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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Isaiah 29

Chapter 29

Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.

A. M. 3292. B.C.712. woe. etc. or, O Ariel, that is, the lion of God

31:9 Ezekiel 43:15,16

the city

or, of the city.

2 Samuel 5:9

add

1:11-15 Jeremiah 7:21 Hosea 5:6 8:13 9:4 Amos 4:4,5 Hebrews 10:1

kill

Heb. cut off the heads.

66:3 Micah 6:6,7

Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.

I will

5:25-30 10:5,6,32 17:14 24:1-12 33:7-9 36:22 37:3 Jeremiah 32:28-32 39:4,5

and it shall

Or, as Bp. Lowth renders, "and it shall be unto me as the hearth of the great altar;" that is, it shall be the seat of the fire of God, which shall issue from thence to consume his enemies. The hearth of the altar is expressly called ariel by Ezekiel, ch. 43:15; which is put, in the former part of the verse, for Jerusalem, the city in which the altar was. The subject of this and the four following chapters, says Bp. Lowth, is the invasion of Sennacherib; the great distress of the Jews while it continued; their sudden and unexpected deliverance by God's immediate and miraculous interposition on their behalf; the subsequent prosperous state of the kingdom under Hezekiah; interspersed with severe reproofs and threats of punishment for their hypocrisy, stupidity, infidelity, their want of trust in God, and their vain reliance on the assistance of Egypt; and with promises of better times, both immediately to succeed, and to be expected in the future age.

34:6 Ezekiel 22:31 24:3-13 39:17 Zephaniah 1:7,8 Revelation 19:17,18

And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.

2 Kings 18:17 19:32 24:11,12 25:1-4 Ezekiel 21:22 Matthew 22:7 Luke 19:43,44

And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

thou shalt

2:11-21 3:8 51:23 Psalms 44:25 Lamentations 1:9

whisper

Heb. peep, or chirp.

8:19

Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.

the multitude

10:16-19 25:5 31:3,8 37:36

as chaff

17:13 Job 21:18 Psalms 1:4 35:5

at an

30:13 Psalms 46:5,6 76:5,6 1 Thessalonians 5:3

Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.

5:26-30 28:2 30:30 33:11-14 1 Samuel 2:10 12:17,18 2 Samuel 22:14 Matthew 24:7 Mark 13:8 Luke 21:11 Revelation 11:13,19 16:18

And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.

the multitude

37:36 41:11,12 Jeremiah 25:31-33 51:42-44 Nahum 1:3-12 Zechariah 12:3-5 Zechariah 14:1-3,12-15 Revelation 20:8,9

that distress

as a dream

Job 20:8 Psalms 73:20

It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

as when

10:7-16 2 Chronicles 32:21

behold

44:12

Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.

and wonder

1:2 33:13,14 Jeremiah 2:12 Habakkuk 1:5 Acts 13:40,41 Revelation 17:6

cry ye out, and cry

or, take your pleasure and riot.

22:12,13 Matthew 26:45 Mark 14:41

they are

10 19:14 28:7,8 49:26 51:21,22 Jeremiah 23:9 25:27 51:7 Lamentations 4:21

For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.

the Lord

14 6:9,10 1 Samuel 26:12 Psalms 69:23 Micah 3:6 Acts 28:26,27 Romans 11:8

hath closed

44:18 Ezekiel 14:9 2 Corinthians 4:4 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

rulers

Heb. heads.

3:2,3 Micah 3:1

the seers

30:10 1 Samuel 9:9 Jeremiah 26:8-11 Amos 7:12,13

And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:

book

or, letter. that is sealed.

8:16

I cannot

Daniel 12:4,9 Matthew 11:25 13:11 16:17 Revelation 5:1-9 6:1

And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

I am not

18 28:12,13 Jeremiah 5:4 Hosea 4:6 John 7:15,16

Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

Forasmuch

10:6 48:1,2 58:2,3 Psalms 17:1 Jeremiah 3:10 5:2 12:2 42:2-4,20 Ezekiel 33:31-33 Matthew 15:7-9

their fear

2 Chronicles 29:1-31 Proverbs 30:6 Matthew 15:2-6 Mark 7:2-13 Colossians 2:22

Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.

I will

9 28:21 Habakkuk 1:5 John 9:29-34

proceed

Heb. add. for the wisdom.

10 6:9,10 19:3,11-14 Job 5:13 Jeremiah 8:7-9 49:7 Obadiah 1:8 Luke 10:24 John 9:39-41 Acts 28:26,27 Romans 1:21,22,28 1 Corinthians 1:19-24 3:19

Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

seek

5:18,19 28:15,17 30:1 Job 22:13,14 Psalms 10:11-13 64:5,6 Psalms 139:1-8 Jeremiah 23:24 Ezekiel 8:12 9:9 Zephaniah 1:12 Revelation 2:23

and their works

Job 24:13-17 34:22 Luke 12:1-3 John 3:19 1 Corinthians 4:5 2 Corinthians 4:2

Who seeth

47:10 Psalms 59:7 73:11 94:7-9 Malachi 2:17

Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?

your turning

24:1 Acts 17:6

as the potter's

45:9,10 Jeremiah 18:1-10 Romans 9:19,21

or shall

45:11 Psalms 94:8,9

Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?

yet a very

63:18 Habakkuk 2:3 Haggai 2:6 Hebrews 10:37

Lebanon

32:15 35:1,2 41:19 49:5,6 55:13 65:12-16 Hosea 1:9,10 Matthew 19:30 Matthew 21:43 Romans 11:11-17

the fruitful

5:6 Ezekiel 20:46,47 Hosea 3:4 Micah 3:12 Zechariah 11:1,2 Matthew 21:18,19 Romans 11:19-27

And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.

the deaf

10-12,24 35:5 42:16-18 Deuteronomy 29:4 Psalms 119:18 Proverbs 20:12 Jeremiah 31:33,34 Matthew 11:5 13:14-16 16:17 Mark 7:37 Luke 4:18 7:22 John 6:45 Acts 26:18 2 Corinthians 3:14-18 4:2-6 Ephesians 1:17-19 5:14 1 Peter 2:9 Revelation 3:18

The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

meek

61:1 Psalms 25:9 37:11 149:4 Zephaniah 2:3 Matthew 5:5 11:29 Galatians 5:22,23 Ephesians 4:2 Philippians 2:1-3 James 1:21 2:5 3:13-18 1 Peter 2:1-3

increase

Heb. add. the poor.

41:17,18 57:15 66:2 Psalms 9:18 12:5 Zephaniah 3:12-18 Matthew 5:3 11:5 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 James 1:9 2:5

rejoice

41:16 61:10 Habakkuk 3:18 Philippians 3:1-3 4:4

For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

the terrible

5 13:3 25:4,5 49:25 51:13 Daniel 7:7,19-25 Habakkuk 1:6,7

the scorner

28:14-22 Luke 16:14 23:11,35

and all

Micah 2:1 Mark 2:6,7 3:2-6 Luke 6:7 13:14-17 20:20-23 Revelation 12:10

That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

make

Judges 12:6 Matthew 22:15 Luke 11:53,54

and lay

Jeremiah 18:18 20:7-10 26:2-8 Amos 5:10-12 7:10-17 Micah 2:6,7

and turn

Proverbs 28:21 Ezekiel 13:19 Amos 5:11,12 Malachi 3:5 Matthew 26:15 Acts 3:14 James 5:6

Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.

who redeemed

41:8,9,14 44:21-23 51:2,11 54:4 Genesis 48:16 Joshua 24:2-5 Nehemiah 9:7,8 Luke 1:68 1 Peter 1:18,19 Revelation 5:9

Jacob shall

44:21-26 45:17,25 46:3,4 49:7-26 60:1-9 61:7-11 Jeremiah 30:5-7,10 Jeremiah 31:10-12 33:24-26 Ezekiel 37:24,28 39:25-29 40:1-48 Joel 2:27 Romans 11:11-24

But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.

the work

19:25 43:21 45:11 60:21 Ephesians 2:10

sanctify

5:16 8:13 Leviticus 10:3 Matthew 6:9 Revelation 11:15-17

fear the God

Hosea 3:5 Revelation 15:4 19:5

They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.

also

10,11 28:7 Zechariah 12:10 Matthew 21:28-32 Luke 7:47 15:17-19 Acts 2:37 6:7 Acts 9:19,20 1 Corinthians 6:11 1 Timothy 1:13-15 Revelation 20:2,3

come to understanding

Heb. know understanding.