Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE

EDITED BY THE REV.

SIR W. ROBERTSON NICOLL, M.A., LL.D.

_Editor of "The Expositor," etc._

THE BOOK OF ISAIAH

BY THE REV.

GEORGE ADAM SMITH, M.A.

_VOLUME 1._

HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LONDON. MCMX

THE

BOOK OF ISAIAH

BY THE REV.

GEORGE ADAM SMITH, M.A., D.D.

_Professor of Hebrew in the Free Church College, Glasgow_

_IN TWO VOLUMES_
VOL. I.--ISAIAH I.-XXXIX.

_TWENTIETH EDITION_

HODDER AND STOUGHTON
LONDON. MCMX

_Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ltd., London and Aylesbury._

CONTENTS.

PAGE

INTRODUCTION ix

TABLE OF DATES xvi

BOOK I.

_ISAIAH'S PREFACE AND PROPHECIES TO
THE DEATH OF AHAZ_, 727 B.C.

CHAP.

I. ISAIAH'S PREFACE--THE ARGUMENT OF THE LORD. 3

ISAIAH i.

II. THE THREE JERUSALEMS 19

ISAIAH ii.-iv. 740-735 B.C.

III. THE VINEYARD OF THE LORD 35

ISAIAH v.; ix. 8-x. 4. 735 B.C.

IV. ISAIAH'S CALL AND CONSECRATION 57

ISAIAH vi. 740. WRITTEN 735 OR 727 B.C. (?).

V. THE WORLD IN ISAIAH'S DAY AND ISRAEL'S GOD 91

WITH A MAP.

VI. KING AND MESSIAH; PEOPLE AND CHURCH 103

ISAIAH vii.-ix. 1-8. 735-732 B.C.

VII. THE MESSIAH 131

BOOK II.

_PROPHECIES FROM THE ACCESSION OF HEZEKIAH
TO THE DEATH OF SARGON_,
727-705 B.C.

VIII. GOD'S COMMONPLACE 151

ISAIAH xxviii. ABOUT 725 B.C.

IX. ATHEISM OF FORCE AND ATHEISM OF FEAR 168

ISAIAH x. 5-34. ABOUT 721 B.C.

X. THE SPIRIT OF GOD IN MAN AND THE ANIMALS 179

ISAIAH xi.; xii. ABOUT 720 B.C. (?).

XI. DRIFTING TO EGYPT, 720-705 B.C. 196

ISAIAH xx. (711 B.C.); xxi. 1-10 (710 B.C.); xxxviii.; xxxix.

BOOK III.

_ORATIONS ON INTRIGUES WITH EGYPT_,
_AND ORACLES ON FOREIGN NATIONS_,
705-702 B.C.

XII. ARIEL, ARIEL 209

ISAIAH xxix. ABOUT 703 B.C.

XIII. POLITICS AND FAITH 221

ISAIAH xxx. ABOUT 702 B.C.

XIV. THREE TRUTHS ABOUT GOD 238

ISAIAH xxxi. ABOUT 702 B.C.

XV. A MAN; OR, CHARACTER AND THE CAPACITY TO
DISCRIMINATE CHARACTER 248

ISAIAH xxxii. 1-8. ABOUT 702 B.C. (?).

XVI. ISAIAH TO WOMEN 262

ISAIAH xxxii. 9-20. DATE UNCERTAIN.

XVII. ISAIAH TO THE FOREIGN NATIONS 271

ISAIAH xiv. 24-xxi.; xxiii. VARIOUS DATES.

XVIII. TYRE; OR, THE MERCENARY SPIRIT 288

ISAIAH xxiii. 702 B.C.

BOOK IV.

_JERUSALEM AND SENNACHERIB, 701 B.C._

XIX. AT THE LOWEST EBB 306

ISAIAH i.; xxii. Early in 701 B.C.

XX. THE TURN OF THE TIDE: MORAL EFFECTS OF FORGIVENESS 320

ISAIAH xxii.; xxxiii. LATER IN 701 B.C.

XXI. OUR GOD A CONSUMING FIRE 331

ISAIAH xxxiii.

XXII. THE RABSHAKEH; OR, LAST TRIALS OF FAITH 343

ISAIAH xxxvi. 701 B.C.

XXIII. THIS IS THE VICTORY ... OUR FAITH 352

ISAIAH xxxvii. 701 B.C.

XXIV. A REVIEW OF ISAIAH'S PREDICTIONS CONCERNING
THE DELIVERANCE OF JERUSALEM 368

XXV. AN OLD TESTAMENT BELIEVER'S SICK-BED; OR, THE
DIFFERENCE CHRIST HAS MADE 375

ISAIAH xxxviii.; xxxix. DATE UNCERTAIN.

XXVI. HAD ISAIAH A GOSPEL FOR THE INDIVIDUAL? 389

BOOK V.

_PROPHECIES NOT RELATING TO ISAIAH'S
TIME._

XXVII. BABYLON AND LUCIFER 405

ISAIAH xii. 12-xiv. 23. DATE UNKNOWN.

XXVIII. THE EFFECT OF SIN ON OUR MATERIAL SURROUNDINGS 416

ISAIAH xxiv. DATE UNKNOWN.

XXIX. GOD'S POOR 428

ISAIAH xxv.-xxvii.; xxxiv.; xxxv. DATES UNKNOWN.

XXX. THE RESURRECTION 444

ISAIAH xxvi.; xxvii.

INDEX OF CHAPTERS 453

INDEX OF SUBJECTS 455