Isaiah 34:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. ”

Isaiah 34:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Seek ye out - Lock carefully at the prediction, and its fulfillment. This seems to be addressed to the inhabitants of that land, or to any who might doubt, or be disposed to examine. They were in...
Isaiah 34:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Seek ye out of the (p) book of the LORD, and read: no one of (q) these shall fail, none shall lack her mate: for my (r) mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. (p) That is, in...
Isaiah 34:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Edom is near to the Dead Sea, and the country is volcanic, and these facts suggest this lurid picture of judgment. Edom's rivers will be turned to pitch, its dust to brimstone, the land shall be a sm...
Isaiah 34:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Seek . Search. the book of the LORD. This proves there was. book in existence, which could be searched. See App-47. fail . be missing. Hebrew. 'adar. Not the same word as in Isaiah 19:5 (se...
Isaiah 34:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. Inquire at the book of Jehovah. By “the book of the Lord” some understand this prophecy, as if he had enjoined them to read attentively this prediction; for not even in the minutest poin...
Isaiah 34:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. My mouth "For the mouth of J...
Isaiah 34:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Seek ye out of the book, &c.— This period contains the confirmation of the preceding sentence; wherein the prophet, to convict the hypocrites, and confirm the pious, assures them of the certain...
Isaiah 34:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. Seek ye out of the b...
Isaiah 34:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

4. Cp. 1 Isaiah 3:10 .
Isaiah 34:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Seek ye out of the book of the Lord... — The phrase is an exceptional one. Isaiah applies that title either to this particular section, or to the volume of his collected writings. When the time of...
Isaiah 34:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Reaping the Whirlwind Isaiah 34:1-17 This chapter is one prolonged description of the judgments which were to befall the nations at the hand of Assyria and Babylon. The imagery employed is borr...
Isaiah 34:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This and the following chapter constitute the second part of the final circle of the prophecies of judgment. Terrible indeed is the description of world-wide desolation which this chapter presents. T...
Isaiah 34:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here the Lord seems to refer to the prediction, when the fulfillment arrives. As if the Lord had said, "Let such as behold the desolations here spoken of look back, and mark how I predicted them, and...
Isaiah 34:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read ,.... Joseph Kimchi interprets this of the book of the law of Moses; which being consulted, it will appear that punishment was threatened to be inflicte...
Isaiah 34:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. Ver. 16. Seek ye out of t...
Isaiah 34:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Seek ye out of the book of the Lord Here the prophet confirms the preceding prediction; and, “to convict hypocrites, and confirm the pious, assures them of the certain completion of his prophecy.”...
Isaiah 34:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings against God's Enemies. B. C. 720. 9 And the streams thereof shall be turn...
Isaiah 34:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read; when this judgment is executed, if you peruse this book of holy writ, and particularly this prophecy of mine, you will find that all things shall exac...
Isaiah 34:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The All-Embracing Nature of the Judgment and Its Permanence ( Isaiah 34:9-17 ). It is important to note that God's judgment on Edom will be all-embracing and permanent. Nothing will survive it. It...
Isaiah 34:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

A CALL TO STUDY Isaiah 34:16 . Seek ye out of the Book of the Lord, and read, &c. On the supposition that a Divine revelation is given to man, its most convenient method will be that of a pe...
Isaiah 34:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 34:1 . Come near ye nations to hear for the indignation of the Lord is upon all the kingdoms of western Asia. Those nations are named in Jeremiah 25 . They comprise Jerusalem, Egypt, Tyre,...
Isaiah 34:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Come near, ye nations, to hear. --The subject is, as in chap. 13., the Lord’s judgment upon all the nations; and as chap 13. singled out Babylon for special doom, so chap. 34, singles out Edom....
Isaiah 34:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

SECTION 11. THE DIVINE JUDGMENT ON THE WORLD , AND THE GLORY OF THE CHURCH CONSEQUENT UPON IT ( Isaiah 34:1-23 ; Isaiah 35:1-23 .). EXPOSITION Isaiah 34:1-23 a...
Isaiah 34:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Idumea as a Type of Hostility Against God
Isaiah 34:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 1:19 ; Amos 3:7 ; Daniel 10:21 ; Deuteronomy 31:21 ; Genesis 6:17 ; Isaiah 30:8 ; John 10:35 ; John 5:39 ; Joshua 1:8 ; Luke 21:33 ; Malachi 3:16 ; Matthew 5:18 ; Proverbs 23:12...
Isaiah 34:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Seek — When this judgment is executed, if you pursue this prophecy, you will find, that all things exactly come to pass, as I have told you. His — My spirit, (such sudden changes of persons being f...

Isaiah 34:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 34:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 34:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 34:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 34:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 34:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 34:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 34:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 34:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 34:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 34:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 34:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 34:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 34:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 34:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 34:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 34:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 34:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 34:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 34:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 34:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 34:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 34:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 34:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 34:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 34:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes