Chapter 8:
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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
Isaiah 8
Syria and Israel should be subdued by Assyria, ver. 1-4.
Judah also should be afflicted, ver. 5-8. God's judgments
irresistible, and to be feared, ver. 9-13. The Lord is a sanctuary to
the godly, a stone of stumbling to the wicked, ver. 14, 15. The
prophecy sure, God to be waited on, necromancers not to be
consulted, but the prophecy, their misery, ver. 16-22.
Verse 1. A roll - Or, a great volume, because the prophecy to be written
in it was large, and God would have it written in large and legible
characters. Pen - With such a pen as writers use. Concerning -
Concerning that thing which is signified by the name of the child,
which is here mentioned by way of anticipation.
Verse 3. Prophetess - To his own wife, so called, because the wife of a
prophet.
Verse 4. To cry - To speak and to know his parents; which is within the
space of two years. And his agrees with the other prophecy, chap.
vii, 16. Before the child shall know to refuse the evil and chuse
the good, which requires a longer time than to distinguish his
parents, and suits well to Shear-Jashub, who, being born some
years before, was capable of that farther degree of knowledge, as
soon as this was capable of the lower degree. Before - In his
presence, and by himself and his forces.
Verse 6. This people - The people of Israel, of whom he last spake, who
rejoiced not only in their own king, but also in the assistance of so
powerful an ally as Rezin. Shiloah - That small brook which ran
by Jerusalem. Hereby he understands the munitions and strength
of the Jews, which their enemies derided.
Verse 7. The river - Of Euphrates, called the river, for its eminent
greatness; whereby he understands the Assyrian forces. Glory -
His numerous and puissant army. He - This great river shall
overflow its own proper channels. That is, this great monarch
shall enlarge his dominions, and add the lands of Syria and Israel
to them.
Verse 8. Reach - So that they shall be in great danger of being desired.
He persists in the metaphor of a river swelling so high as to reach
to a man's neck, and be ready to overwhelm him. Such was the
danger of Judah's land, when Sennacherib took all the fenced
cities of Judah, 2 Kings xviii, 13, and sent his army against
Jerusalem. Wings - Of his forces, or of the wings of his army, as
they still are called. My land - Of the land of Judah, so called
because the Messiah, who is called Immanuel, should be born
there. And this is added emphatically for the consolation of God's
people, to assure them, that notwithstanding this dreadful scourge,
yet God would make a difference between Israel and Judah, and
whereas Israel should not be a people, Judah should be restored,
for the sake of the Messiah, to be the place of his birth and
ministry.
Verse 9. Ye people - Syrians and Israelites. All ye - Whosoever you be,
who conspire against Immanuel's land. Gird - Prepare yourselves
for war. Broken - This is repeated for the greater assurance of the
thing, and the comfort of God's people.
Verse 11. Spake - With a vehement and more than ordinary inspiration.
In the way - Of the generality of the people of Judah; whose
eminent danger and calamity he foretells.
Verse 12. Say not - Thou Isaiah, and my children, do not consent to this
confederacy with the king of Assyria. Their fear - That thing
which they fear, that, if they do not call in the Assyrian succors,
they shall be destroyed by those two potent kings.
Verse 13. Sanctify - Give him the glory of his power, and goodness, and
faithfulness, by trusting to his promises. Let him - Let God, and
not the kings of Syria and Israel be the object of your fear.
Verse 14. Sanctuary - A sure refuge to all that truly fear him, and rely
upon him. A stone - An occasion of sin and ruin, at whom they
will take offense and stumble, so as to fall and be broken. To both
- To the two kingdoms, that of the ten tribes, and that of the two
tribes. Jerusalem - Which are distinctly mentioned, as a wonderful
thing, because Jerusalem was the seat of the temple, and of God's
solemn worship, where all the means of knowledge and grace
were in greatest plenty, where the thrones of civil and
ecclesiastical judicature were established, where the most wise
and learned doctors had their constant abode. And that such a
place and people should reject Immanuel when he should appear,
was so strange an occurrence, that the prediction of it was highly
necessary, lest otherwise, when it came to pass, it should shake
the faith of all who did believe on him; whereas now the
accomplishment hereof was a notable confirmation of their faith.
Verse 15. Many - Not all; for there shall be a remnant, as was foretold,
chap. iv, 2; vi, 13. Stumble - At that stone or rock, mentioned, ver.
viii, 14. This was accomplished at the coming of the Messiah,
whom the Jews rejected to their own destruction.
Verse 16. The testimony - By the testimony and the law or doctrine, he
understands one and the same thing, as he doth also, ver. 20, the
word of God, and especially that which is the main scope thereof,
the doctrine of the Messiah, which, though now professed by all
the Israelites, shall be disowned by the generality of them, when
the Messiah shall come. Bind up and seal are to be understood
prophetically, declare and prophesy, that it shall be bound up and
sealed. Moreover, bind up and seal, design the same thing.
Security and secrecy, signifying, that it should certainly be
fulfilled, yet withal kept secret from the unbelieving Jews. By the
disciples he means those who were taught of God.
Verse 17. Yet - Yet, notwithstanding this dreadful prophecy concerning
the rejection of Israel. Wait - I will cast my care upon him, and
expect the accomplishment of his promise, in sending the
Messiah, and in conferring upon me and all believing Israelites all
his mercies and blessings. Hideth - That now withdraws his
favour and blessings, from the people of Israel.
Verse 18. Behold - These words are literally spoken by Isaiah
concerning himself, but mystically concerning Christ; and
therefore they are fitly ascribed to Christ, Heb. ii, 13. The children
- His spiritual children, whom he had either begotten or brought
up by his ministry. Wonders - Are a gazing flock, for our folly in
believing God's promises. From the Lord - Which comes to pass
by the wise providence of God. Zion - Where the temple now
was, and where the Messiah was to set up his kingdom.
Verse 19. And when they - The Israelites, who are fallen from God, into
superstition and idolatry. You - My children, whom the prophet
arms against the common temptation. Mutter - That speak with a
low voice, as these two words signify, which they affected to do,
speaking rather inwardly in their bellies, than audibly with their
mouths. Should not - This answer the prophet puts into their
mouths, doth not every nation, in cases of difficulty, seek to their
gods? Much more should we do so, that have the only true God
for our God. For the living - That is, for living men to inquire of
the living God, is proper and reasonable; but it is highly absurd
for them to forsake him, and to seek dead idols, either to the
images, or to the spirits of dead men, which are supposed to speak
in them.
Verse 20. To the law - Let this dispute between you and them be
determined by God's word, which is here and in many other
places called the law, to signify their obligation to believe and
obey it; and the testimony, because it is a witness between God
and man, of God's will, and of man's duty. They - Your
antagonists. No light - This proceeds from the darkness of their
minds, they are blind, and cannot see.
Verse 21. It - Their own land. Hungry - Sorely distressed, and destitute
of food, and all necessaries. Their king - Either because he doth
not relieve them; or because by his foolish counsels, he brought
them into these miseries. God - Their idol, to whom they trusted,
and whom they now find unable to help them. Look - To heaven
for help.
Verse 22. Earth - Finding no help from heaven, they turn their eyes
downward, looking hither and thither for comfort.
Chapter 8:
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| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
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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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