold on... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 29:20

Isa 29:20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: Ver. 20. For the terrible one is brought to nought. ] This is part matter of the just man’s joy; where observe the contrary characters given to the godly and the wicked; those are said to be lowly, meek, poor in spirit; these to be tyrants, scorners, sedulous in sin, publicans, incorrigible, such as turn aside the just, &c. Isa 29:20 And all that watch for... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 29:20

the terrible: Isaiah 29:5, Isaiah 13:3, Isaiah 25:4, Isaiah 25:5, Isaiah 49:25, Isaiah 51:13, Daniel 7:7, Daniel 7:19-Lamentations :, Habakkuk 1:6, Habakkuk 1:7 the scorner: Isaiah 28:14-Song of Solomon :, Luke 16:14, Luke 23:11, Luke 23:35 and all: Micah 2:1, Mark 2:6, Mark 2:7, Mark 3:2-Joshua :, Luke 6:7, Luke 13:14-Esther :, Luke 20:20-Isaiah :, Revelation 12:10 Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 14:45 - the people Psalms 56:5 - they Proverbs 19:29 - Judgments Jeremiah 15:21 - the terrible Amos 5:5 -... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 29:20

For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:That watch — That early and diligently apply themselves to the practice of wickedness. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 29:20-21

20, 21. For the terrible one The haughty and overbearing among the worldly Jewish leaders. Watch for iniquity For opportunities to commit it. That make a man an offender for a word Hold a man criminal, perhaps, for a reproving word; the prophet, for example, who was faithful to announce the truth front God, or any pious, uninfluential man, whose modest remonstrance they would not endure, and whom they would have condemned in a mock trial at the gate, the place for holding court. Turn... read more