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Selected Verse: Isaiah 14:1 - Strong Concordance
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| Isa 14:1 |
Strong Concordance |
For the LORD [03068] will have mercy [07355] on Jacob [03290], and will yet choose [0977] Israel [03478], and set [03240] them in their own land [0127]: and the strangers [01616] shall be joined [03867] with them, and they shall cleave [05596] to the house [01004] of Jacob [03290]. |
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King James |
For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
CONFIRMATION OF THIS BY THE HEREFORETOLD DESTRUCTION OF THE ASSYRIANS UNDER SENNACHERIB; (Isa 14:24-27)
choose--"set His choice upon." A deliberate predilection [HORSLEY]. Their restoration is grounded on their election (see Psa 102:13-22).
strangers--proselytes (Est 8:17; Act 2:10; Act 17:4, Act 17:17). TACITUS, a heathen [Histories, 5.5], attests the fact of numbers of the Gentiles having become Jews in his time. An earnest of the future effect on the heathen world of the Jews' spiritual restoration (Isa 60:4-5, Isa 60:10; Mic 5:7; Zac 14:16; Rom 11:12). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob - That is, he will pity the captive Jews in Babylon. He will not abandon them, but will remember them, and restore them to their own land.
And will yet choose Israel - Will show that he regards them as still his chosen people; or will again "choose" them by recovering them from their bondage, and by restoring them to their country as his people. The names 'Jacob' and 'Israel' here simply denote the Jews. They do not imply that all of those who were to be carried captive would return, but that as a people they would be restored.
And set them ... - Hebrew, 'Will cause them to rest in their own country;' that is, will give them peace, quietness, and security there.
And the stranger shall be joined to them - The 'stranger,' here, probably refers to those foreigners who would become proselytes to their religion, while they were in Babylon. Those proselytes would be firmly united with them, and would return with them to their own land. Their captivity would be attended with this advantage, that many even of those who led them away, would be brought to embrace their religion, and to return with them to their own country. If it is asked what "evidence" there is that any considerable number of the people of Chaldea became Jewish proselytes, I answer, that it is expressly stated in Est 8:17 : 'And many of the people of the land became Jews, for the fear of the Jews fell upon them. Ezra, indeed, has not mentioned the fact, that many of the people of Babylonia became proselytes to the religion of the Jews, but it is in accordance with all that we know of their history, and their influence on the nations with which, from time to time, they were connected, that many should have been thus joined to them. We know that in subsequent times many of other nations became proselytes, and that multitudes of the Egyptians, the Macedonians, the Romans, and the inhabitants of Asia Minor, embraced the Jewish religion, or became what were called 'proselytes of the gate.' They were circumcised, and were regarded as entitled to a part of the privileges of the Jewish people (see Act 2:9-11; compare Act 17:4, Act 17:17). Tacitus, speaking of his time, says, that every abandoned man, despising the religion of his country, bears tribute and revenue to Jerusalem, whence it happens that the number of the Jews is greatly increased.' - ("Hist." v. 5.) That the Jews, therefore, who were in Babylon should induce many of the Chaldeans during their long captivity to become proselytes, is in accordance with all their history. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| But it is love to His own people which impels the God of Israel to suspend such a judgment of eternal destruction over Babylon. "For Jehovah will have mercy on Jacob, and will once more choose Israel, and will settle them in their own land: and the foreigner will associate with them, and they will cleave to the house of Jacob. And nations take them, and accompany them to their place; and the house of Israel takes them to itself in the land of Jehovah for servants and maid-servants: and they hold in captivity those who led them away captive; and become lords over their oppressors." We have here in nuce the comforting substance of chapters 46-66. Babylon falls that Israel may rise. This is effected by the compassion of God. He chooses Israel once more (iterum, as in Job 14:7 for example), and therefore makes a new covenant with it. Then follows their return to Canaan, their own land, Jehovah's land (as in Hos 9:3). Proselytes from among the heathen, who have acknowledged the God of the exiles, go along with them, as Ruth did with Naomi. Heathen accompany the exiles to their own place. And now their relative positions are reversed. Those who accompany Israel are now taken possession of by the latter (hithnachēl, κληρονομεῖν ἑαυτῷ, like hithpattēach, Isa 52:2, λύεσθαι; cf., p. 62, note, and Ewald, 124, b), as servants and maid-servants; and they (the Israelites) become leaders into captivity of those who led them into captivity (Lamed with the participle, as in Isa 11:9), and they will oppress (râdâh b', as in Psa 49:15) their oppressors. This retribution of life for like is to all appearance quite out of harmony with the New Testament love. But in reality it is no retribution of like for like. For, according to the prophet's meaning, to be ruled by the people of God is the true happiness of the nations, and to allow themselves to be so ruled is their true liberty. At the same time, the form in which the promise is expressed is certainly not that of the New Testament; and it would not possibly have been so, for the simple reason that in Old Testament times, and from an Old Testament point of view, there was no other visible manifestation of the church (ecclesia) than in the form of a nation. This national form of the church has been broken up under the New Testament, and will never be restored. Israel, indeed, will be restored as a nation; but the true essence of the church, which is raised above all national distinctions, will never return to those worldly limits which it has broken through. And the fact that the prophecy moves within those limits here may be easily explained, on the ground that it is primarily the deliverance from the Babylonian captivity to which the promise refers. And the prophet himself was unconscious that this captivity would be followed by another. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Chuse - Will renew his choice of them; for he had rejected them. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| And will yet choose Israel - That is, will still regard Israel as his chosen people; however he may seem to desert them, by giving them up to their enemies, and scattering them among the nations. Judah is sometimes called Israel; see Eze 13:16; Mal 1:1; Mal 2:11 : but the name of Jacob and of Israel, used apparently with design in this place, each of which names includes the twelve tribes, and the other circumstances mentioned in this and the next verse, which did not in any complete sense accompany the return from the captivity of Babylon, seem to intimate that this whole prophecy extends its views beyond that event. |
12 Now [1161] if [1487] the fall [3900] of them [846] be the riches [4149] of the world [2889], and [2532] the diminishing [2275] of them [846] the riches [4149] of the Gentiles [1484]; how [4214] much more [3123] their [846] fulness [4138]?
16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left [03498] of all the nations [01471] which came [0935] against Jerusalem [03389] shall even go up [05927] from [01767] year [08141] to year [08141] to worship [07812] the King [04428], the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], and to keep [02287] the feast [02282] of tabernacles [05521].
7 And the remnant [07611] of Jacob [03290] shall be in the midst [07130] of many [07227] people [05971] as a dew [02919] from the LORD [03068], as the showers [07241] upon the grass [06212], that tarrieth [06960] not for man [0376], nor waiteth [03176] for the sons [01121] of men [0120].
10 And the sons [01121] of strangers [05236] shall build up [01129] thy walls [02346], and their kings [04428] shall minister [08334] unto thee: for in my wrath [07110] I smote [05221] thee, but in my favour [07522] have I had mercy [07355] on thee.
4 Lift up [05375] thine eyes [05869] round about [05439], and see [07200]: all they gather themselves together [06908], they come [0935] to thee: thy sons [01121] shall come [0935] from far [07350], and thy daughters [01323] shall be nursed [0539] at thy side [06654].
5 Then thou shalt see [07200] [03372], and flow together [05102], and thine heart [03824] shall fear [06342], and be enlarged [07337]; because the abundance [01995] of the sea [03220] shall be converted [02015] unto thee, the forces [02428] of the Gentiles [01471] shall come [0935] unto thee.
17 Therefore [3767] [3303] disputed he [1256] in [1722] the synagogue [4864] with the Jews [2453], and [2532] with the devout persons [4576], and [2532] in [1722] the market [58] daily [2596] [3956] [2250] with [4314] them that met with him [3909].
4 And [2532] some [5100] of [1537] them [846] believed [3982], and [2532] consorted [4345] with Paul [3972] and [2532] Silas [4609]; and [5037] of the devout [4576] Greeks [1672] a great [4183] multitude [4128], and [5037] of the chief [4413] women [1135] not [3756] a few [3641].
10 [5037] Phrygia [5435], and [5037] [2532] Pamphylia [3828], in Egypt [125], and [2532] in the parts [3313] of Libya [3033] about [2596] Cyrene [2957], and [2532] strangers [1927] of Rome [4514], [5037] Jews [2453] and [5037] [2532] proselytes [4339],
17 And in every province [04082], and in every city [05892], whithersoever [04725] the king's [04428] commandment [01697] and his decree [01881] came [05060], the Jews [03064] had joy [08057] and gladness [08342], a feast [04960] and a good [02896] day [03117]. And many [07227] of the people [05971] of the land [0776] became Jews [03054]; for the fear [06343] of the Jews [03064] fell [05307] upon them.
13 Thou shalt arise [06965], and have mercy [07355] upon Zion [06726]: for the time [06256] to favour [02603] her, yea, the set time [04150], is come [0935].
14 For thy servants [05650] take pleasure [07521] in her stones [068], and favour [02603] the dust [06083] thereof.
15 So the heathen [01471] shall fear [03372] the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], and all the kings [04428] of the earth [0776] thy glory [03519].
16 When the LORD [03068] shall build up [01129] Zion [06726], he shall appear [07200] in his glory [03519].
17 He will regard [06437] the prayer [08605] of the destitute [06199], and not despise [0959] their prayer [08605].
18 This shall be written [03789] for the generation [01755] to come [0314]: and the people [05971] which shall be created [01254] shall praise [01984] the LORD [03050].
19 For he hath looked down [08259] from the height [04791] of his sanctuary [06944]; from heaven [08064] did the LORD [03068] behold [05027] the earth [0776];
20 To hear [08085] the groaning [0603] of the prisoner [0615]; to loose [06605] those that are appointed [01121] to death [08546];
21 To declare [05608] the name [08034] of the LORD [03068] in Zion [06726], and his praise [08416] in Jerusalem [03389];
22 When the people [05971] are gathered [06908] together [03162], and the kingdoms [04467], to serve [05647] the LORD [03068].
24 The LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] hath sworn [07650], saying [0559], Surely as I have thought [01819], so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed [03289], so shall it stand [06965]:
25 That I will break [07665] the Assyrian [0804] in my land [0776], and upon my mountains [02022] tread him under foot [0947]: then shall his yoke [05923] depart [05493] from off them, and his burden [05448] depart [05493] from off their shoulders [07926].
26 This is the purpose [06098] that is purposed [03289] upon the whole earth [0776]: and this is the hand [03027] that is stretched out [05186] upon all the nations [01471].
27 For the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] hath purposed [03289], and who shall disannul [06565] it? and his hand [03027] is stretched out [05186], and who shall turn it back [07725]?
17 Therefore [3767] [3303] disputed he [1256] in [1722] the synagogue [4864] with the Jews [2453], and [2532] with the devout persons [4576], and [2532] in [1722] the market [58] daily [2596] [3956] [2250] with [4314] them that met with him [3909].
4 And [2532] some [5100] of [1537] them [846] believed [3982], and [2532] consorted [4345] with Paul [3972] and [2532] Silas [4609]; and [5037] of the devout [4576] Greeks [1672] a great [4183] multitude [4128], and [5037] of the chief [4413] women [1135] not [3756] a few [3641].
9 Parthians [3934], and [2532] Medes [3370], and [2532] Elamites [1639], and [2532] the dwellers [2730] in Mesopotamia [3318], and [5037] in Judaea [2449], and [2532] Cappadocia [2587], in Pontus [4195], and [2532] Asia [773],
10 [5037] Phrygia [5435], and [5037] [2532] Pamphylia [3828], in Egypt [125], and [2532] in the parts [3313] of Libya [3033] about [2596] Cyrene [2957], and [2532] strangers [1927] of Rome [4514], [5037] Jews [2453] and [5037] [2532] proselytes [4339],
11 Cretes [2912] and [2532] Arabians [690], we do hear [191] them [846] speak [2980] in our [2251] tongues [1100] the wonderful works [3167] of God [2316].
17 And in every province [04082], and in every city [05892], whithersoever [04725] the king's [04428] commandment [01697] and his decree [01881] came [05060], the Jews [03064] had joy [08057] and gladness [08342], a feast [04960] and a good [02896] day [03117]. And many [07227] of the people [05971] of the land [0776] became Jews [03054]; for the fear [06343] of the Jews [03064] fell [05307] upon them.
15 But God [0430] will redeem [06299] my soul [05315] from the power [03027] of the grave [07585]: for he shall receive [03947] me. Selah [05542].
9 They shall not hurt [07489] nor destroy [07843] in all my holy [06944] mountain [02022]: for the earth [0776] shall be full [04390] of the knowledge [01844] of the LORD [03068], as the waters [04325] cover [03680] the sea [03220].
2 Shake [05287] thyself from the dust [06083]; arise [06965], and sit down [03427], O Jerusalem [03389]: loose [06605] thyself from the bands [04147] of thy neck [06677], O captive [07628] daughter [01323] of Zion [06726].
3 They shall not dwell [03427] in the LORD'S [03068] land [0776]; but Ephraim [0669] shall return [07725] to Egypt [04714], and they shall eat [0398] unclean [02931] things in Assyria [0804].
7 For there is [03426] hope [08615] of a tree [06086], if it be cut down [03772], that it will sprout again [02498], and that the tender branch [03127] thereof will not cease [02308].
11 Judah [03063] hath dealt treacherously [0898], and an abomination [08441] is committed [06213] in Israel [03478] and in Jerusalem [03389]; for Judah [03063] hath profaned [02490] the holiness [06944] of the LORD [03068] which he loved [0157], and hath married [01166] the daughter [01323] of a strange [05236] god [0410].
1 The burden [04853] of the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] to Israel [03478] by [03027] Malachi [04401].
16 To wit, the prophets [05030] of Israel [03478] which prophesy [05012] concerning Jerusalem [03389], and which see [02374] visions [02377] of peace [07965] for her, and there is no peace [07965], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].