Isaiah 2:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of? ”

Isaiah 2:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Cease ye from man - That is, cease to confide in or trust in him. The prophet had just said Isaiah 2:11 , Isaiah 2:17 that the proud and lofty people would be brought low; that is, the kings,...
Isaiah 2:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Cease ye from man, whose (y) breath [is] in his nostrils: for why is he to be esteemed? (y) Cast off your vain confidence in man, whose life is so frail that if his nose is stopped he is dead and co...
Isaiah 2:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Day of Yahweh. A poem dating from Isaiah's earliest period, dealing first with the sin, then with the judgment, of Israel. The text has been badly preserved. Probably the refrain which we find...
Isaiah 2:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Cease ye . Let go. breath, &c. Hebrew. neshamah (App-16). Occurs twice in the "former" portion ( Isaiah 2:22 ; Isaiah 30:33 ) and twice in the "latter "portion ( Isaiah 42:5 ; Isaiah 57:1...
Isaiah 2:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

22 Cease therefore from man These words are clearly connected with what goes before, and have been improperly separated from them by some interpreters. For Isaiah, after having addressed the...
Isaiah 2:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of? Cease ye from man - Trust neither in him, nor in the gods that he has invented. Neither he, nor they, can e...
Isaiah 2:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Cease ye from man— The prophet here subjoins an admonitory exhortation to the men of his own and of all times, to dissuade them from placing any confidence in man, however excellent in dignity, or...
Isaiah 2:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of? Cease ye from man The high ones ( Isaiah 2:11 ; Isaiah 2:13 ) on whom the people trust, shall be 'br...
Isaiah 2:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2-4. occur also with a few slight variations in Micah 4:1-4 . The passage appears to be borrowed in Isaiah, because ( a ) it suits its context better in Micah, and ( b ) it is more complete in Mic...
Isaiah 2:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Cease ye from man ... — The verse is wanting in some MSS. of the LXX. version, and is rejected by some critics, as of the nature of a marginal comment, and as not in harmony with the context. The fi...
Isaiah 2:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER II THE THREE JERUSALEMS 740-735 B.C. Isaiah 2:1-22 ; Isaiah 3:1-26 ; Isaiah 4:1-6 AFTER the general introduction, in chapter 1, to the prophecies of Isaiah, there comes another port...
Isaiah 2:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

an Exhortation to Humility and Reverence Isaiah 2:12-22 ; Isaiah 3:1-12 If men will not repent, they must suffer. If they will not voluntarily put away their idols and sorceries, they will be...
Isaiah 2:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Following this broad statement of the case between Jehovah and His people, we have the prophet's great appeal to them. The first part constitutes a vision of the latter days, that condition toward wh...
Isaiah 2:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a beautiful and striking close is made in this verse to all that went before. If man be nothing, yea worse than nothing, so full of terror, and so exposed to fear, who would put any confidence i...
Isaiah 2:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Cease ye from man, whose breath [is] in his nostrils ,.... "From that man" y, meaning antichrist, the man of sin; who is but a mere man, a poor, frail, mortal man; though he sits in the temple of Go...
Isaiah 2:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Cease ye from man, whose breath [is] in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of? Ver. 22. Cease ye from man. ] Man or means, human helps and creature comforts; think not that these can...
Isaiah 2:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Cease ye from man “The prophet here subjoins an admonitory exhortation to the men of his own and of all times, to dissuade them from placing any confidence in man, however excellent in dignity, or...
Isaiah 2:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Doom of Idolaters. B. C. 758. 10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, f...
Isaiah 2:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Seeing God will undoubtedly bring down the highest and proudest of the sons of men into so much contempt and misery, from henceforth never admire nor place your trust in man, whose breath, upon which...
Isaiah 2:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Awful Situation of His People Before Yahweh And Its Future Consequences ( Isaiah 2:6-22 ). In contrast with the glorious vision that we have just seen, of Yahweh's triumph and people flocking...
Isaiah 2:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

A TERRIBLE PICTURE Isaiah 2:6-22 Here is the “word” (vision) which Isaiah “saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem” ( Isaiah 2:1 ). The prophet has been enraptured by the wondrous prospect of the di...
Isaiah 2:22 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 2:1-2 . The word that Isaiah the son of Amos saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the...
Isaiah 2:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 2:1 . The word that Isaiah saw. In these distressing times, when the Jewish church and state were shaken to the very centre, the Messiah spoke to the prophet, and showed him the new-testame...
Isaiah 2:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Cease ye from man. The Septuagint omits this verse. ( R. V. margin. ) Man’s insignificance and God’s supremacy Two things are indispensable to undisturbed tranquillity of mind, namely, humble...
Isaiah 2:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

SECTION II . DENUNCIATION OF GOD 'S JUDGMENTS UPON HIS PEOPLE ( CH . 2-5.). EXPOSITION Isaiah 2:1 TITLE OF THE CHAPTER . It is generally allowed that the heading bel...
Isaiah 2:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Majesty of God in his Final Revelation
Isaiah 2:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 2:7 ; Genesis 7:22 ; Jeremiah 17:5 ; Job 27:3 ; Job 7:15-21 ; Psalms 144:3 ; Psalms 144:4 ; Psalms 146:3 ; Psalms 62:9 ; Psalms 8:4
Isaiah 2:22 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Christ in Isaiah Isaiah 2:1-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When Isaiah saw Christ in this chapter he saw Him in His Second Advent glory. Peter, in the Spirit, wrote of how the Prophets foretold the suf...
Isaiah 2:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Cease ye — Never admire or place your trust in man. Breath — Whose breath is quickly stopped and taken away. Wherein — What excellency is in him, considered in himself, and without dependence on Go...

Isaiah 2:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 2:22 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 2:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 2:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 2:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 2:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 2:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 2:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 2:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 2:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 2:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 2:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 2:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 2:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 2:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 2:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 2:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 2:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 2:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 2:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 2:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 2:22 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 2:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 2:22 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 2:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 2:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 2:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 2:22 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Isaiah 2:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes