“ Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. ”
Give ye ear - In this verse the prophet introduces an important and striking illustration drawn from the science of agriculture. It is connected with the preceding part of the chapter, and is des...
The Husbandman Adapts his Methods to the Circumstances of Each Case. This parable may perhaps not have been spoken to the same audience as Isaiah 28:7-22 , but there is no valid reason for denying...
23. Give ear and hear my voice. Isaiah makes use of a preface, as if he were about to speak of something important and very weighty; for we are not wont to demand attention from our hearers,...
Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. Give ye ear, and hear my voice "Listen ye, and hear my voice" - The foregoing discourse, consisting of severe reproofs, and threatenings o...
Give ye ear, &c.— We have here the fourth member of this section, in which this severe judgment of God denounced in the preceding verses, is defended by a parable taken from agriculture, wherei...
Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. Give ye ear, and hear my voice - calling attention to the following illustration from husbandry ( Psalms 49:1-2 ). As the farmer d...
This chapter must be assigned ( Isaiah 28:1 ) to a date prior to the capture of Samaria by the Assyrians (722 b.c.) and fall of the northern kingdom. 1-6. Samaria's luxury and self-indulgence pave...
Give ye ear... — The words remind us of the style of the “wisdom” books of the Old Testament ( Proverbs 2:1 ; Proverbs 4:1 ; Proverbs 5:1 ; Psalms 34:11 ) in which Isaiah had been trained. Isaia...
BOOK 3 PROPHECIES FROM THE ACCESSION OF HEZEKIAH TO THE DEATH OF SARGON 727-705 B.C. THE prophecies with which we have been engaged (Chapter s 2-10:4) fall either before or during the great Assy...
Truth the only Refuge Isaiah 28:14-29 In the beginning of Hezekiah's reign the Jewish leaders had made an alliance with Assyria, on whom they relied to protect them against any and all foes. Bu...
Here begins the third and last circle of the first division of the book. It consists of a series of prophecies concerning the chosen people and the world. In this chapter we have a graphic revelatio...
The chapter ends very graciously, in showing the Church, under the similitude of the husbandman, how the Lord takes care of his household. And as Jesus hath sweetly set forth the same blessed truths,...
Give ye ear, and hear my voice ,.... So said the prophet, as the Targum introduces the words; and because what he was about to say was of importance, and delivered in a parabolical manner, and requi...
Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. Ver. 23. Give ear, and hear my voice; hearken, &c. ] Being to assure the faithful of God's fatherly care of their safety and indemn...
Give ye ear Observe what I say, and do you judge if it be not reasonable. “We have here the last member of this section, in which this severe judgment of God, denounced in the preceding verses, is...
Husbandry a Divine Art. B. C. 725. 23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hea...
Observe what I say, and do you judge if it be not reasonable.
The Parable of the Farmer and his Crops ( Isaiah 28:23-29 ). The point behind this parable is that the wise farmer thinks carefully about what he is doing and does not get bogged down in one activ...
Isaiah 28:1 . The crown of pride. Sebaste, the ancient Samaria, is situated on a long mount of an oval figure, having first a fruitful valley, and then a circle of hills running round about it. M...
The ploughman The parable of the ploughman and the thresher 1. The general drift of the parable is obvious. The husbandman does not forever vex and wound the tender bosom of the earth with the...
SECTION VII . RENEWED DENUNCIATIONS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH ( CH . 28-31.) EXPOSITION Isaiah 28:1-23 A WARNING TO SAMARIA . The prophet has now east his eagle glance over t...
Give ye ear and hear My voice; hearken and hear My speech, close attention being demanded all the more since the illustration which now follows concerning the work of the farmer is not explained any...
Deuteronomy 32:1 ; Isaiah 1:2 ; Jeremiah 22:29 ; Revelation 2:11 ; Revelation 2:14 ; Revelation 2:29 ; Revelation 2:7