Yet today they will halt at Nob, shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem. Yet todayThis phrase indicates immediacy and urgency. In the context of Isaiah's prophecy, it suggests a pivotal moment in time. The Hebrew word for "today" (הַיּוֹם, hayom) often signifies a critical juncture, emphasizing the immediacy of God's intervention or judgment. Historically, this reflects the Assyrian army's rapid advance towards Jerusalem, creating a sense of impending crisis. they will halt
The Hebrew root for "halt" (עָמַד, amad) means to stand or stop. This suggests a temporary pause in the Assyrian advance, indicating a moment of divine intervention. Theologically, it reflects God's sovereignty over the nations, where even the mightiest armies are subject to His will. This pause is a precursor to God's deliverance of Jerusalem, highlighting His protective nature over His chosen city. at Nob
Nob was a city of priests near Jerusalem, mentioned in 1 Samuel 21-22. Its mention here is significant as it represents the last staging point before reaching Jerusalem. Archaeologically, Nob's exact location is debated, but its proximity to Jerusalem underscores the threat level. Historically, it serves as a reminder of past events where God's intervention was necessary to protect His people. shaking a fist
This phrase conveys defiance and aggression. The imagery of shaking a fist (נֹפֵף יָד, nofeph yad) is symbolic of Assyria's arrogance and hostility towards Jerusalem. In a broader scriptural context, it represents the futility of opposing God's plans. Theologically, it serves as a reminder of the ultimate downfall of prideful nations that challenge God's authority. at the mount of the Daughter of Zion
"Daughter of Zion" is a poetic term for Jerusalem, emphasizing its cherished status in God's eyes. The "mount" refers to the elevated position of the city, both physically and spiritually. Historically, Zion is central to Jewish identity and God's covenant promises. This phrase underscores the sacredness of Jerusalem and God's unwavering commitment to its protection. the hill of Jerusalem
The "hill" signifies the city's strategic and spiritual significance. Jerusalem's topography made it a formidable fortress, but its true strength lay in God's presence. Biblically, hills often symbolize places of divine encounter and revelation. This phrase reinforces the idea that Jerusalem, despite its vulnerabilities, is under divine guardianship, and its ultimate security rests in God's hands. Persons / Places / Events 1. NobA small town near Jerusalem, significant in biblical history as a place where priests lived and where King Saul ordered the massacre of the priests (1 Samuel 22). In Isaiah 10:32, it represents the Assyrian army's advance toward Jerusalem. 2. The Daughter of ZionA poetic term for Jerusalem, often used in the Bible to personify the city and its inhabitants. It emphasizes the city's special status and relationship with God. 3. The Hill of JerusalemRefers to the physical location of Jerusalem, highlighting its strategic and spiritual significance as the center of Jewish worship and the seat of the Davidic kingdom. 4. The Assyrian ArmyThe powerful military force of the Assyrian Empire, known for its conquests and threats against Israel and Judah during the 8th century BC. In this context, they are advancing toward Jerusalem. 5. IsaiahThe prophet who delivered God's messages to the people of Judah, warning them of impending judgment and offering hope for future restoration. Teaching Points God's Sovereignty Over NationsDespite the Assyrian threat, God remains in control. Believers can trust in God's ultimate authority over world events and personal circumstances. The Significance of JerusalemJerusalem holds a central place in God's redemptive plan. Understanding its biblical role helps believers appreciate the continuity of God's promises from the Old Testament to the New Testament. The Power of ProphecyIsaiah's prophecies demonstrate God's foreknowledge and faithfulness. Studying prophecy strengthens faith and encourages believers to trust in God's promises. Spiritual Warfare and ProtectionJust as Jerusalem faced physical threats, believers face spiritual battles. God's protection and deliverance are assured for those who trust in Him. Hope Amidst ThreatsThe Assyrian advance symbolizes the challenges believers face. God's promise of deliverance offers hope and assurance that He will intervene in His perfect timing. Bible Study Questions 1. How does the historical context of Nob enhance our understanding of Isaiah 10:32, and what lessons can we draw from the events that took place there? 2. In what ways does the concept of the "Daughter of Zion" deepen our appreciation for Jerusalem's role in biblical history and prophecy? 3. How can the account of the Assyrian threat and God's deliverance in 2 Kings 19 inspire us to trust God in our own times of crisis? 4. What parallels can we draw between the physical threats faced by Jerusalem and the spiritual challenges we encounter today? 5. How does the assurance of God's sovereignty and protection in Isaiah 10:32 encourage us to face our personal and communal challenges with faith and hope? Connections to Other Scriptures 1 Samuel 22The massacre at Nob provides historical context for the significance of the location mentioned in Isaiah 10:32. 2 Kings 19Describes the Assyrian threat to Jerusalem and God's miraculous deliverance, illustrating the fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecies. Psalm 48Celebrates the beauty and strength of Mount Zion, reinforcing the significance of Jerusalem as God's chosen city. Micah 4:8Refers to the "tower of the flock" and the "stronghold of the Daughter of Zion," echoing the themes of protection and divine favor for Jerusalem. Zechariah 9:9Prophesies the coming of the King to the Daughter of Zion, connecting to the messianic hope rooted in Jerusalem. People Anathoth, Assyrians, Egyptians, Isaiah, Jacob, Laish, Oreb, SaulPlaces Aiath, Anathoth, Arpad, Assyria, Calno, Carchemish, Damascus, Egypt, Gallim, Geba, Gibeah, Hamath, Jerusalem, Laishah, Lebanon, Madmenah, Michmash, Midian, Migron, Mount Zion, Nob, Ramah, Samaria, ZionTopics Daughter, Fist, Halt, Halting, Hill, Jerusalem, Mount, Mountain, Nob, Shake, Shakes, Shaketh, Shaking, Stopping, To-day, Wave, Yet, ZionDictionary of Bible Themes Isaiah 10:32 4245 hills Library Light or Fire?
'And the Light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.'--ISAIAH x. 17. With grand poetry the prophet pictures the Assyrian power as a forest consumed like thistles and briers by the fire of God. The text suggests solemn truths about the divine Nature and its manifestations. I. The Essential Character of God. Light and Holiness are substantially parallel. Light symbolises purity, but also knowledge and joy. Holiness …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy ScriptureNob. Bahurim.
That Nob was placed in the land of Benjamin, not far from Jerusalem, whence Jerusalem also might be seen,--the words of the Chaldee paraphrast, upon Isaiah 10:32, do argue. For so he speaks; "Sennacherib came and stood in Nob, a city of the priests, before the walls of Jerusalem; and said to his army, 'Is not this the city of Jerusalem, against which I have raised my whole army, and have subdued all the provinces of it? Is it not small and weak in comparison of all the fortifications of the Gentiles, …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Covenanting Predicted in Prophecy.
The fact of Covenanting, under the Old Testament dispensations, being approved of God, gives a proof that it was proper then, which is accompanied by the voice of prophecy, affording evidence that even in periods then future it should no less be proper. The argument for the service that is afforded by prophecy is peculiar, and, though corresponding with evidence from other sources, is independent. Because that God willed to make known truth through his servants the prophets, we should receive it …
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting If Then the Prophets Prophesied that the Son of God was to Appear Upon The...
If then the prophets prophesied that the Son of God was to appear upon the earth, and prophesied also where on the earth and how and in what manner He should make known His appearance, and all these prophecies the Lord took upon Himself; our faith in Him was well-founded, and the tradition of the preaching (is) true: that is to say, the testimony of the apostles, who being sent forth by the Lord preached in all the world the Son of God, who came to suffer, and endured to the destruction of death …
Irenæus—The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching His Holy Covenant
"To remember His Holy Covenant; to grant unto us that we, being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, should serve Him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him, all our days."-LUKE i. 68-75. WHEN Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, he spoke of God's visiting and redeeming His people, as a remembering of His Holy Covenant. He speaks of what the blessings of that Covenant would be, not in words that had been used before, but in what is manifestly a Divine revelation …
Andrew Murray—The Two Covenants The Instrumentality of the Wicked Employed by God, While He Continues Free from Every Taint.
1. The carnal mind the source of the objections which are raised against the Providence of God. A primary objection, making a distinction between the permission and the will of God, refuted. Angels and men, good and bad, do nought but what has been decreed by God. This proved by examples. 2. All hidden movements directed to their end by the unseen but righteous instigation of God. Examples, with answers to objections. 3. These objections originate in a spirit of pride and blasphemy. Objection, that …
John Calvin—The Institutes of the Christian Religion King of Kings and Lord of Lords
And He hath on His vesture and on His thigh a name written, K ING OF K INGS AND L ORD OF L ORDS T he description of the administration and glory of the Redeemer's Kingdom, in defiance of all opposition, concludes the second part of Messiah Oratorio. Three different passages from the book of Revelation are selected to form a grand chorus, of which Handel's title in this verse is the close --a title which has been sometimes vainly usurped by proud worms of this earth. Eastern monarchs, in particular, …
John Newton—Messiah Vol. 2 Humility is the Root of Charity, and Meekness the Fruit of Both. ...
Humility is the root of charity, and meekness the fruit of both. There is no solid and pure ground of love to others, except the rubbish of self-love be first cast out of the soul; and when that superfluity of naughtiness is cast out, then charity hath a solid and deep foundation: "The end of the command is charity out of a pure heart," 1 Tim. i. 5. It is only such a purified heart, cleansed from that poison and contagion of pride and self-estimation, that can send out such a sweet and wholesome …
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Purposes of God.
In discussing this subject I shall endeavor to show, I. What I understand by the purposes of God. Purposes, in this discussion, I shall use as synonymous with design, intention. The purposes of God must be ultimate and proximate. That is, God has and must have an ultimate end. He must purpose to accomplish something by his works and providence, which he regards as a good in itself, or as valuable to himself, and to being in general. This I call his ultimate end. That God has such an end or purpose, …
Charles Grandison Finney—Systematic Theology A Discourse of the House and Forest of Lebanon
OF THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST OF LEBANON. ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. That part of Palestine in which the celebrated mountains of Lebanon are situated, is the border country adjoining Syria, having Sidon for its seaport, and Land, nearly adjoining the city of Damascus, on the north. This metropolitan city of Syria, and capital of the kingdom of Damascus, was strongly fortified; and during the border conflicts it served as a cover to the Assyrian army. Bunyan, with great reason, supposes that, to keep …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 Of Antichrist, and his Ruin: and of the Slaying the Witnesses.
BY JOHN BUNYAN PREFATORY REMARKS BY THE EDITOR This important treatise was prepared for the press, and left by the author, at his decease, to the care of his surviving friend for publication. It first appeared in a collection of his works in folio, 1692; and although a subject of universal interest; most admirably elucidated; no edition has been published in a separate form. Antichrist has agitated the Christian world from the earliest ages; and his craft has been to mislead the thoughtless, by …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 The Providence of God
Q-11: WHAT ARE GOD'S WORKS OF PROVIDENCE? A: God's works of providence are the acts of his most holy, wise, and powerful government of his creatures, and of their actions. Of the work of God's providence Christ says, My Father worketh hitherto and I work.' John 5:17. God has rested from the works of creation, he does not create any new species of things. He rested from all his works;' Gen 2:2; and therefore it must needs be meant of his works of providence: My Father worketh and I work.' His kingdom …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity Concerning Christian Liberty
CHRISTIAN faith has appeared to many an easy thing; nay, not a few even reckon it among the social virtues, as it were; and this they do, because they have not made proof of it experimentally, and have never tasted of what efficacy it is. For it is not possible for any man to write well about it, or to understand well what is rightly written, who has not at some time tasted of its spirit, under the pressure of tribulation. While he who has tasted of it, even to a very small extent, can never write, …
Martin Luther—First Principles of the Reformation And for Your Fearlessness against them Hold this Sure Sign -- Whenever There Is...
43. And for your fearlessness against them hold this sure sign--whenever there is any apparition, be not prostrate with fear, but whatsoever it be, first boldly ask, Who art thou? And from whence comest thou? And if it should be a vision of holy ones they will assure you, and change your fear into joy. But if the vision should be from the devil, immediately it becomes feeble, beholding your firm purpose of mind. For merely to ask, Who art thou [1083] ? and whence comest thou? is a proof of coolness. …
Athanasius—Select Works and Letters or Athanasius Isaiah
CHAPTERS I-XXXIX Isaiah is the most regal of the prophets. His words and thoughts are those of a man whose eyes had seen the King, vi. 5. The times in which he lived were big with political problems, which he met as a statesman who saw the large meaning of events, and as a prophet who read a divine purpose in history. Unlike his younger contemporary Micah, he was, in all probability, an aristocrat; and during his long ministry (740-701 B.C., possibly, but not probably later) he bore testimony, as …
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