Chapter 14:
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Isaiah 14
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The destruction of Babylon, and the death of its proud
monarch. (1-23) Assurance of the destruction of Assyria. (24-27) The destruction
of the Philistines. (28-32)
Verses 1-23 The
whole plan of Divine Providence is arranged with a view to the good of the
people of God. A settlement in the land of promise is of God's mercy. Let the
church receive those whom God receives. God's people, wherever their lot is
cast, should endeavour to recommend religion by a right and winning
conversation. Those that would not be reconciled to them, should be humbled by
them. This may be applied to the success of the gospel, when those were brought
to obey it who had opposed it. God himself undertakes to work a blessed change.
They shall have rest from their sorrow and fear, the sense of their present
burdens, and the dread of worse. Babylon abounded in riches. The king of Babylon
having the absolute command of so much wealth, by the help of it ruled the
nations. This refers especially to the people of the Jews; and it filled up the
measure of the king of Babylon's sins. Tyrants sacrifice their true interest to
their lusts and passions. It is gracious ambition to covet to be like the Most
Holy, for he has said, Be ye holy, for I am holy; but it is sinful ambition to
aim to be like the Most High, for he has said, He who exalts himself shall be
abased. The devil thus drew our first parents to sin. Utter ruin should be
brought upon him. Those that will not cease to sin, God will make to cease. He
should be slain, and go down to the grave; this is the common fate of tyrants.
True glory, that is, true grace, will go up with the soul to heaven, but vain
pomp will go down with the body to the grave; there is an end of it. To be
denied burial, if for righteousness' sake, may be rejoiced in,
matthew 5:12. But if the
just punishment of sin, it denotes that impenitent sinners shall rise to
everlasting shame and contempt. Many triumphs should be in his fall. God will
reckon with those that disturb the peace of mankind. The receiving the king of
Babylon into the regions of the dead, shows there is a world of spirits, to
which the souls of men remove at death. And that souls have converse with each
other, though we have none with them; and that death and hell will be death and
hell indeed, to all who fall unholy, from the height of this world's pomps, and
the fulness of its pleasures. Learn from all this, that the seed of evil-doers
shall never be renowned. The royal city is to be ruined and forsaken. Thus the
utter destruction of the New Testament Babylon is illustrated,
revelation 18:2. When
a people will not be made clean with the besom of reformation, what can they
expect but to be swept off the face of the earth with the besom of destruction?
Verses 24-27 Let
those that make themselves a yoke and a burden to God's people, see what they
are to expect. Let those that are the called according to God's purpose, comfort
themselves, that whatever God has purposed, it shall stand. The Lord of hosts
has purposed to break the Assyrian's yoke; his hand is stretched out to execute
this purpose; who has power to turn it back? By such dispensations of
providence, the Almighty shows in the most convincing manner, that sin is
hateful in his sight.
Verses 28-32
Assurance is given of the destruction of the Philistines and their power, by
famine and war. Hezekiah would be more terrible to them than Uzziah had been.
Instead of rejoicing, there would be lamentation, for the whole land would be
ruined. Such destruction will come upon the proud and rebellious, but the Lord
founded Zion for a refuge to poor sinners, who flee from the wrath to come, and
trust in his mercy through Christ Jesus. Let us tell all around of our comforts
and security, and exhort them to seek the same refuge and salvation.
Chapter 14:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Song of Solomon Jeremiah
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