Category: EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 46, THE EVERLASTING ONE CONTRASTED WITH IDOLS
by H A Ironside God is still contrasting Himself with idols and, He says, they can do nothing to save themselves. When Cyrus attacked Babylon and the city fell, the idolatrous priests loaded their helpless gods upon carts to wheel them away and set them up somewhere else. Idols who…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 45, THE COMING OF CYRUS FORETOLD
by H A Ironside “Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two-leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; I will go before…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 44, GOD’s UNCHANGING PURPOSES OF BLESSING
by H A Ironside God continues this theme in a very precious and wonderful way. “Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: Thus saith the Lord that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 43, GOD’S WITNESSES TO HIS FAITHFULNESS
by H A Ironside The Lord’s gracious care of Israel is continued. How wonderfully He enters into their sorrows! “But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 42, THE CHOSEN SERVANT
by H A Ironside In Chapter forty-two Messiah is brought before us. The forerunner – the voice of one crying in the wilderness – has been spoken of. Now Messiah Himself is presented. This is taken up more fully later, but He is shown here that Israel may have the…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 41, THE INFINITELY STRONG ONE
by H A Ironside “Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 40, GOD THE COMFORTER
by H A Ironside “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. The voice of him that…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapters 36 to 39, THE HISTORIC INTERLUDE
by H A Ironside We now glance at the next four chapters which relate certain important incidents in the life of Hezekiah, King of Judah. I say “glance at,” because I do not intend to take these chapters up verse by verse, quoting and endeavoring to explain them, as in…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 35, MILLENNIAL BLESSING
by H A Ironside This precious portion, which concludes the first division of our book is a beautiful inspired poem, setting before us the delightful conditions which will prevail in this world after the binding of Satan as depicted in Revelation 20:1, and the enthronement of our Lord JESUS CHRIST as…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 34, THE DAY OF JEHOVAH’S VENGEANCE
by H A Ironside This chapter, and that which follows, link very closely with what we have already considered, the one setting forth the judgment that is to fall upon the enemies of GOD and His chosen people, Israel, and the other telling of the blessing which this long despised…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 33, THE SIXTH WOE AND PROMISES OF BLESSING
by H A Ironside We now come to the last of the series of six woes, and this one is pronounced upon the enemies of the people of GOD, primarily Assyria, but also including the other nations that have sought to destroy Israel and Judah. “Woe to thee that spoilest,…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 32, PREPARATIONS FOR THE COMING KINGDOM
by H A Ironside Before uttering the sixth woe, which is a proclamation of judgment upon Assyria, we have here a message of hope and comfort for the afflicted people of GOD, setting before them the glorious Messianic kingdom to be ushered in at the second advent of our Lord…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 31, REMONSTRANCE WITH PROMISE OF FUTURE BLESSING
by H A Ironside It seems evident that the message of the previous chapter made little or no impression upon the king and the nobles of Judah. Therefore, the Lord again sent His servant, Isaiah, to warn them against the folly of still looking to Egypt for help, and so…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 30, JUDAH’S FAILURE – GOD’S FAITHFULNESS
by H A Ironside Once more the Spirit of prophecy directs our attention to the internal condition of Judah in Isaiah’s day when, threatened by the Assyrian under Sennacherib, they appealed to Egypt, that land from which they had once been delivered, for help. This, in the eyes of GOD,…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 29, SECOND AND THIRD WOES
by H A Ironside This Chapter begins, we listen, for the second time in this section, to a woe pronounced by God through His servant, the prophet, and farther down in the chapter we have a third woe. The first message is addressed directly to Ariel, a name we have…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 28, JUDGMENTS PAST AND FUTURE
by H A Ironside This chapter introduces a new series of prophetic messages embracing chapters 28-33. This section is characterized by six woes, reminding us of those of chapter five. These, however, all have to do particularly with Israel and the surrounding nations in the last days, although the first…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 27, JEHOVAH’S VINEYARD RESTORED
by H A Ironside Once again we have a song of the vineyard, but it depicts entirely different conditions from those set forth in the previous song recorded in chapter five. We saw the Lord looking for grapes and finding only wild grapes, for Israel after the flesh bore no…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 26, ISRAEL’S DELIVERANCE
by H A Ironside We Continue to enter into the joyous experiences of the remnant of Israel as they praise the Lord because of the fulfillment of His promises, resulting in their deliverance from the power of the oppressor and their spiritual enrichment under Messiah’s righteous rule. It should surely…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 25, EXULTANT SONG OF THE REMNANT
by H A Ironside It is with growing interest and increasing joy that we move on now to contemplate the exultation of the remnant of Israel who will become the nucleus of the new nation after the powers of evil which have sought their complete destruction shall have been dealt…
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EXPOSITORY NOTES ON THE PROPHET ISAIAH, Chapter 24, COMING DESTRUCTION AND DESOLATION
by H A Ironside The chapter to which we now turn presents a scene of destruction and desolation unparalleled, and is closely linked with the similar passage in Jeremiah 4:23-31. Many different interpretations have been given to it, some supposing that it pictures the earth in its chaotic state as referred…
Down to Earth But Heavenly Minded 