Click
here to show/hide instructions.
Instructions on how to use the page:
The commentary for the selected verse is is displayed below.
All commentary was produced against the King James, so the same verse from that translation may appear as well. Hovering your mouse over a commentary's scripture reference attempts to show those verses.
Use the browser's back button to return to the previous page.
Or you can also select a feature from the Just Verses menu appearing at the top of the page.
Selected Verse: Isaiah 14:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 14:2 |
Strong Concordance |
And the people [05971] shall take [03947] them, and bring [0935] them to their place [04725]: and the house [01004] of Israel [03478] shall possess [05157] them in the land [0127] of the LORD [03068] for servants [05650] and handmaids [08198]: and they shall take them captives [07617], whose captives [07617] they were; and they shall rule [07287] over their oppressors [05065]. |
| |
King James |
And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
the people--of Babylon, primarily. Of the whole Gentile world ultimately (Isa 49:22; Isa 66:20; Isa 60:9).
their place--Judea (Ezr 1:1-6).
possess--receive in possession.
captives--not by physical, but by moral might; the force of love, and regard to Israel's God (Isa 60:14). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And the people shall take them - That is, the people in Babylon.
And bring them to their place - That is, they shall attend them to the land of Judea, and aid in restoring them to their own country. There is reference here, doubtless, to the fact that Cyrus would assist them (compare Ezr 1:1-11), and that many of the inhabitants of Chaldea who would become proselytes, would be willing to accompany them to their own land.
And the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord - Not in a foreign land, and among strangers and foes, but in their own land, and among the institutions of their own religion. They would be willing to return with them, and occupy a humble place among them, as servants, for the sake of enjoying the privileges of the true religion. It was a matter of course among the Hebrews, that proselytes would be regarded as occupying a less elevated place in society than native-born Jews.
And they shall take them captive ... - That is, they shall induce them to become proselytes; to be willing to accompany them to their own homes, and to become their servants there. It does not mean that they would subdue them by force; but they would be able, by their influence there, to disarm their opposition; and to induce them to become the friends of their religion.
And they shall rule over their oppressors - This is one instance where the people of God would show that they could disarm their oppressors by a mild and winning demeanour, and in which they would be able to induce others to join with them. Such would be the force of their example and conduct, of their conversation and of their deportment, even in the midst of proud and haughty Babylon, that their oppressors would be won to embrace the religion of their captives. If, in proud and haughty Babylon, those who loved the Lord could thus do good; if, when they were "captives," they could have such an influence over their haughty masters, where is there a place in which the friends of God may not be useful by their example, their conversation, and their prayers? |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Rule - Which they literally did, after their return into their own land. But this was more eminently verified in a spiritual sense, in the days of the gospel. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| For servants and handmaids - For thrallis and thrallesses. - Old Bible. Male and female slaves. |
14 The sons [01121] also of them that afflicted [06031] thee shall come [01980] bending [07817] unto thee; and all they that despised [05006] thee shall bow themselves down [07812] at the soles [03709] of thy feet [07272]; and they shall call [07121] thee, The city [05892] of the LORD [03068], The Zion [06726] of the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478].
1 Now in the first [0259] year [08141] of Cyrus [03566] king [04428] of Persia [06539], that the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] by the mouth [06310] of Jeremiah [03414] might be fulfilled [03615], the LORD [03068] stirred up [05782] the spirit [07307] of Cyrus [03566] king [04428] of Persia [06539], that he made a proclamation [05674] [06963] throughout all his kingdom [04438], and put it also in writing [04385], saying [0559],
2 Thus saith [0559] Cyrus [03566] king [04428] of Persia [06539], The LORD [03068] God [0430] of heaven [08064] hath given [05414] me all the kingdoms [04467] of the earth [0776]; and he hath charged [06485] me to build [01129] him an house [01004] at Jerusalem [03389], which is in Judah [03063].
3 Who is there among you of all his people [05971]? his God [0430] be with him, and let him go up [05927] to Jerusalem [03389], which is in Judah [03063], and build [01129] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], (he is the God [0430],) which is in Jerusalem [03389].
4 And whosoever remaineth [07604] in any place [04725] where he sojourneth [01481], let the men [0582] of his place [04725] help [05375] him with silver [03701], and with gold [02091], and with goods [07399], and with beasts [0929], beside the freewill offering [05071] for the house [01004] of God [0430] that is in Jerusalem [03389].
5 Then rose up [06965] the chief [07218] of the fathers [01] of Judah [03063] and Benjamin [01144], and the priests [03548], and the Levites [03881], with all them whose spirit [07307] God [0430] had raised [05782], to go up [05927] to build [01129] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] which is in Jerusalem [03389].
6 And all they that were about [05439] them strengthened [02388] their hands [03027] with vessels [03627] of silver [03701], with gold [02091], with goods [07399], and with beasts [0929], and with precious things [04030], beside all that was willingly offered [05068].
9 Surely the isles [0339] shall wait [06960] for me, and the ships [0591] of Tarshish [08659] first [07223], to bring [0935] thy sons [01121] from far [07350], their silver [03701] and their gold [02091] with them, unto the name [08034] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], and to the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478], because he hath glorified [06286] thee.
20 And they shall bring [0935] all your brethren [0251] for an offering [04503] unto the LORD [03068] out of all nations [01471] upon horses [05483], and in chariots [07393], and in litters [06632], and upon mules [06505], and upon swift beasts [03753], to my holy [06944] mountain [02022] Jerusalem [03389], saith [0559] the LORD [03068], as the children [01121] of Israel [03478] bring [0935] an offering [04503] in a clean [02889] vessel [03627] into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
22 Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069], Behold, I will lift up [05375] mine hand [03027] to the Gentiles [01471], and set up [07311] my standard [05251] to the people [05971]: and they shall bring [0935] thy sons [01121] in their arms [02684], and thy daughters [01323] shall be carried [05375] upon their shoulders [03802].
1 Now in the first [0259] year [08141] of Cyrus [03566] king [04428] of Persia [06539], that the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] by the mouth [06310] of Jeremiah [03414] might be fulfilled [03615], the LORD [03068] stirred up [05782] the spirit [07307] of Cyrus [03566] king [04428] of Persia [06539], that he made a proclamation [05674] [06963] throughout all his kingdom [04438], and put it also in writing [04385], saying [0559],
2 Thus saith [0559] Cyrus [03566] king [04428] of Persia [06539], The LORD [03068] God [0430] of heaven [08064] hath given [05414] me all the kingdoms [04467] of the earth [0776]; and he hath charged [06485] me to build [01129] him an house [01004] at Jerusalem [03389], which is in Judah [03063].
3 Who is there among you of all his people [05971]? his God [0430] be with him, and let him go up [05927] to Jerusalem [03389], which is in Judah [03063], and build [01129] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478], (he is the God [0430],) which is in Jerusalem [03389].
4 And whosoever remaineth [07604] in any place [04725] where he sojourneth [01481], let the men [0582] of his place [04725] help [05375] him with silver [03701], and with gold [02091], and with goods [07399], and with beasts [0929], beside the freewill offering [05071] for the house [01004] of God [0430] that is in Jerusalem [03389].
5 Then rose up [06965] the chief [07218] of the fathers [01] of Judah [03063] and Benjamin [01144], and the priests [03548], and the Levites [03881], with all them whose spirit [07307] God [0430] had raised [05782], to go up [05927] to build [01129] the house [01004] of the LORD [03068] which is in Jerusalem [03389].
6 And all they that were about [05439] them strengthened [02388] their hands [03027] with vessels [03627] of silver [03701], with gold [02091], with goods [07399], and with beasts [0929], and with precious things [04030], beside all that was willingly offered [05068].
7 Also Cyrus [03566] the king [04428] brought forth [03318] the vessels [03627] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], which Nebuchadnezzar [05019] had brought forth [03318] out of Jerusalem [03389], and had put [05414] them in the house [01004] of his gods [0430];
8 Even those did Cyrus [03566] king [04428] of Persia [06539] bring forth [03318] by the hand [03027] of Mithredath [04990] the treasurer [01489], and numbered [05608] them unto Sheshbazzar [08339], the prince [05387] of Judah [03063].
9 And this is the number [04557] of them: thirty [07970] chargers [0105] of gold [02091], a thousand [0505] chargers [0105] of silver [03701], nine [08672] and twenty [06242] knives [04252],
10 Thirty [07970] basons [03713] of gold [02091], silver [03701] basons [03713] of a second [04932] sort four [0702] hundred [03967] and ten [06235], and other [0312] vessels [03627] a thousand [0505].
11 All the vessels [03627] of gold [02091] and of silver [03701] were five [02568] thousand [0505] and four [0702] hundred [03967]. All these did Sheshbazzar [08339] bring up [05927] with them of the captivity [01473] that were brought up [05927] from Babylon [0894] unto Jerusalem [03389].