“ Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness: ”
Hearken unto me - This is designed to call the attention of the skeptical and unbelieving Jews to the important truth which he was delivering. Many among them might be disposed to say that the fu...
Hearken to me, ye stubborn in heart, that [are] far from (l) righteousness: (l) Who by your incredulity would prevent the performance of my promise.
The Helpless Plight of Babylon's Gods Contrasted with the Saving Might of Yahweh. Isaiah 46:1 f. In vision the prophet sees the images of Babylon's gods (two of the most prominent are named), ta...
12. Hear me. He again rebukes the Israelites, because they could not place confidence in God, or receive any consolation in adversity. That rebuke is indeed sharp and severe, but was well de...
DISCOURSE: 946 CHRIST THE SALVATION OF ISRAEL Isaiah 46:12-13 . Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted, that are far from righteousness: I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my...
Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness: Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted - This is an address to the Babylonians, stubbornly bent on the practice of injustice towards th...
Hearken unto me— God had addressed those kindly, who had suffered themselves, through imprudence, to be seduced from the right way, and whose conversion might more reasonably be expected; but he sp...
Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness: Stout-hearted - stubborn in resisting God ( Psalms 76:5 ; Acts 7:51 ). That (are) far from righteousness - ( Isaiah 59:...
The Contrast between Jehovah and the Deities of Babylon 1, 2. The idols of Babylon will be borne away by the conquerors amongst the spoil, the gods being powerless to save their images. i. Bel]...
Ye stouthearted. — The word, like analogous terms in Ezekiel 2:4 ; Ezekiel 3:7 , implies at once obduracy and ignorance. Such as these are self-excluded at once from the “righteousness” and the “...
Isaiah 44:1-28 ; Isaiah 45:1-25 ; Isaiah 46:1-13 ; Isaiah 47:1-15 ; Isaiah 48:1-22 CHAPTER IX FOUR POINTS OF A TRUE RELIGION Isaiah 43:1-28 - Isaiah 48:1-22 WE have now surveyed the...
God's Salvation Shall not Tarry Isaiah 46:1-13 Here is a startling contrast! Babylon is broken up. An invading army of stern monotheists have slain the idolatrous priests at their altars and ar...
This chapter and the next contain the prophecy of the fall of Babylon. This one describes the failure of the gods. It opens with a graphic picture of the idols being hurried away for safety, carried...
I beg the Reader to ponder over these verses, and keep them in remembrance. Here is God's call to the unhumbled in Zion, the unawakened, unregenerate of his people, if I mistake not: and this is the...
Hearken unto me, ye stout hearted ,.... This is not an address to the Chaldeans, as Kimchi and others think, who were merciless and cruel to the Jews, and far from doing that which was right unto th...
Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that [are] far from righteousness: Ver. 12. Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted. ] Ye cruel Chaldeans; and here some begin the next chapter. That are far from rig...
Hearken unto me, ye stout-hearted “God had addressed those kindly who had suffered themselves, through imprudence, to be seduced from the right way, and whose conversion might more reasonably be ex...
The Folly of Idolatry; The Divine Prerogative Asserted. B. C. 708. 5 To whom will ye l...
Ye stout-hearted; or, ye whose hearts are proud , or hard , or stubborn . He speaks either, 1. To the Babylonians, You who are stout against God, and say or think that neither God nor any man...
“Listen to me you stubborn-hearted, You who are far from righteousness, I am bringing near my righteousness, It will not be far off, And my salvation will not linger, And I will place salvation...
Isaiah 46:12-13 I. God's dealings with mankind have all been of a character which may be called unexpected. We do not know in the whole of Scripture a more beautiful transition than that of the te...
Isaiah 46:1 . Bel or Baal. See on Numbers 32:38 . It is understood that the name is derived from Belus; the history is involved in obscurity. The priests every night prepared him a voluptuous sup...
Hearken unto Me, ye stout-hearted God’s voice to sinners I. A WRETCHED CONDITION. 1. Insensibility to the good. “Stout-hearted.” The word “stout-hearted” does not mean courageous, intrepid,...
EXPOSITION Isaiah 46:1 , Isaiah 46:2 THE FALL OF THE GODS OF BABYLON . Among the direct consequences of the victories of Cyrus will be the downfall, in a certain sense, of...
A Reproof of Israel's Refusal to Believe the Divine Promises
Acts 7:51 ; Ephesians 2:13 ; Ephesians 5:14 ; Isaiah 28:23 ; Isaiah 45:20 ; Isaiah 46:3 ; Isaiah 48:4 ; Jeremiah 2:5 ; Malachi 3:13-15 ; Proverbs 1:22 ; Proverbs 1:23 ; Proverbs 8:1-5 ;...