Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Hezekiah sreign, probably to the second and third; as Samaria has not yet been destroyed. They run parallel to the book of Micah, which also takes its start from the destruction of Samaria, and are as faithful a mirror of the condition of the people under Hezekiah, as ch. vii.-xii. were of their condition under A haz. The time of Ahaz was characterized by a spiritless submission to the Assyrian yoke ;that of Hezekiah by a casual striving after liberty. The people tried to throw off the yoke of A ssyria; not with confidence in Jehovah, however, but in reliance upon the help of Egypt. This Egypticizing policy is traced step by step by I saiah, in ch. xxviii.-xxxii. The gradual rise of these addresses may be seen from the fact, that they follow the gradual growth of the alliance with Egypt through all its stages, until it is fully con cluded. By the side of this casual ground of trust, which Jehovah will sweep away, the prophet exhibits the precious corner-stone in Zion as the true, firm ground of confidence. We might therefore call these chapters (xxviii.-xxxiii.) the book of the precious corner-stone, just as we called ch. vii. -xii. the book of I mmanuel. But the prophecy in ch. xxviii. 16 VOL. II.
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