Isaiah 32:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. ”

• Isaiah 32:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And the work of righteousness - That which righteousness produces; or the effect of the prevalence of righteousness on the nation. Shall be peace - There shall be no internal agitation, and n...

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• Isaiah 32:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Isaiah 32. This chapter is regarded by some scholars as non-Isaianic on the ground of phraseology and ideas, but while it may have been interpolated, it is probably in the main Isaiah's work. It fa...

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• Isaiah 32:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  work . tillage. assurance. confidence. Hebrew. b . t ah (App-69) Same word as careless ( Isaiah 32:9 ), but not in irony.

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• Isaiah 32:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  17. And the work of righteousness shall be peace. A little before, he censured severely that peace which made the Jews drowsy and slothful; he now promises a different kind of repose, which...

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• Isaiah 32:17 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 907 THE WORK OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS PEACE Isaiah 32:16-17 . Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. And the work of righteousness sha...

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• Isaiah 32:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. The work of righteousness - Righteousness works and produces peace. The effect of righ...

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• Isaiah 32:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. And the work - the effect ( Proverbs 14:34 ; James 3:18 ). Of righteousness...

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• Isaiah 32:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1-8. Characteristics of the future age. 9-14. A warning of coming desolation to the over-confident people. 15-20. Afterwards shall be a peaceful and prosperous future.

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• Isaiah 32:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XVI ISAIAH TO WOMEN DATE UNCERTAIN Isaiah 32:9-20 THE date of this prophecy, which has been appended to those spoken by Isaiah during the Egyptian intrigues (704-702), is not certain....

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• Isaiah 32:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Fruits of Righteousness Isaiah 32:9-20 When Christ's kingdom is set up it will bring dismay to the poor children of fashion. For more days than there are in the year will they be troubled,...

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• Isaiah 32:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  In this message the prophet describes the reign of the coming King, and then suddenly appeals to the women. He describes the reign of the King as establishment of order and creation of refuge and ref...

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• Isaiah 32:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  I include the whole of these blessed verses under one reading, for the sake of shortness. How very gracious is this call to all careless and inconsiderate persons; and how strikingly doth the Prophet...

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• Isaiah 32:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And the work of righteousness shall be peace ,.... Not works of righteousness done by men, no, not by the best of men; for though peace may be had and enjoyed in doing them, yet it does not arise an...

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• Isaiah 32:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. Ver. 17. And the work of righteousness shall be peace. ] Peace both of country and o...

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• Isaiah 32:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then judgment Just judgment, as the next clause explains it, shall dwell in the wilderness In what had formerly been a wilderness, namely, among the Gentiles, now supposed to be converted to Chri...

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• Isaiah 32:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Joyful Prospects. B. C. 726.       9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye c...

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• Isaiah 32:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The work of righteousness shall be peace; the effect of this prevailing practice of righteousness shall be prosperity and outward felicity. Quietness; tranquillity, both of mind and outward estat...

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• Isaiah 32:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Great Turn-Around ( Isaiah 32:15-20 ). Analysis. a Until the Spirit is poured on us from above, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest ( I...

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• Isaiah 32:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  PEACE THE WORK OF RIGHTEOUSNESS Isaiah 32:17 . The work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever . A large part of the book of Isaiah is t...

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• Isaiah 32:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Isaiah 32:17 I. Isaiah was a true patriot; he was a man of the purest moral character, and of the most absolute faith in God. It broke his heart to see the degradation of his countrymen; he saw th...

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• Isaiah 32:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Isaiah 32:3 . The eyes of them that see shall not be dim. The whole land shall be full of smiling affluence and joy; they shall have health of countenance, and look up with joy to a paternal thron...

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• Isaiah 32:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers The outpouring of the Spirit As the communication of the Spirit is necessary to produce a reformation, so a large communication or out...

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• Isaiah 32:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  SECTION VIII . A PROPHECY OF MESSIAH 'S KINGDOM ( Isaiah 32:1-23 ). EXPOSITION Isaiah 32:1-23 A PROPHECY OF MESSIAH 'S KINGDOM . It is generally allowed that this prophecy...

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• Isaiah 32:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Desolation and Restoration

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• Isaiah 32:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 3:18-24 ; 1 John 4:17 ; 2 Corinthians 1:12 ; 2 Peter 1:10 ; 2 Peter 1:11 ; Ezekiel 37:21 ; Ezekiel 37:22 ; Ezekiel 37:25 ; Ezekiel 39:29 ; Hebrews 6:11 ; Isaiah 11:13 ; Isaiah 11:6...

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• Isaiah 32:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The work — The effect of this shall be prosperity. Quietness — Tranquility, both of mind and outward estate. Assurance — Of God's mercy, and the fulfilling of his promises.

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