1Slovo, které Izajáš, syn Amósův, viděl o Judsku a Jeruzalému: 2I stane se v posledních dnech, že hora Hospodinova domu bude pevně stát jako přední z hor a bude vyvýšena nade všechna návrší. Budou k ní proudit všechny národy 3a mnozí lidé přijdou a řeknou: Pojďte a vystupme na horu Hospodinovu, do domu Boha Jákobova. Bude nás vyučovat podle svých cest a budeme chodit po jeho stezkách. Neboť ze Sijónu vyjde zákon a Hospodinovo slovo z Jeruzaléma. 4A bude soudit mezi těmi národy a domlouvat mnohým lidem. I překují své meče v radlice a svá kopí ve vinařské nože; národ proti národu nepozdvihne meč a už se nebudou učit boji. 5Pojďte, dome Jákobův, a choďme v Hospodinově světle! 6Hospodine, vždyť jsi zavrhl svůj lid, dům Jákobův, protože jsou plni východního věštění a hádání z oblaků jako Pelištejci; s dětmi cizozemců si potřásají rukama. 7Jeho země je plná stříbra a zlata a jeho pokladům není konce; jeho země je plná koní a jeho válečným vozům není konce. 8Jeho země je plná nicotností. Klanějí se dílu svých rukou, které učinily jeho prsty. 9Člověk se hrbí, muž je ponížený. Neodpouštěj jim! 10Vejdi do skal, skryj se do prachu ze strachu z Hospodina a před nádherou jeho vznešenosti. 11Domýšlivý pohled člověka bude snížen — skloní se hrdost lidí. Hospodin sám bude vyvýšen v onen den. 12Neboť den Hospodina zástupů přichází na všechno pyšné a povýšené, na vše, co se pozvedá, a bude to sníženo: 13Na všechny vznešené a vyvýšené libanonské cedry a na všechny bášanské duby, 14na všechny vysoké hory a na všechna vyvýšená návrší, 15na každou vysokou věž a na každou opevněnou hradbu, 16na všechny taršíšské lodě a na všechny vzácné jachty. 17A skloní se domýšlivost člověka, bude snížena hrdost lidí. Hospodin sám bude v ten den vyvýšen 18a nicotnosti zcela pominou. 19A vejdou do skalních jeskyní a do roklin prachu země ze strachu z Hospodina a před nádherou jeho vznešenosti, když povstane, aby otřásl zemí. 20V onen den člověk své stříbrné i zlaté nicotnosti, které mu udělali, aby se jim klaněl, odvrhne krysám a netopýrům, 21aby vešel do dutin těch skal a do skalních trhlin ze strachu z Hospodina a před nádherou jeho vznešenosti, když povstane, aby otřásl zemí. 22Přestaňte se spoléhat na člověka, jehož dech je v jeho chřípí; vždyť za co má být považován?
Jamieson Fausset Brown Bible Commentary 1 (Isa. 2:1-22)
The inscription.
The word--the revelation.
2 Same as
Mic 4:1. As Micah prophesied in Jotham's reign, and Isaiah in Uzziah's, Micah rests on Isaiah, whom he confirms: not vice versa. HENGSTENBERG on slight grounds makes
Mic 4:1 the original.
last days--that is, Messiah's: especially the days yet to come, to which all prophecy hastens, when "the house of the God of Jacob," namely, at Jerusalem, shall be the center to which the converted nations shall flock together (
Matt 13:32;
Luke 2:31-
Luke 2:32;
Acts 1:6-
Acts 1:7); where "the kingdom" of Israel is regarded as certain and the time alone uncertain (
Ps 68:15-
Ps 68:16;
Ps 72:8,
Ps 72:11).
mountain of the Lord's house . . . in the top, &c.--the temple on Mount Moriah: type of the Gospel, beginning at Jerusalem, and, like an object set on the highest hill, made so conspicuous that all nations are attracted to it.
flow--as a broad stream (
Isa 66:12).
3 If the curse foretold against Israel has been literally fulfilled, so shall the promised blessing be literal. We Gentiles must not, while giving them the curse, deny them their peculiar blessing by spiritualizing it. The Holy Ghost shall be poured out for a general conversion then (
Jer 50:5;
Zech 8:21,
Zech 8:23;
Joel 2:28).
from Jerusalem-- (
Luke 24:47) an earnest of the future relations of Jerusalem to Christendom (
Rom 11:12,
Rom 11:15).
4 judge--as a sovereign umpire, settling all controversies (compare
Isa 11:4). LOWTH translates "work," "conviction."
plowshares--in the East resembling a short sword (
Isa 9:6-
Isa 9:7;
Zech 9:10).
5 The connection is: As Israel's high destiny is to be a blessing to all nations (
Gen 12:3), let Israel's children walk worthy of it (
Eph 5:8).
6 Therefore--rather, "For": reasons why there is the more need of the exhortation in
Isa 2:5.
thou--transition to Jehovah: such rapid transitions are natural, when the mind is full of a subject.
replenished--rather, filled, namely, with the superstitions of the East, Syria, and Chaldea.
soothsayers--forbidden (
Deut 18:10-
Deut 18:14).
Philistines--southwest of Palestine: antithesis to "the east."
please themselves--rather, join hands with, that is, enter into alliances, matrimonial and national: forbidden (
Exod 23:32;
Neh 13:23, &c.).
7 gold--forbidden to be heaped together (
Deut 17:17). Solomon disobeyed (
1Kgs 10:21,
1Kgs 10:27).
horses . . . chariots--forbidden (
Deut 17:16). But Solomon disobeyed (
1Kgs 20:26). Horses could be used effectively for war in the plains of Egypt; not so in the hilly Judea. God designed there should be as wide as possible a distinction between Israel and the Egyptians. He would have His people wholly dependent on Him, rather than on the ordinary means of warfare (
Ps 20:7). Also horses were connected with idolatry (
2Kgs 23:11); hence His objection: so the transition to "idols" (
Isa 2:8) is natural.
8 (
Hos 8:4). Not so much public idolatry, which was not sanctioned in Uzziah's and Jotham's reign, but (see
2Kgs 15:4,
2Kgs 15:35) as private.
9 mean--in rank: not morally base: opposed to "the great man." The former is in Hebrew, Adam, the latter, ish.
boweth--namely, to idols. All ranks were idolaters.
forgive . . . not--a threat expressed by an imperative. Isaiah so identifies himself with God's will, that he prays for that which he knows God purposes. So
Rev 18:6.
10 Poetical form of expressing that, such were their sins, they would be obliged by God's judgments to seek a hiding-place from His wrath (
Rev 6:15-
Rev 6:16).
dust--equivalent to "caves of the earth," or dust (
Isa 2:19).
for fear, &c.--literally, "from the face of the terror of the Lord."
11 lofty looks--literally, "eyes of pride" (
Ps 18:27).
humbled--by calamities. God will so vindicate His honor "in that day" of judgments, that none else "shall be exalted" (
Zech 14:9).
12 Man has had many days: "the day of the Lord" shall come at last, beginning with judgment, a never-ending day in which God shall be "all in all" (
1Cor 15:28;
2Pet 3:10).
every--not merely person, as English Version explains it, but every thing on which the nation prided itself.
13 cedars . . . oaks--image for haughty nobles and princes (
Amos 2:9;
Zech 11:1-
Zech 11:2; compare
Rev 19:18-
Rev 19:21).
Bashan--east of Jordan, north of the river Jabbok, famous for fine oaks, pasture, and cattle. Perhaps in "oaks" there is reference to their idolatry (
Isa 1:29).
14 high . . . hills--referring to the "high places" on which sacrifices were unlawfully offered, even in Uzziah's (equivalent to Azariah) reign (
2Kgs 15:4). Also, places of strength, fastnesses in which they trusted, rather than in God; so
15 tower . . . wall--Towers were often made on the walls of cities.
fenced--strongly fortified.
16 Tarshish--Tartessus in southwest Spain, at the mouth of the Guadalquivir, near Gibraltar. It includes the adjoining region: a Phśnician colony; hence its connection with Palestine and the Bible (
2Chr 9:21). The name was also used in a wide sense for the farthest west, as our West Indies (
Isa 66:19;
Ps 48:7;
Ps 72:10). "Ships of Tarshish" became a phrase for richly laden and far-voyaging vessels. The judgment shall be on all that minister to man's luxury (compare
Rev 18:17-
Rev 18:19).
pictures--ordered to be destroyed (
Num 33:52). Still to be seen on the walls of Nineveh's palaces. It is remarkable that whereas all other ancient civilized nations, Egypt, Assyria, Greece, Rome, have left monuments in the fine arts, Judea, while rising immeasurably above them in the possession of "the living oracles," has left none of the former. The fine arts, as in modern Rome, were so often associated with polytheism, that God required His people in this, as in other respects, to be separate from the nations (
Deut 4:15-
Deut 4:18). But Vulgate translation is perhaps better, "All that is beautiful to the sight"; not only paintings, but all luxurious ornaments. One comprehensive word for all that goes before (compare
Rev 18:12,
Rev 18:14,
Rev 18:16).
17 Repeated from
Isa 2:11, for emphatic confirmation.
18 idols--literally, "vain things," "nothings" (
1Cor 8:4). Fulfilled to the letter. Before the Babylonian captivity the Jews were most prone to idolatry; in no instance, ever since. For the future fulfilment, see
Zech 13:2;
Rev 13:15;
Rev 19:20.
19 The fulfilment answers exactly to the threat (
Isa 2:10).
they--the idol-worshippers.
caves--abounding in Judea, a hilly country; hiding-places in times of alarm (
1Sam 13:6).
shake . . . earth--and the heavens also (
Heb 12:26). Figure for severe and universal judgments.
20 moles--Others translate "mice." The sense is, under ground, in darkness.
bats--unclean birds (
Lev 11:19), living amidst tenantless ruins (
Rev 11:13).
22 The high ones (
Isa 2:11,
Isa 2:13) on whom the people trust, shall be "brought low" (
Isa 3:2); therefore "cease from" depending on them, instead of on the Lord (
Ps 146:3-
Ps 146:5).