Category: STUDIES IN ISAIAH by F C Jennings

  • STUDIES IN ISAIAH, By F. C. Jennings, Chapter 46

    Divine Judgment on Babylon’s False Deities. Thethree chapters that now follow form another of those significanttrilogies that we have learned to be a characteristic feature of thisprophet: 1: Chapter 46: Judgment on Babylon’s false Deities. 2: Chapter 47: On Babylon herself. 3: Chapter 48: Restoration of Israel. This short chapter…

  • STUDIES IN ISAIAH, By F. C. Jennings, Chapter 45

    Continuation of the prophecy as to Cyrus.How can God be the Author of evil? The introduction of a new chapter again mars the unity of this part of our prophecy, which begins with verse 24 of the preceding chapter, and consists of five strophes, each being introduced by the words,…

  • STUDIES IN ISAIAH, By F. C. Jennings, Chapter 44

    Continued expostulation as to the folly of idolatry. Meaning and applicationof the word Jeshurun. The making of an idol described with divine irony. We must again ignore the division caused by the interposition of a new chapter, for although it is true that there is a striking change in the…

  • STUDIES IN ISAIAH, By F. C. Jennings, Chapter 43

    Jehovah-Jesus never leaves His people in times of suffering.He is with them in floods and flames, although not to sight as in oldendays. When, why and how are nations made to ransom Israel. So swift, so striking, is the change from the last verse of the previous chapter that a…

  • STUDIES IN ISAIAH, By F. C. Jennings, Chapter 42

    The Servant of Jehovah, threefoldapplicationof the term. Who is the blind servant? As in the Epistle to theHebrews dignity after dignity is brought into prominence, only to waneand disappear like the stars at sunrise when our Lord Jesus is seen, sohere. We have looked at Cyrus as the servant of…

  • STUDIES IN ISAIAH, By F. C. Jennings, Chapter 41

    Jehovah’s challenge to idolatrous Gentiles. The hasty constructionof gods that are to protect from a threatened danger. Jehovah’s lovefor Israel expressed by every form of wording. The paradise on earth.Where and what is “Har-mageddon”? None but God can tell howthe earth came, so none but He can reveal the future.…

  • STUDIES IN ISAIAH, By F. C. Jennings, Chapter 40

    Jerusalem comforted. The expiation of national sins. The three voices.The incomparable grandeur of Jehovah. The blessedness of waiting on Him. The marvelous structure of this chapter may merely provoke wonder without attracting the heart; let us then consider its lovely contents, taking the three parts in order. The prophet is…

  • STUDIES IN ISAIAH, By F. C. Jennings, Introduction to Chapters 40-66

    DIVISION THREEChapters 40 to 66 Introduction: The Manifestation of Godin His Ways with Israel This third part an integral portionof the book and the writing of thesame author, not a Deutero-Isaiah.The divine and human authorshipboth attested by the same mark of“three” impressed upon it. One cannot approach thislast part of…

  • STUDIES IN ISAIAH, By F. C. Jennings, Chapter 39

    The embassage from Babylon and its consequences. We again drop poetry and return to prose, which certainly appears more harmonious with the contents of our short chapter, recording the failure in the testimony of a true saint, followed by the announcement of divine chastening on the nation. The beloved Hezekiah,…

  • STUDIES IN ISAIAH, By F. C. Jennings, Chapter 38

    Although the chapter begins with the words, “In those days,” the event of which it tells did not occur in chronological sequence to the deliverance of Jerusalem by the destruction of the Assyrian army, for that is here promised and must therefore have been still in the future. Hezekiah reigned…

  • STUDIES IN ISAIAH, By F. C. Jennings, Chapter 37

    Hezekiah’s second step: he sends to the prophet. Jehovah’sencouragement. The letter. Hezekiah’s growth. The song, the sign. The deputation of three, in telling the result of their mission, communicate their distress to the King; their torn clothes, and sorrowful faces speak clearly enough, but they do not give him the…

  • STUDIES IN ISAIAH, By F. C. Jennings, Chapter 36

    DIVISION TWO Chapters 36 to 39 The Historic Interlude CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX Difference between divine and secular history. Threefold way of usingScripture. Assyria is removed. Babylon takes its place. Importanceof the change. Sennacherib’s successful invasion of ten tribes;crosses border of Judah. Humiliation of Hezekiah. Silence thebest answer to abuse. The return…

  • STUDIES IN ISAIAH, By F. C. Jennings, Chapter 35

    Another song expressing Israel’s joy. Her land corresponding, laughsalso with abundance. The enlarged heart. Again the “High- way.” How refreshing to turn from the storm of judgment to the calm of blessing! But the very storm affords a foil that increases the sweetness of that calm. Little do they know…

  • STUDIES IN ISAIAH, By F. C. Jennings, Chapter 34

    The day appointed. A universal crash. The relation between Edoni andAdam. The heavens share in the infliction, for there rebellion began.Military terms not literal. Distinction between the Millennial day andthe Sabbath of God. Truth in words because they cannot be translated. Just as the “burdens” that affected various nations in…

  • STUDIES IN ISAIAH, By F. C. Jennings, Chapter 33

    The sixth woe. Spoiler and crafty are not the same individual. Thekings of the four points of the compass. The weeping ambassadors.The broken covenant. Jehovah takes the place of a broad river. This brings us to the sixth and last “woe,” which, being directed against some power hostile to the…

  • STUDIES IN ISAIAH, By F. C. Jennings, Chapter 32

    The King shall take His Throne. The consequences of that day ofrevelation. Democracy not the last form of human government. Thepreceding distresses. The precise correspondence between the land andits people; both today in desolation. The limit. Is there any basis forthe Pentecostal Movement in this outpouring of the Spirit? The…

  • STUDIES IN ISAIAH, By F. C. Jennings, Chapter 31

    The fifth woe. A continuation of warning against falseconfidence. A picture-parable. Jehovah a “lion” and “bird.”Further clear proof as to the identity of the Assyrian. So deep-seated in every heart is the tendency to false confidence, that in this short chapter we have a strong reiteration of the warning with…

  • STUDIES IN ISAIAH, By F. C. Jennings, Chapter 30

    False confidence condemned. The names Zoan and Hanes significant.Why told Hebron was seven years before Zoan. What God calls Egypt, andwhat Egypt stands for. The insistence on smooth preaching. Error can rob,but never give. What are the “hidden teachers”? Impossible to take what is saidof sun and moon literally. Force…

  • STUDIES IN ISAIAH, By F. C. Jennings, Chapter 29

    The woe on Ariel; the significance of, and the play on the word.The last siege and its outcome. The vision which none can read.What is included in the word heart? What is the heart? The answera sure proof of divine Authorship of the Scriptures. How doesGod harden hearts? The bright…

  • STUDIES IN ISAIAH, By F. C. Jennings, Chapter 28

    Samaria’s woe. Moral evils not merely literal. Jehovah’s anger bringsdown the beauty of Samaria. Figure of a first-ripe fig; but Jehovahtakes the place of that which He destroys. The simplicity of divine truthnot to be abandoned to suit men’s desires. The apostle’s use of thisscripture. What is the “overflowing scourge”?…