Isaiah 31:9 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 31:9

Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

BSB

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ASV

And his rock shall pass away by reason of terror, and his princes shall be dismayed at the ensign, saith Jehovah, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

KJV

And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

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Commentary

5 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Homilies on Ezekiel 2.9.10 (604)

Of this love that is begun here to be perfected from the sight of the Lord in the eternal kingdom Isaiah rightly speaks, saying, "The Lord lives, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem." It is, however, greater to be a furnace than a fire because a fire can also be small, but a larger flame is kindled in a furnace. Zion truly is said to be speculation but Jerusalem the vision of peace. Truly we sometimes catch a glimpse of our peace here in order there later to see it fully.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear,.... This is said of the king of Assyria, departing in haste from the siege of Jerusalem, to some strong hold in his own country, particularly his strong city Nineveh, for fear of the angel, and destruction following him; nor could he think himself safe, until he had got there.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(3.) Who has his altar there, on which the holy fire is continually kept burning and sacrifices are daily offered to his honour, and with which he is well pleased; and therefore he will defend this city, especially having an eye to the great sacrifice which was there also to be offered, of which all the sacrifices were types.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And he shall pass over - Margin, ‘His rock shall pass away for fear.’ The Hebrew would bear this, but it does not convey a clear idea. The sense seems to be this. The word rendered ‘stronghold’ (Hebrew, ‘His rock’) denotes his fortifications, or the places of strength in which he trusted. Probably the Assyrian monarch had many such places which he regarded as perfectly secure, both in the limits of his own kingdom, and on the line of his march toward Judea.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְסַלְעוֹ֙	ve.sal.'O	and rock its	H5553 →
מִמָּג֣וֹר	mi.ma.Gor	from terror	H4032 →
יַֽעֲב֔וֹר	ya.'a.Vor	it will pass away	H5674 →
וְחַתּ֥וּ	ve.cha.Tu	and they will be dismayed	H2865 →
מִנֵּ֖ס	mi.Nes	from a standard	H5251 →
שָׂרָ֑יו	sa.Rav	commanders its	H8269 →
נְאֻם־	ne.'um-	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	who	H834 →
א֥וּר	'ur	fire	H217 →
לוֹ֙	lo	[belongs] to him
בְּצִיּ֔וֹן	be.tzi.Yon	in Zion	H6726 →
וְתַנּ֥וּר	ve.ta.Nur	and an oven	H8574 →
ל֖וֹ	lo	[belongs] to him
בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ ס	bi.ru.sha.Lim	in Jerusalem	H3389 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Through
Malachi 4:1
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of…
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8
  in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
- 2 Peter 3:7
  And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
- Malachi 3:2
  But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
Through
Zechariah 2:5
For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
leads to
- Isaiah 4:5
  Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there…
- Psalms 3:3
  But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
- Zechariah 9:8
  But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with…
- Isaiah 60:18–19
  No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.
- Revelation 21:23
  And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

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About Isaiah