UIsaya 29:20

Izhibhalo Ezingcwele

20 ngokuba esusiwe umngcangcazelisi, ephelile umgxeki, benqunyulwe bonke abaphaphela ubutshinga;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the terrible: Isaiah 29:5, Isaiah 13:3, Isaiah 25:4, Isaiah 25:5, Isaiah 49:25, Isaiah 51:13, Daniel 7:7, Daniel 7:19-25, Habakkuk 1:6, Habakkuk 1:7

the scorner: Isaiah 28:14-22, Luke 16:14, Luke 23:11, Luke 23:35

and all: Micah 2:1, Mark 2:6, Mark 2:7, Mark 3:2-6, Luke 6:7, Luke 13:14-17, Luke 20:20-23, Revelation 12:10

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 14:45 - the people Psalms 56:5 - they Proverbs 19:29 - Judgments Jeremiah 15:21 - the terrible Amos 5:5 - come Luke 13:15 - Thou hypocrite Luke 14:1 - they 2 Peter 3:3 - scoffers

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the terrible one is brought to nought,.... Who before was so to the people of God; meaning not Sennacherib king of Assyria, but some formidable enemy or enemies under the Gospel dispensation; as the Scribes and Pharisees, and the Jewish sanhedrim; who were "violent" c, as it may be rendered, violent persecutors of the followers of Christ, the meek and poor before described; who were brought to nought, and their power ceased at the destruction of Jerusalem; and the Roman emperor, with all subordinate rulers and governors in the empire, who harassed the Christians in a terrible manner, but were at last brought to nought by Constantine, and their persecution ceased; and the Romish antichrist, who has been so terrible, that none could or dared oppose him; he in a little time will be brought to nought, and cease to be. The Septuagint version renders it, "the wicked one faileth"; and uses the same word d, by which antichrist is described, 2 Thessalonians 2:8 also Satan, that terrible enemy of the saints, shall be brought to nought; first bound for a thousand years; and afterwards, being loosed, shall be taken again, and cast into the lake of fire; all which will be matter of joy to the meek and lowly:

and the scorner is consumed; the same as before, only represented under a different character; the Jew, that mocked at Christ, because of his meanness, and that of his followers, that scoffed at his doctrines and miracles; and the Gentile, that derided his cross, and the preaching of it; and antichrist, whose mouth is full of blasphemies against God, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in it:

and all that watch for iniquity are cut off; that cannot sleep unless they commit it, and seek for and take all opportunities of doing it; or watch for iniquity in others, in Christ, and the professors of his religion; or for anything they could call so, that they might have something to accuse them of, and charge them with, and a pretence to proceed against them in colour of law and justice: which has been the practice of Jews, Pagans, and Papists.

c עריץ "violentus", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius. d ανομος

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the terrible one - The violent one (עריץ ‛ârı̂yts), the oppressor, who had exercised cruelty over them. This, I suppose, refers to the haughty among the Jews themselves; to those who held offices of power, and who abused them to oppress the poor and needy.

And the scorner - (see Isaiah 28:14, Isaiah 28:22).

Is consumed - Shall be entirely destroyed.

And all that watch for iniquity - That is, who anxiously seek for opportunities to commit iniquity.