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Isaiah 2

Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross
Introduction

1  Isaiah prophesies the coming of Christ's kingdom.
6  Wickedness is the cause of God's forsaking.
10  He exhorts to fear, because of the powerful effects of God's majesty.
Verse 1

The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
saw
1:1, 13:1, Amos 1:1, Micah 1:1, 6:9, Habakkuk 1:1
Verse 2

And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
And it shall
Micah 4:1-3
in the last
Genesis 49:1, Numbers 24:14, Job 19:25, Jeremiah 23:20, 30:24, 48:47, 49:39, Ezekiel 38:16, Daniel 2:28, 10:14, Acts 2:17, 2 Timothy 3:1, Hebrews 1:2, 2 Peter 3:3
the mountain
30:29, Psalms 68:15,16, Daniel 2:35,45, Zechariah 8:3, Revelation 20:4, 21:10-27
established
or, prepared. and all.
11:10, 27:13, 49:6, 60:11,12, Psalms 2:8, 22:27, 72:8,17-19, 86:9, Jeremiah 3:17, Malachi 3:12, Revelation 11:15
Verse 3

And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Come ye
Jeremiah 31:6, 50:4,5, Zechariah 8:20-23
he will teach
Deuteronomy 6:1, Psalms 25:8,9, Matthew 7:24, Luke 11:28, John 7:17, Acts 10:33, James 1:25
for out
51:4,5, Psalms 110:2, Luke 24:47, Acts 1:8, 13:46-48, Romans 10:18
Verse 4

And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
And he
11:3,4, 1 Samuel 2:10, Psalms 82:8, 96:13, 110:6, John 16:8-11, Acts 17:31, Revelation 19:11
and they
9:7, 11:6-9, Psalms 46:9, Hosea 2:18, Joel 3:10, Micah 4:3, Zechariah 9:10
pruning-hooks
or, scythes. neither.
60:17,18, Psalms 72:3-7
Verse 5

O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.
come ye
3, 50:10,11, 60:1,19, Psalms 89:15, Luke 1:79, John 12:35,36, Romans 13:12-14, Ephesians 5:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:5,6, 1 John 1:7, Revelation 21:23,24
Verse 6

Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
Therefore
Deuteronomy 31:16,17, 2 Chronicles 15:2, 24:20, Lamentations 5:20, Romans 11:1,2,20
from the east
or, more than the east.
Numbers 23:7
and are
8:19, 47:12,13, Exodus 22:18, Leviticus 19:31, 20:6, Deuteronomy 18:10-14, 1 Chronicles 10:13
and they
Exodus 34:16, Numbers 25:1,2, Deuteronomy 21:11-13, 1 Kings 11:1,2, Nehemiah 13:23, Psalms 106:35, Jeremiah 10:2
please themselves in
or, abound with, etc.
Verse 7

Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:
land
Deuteronomy 17:16,17, 1 Kings 10:21-27, 2 Chronicles 9:20-25, Jeremiah 5:27,28, James 5:1-3, Revelation 18:3,11-17
their land is
30:16, 31:1, Deuteronomy 17:16, 1 Kings 4:26, 10:26, Psalms 20:7, Hosea 14:3
Verse 8

Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made:
is full
57:5, 2 Chronicles 27:2, 28:2-4,23-25, 33:3-7, Jeremiah 2:28, 11:13, Ezekiel 16:23-25, Hosea 12:11, Acts 17:16
worship
37:19, 44:15-20, Deuteronomy 4:28, Psalms 115:4-8, Hosea 8:6, 13:2, 14:3, Revelation 9:20
Verse 9

And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not.
the mean
5:15, Psalms 49:2, Jeremiah 5:4,5, Romans 3:23, Revelation 6:15-17
humbleth
57:9, Colossians 2:18,23
therefore
27:11, Joshua 24:19, Jeremiah 18:23, Mark 3:29
Verse 10

Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
Enter
19-21, 10:3, 42:22, Judges 6:1,2, Job 30:5,6, Hosea 10:8, Luke 23:30, Revelation 6:15,16
for fear
6:3-5, Job 31:23, 37:22-24, Psalms 90:11, Jeremiah 10:7,10, Luke 12:5, Revelation 15:3,4
Verse 11

The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
lofty
17, 5:15,16, 13:11, 24:21, Job 40:10-12, Psalms 18:27, Jeremiah 50:31,32, Malachi 4:1, Luke 18:14, 1 Peter 5:5
and the Lord
5:16, 12:4, Jeremiah 9:24, 1 Corinthians 1:29-31, 2 Corinthians 10:17
in that day
4:1, 11:10,11, 12:1,4, 24:21, 25:9, 26:1, 27:1,2,12,13, 28:5, 29:18, 30:23, 52:6, Jeremiah 30:7,8, Ezekiel 38:14,19, 39:11,22, Hosea 2:16,18,21, Joel 3:18, Amos 9:11, Obadiah 1:8, Micah 4:6, 5:10, 7:11,12, Zephaniah 3:11,16, Zechariah 9:16
Verse 12

For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
the day
13:6,9, Jeremiah 46:10, Ezekiel 13:5, Amos 5:18, Malachi 4:5, 1 Corinthians 5:5, 1 Thessalonians 5:2
upon
23:9, Proverbs 6:16,17, 16:5, Daniel 4:37, 5:20-24, Matthew 23:12, Luke 14:11, James 4:6
Verse 13

And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
10:33,34, 14:8, 37:24, Ezekiel 31:3-12, Amos 2:5, Zechariah 11:1,2
Verse 14

And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up,
30:25, 40:4, Psalms 68:16, 110:5,6, 2 Corinthians 10:5
Verse 16

And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
the ships
23:1, 1 Kings 10:22, 22:48,49, Psalms 47:7, Revelation 18:17-19
pleasant pictures
Heb. pictures of desire.
Numbers 33:52, Revelation 18:11
Verse 17

And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
the loftiness
11, 13:11, Jeremiah 48:29,30, Ezekiel 28:2-7
Verse 18

And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
the idols
27:9, Ezekiel 36:25, 37:23, Hosea 14:8, Zephaniah 1:3, Zechariah 13:2
he shall utterly abolish
or, shall utterly pass away.
Verse 19

And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
And they
10,21, 1 Samuel 13:6, 14:11, Jeremiah 16:16, Hosea 10:8, Micah 7:17, Luke 23:30, Hebrews 11:38, Revelation 6:15, 9:6
earth
Heb. dust. for fear.
10, 2 Thessalonians 1:9
when he
30:32, Psalms 7:6, 18:6-15, 76:7-9, 114:5-7, Micah 1:3,4, Nahum 1:3-6, Habakkuk 3:3-14, Haggai 2:6,21,22, Hebrews 12:26, 2 Peter 3:10-13, Revelation 6:12-14, Revelation 11:13,19, 16:18, 20:11
Verse 20

In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats;
cast
30:22, 31:7, 46:1, Hosea 14:8, Philippians 3:7,8
his idols of silver
Heb. the idols of his silver, etc.
46:6
each one for himself to
or, for him to.
Verse 21

To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
go
10,19, Exodus 33:22, Job 30:6, Song of Solomon 2:14
Verse 22

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Cease
Psalms 62:9, 146:3, Jeremiah 17:5
whose
Genesis 2:7, 7:22, Job 27:3
for wherein
Job 7:15-21, Psalms 8:4, 144:3,4

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