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] |