BIBLE COMMENTARIES

I. Introduction Our purpose is to render a commentary on Isaiah chapter fifty. This chapter finds Isaiah (the Holy Spirit): (1) delineating the Sin which has caused his people’s Misery (iniquities and transgressions, and in no small way rejection of God’s offer to help them, by way of His servants, pull free of their Misery), […]

Introduction I.                       The reader may wish to peruse our commentary on Isaiah, chapter fifty-three, as a preparatory introduction to this commentary.   This prophetic chapter of Isaiah is a pivotal one. A door on its hinges swings open here, swinging from captivity and dismay and sorrow in chapter fifty-one (Isaiah 51:1ff), through the

I. Introduction   Our purpose is to render a commentary on Isaiah chapter fifty-three. Isaiah’s prophetic ministry was to Judah (and beyond!), and began in the year king Uzziah died (740 BC, Isa 6:1); it lasted through the reigns of Jotham (c. 742-735 BC-W.F. Albright), Ahaz (c. 735-715 BC-W.F. Albright), and Hezekiah (c. 715-686 BC-E.

I.              Introduction   Our purpose is to render a commentary on Isaiah chapter fifty-four. Isaiah’s prophetic ministry was to Judah (and beyond!), and began in the year king Uzziah died (740 BC, Isa 6:1); it lasted through the reigns of Jotham (c. 742-735 BC-W.F. Albright), Ahaz (c. 735-715 BC-W.F. Albright), and Hezekiah (c. 715-686 BC-E.

I. Introduction    Our purpose is to render a commentary on Isaiah chapter fifty-five. Isaiah’s prophetic ministry was to Judah (and beyond!), and began in the year king Uzziah died (740 BC, Isa 6:1); it lasted through the reigns of Jotham (c. 742-735 BC-W.F. Albright), Ahaz (c. 735-715 BC-W.F. Albright), and Hezekiah (c. 715-686 BC-E.

I. Introduction Our purpose is to render a commentary on Isaiah chapter fifty-six. Having melded such good news in the previous chapter: “…Ho, every thirsty one, come ye to the waters, And he who hath no money, Come ye, buy and eat, yea, come, buy Without money and without price, wine and milk. Why do

I. Introduction Having exposed the wickedness of God’s watchmen in the previous chapter (Isaiah 56:9-12, cf. Isaiah 56:9-12, NLT, “Isaiah Chapter Fifty-six Commentary“), this chapter finds Isaiah (the Holy Spirit) exposing the lot of the wicked whom said watchmen, by their negligent watching, did not steer away from spiritual ruin; that is, from their very

I.                       Introduction “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.” With these words ended the prior chapter (Isaiah 57:21, “Isaiah Chapter Fifty-Seven Commentary”). There are several possible addressees in this chapter, which translates to different possible settings:   1       Perhaps the exiles in Babylon are the subject, and the context references their seventy-year