It will not be quenched--day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it. Sermons
I. RETALIATION AS A PRIMITIVE IDEA OF JUSTICE, "It was an ethical maxim, extensively accepted among ancient nations, that men must suffer the same pains that they have inflicted on others. The later Greeks called this the Neoptolemictisis, from the circumstance that Neoptolemus was punished in the same way in which he had sinned. He had murdered at the altar, and at the altar he was murdered." Show how natural the retaliatory idea seems to children. The old sentiment still lingers in men's minds, so that we have great satisfaction in hearing of cases wherein Providence deals the blow to men which they have dealt to others. II. RETALIATION DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF THE CHARACTER OF AVENGERS. It would be a safe working principle if men were good, and not subject to unworthy passions. These make men do more than retaliate. III. RETALIATION AS A PART OF DIVINE DEALING. He has a "year of recompenses" - a time when he will make a man's violent doing fall upon his own pate. All sin is wrong done to him; it calls for due recompense. It must be precisely shown how far the idea of retaliation may be applied to God. IV. RETALIATION BY GOD IS GUARANTEED BY THE CHARACTER OF GOD. It can never be the expression of personal feeling. It can never be unqualified or excessive. It can never be without its own aim to secure the final good of those on whom it must fall. - R.T.
The ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. Tell me not of the removal of statesmen, the falling of generals or admirals in warfare, the removal of princes or monarchs from palaces and thrones — all these may take place and leave, comparatively, no chasm in society, when contrasted with the removal of an ambassador for Jesus.I. WHAT ARE WE TO UNDERSTAND BY AMBASSADORS OF PEACE? An ambassador of peace must come under a threefold description of character. 1. He is a minister sent of God. 2. He is instructed in the terms of peace. 3. He has to negotiate with sinners who are at war with God. II. THE LAMENTATION PREDICTED CONCERNING THESE AMBASSADORS. They "shall weep bitterly." Not the departed one, but the surviving ones. 1. Because of the impression which they have of the loss of their brother. 2. For sympathy with the Church. III. THE LIMITATION OF THEIR SORROW. We are not to sorrow as those who are without hope. 1. The election of grace is sure. 2. The redemption of the Church by Christ Jesus is complete. 3. The succession of the ambassadors of peace remains unbroken. (J. Irons.) (J. Irons.) People Isaiah, KitesPlaces Bozrah, Edom, Jerusalem, ZionTopics Age, Ascend, Desolate, Forever, Generation, Lie, None, Pass, Passing, Quenched, Rise, Smoke, Thereof, Waste, Won'tOutline 1. The judgments wherewith God revenges his church11. The desolation of her enemies 16. The certainty of the prophecy Dictionary of Bible Themes Isaiah 34:10Library Opposition to Messiah RuinousThou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel T here is a species of the sublime in writing, which seems peculiar to the Scripture, and of which, properly, no subjects but those of divine revelation are capable, With us, things inconsiderable in themselves are elevated by splendid images, which give them an apparent importance beyond what they can justly claim. Thus the poet, when describing a battle among bees, by a judicious selection of epithets … John Newton—Messiah Vol. 2 The Holy Spirit in Relation to the Father and the Son. ... How the Simple and the Crafty are to be Admonished. Questions. Isaiah Links Isaiah 34:10 NIVIsaiah 34:10 NLT Isaiah 34:10 ESV Isaiah 34:10 NASB Isaiah 34:10 KJV Isaiah 34:10 Bible Apps Isaiah 34:10 Parallel Isaiah 34:10 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 34:10 Chinese Bible Isaiah 34:10 French Bible Isaiah 34:10 German Bible Isaiah 34:10 Commentaries Bible Hub |
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