Isaiah 29:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 whisperb out of the dust. ”

Isaiah 29:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And shalt speak out of the ground - (see the note at Isaiah 8:19 ). The sense here is, that Jerusalem, that had been accustomed to pride itself on its strength I would be greatly humbled and sub...
Isaiah 29:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And thou shalt be brought down, [and] shalt speak out of the (d) ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, like a medium, out of the ground, and thy speech shall wh...
Isaiah 29:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 29. The Doom of Ariel. Possibly Isaiah 29:7 f., with most of Isaiah 29:5 , is an insertion to turn a prophecy of judgment into one of mercy. Isaiah 29:1-6 is then a prophecy of ruin to...
Isaiah 29:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

ground =. earth.. familiar spirit. an Ob . See note on Leviticus 19:31 . whisper . peep, chirp, or mutter.
Isaiah 29:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. Then shalt thou be laid low. He describes scornfully that arrogance which led the Jews to despise all threatenings and admonitions, so long as they enjoyed prosperity, as is customary wit...
Isaiah 29:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Isaiah 29:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And I will camp, &c.— This second article explains the former. The prophet had said that Jerusalem should be straitened and distressed; which he here expresses plainly, Isaiah 29:3 declaring...
Isaiah 29:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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, a...
Isaiah 29:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Warnings to Judah These Chapter s refer to the state of affairs during the reign of Hezekiah, when Palestine was threatened by Assyria, and an influential party in Judah favoured resistance, relyi...
Isaiah 29:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shalt speak out of the ground. — The words paint the panic of the besieged, the words pointing probably to Sennacherib’s invasion. They spoke in whispers, like the voice of the spectres which men h...
Isaiah 29:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BOOK 3 ORATIONS ON THE EGYPTIAN INTRIGUES AND ORACLES ON FOREIGN NATIONS 705-702 B.C. Isaiah: 29 About 703 30 A little later 31 A little later 32:1-8 Later 32:9-20 Date uncertain ---------...
Isaiah 29:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the first of a series of declamations concerning the chosen people, and sets forth the purpose of Jehovah in judgment. The message opens with a description of the judgment (verses Isa 29:1-4)...
Isaiah 29:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here are the same, or similar denunciations, as have been before noticed. God's judgments for men's rebellion. And what makes the whole most awful, is, that those judgments and punishments remain uns...
Isaiah 29:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

JERUSALEM’S IMPENDING HUMILIATION AND DELIVERANCE ‘Woe to Ariel,’ etc. Isaiah 29:1-9 I. The prophet sets forth in Isaiah 29:1-2 the theme of his discourse. —For he announces to Ariel,...
Isaiah 29:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And thou shalt be brought down ,.... To the ground, and laid level with it, even the city of Jerusalem, as it was by the Romans; and as it was predicted by Christ it would, Luke 19:44 though some...
Isaiah 29:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Isaiah 29:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And I will camp against thee , &c. That is, by those enemies whom I will assist and enable to take and destroy thee. The prophet may here refer to different sieges of Jerusalem, that of Sennache...
Isaiah 29:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Punishment of Ariel. B. C. 725. 1 Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwe...
Isaiah 29:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thy speech shall be low out of the dust; thou who now speakest so loftily and scornfully against the Lord's prophets and others, shalt be humbled and confounded, and afraid and ashamed to speak alo...
Isaiah 29:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And I will encamp against you in a circle (literally ‘like a circular object' surrounding the city), And will lay siege against you with a fort, And I will raise siegeworks against you. And you w...
Isaiah 29:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 29:1 . Woe to Ariel, the lion of God, or the strong lion, for El is often rendered strong or rock, as in Psalms 42:9 . “God my rock.” The city of Jerusalem was that strong rock, or s...
Isaiah 29:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 29:1-23 A WARNING TO JERUSALEM . Expostulation is followed by threats. The prophet is aware that all his preaching to the authorities in Jerusalem ( Isaiah 28:14-23 )...
Isaiah 29:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Woe Upon Ariel
Isaiah 29:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 2:11-21 ; Isaiah 3:8 ; Isaiah 51:23 ; Isaiah 8:19 ; Lamentations 1:9 ; Psalms 44:25
Isaiah 29:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And thou — Thou who now speakest so loftily, shall be humbled, and with a low voice, beg the favour of thine enemies. As one — Who, that they might possess the people with a kind of reverence and h...

Isaiah 29:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 29:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 29:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 29:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 29:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 29:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 29:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 29:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 29:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 29:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 29:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 29:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 29:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 29:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 29:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 29:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 29:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 29:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 29:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 29:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 29:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 29:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 29:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 29:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 29:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes