Chapter 29:
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Isaiah 29
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Judgements on Jerusalem and on its enemies. (1-8) The
senselessness and hypocrisy of the Jews. (9-16) The conversion of the Gentiles,
and future blessings for the Jews. (17-24)
Verses 1-8 Ariel
may signify the altar of burnt-offerings. Let Jerusalem know that outward
religious services will not make men free from judgements. Hypocrites never can
please God, nor make their peace with him. God had often and long, by a host of
angels, encamped round about Jerusalem for protection and deliverance; but now
he fought against it. Proud looks and proud language shall be brought down by
humbling providences. The destruction of Jerusalem's enemies is foretold. The
army of Sennacherib went as a dream; and thus the multitudes, that through
successive ages fight against God's altar and worship, shall fall. Speedily will
sinners awake from their soothing dreams in the pains of hell.
Verses 9-16 The
security of sinners in sinful ways, is cause for lamentation and wonder. The
learned men, through prejudice, said that the Divine prophecies were obscure;
and the poor urged their want of learning. The Bible is a sealed book to every
man, learned or unlearned, till he begins to study it with a simple heart and a
teachable spirit, that he may thence learn the truth and the will of God. To
worship God, is to approach him. And if the heart be full of his love and fear,
out of the abundance of it the mouth will speak; but there are many whose
religion is lip-labour only. When they pretend to be speaking to God, they are
thinking of a thousand foolish things. They worship the God of Israel according
to their own devices. Numbers are only formal in worship. And their religion is
only to comply with custom, and to serve their own interest. But the wanderings
of mind, and defects in devotion, which are the believer's burden, are very
different from the withdrawing of the heart from God, so severely blamed. And
those who make religion no more than a pretence, to serve a turn, deceive
themselves. And as those that quarrel with God, so those that think to conceal
themselves from him, in effect charge him with folly. But all their perverse
conduct shall be entirely done away.
Verses 17-24 The
wonderful change here foretold, may refer to the affairs of Judah, though it
looks further. When a great harvest of souls was gathered to Christ from among
the Gentiles, then the wilderness was turned into a fruitful field; and the
Jewish church, that had long been a fruitful field, became as a deserted forest.
Those who, when in trouble, can truly rejoice in God, shall soon have cause
greatly to rejoice in him. The grace of meekness contributes to the increase of
our holy joy. The enemies who were powerful shall become mean and weak. To
complete the repose of God's people, the scorners at home shall be cut off by
judgements. All are apt to speak unadvisedly, and to mistake what they hear, but
it is very unfair to make a man an offender for a word. They did all they could
to bring those into trouble who told them of their faults. But He that redeemed
Abraham out of his snares and troubles, will redeem those who are, by faith, his
true seed, out of theirs. It will be the greatest comfort to godly parents to
see their children renewed creatures, the work of God's grace. May those who now
err in spirit, and murmur against the truth, come to understanding, and learn
true doctrine. The Spirit of truth shall set right their mistakes, and lead them
into all truth. This should encourage us to pray for those that have erred, and
are deceived. All who murmured at the truths of God, as hard sayings, shall
learn and be aware what God designed in all. See the change religion produces in
the hearts of men, and the peace and pleasure of a humble and devout spirit.
Chapter 29:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
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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