Genesis 8:22; Isaiah 25:2; Isaiah 27:10; Isaiah 36:1; Zephaniah 1:16
Every high tower - Towers, or fortresses, were erected for defense and protection. They were made on the walls of cities, for places of observati...
The Day of Yahweh. A poem dating from Isaiah's earliest period, dealing first with the sin, then with the judgment, of Israel. The text has been ba...
high . Hebrew. gabah. Same word as "lofty" ( Isaiah 2:11 ); "loftiness" ( Isaiah 2:17 ).
15. And upon every lofty tower What he adds about towers and walls is not figurative or metaphorical. We know how men, when they think...
And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, Tower ... wall. Towers were often made on the walls of cities. Fenced - strongly f...
2-4. occur also with a few slight variations in Micah 4:1-4 . The passage appears to be borrowed in Isaiah, because ( a ) it suits its context bet...
Alluding to the works and fortifications of Uzziah and Jotham ( 2 Chronicles 26:9-10 ; 2 Chronicles 27:3-4 ).
Upon every high tower. — Generic as the words are, they have a special reference to the fortifications which were the glory of Uzziah’s reign, and...
CHAPTER II THE THREE JERUSALEMS 740-735 B.C. Isaiah 2:1-22 ; Isaiah 3:1-26 ; Isaiah 4:1-6 AFTER the general introduction, in chapter 1, to...
an Exhortation to Humility and Reverence Isaiah 2:12-22 ; Isaiah 3:1-12 If men will not repent, they must suffer. If they will not voluntarily...
Following this broad statement of the case between Jehovah and His people, we have the prophet's great appeal to them. The first part constitutes a v...
This Portion of the chapter opens in a very solemn manner. Whether the prophet means the visitations of God in the day of calamity of this world; or...
And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall. Which may signify everything that serves to support and defend the antichristian hierarchy,...
And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, Ver. 15. And upon every high tower. ] In these the Jews trusted, as sure help in time of di...
For the day of the Lord The time of God's taking vengeance on sinners; shall be upon every one that is proud To mortify and bring him down to the...
The Doom of Idolaters. B. C. 758. 10...
To which you resorted and trusted for your defence.
The Awful Situation of His People Before Yahweh And Its Future Consequences ( Isaiah 2:6-22 ). In contrast with the glorious vision that we have j...
The Terrible Vision ( Isaiah 2:10-22 ). This vision is in direct contrast with the Glorious Vision of Isaiah 2:2-4 . On the one hand glory, now,...
A TERRIBLE PICTURE Isaiah 2:6-22 Here is the “word” (vision) which Isaiah “saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem” ( Isaiah 2:1 ). The prophet has...
Isaiah 2:1-2 . The word that Isaiah the son of Amos saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mounta...
Isaiah 2:6 . Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Ph...
Isaiah 2:1 . The word that Isaiah saw. In these distressing times, when the Jewish church and state were shaken to the very centre, the Messiah sp...
The day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon everyone that is proud and lofty Scepticism discomfited by Christ’s advent I. Among THE CAUSES OF TH...
SECTION II . DENUNCIATION OF GOD 'S JUDGMENTS UPON HIS PEOPLE ( CH . 2-5.). EXPOSITION Isaiah 2:1 TITLE OF THE CHAP...
The Majesty of God in his Final Revelation
and upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, products of men's ambition and pride,
Christ in Isaiah Isaiah 2:1-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When Isaiah saw Christ in this chapter he saw Him in His Second Advent glory. Peter, in the...
Wall — To which you trusted for your defence.
15 And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,