Category: EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 66, THE END OF THE LORD MANIFESTED
by H A Ironside In this last chapter again we find that GOD stresses the failures of His people, and then closes by telling of the wonderful conditions that will prevail in the days of the kingdom, and gives another glimpse of the new heavens and the new earth. “Thus…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 65, NEW HEAVENS AND A NEW EARTH
by H A Ironside “I am sought of them that asked not after me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. I have spread out my hands all the day unto a…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 64, THE HEART-CRY OF THE REMNANT
by H A Ironside The last three chapters of the book (chaps. 64, 65, 66) are all intimately linked together. In chapter sixty-four we have what might be called the heart cry, the prayer, of the remnant in the last days, whilst suitable for GOD’s people at any time of…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 63, THE WARRIOR CONQUEROR FROM EDOM
by H A Ironside Here we have the wonderful picture of Israel’s Redeemer with garments red with the blood oftheir enemies, coming up from the East – from whence their enemies generally came. Syria waspressing upon them at this time and Assyria would come to them through the lands of…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 62, PROCLAMATION TO THE REMNANT
by H A Ironside “For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory:…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 61, THE ANOINTED SERVANT AND HIS MINISTRY
by H A Ironside In Chapter sixty-one we have the portion to which the Lord JESUS directed His hearers’ attention when He went into the synagogue at Nazareth. After His baptism in the Jordan and His temptation in the wilderness He came up through Judea – He gave the Word…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 60, GOD GLORIFIED IN THE REMNANT
by H A Ironside “Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee” (verse 1). After that call the prophet goes on to show them the need for that light. It is the darkness. “For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 59, ADDERS’ EGGS AND SPIDERS’ WEBS
by H A Ironside Here we have a very solemn word, GOD calling the people to repentance and then giving wonderful promises of blessings that are to take place under Messiah’s reign. He begins: “Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear-heavy, that it…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 58, FASTS AND SABBATHS PLEASING TO GOD
by H A Ironside This chapter begins the last section of this book. In chapters fifty-eight through sixty-six we have – in the main – visions of the coming glory, the prophet setting before us the wonderful things that will take place at the coming of the Lord. But GOD…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 57, STRANGERS AND OUTCASTS GATHERED
by H A Ironside Chapter fifty-seven begins with special comfort for those who while seeking to be faithful to the Lord suffer at the hands of others even unto death. “The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 56, ENCOURAGEMENT TO RIGHTEOUSNESS
by H A Ironside These following chapters are of such an exceedingly practical nature, that sometimes we may be inclined to look carelessly over such portions and focus our attention upon passages that speak of great events that are to take place in the future or of GOD’s dealings with…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 55, THE GREAT INVITATION
by H A Ironside “Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 54, THE CALL TO THE REMNANT TO SING
by H A Ironside Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord. Enlarge the place of thy tent,…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 53, THE SUFFERING SAVIOUR
by H A Ironside The inspired writer gives us a graphic pen-portrait of the suffering Saviour and tells us of the glorious work He was to undertake in order that the sin question might be settled forever to the perfect satisfaction of GOD, the infinitely Holy One. This great Messianic…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 52, THE GOOD TIDINGS TO ALL
by H A Ironside “Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 51, THE CALL TO AWAKE
by H A Ironside In Chapter fifty-one GOD stresses the disobedience of Israel and their suffering because of it, and also emphasizes the coming day when Messiah will be recognized and granted the fullness of blessing. “Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 50, WHY ISRAEL HAS BEEN SET ASIDE
by H A Ironside We are next shown why Israel has been set to one side during the present age. The question is put, “Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement?” Why did GOD divorce His earthly bride? Israel is spoken of as the wife of the Lord, but…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 49, MESSIAH DESPISED, GOD’S ANSWER
by H A Ironside “Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 48, GOD’S CONTROVERSY WITH ISRAEL
by H A Ironside “Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the Lord, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 47, THE DOWNFALL OF BABYLON
by H A Ironside “Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare…
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