TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES.

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  • This is a commentary on the first 39 chapters of the Biblical book of Isaiah. It was written to help ministers with their sermon preparation. Many of the thoughts presented are condensed from published sermons. The book is a collection of man’s opinions on the inspired Word of God. The Transcriber does not necessarily agree with every opinion expressed. Among the disagreements are suggestions that the Church replaces Israel, or is “the true Israel,” or that human effort has any effect on God’s pacing of future events. Some of the opinions expressed are unapologetically anti-Roman Catholic or culturally insensitive. The book is a product of its time and place (late nineteenth century greater London). The U.S. conflict between North and South is still within memory and neither the great European wars to come, nor England’s loss of her colonial possessions in India and Africa, nor the establishment of the State of Israel is even foreshadowed.
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THE PREACHER’S

COMPLETE HOMILETIC

COMMENTARY

ON THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE

WITH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES,
INDEXES, ETC., BY VARIOUS AUTHORS

THE OLD TESTAMENT
Volumes 1–21

THE NEW TESTAMENT
Volumes 22–32

 

Volume 15

 

 

 

The Preacher’s Complete Homiletic

COMMENTARY

ON THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET

Isaiah

Volume I

By the REV. R. A. BERTRAM
and
The REV. ALFRED TUCKER

 

[LOGO]

printed in the united states of america

FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY

NEW YORK

 

PREFATORY NOTES.

  1. In the preparation of this Commentary, my aim throughout has been evangelical and practical. A study of the Book of Isaiah suggests many historical, critical, and speculative questions, but these I have entirely disregarded. I have asked only, What messages from God has this inspired prophet for the men of this generation? What instruction has he to give us? What warnings? What encouragements? What consolations? To these questions I believe there are answers in the outlines I have myself prepared, and in those I have obtained from other sources.
  2. As my work proceeded, my methods somewhat changed. I discovered that I had commenced the Commentary on too large a scale, and that it was in danger of becoming too large and costly. I therefore ceased to append illustrations to the outlines, and contented myself with giving references to illustrations in my “Homiletic Encyclopædia of Illustrations in Theology and Morals” and my “Dictionary of Poetical Illustrations,” using for this purpose the letters H. E. I. and P. D.
  3. I also ceased to prepare outlines on all the texts, and limited myself to those most likely to be profitable to ordinary congregations.
  4. As I proceeded, I also became more convinced that a book intended to be helpful to many minds should contain the best thoughts of many minds; and therefore, instead of preparing outlines which might be expanded into sermons, I condensed sermons preached by others into outlines. Remembering that I was working for ministers, I stripped the thoughts contained in those sermons of most of their dress, and so the substance of a sermon of twenty pages was frequently placed on a page. The result is that in this volume a hundred and fifty students of Scripture—Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Congregationalists and Baptists—combine to offer to their brethren suggestions as to the best practical uses to which the writings of Isaiah may be put today.
  5. On pp. 447–496 are some valuable outlines obtained too late for insertion in their proper places. Three of them are interesting specimens of Welsh preaching.

CONTENTS.

INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

Advent Thoughts and Joys 258
Adversity, The Bread of 335
Afflicted, The Duty of the 195
Afflictions of God’s People, The 290
Allotments of Land to the Poor 112
Altar and a Saviour for Egypt, An 244
Amusement, Earthly 117
Apostates, The Doom of the 67
Appeal and an Argument, An 4
Appropriation, The Grand 252
Ariel 313
Art, The Noblest 42
Assyrian, The 205
Assyrian Invasion of Judah 204
Atonement, The 388
 
Babylon, The Doom of 469
Beautiful Visions Exchanged for Realities 406
Belief, The Restoration of 436
Believer’s Dignity and Power, The 295
Blessed Life, A 379
Blessedness of the Servant of God, The 380
Blind Leaders 92
Book That Will Bear Testing, A 396
 
Call to the Careless, A 358
Call to the Revolted, A 346
Call to Study, A 394
Canticle, A Sad 111
Chambers of Safety 283
Chastisement 245, 273
Cheering Words and Solemn Warnings 89
Children of Babylon, Their Doom 231
Children, Spare the 232
Child-Training 166
Christ a Tested Saviour 304
Christ, Comfort in 355
Christ, His Empire 192
Christ, His Government 186
Christ, His Name—“Wonderful” 186
Christ, His Second Coming 258
Christ, His Titles and Government 185
Christ, His Triumphs 257
Christ Our Counsellor 187
Christ, The Ensign of the Nations 219
Christ, The Everlasting Father 189
Christ, The Healer and Joy-Giver 404
Christ, The Mighty God 188
Christ, The Prince of Peace 191
Christ, The Reconciler of Men 220
Christ a Righteous Judge 213
Christ a Sure Foundation 299
Christ, The Beauty of His Character 382
Christ, Suretyship of 433
Christian Liberality 356
Christian’s Refuge, The 351
Church of Christ, Characteristics of the 384
Church, Fiery Ordeal of 347
Church, The Christian, A Continuation of the Jewish 424
Cleaning for the Vilest 49
Cleaning Spirit, The 104
Comfort for the Desponding 49
Comfort in Christ 355
Command, A Plain 39
Conqueror Conquered, The 235
Consideration, Religious 11
Controlling Fact, A 386
Conversion, A Happy 207
Cords and Cart-Ropes 130
Cords of Vanity 121
Counsel, A Threefold 153
Counsellor, The Only 342
Covetousness 115
Cry for Help, A 433
Curse Done Away, The 405
 
Day of the Lord, The 230
Day of Visitation, The 203
Days of Deliverance 262
Death and the Grave 119
Death, Distress in Prospect of 430
Death, Preparation for 427
Death, The Contrasts of 235
Deliverance, A Great 436
Depravity, Total 18
Depravity, Transmitted 14
Despisers, The Doom of the 128
Disabled Ship, The 390
Discipline of Sin, The 291
Divine Anger 199
Divine Disappointments 109
Divine Ideal of Israel Realised, The 101
Divine Judgments, The Twofold Effect of 66
Divine Patience, Trials of the 159
Divine Salvation Rejected 328
Dreaming 314, 315
Drink and Its Woes 127, 293
Drunkard, The Miseries of the 116, 126, 127
Dumah, The Burden of 245
 
Early Religious Training 298
Earthly Song and the Heavenly Voice 340
East Wind, The Day of the 288
Encouragement for the Timid 401
England’s Crying Sin 293
Evil-Doers, The Seed of 237
Exiles’ Return, The 409
 
Faith’s Impregnable Citadel 150
Faith, The Condition of Firmness 155, 156
False Refuges 305, 488
Female Pride and Luxury 98
Fears and Comforts 150
Feast for Faith, A 312
Festivity and Forgetfulness 117
Foolish King and a Wise One, A 418
Forgetfulness of God 243
Forsaken of God 79
Forsaking the Lord 15
  
Gladness, The Duty of 228
Glorifying God in the Fires 251
God Avenging His Own Elect 378
God Exalted in the Great Day 453
God, His Goodness to the Church 284
God’s Gracious Invitation to Sinners 48
God’s Ideal of Goodness 46
God’s Invitation to Shelter 282
God’s Judgments 66, 250, 274, 398
God’s Outstretched Hand 194
God’s Perpetual Presence with His People 102
God’s Promises 193
God’s Readiness to Listen to the Needy 334
God’s Reluctance to Punish 20
God’s Righteousness 268
God Oppressed 28
God Our Refuge or Our Ruin 175
God, Two Constant Feelings in His Mind 198
God’s Outcasts 239
God’s People Forsaken 78
Godly, Prospect of the 381
Good and Evil, The Sin of Confounding 124
Gospel, Future Triumphs of the 73, 214
Gospel, The Blessings of the 473
Gospel Feast, The 253
Gospel Trumpet, The 293, 482
Government, The Curse of a Weak 92
Grave and its Mysteries, The 235
Great Deliverance, A 437
Great Dethronement, The 82
Great Task, The 41
Growing Light 490
Guiding Voice, The 337
 
“Hallowed Be Thy Name” 175
Harvest, The Joy of the 184
Haughtiness 97
Heaven, The Happiness of 412
Heedfulness 154
Hezekiah’s Prayer 426
Hezekiah’s Prudent Silence 417
Hezekiah’s Resolution 434
Hezekiah’s Song 439
Hezekiah’s Strength and Weakness 442
Hezekiah Tried 444
Holiness Accomplished, Peace Ordained 276
Holiness, Man’s, God’s Workmanship 277
Home Life and Influence 444
 
Ignorance, The Evils of 115
Illustrious Inhabitant, An 60
Immanuel 165
Impenitent, Certainty of the Destruction of the 57
In Whom Art Thou Trusting? 416
Inconsiderateness 9
Incorrigible, Doom of the 292
Iniquity a Burden 13
Injustice, Legalised 202
Instinct Followed, Reason Disregarded 447
Intellectual Pride 125
Isaiah, His Interview with Ahaz 152
Isaiah, His Vision of the King and His Kingdom 210
Isaiah, His Vision of God 137
Isaiah, His Vision of the Last Days 71
Isaiah, The Evangelical Prophet 1
Israel, Future Prosperity of 287
Israel, God’s Indictment against 5
Israel, The Doom of Impenitent 129
 
Joy of Salvation, The 234
Joy of the Meek 320
Joy Religious 321
Just Man’s Security, The 269
 
King in Trouble, A 419
Knowledge of God 214, 467
Knowledge of God, Importance of Religious 373
 
Language, Its Influence on Character 123
Latter-Day Glory, The 72
Law and the Testimony, The 160
Leadership 197
Life, Its Diminutions and Changes 241
Life, The Shortening of 431
Light of the Lord, The 74, 75
Lip Service Instead of Heart Worship 317
Littles, The Power of 299
 
Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz 168
Man’s Imagined Independence of God 156
Man’s Insignificance and God’s Supremacy 84
Man Proposes, God Disposes 205
Material and the Mortal, The 80
Memorable Answer, A 238
Messengers Wanted 144
Messiah, The Glory of the 250
Ministerial Duty, Some Aspects of 177, 489
Ministerial Fidelity, Dislike to 325
Missionary Success, The Essential Condition of 359
Mockery, Irreligious 308
Momentous Decisions 157
Momentous Inquiry, A 472
Money, The Love of 231
Moral Ablution 36
Moral Declension 59
Moral History of a Rising Soul, The 462
Moral Obduracy 16
Moral Perversity 458
Moral Wilderness Transformed 364
 
National Bereavement, Lessons from a 84
National Greatness 86, 471
National Peace, The Gift of God 275
National Revival 281
National Ungodliness 116
Necromancy 179
Needless Stripes 17
New Song for New Hearts, A 222
Night and Morning 247, 472
Night Longings for God 272
No Sickness There! 390
Nobility and Security 492
 
Opportunities, The Use of 369
Oppressed and Their Relief, The 44
Oppression of the Poor 94
Our Trust and Our Test 304
 
Parable of the Husbandman, The 309
Parable of the Vineyard, The 105, 107
Peace, National 275
Peace, Perfect 263
Peace, The Work of Righteousness 365
Peaceful Keeping 476
Perversion of Right and Wrong 124
Piety, Irreligious 158
Pleader and the Judge, The 95
Politicians, Biblical 173
Praise for Preservation 441
Prayer, A Christian 423
Prayer, A King’s 421
Prayer in Trouble 280
Prayer, Reasons for the Rejection of 34
Privileges, Great 107
Prophecy the Voice of God 3
Prophet of the Lord, The 3
Prophet’s Call, The 132
Prophet’s Mission, Duration of the 148
Protecting Hand, The 262
Providence 370
Public Worship, The Possibilities of 26
Punishment of the Wicked, The 244
Punishment, The Purpose of 63
Purposes and Panics 151
 
Quietness, Christian 326
Quietness, Strength in 323
 
Rabshakehs, Modern 414
Recompense, The Great Law of 91
Recovery from Sickness 392
Redemption, The Divine Idea of 64
Rejected Sacrifices 23
Rejection of Divine Truth, The 146
Religion, True and False 24
Remnants of Society, The 209
Retirement, Religious 283
Revelation of God, The 209
Rivers, Enriching 385
Rivers of Waters 339, 354
Road to the City, The 410
 
Saint’s Attitude in Time of Trouble 371
Sanctuary in God 463
Scepticism 122
Self-Conceit 125
Self-Scrutiny in God’s Presence 54
Sensuality 116
Sentence of Doom, A 167
Seraphim, The 138, 140, 460
Shameless Sinners 87
Short Bed and the Narrow Covering, The 306
Sick and Dying, Duties of the 429
Sickness, Recovery from 392
Sight of God and a Sense of Sin, A 142
Sin and Grace 51
Sin, Its Destructiveness 200
Sin, The Origin and End of 322
Sinner’s Danger and Refuge, The 81
Sinners Self-Destroyed 56
Social Regeneration 65
Sodom and Gomorrah 233
Solemn Disclaimer, A 284
Song to the Vineyard, A 479
Sorrow, The Banishment of 412
Spirit of the Lord, The 212
Spiritual Husbandry 368
Spiritual Usurpers Renounced 278
Spirituality of the Divine Nature, The 344
Spreading the Letter before the Lord 494
Stability through Faith 156
Startling Charge, A 35
Statesmen, The Death of 85
Stone of Stumbling, The 177
Storms of Life, The 481
Strange and Sad Errand, A 145
Stream Rejected for the River, The 170
Suffering, Unsanctified 181
Submission under God’s Rebuke 445
Summons to Jerusalem, The 21
Supplications, Fruitless 240
 
Taking Hold of God’s Strength 286
Teachers of Truth, Their Duty in Times of National Perversion 177
Terrible Picture, A 76
Terrible Resolve, A 61
Things To Be Considered 10
Thoughtlessness 7
Threatened, But Safe 172
Tophet Ordained of Old 341
Tow and the Spark, The 69
Transformation 364, 399
Trinity in Unity, The 133
Trumpet, The Great 482
Trust and Trials 271
 
Unbelief, The Inexcusableness of 456
 
Vanity of Earthly Help in Time of Trial 327
Virgin’s Son, The 161
Volunteer Service 143
 
Waiting, Divine and Human 329
Waiting on God 178, 179, 332
War 99, 249, 449
Waters of Shiloah, The 172
Wells of Salvation 224
Wild Grapes 113
Wise Lessons from Wicked Lips 465
World, A Sorrowless 257
World’s Misery, The Remedy of the 182
Worthless Husks 32
Wrong Names, The Sin of Using 125
 
Zion, The Controversy of 393
Zion, The Futility of Fighting Against 316

INDEX OF AUTHORS.

Abbott, J. S. C. 73
Adams, W. 84
Adeney, W. F. 400
Alexander, Dr. 458
Ambrose, William 479, 481, 482
Anderson, James 430
Anderson, Dr. W. 191
 
Barfield, A. F. 32
Barry, Bishop 412
Bateman, Josiah 187
Bather, Archdeacon 445
Baxendale, Walter 17
Beecher, Henry Ward 209
Bennett, Dr. 85
Bertram, R. A. 3–6, 9, 13, 14, 16–23, 26–31, 35–40, 42, 46, 51, 56–64, 66–68, 72, 76–78, 80–83, 86–88, 91–98, 101, 107–110, 113, 118–120, 129–132, 135, 140, 145, 148, 151–153, 155, 157–159, 166–177, 180, 188, 192–198, 200, 203–205, 210, 212, 217, 220, 226, 230, 231, 240, 266, 290, 292, 348, 426
Bingham, R. 299, 304, 412
Blomfield, Bishop 260
Blunt, H. 351
Boone, J. S. 453
Bradley, Charles 409
Brathwaite, M. 144, 146
Brierley, J. 24
Brooke, Stopford A. 382, 436
Brooks, William 488
Buckingham, S. G. 125
Bunting, Dr. 473
Burns, Dr. Jabez 10, 11, 48, 127, 223, 241, 305, 381, 409
Burrows, W. 385, 476
Bushnell, Dr. 285
Butler, William Archer 238, 246
 
Cheever, Dr. 299
Clark, George 392, 439
Clayton, G. 364
Clemance, Dr. 406
Close, Dean 444
Cooper, Edward 259
Corbin, John 49, 252, 302, 478
Cowles, Dr. 107, 179, 281
Creswell, Henry 255
Crow, E. 332
Currie, D. D. 472
 
Davies, Samuel 304
Dowling, J. G. 326
 
Edmond, Dr. 189
Emmons, Dr. 355, 431
Erskine, Ralph 489
Exell, J. S. 44, 61, 75
 
Forrest, R. W. 133
Foster, John 449
Fraser, Bishop 471
Fuller, Andrew 245
 
Gerard, Dr. 386
Gibson, A. 214
Gilfillan, G. 375
Goodwin, H. 442
Goulburn, Dean 447, 460
Griffin, E. 348
Guinness, H. G. 477
Gurney, J. H. 441
Guthrie, William 289, 295, 306, 329, 340, 396, 414, 434
 
Hall, Robert 299, 344, 359
Hancock, W. 299
Hare, Julius Charles 342, 365
Harris, W. 165
Hawes, Dr. 302
Heber, Reginald 429
Hobart, Dr. 67
Holdeck, Dr. 84
Hood, E. Paxton 368
Hubbard, W. 405
 
Irons, Joseph 347
 
James, John Angell 325
Jay, William 156, 207, 228, 251, 276, 301, 333
Johnson, John 374
Johnston, John 79, 150, 156
Jonas, William 41
Jupe, Charles 5
 
Kennedy, Dr. 376
Kennicott, Dr. 161
Kidd, Thornhill 
Kollock, Dr. 139, 273
 
Lewis, Dr. 402
Liddon, Canon 258
Lilley, J. Osborne 419, 421
Logan, John 283
Lyth, Dr. 115–117, 122, 125, 127, 199, 202, 214, 235, 238, 241
 
Macculloch, R. 121, 154
Maclaren, A. 348, 348, 494
Magie, Dr. 263, 361
Manning, W. 104, 179, 206, 213, 216, 220, 225, 232–234, 237, 240, 241, 243–245, 248, 249, 254, 270, 444
Marriott, John 420
Mathew, G. 124
Maurice, F. D. 469
McAuslane, Dr. 201
Melvill, H. 456
Miall, G. R. 265
Milne, John 379, 490
Milner, Dr. 273
Moore, Charles 124
Monks, Richard 433
Monod, Horace 434
Morgan, James 478
 
Neave, Thomas 105, 257
Nesbit, R. 34
Newman, John Henry 424, 467
Norton, John N. 370
 
Oliver, T. 434
 
Packer, John 339
Parker, Dr. 65, 71
Parkes, William 99, 262, 278, 286, 317
Parkman, R. C. 112
Piele, Dr. 284
Pott, J. H. 418
Pratten, B. P. 314
Punshon, Dr. 102
 
Rawlinson, John 215, 224, 268, 279, 280, 287, 291, 293, 297, 307–309, 315, 318, 321, 322, 328, 330, 335, 346, 356, 362, 366, 368, 371, 380, 390, 394, 401, 404, 410, 423, 427, 438
Reeve, William 255
Roberts, Arthur 277, 323
Roberts, William 69
Robins, S. 327
Robjohns, H. T. 
 
Salomon, G. 74
Scott, Adam 465
Shedd, Dr. 54
Sherman, J. 300
Sherwood, J. M. 353
Shuttleworth, Dr. 123
Simcock, J. Macrae 370, 378, 390, 393, 398, 417
Skelton 126
Smith, George 224, 252
Spencer, Thomas 384
Spurgeon, C. H. 7, 89, 222, 256, 272, 312, 334, 354, 416, 483, 492
Statham, W. M. 247, 463
“Stems and Twigs” 111
Stirling, J. 49
Storrs, Dr. 298
Superville, Daniel de 274
 
Talmage, Dr. 293, 310, 411
Taylor. Dr. W. M. 388
Thodey, Samuel 172, 184, 187, 191, 225, 235, 239, 242, 244, 253, 257, 258, 269, 271, 282, 316, 320, 333, 335, 338, 341
Thomas, Dr. David 462
Thompson, B. 117
Tucker, Dr. 358
 
Villiers, H. M. 433
 
Walker, H. F. 150, 224
Watson, Richard 137, 138, 182, 275, 373
Watt, John 348
Wood, J. R. 128, 143, 247
Woodford, J. R. 369

TIMES, SEASONS, AND OCCASIONS.

Advent Sermons250, 258, 453
Bible Society Sermon118, 394, 396
Christmas Sermons161, 165, 185–192, 351
Death of a Statesman84, 85
Easter Sunday119
First Sunday of the Year 
Freehold Land Society Sermon112
Funeral Sermon235, 241, 390, 431
Harvest Thanksgiving184
Last Sermon of the Year441
Missionary Sermons72, 73, 82, 182, 192, 214, 219, 253, 257, 316, 318, 449, 473
Ordination or Visitation Sermons3, 132, 137, 143, 144, 148, 177, 197, 325, 489
Parliamentary Election Sermon173
Peace Society Sermons99, 191, 214, 220, 228
Seamen, Sermon to390
Sunday-School Anniversary118, 166, 232, 298, 299, 373, 394, 439
Temperance Sermons116, 126, 127
Thanksgiving Sermon275
Time of National Distress270, 273, 282
Trinity Sunday133
Whitsuntide212, 467

TEXTS.

i. 1.The Prophet of the Lord
i. 2.Prophecy the Voice of God
i. 2, 3.An Appeal and an Argument
i. 2–6.God’s Indictment against Israel
i. 3. Thoughtlessness
Inconsiderateness
Things to be Considered
Religious Consideration
Instinct Followed—Reason Disregarded
i. 4. Iniquity a Burden
Transmitted Depravity
Forsaking the Lord
i. 5. Moral Obduracy
Needless Stripes
i. 5–8.Total Depravity
i. 9.God’s Reluctance to Punish
i. 10.The Summons to Jerusalem
i. 11.Rejected Sacrifices
i. 11, 16, 17.True and False Religion
i. 13.The Possibilities of Public Worship
i. 14.God Oppressed
i. 15. Worthless Husks
Reasons for the Rejection of Prayer
A Startling Charge
i. 16. Moral Ablution
A Plain Command
i. 17. The Great Task
The Noblest Art
The Oppressed and Their Relief
God’s Ideal of Goodness
i. 18. God’s Gracious Invitation to Sinners
Cleansing for the Vilest
Comfort for the Desponding
Sin and Grace
Self-scrutiny in God’s Presence
i. 19–20.Sinners Self-destroyed
i. 20.The Certainty of the Destruction of the Impenitent
i. 21–23.Moral Declension
i. 21.An Illustrious Inhabitant
i. 22.The Possible Degeneracy of Valuable Things
i. 24.A Terrible Resolve
i. 24–27.The Purpose of Punishment
i. 25, 26.The Divine Idea of Redemption
i. 26.Social Regeneration
i. 27, 28.The Twofold Effect of Divine Judgments
i. 28.Forsaking the Lord
i. 28–31.The Doom of the Apostates
i. 31.The Tow and the Spark
 
ii. 1–5.Isaiah’s Vision of the Last Days
ii. 2–5.The Latter-Day Glory
ii. 2.The Future Triumphs of the Gospel
ii. 4.The Cessation of War
ii. 5. The Light of the Lord
The Walk of the Soul in the Light of the Lord
ii. 6–22.A Terrible Picture
Heb. xiii. 5,
ii. 6.
God’s People Forsaken
ii. 6.Forsaken of God
ii. 6–9.The Material and the Moral
ii. 10.The Sinner’s Danger and Refuge
ii. 17.God Exalted in the Great Day
ii. 18.The Great Dethronement
ii. 22. Man’s Insignificance and God’s Supremacy
Lessons from a National Bereavement
 
iii. 1–3.The Death of Statesmen
iii. 1–8.National Greatness
iii. 9.Shameless Sinners
iii. 10, 11. Cheering Words and Solemn Warnings
The Great Law of Recompense
iii. 12. The Curse of a Weak Government
Blind Leaders
iii. 15.Oppression of the Poor
iii. 13–15.The Pleader and the Judge
iii. 16, 17.Haughtiness
iii. 16—iv. 1.Female Pride and Luxury
 
iv. 1.The Desolating and Disorganising Power of War
iv. 2–6.The Divine Ideal of Israel Realised
iv. 2–5.God’s Perpetual Presence with His People
iv. 4.The Cleansing Spirit
 
v. 1–7. The Parable of the Vineyard
The Parable of the Vineyard
Great Privileges
v. 2.Divine Disappointments
v. 4.The Inexcusability and Hopelessness of Unbelief
v. 4–6.A Sad Canticle
v. 7, 8.On the Advantage of Small Allotments of Land to the Poor
v. 8–21.Wild Grapes
v. 8–10.Covetousness
v. 8.God’s Curse on the Covetous
v. 11.The Miseries of the Drunkard
v. 11–17.National Ungodliness
v. 11, 12.Sensuality
v. 12. Earthly Amusement
Festivity and Forgetfulness
v. 13–15.The Evils of Ignorance
v. 14, 15.Death and the Grave
v. 18. Cords of Vanity
Cords and Cart-Ropes
v. 19.Scepticism
v. 20. The Influence of Language on Character
The Sin of Confounding Good and Evil
On the Perversion of Right and Wrong
The Sin of Using Wrong Names
Moral Perversity
v. 21. Self-Conceit
Intellectual Pride
v. 22. The Woe of the Drunkard
The Woe of the Drunkard
Drink and Its Woes
v. 24.The Doom of Despisers
v. 24–30.The Doom of Impenitent Israel
 
vi. 1–12.The Prophet’s Call
vi. 1, 2, 5–7.The Service of the Seraphim
vi. 1–3.The Trinity in Unity
vi. 1–5.Revelations of God
vi. 1–7.Isaiah’s Vision
vi. 1–2.The Seraphim
vi. 2.A Glorious Example
vi. 2–4.The Seraphim and Their Song
vi. 5–7.A Sight of God and a Sense of Sin
vi. 5–8.The Moral History of a Rising Soul
vi. 8. Volunteer Service
Messengers Wanted
vi. 9, 10. A Strange and Sad Errand
The Rejection of Divine Truth
vi. 11–13.The Duration of the Prophet’s Mission
 
vii. 1–9. Fears and Comforts
Faith’s Impregnable Citadel
vii. 1, 2.Purpose and Panics
vii. 3–25.Isaiah’s Interview with Ahaz
vii. 4. A Threefold Counsel
Heedfulness
vii. 9. Faith, The Condition of Firmness
Stability through Faith
vii. 12. Man’s Imagined Independence of God
Momentous Decisions
Irreligious Piety
vii. 13.Trials of the Divine Patience
vii. 13–16.The Virgin’s Son
vii. 14.Immanuel
vii. 15.The Great Object of Child-Training
vii. 17–25.A Sentence of Doom
 
viii. 1–4.Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz
viii. 5–8.The Stream Rejected for the River
viii. 6–8.The Waters of Shiloah
viii. 9, 10.Threatened, But Safe
viii. 11–15.Biblical Politicians
viii. 13.“Hallowed Be Thy Name”
viii. 14. God Our Refuge, or Our Ruin
The Stone of Stumbling
Sanctuary in God
viii. 16–18.The Duty of Teachers of Truth in Times of National Perversion
viii. 17. Waiting on the Lord in Desertion and Gloom
Penitential Waiting on God
viii. 19–22.Necromancy
viii. 20.The Law and the Testimony
viii. 21, ix. 13.Unsanctified Suffering
 
ix. 2–7.The Remedy of the World’s Misery
ix. 3.The Joy of Harvest
ix. 6. The Titles and Government of Christ
The Government of Christ
His Name . . . Wonderful
Christ our Counsellor
The Mighty God
The Everlasting Father
The Prince of Peace
ix. 7. The Empire of Christ
The Security for the Fulfilment of God’s Promises
ix. 8–x. 4.The Outstretched Hand of God
ix. 10.Wise Lessons from Wicked Lips
ix. 14.The Duty of the Afflicted
ix. 15, 16.Leadership
ix. 17. Two Constant Feelings in the Mind of God
Divine Anger
ix. 19.The Destructiveness of Sin
 
x. 1–4.Legalised Injustice
x. 3.The Day of Visitation
x. 5–34. The Assyrian Invasion of Judah
The Assyrian
x. 7–15.Man Proposes, God Disposes
x. 20.A Happy Conversion
x. 20–23.The Remnants of Society
 
xi. and xii.Isaiah’s Vision of the King and His Kingdom
xi. 2.The Spirit of the Lord
xi. 3.The Righteous Judge
xi. 9. The Universal Diffusion and Redemptive Power of the Knowledge of God
The Diffusion of the Knowledge of God
xi. 10.The Ensign of the Nations
xi. 10–16.The Reconciler of Men
 
xii. 1.A New Song for New Hearts
xii. 3.Wells of Salvation
xii. 6.The Duty of Gladness
 
xiii. 1.The Proud City Doomed
xiii. 6.The Day of the Lord
xiii. 16.The Doom of the Children of Babylon
xiii. 17.The Love of Money
xiii. 18.Spare the Children
xiii. 19.Sodom and Gomorrah
 
xiv. 3, 4.The Joy of Salvation
xiv. 9–12.The Grave and Its Mysteries
xiv. 11. The Contrasts of Death
The Conqueror Conquered
xiv. 20.The Seed of Evildoers
xiv. 32.A Memorable Answer
 
xvi. 4.God’s Outcasts
xvi. 12.Fruitless
 
xvii. 5–7.Diminutions and Changes of Life
xvii. 7, 8.Sanctified Affliction
xvii. 10, 11.Forgetfulness of God
xvii. 12.The Punishment of the Wicked
 
xix. 1–3, 14.True National Greatness
xix. 18–20.An Altar and a Saviour for Egypt
xix. 27Chastisement
 
xxi. 11, 12. The Burden of Dumah
Night and Morning
A Momentous Inquiry
xxi. 15.The Grievousness of War
 
xxii. 18.The Irresistibleness of God’s Judgments
xxii. 24.The Glory of the Messiah
 
xxiv. 15.Glorifying God in the Fires
 
xxv. 1.The Grand Appropriation
xxv. 6–8. The Gospel Feast
The Blessings of the Gospel
xxv. 8. The Triumphs of Christ
A Sorrowless World
xxv. 9.Advent Thoughts and Joys
xxv. 10.The Protecting Hand
 
xxvi. 1–2.Days of Deliverance
xxvi. 3–4. Perfect Peace
Peaceful Keeping
xxvi. 7. The Righteousness of God and His People
The Just Man’s Security
xxvi. 8.The Way of God’s Judgments
xxvi. 8, 9.Trust and Trials
xxvi. 9. Night Longings for God
The Necessity and Profitableness of Chastisement
xxvi. 9, 10.The Use and Abuse of the Judgments of God
xxvi. 12. National Peace the Gift of God
Holiness Accomplished, Peace Ordained
Man’s Holiness, God’s Workmanship
xxvi. 13, 14.Spiritual Usurpers Renounced
xxvi. 16.Prayer in Trouble
xxvi. 19.National Revival
xxvi. 20. God’s Invitation to Shelter
Chambers of Safety
Religious Retirement
 
xxvii. 2, 3. God’s Goodness to the Church
The Song to the Vineyard
xxvii. 4, 5.A Solemn Disclaimer
xxvii. 5.Taking Hold of God’s Strength
xxvii. 6.The Future Prosperity of Israel
xxvii. 8. The Day of the East Wind
The Storms of Life
xxvii. 7–9.The Afflictions of God’s People
xxvii. 9.The Discipline of Sin
xxvii. 10, 11.The Doom of the Incorrigible
xxvii. 13. The Gospel Trumpet
The Great Trumpet
 
xxviii. 1–4.England’s Crying Sin
xxviii. 5, 6.The Believer’s Dignity and Power
xxviii. 9, 10.Early Religious Training
xxviii. 10.The Power of Littles
xxviii. 12.Rejecters of the Gospel Admonished
xxviii. 16. The Sure Foundation
Our Trust and Our Test
A Tested Saviour
xxviii. 17.False Refuges
xxviii. 18.False Refuges
xxviii. 20.The Short Bed and the Narrow Covering
xxviii. 22.Irreligious Mockery
xxviii. 24, 25.The Parable of the Husbandman
xxviii. 29.A Feast for Faith
 
xxix. 1.Ariel
xxix. 7, 8.Dreaming
xxix. 8. Awakened from the Dream
The Futility of Fighting against Mount Zion
xxix. 13, 14.Lip-Service Instead of Heart-Worship
xxix. 19. The Joy of the Meek
Religious Joy
 
xxx. 1–3.The Origin and the End of Sin
xxx. 7. Strength in Quietness
Some Aspects of Ministerial Duty
xxx. 9–11.Dislike to Ministerial Fidelity
xxx. 15.Christian Quietness
xxx. 15, 16.The Vanity of Earthly Help in Time of Trial, and the Profit of Patient Waiting
xxx. 15–17.Divine Salvation Rejected
xxx. 18. Waiting, Divine and Human
Waiting for the Lord
xxx. 19.God’s Readiness to Listen to the Needy
xxx. 20, 21.The Bread of Adversity
xxx. 21.The Guiding Voice
xxx. 25, 26.Rivers of Waters
xxx. 26.Growing Light
xxx. 29–33.The Earthly Song and the Heavenly Voice
xxx. 33.Tophet Ordained of Old
 
xxxi. 1–3.The Only Counsellor
xxxi. 3.The Spirituality of the Divine Nature
xxxi. 6.A Call to the Revolted
xxxi. 9.The Fiery Ordeal of the Church
 
xxxii. 2. The Preciousness of Christ
The Christian’s Refuge
Rivers of Water in a Dry Place
Comfort in Christ
xxxii. 8.Christian Liberality
xxxii. 11.A Call to the Careless
xxxii. 13–15.The Essential Condition of Missionary Success
xxxii. 15.The Moral Wilderness Transformed
xxxii. 17.Peace the Work of Righteousness
xxxii. 18.The Peaceful Habitation
xxxii. 20. Spiritual Husbandry
The Use of Opportunities
 
xxxiii. 1.Providence
xxxiii. 2.The Saint’s Attitude in the Time of Trouble
xxxiii. 6.The Importance of Religious Knowledge
xxxiii. 7–12.God Avenging His Own Elect
xxxiii. 15–17.A Blessed Life
xxxiii. 15, 16.Nobility and Security
xxxiii. 16.The Blessedness of the Servant of God
xxxiii. 17. The Prospect of the Godly
The Beauty of Christ’s Character
xxxiii. 20.Characteristics of the Church of Christ
xxxiii. 21.Enriching Rivers
xxxiii. 22. A Controlling Fact
The Atonement; or, Salvation Consistent with the Regal and Judicial Character of God
xxxiii. 23.The Disabled Ship
xxxiii. 24. No Sickness There
Recovery from Sickness
 
xxxiv. 8.The Controversy of Zion
xxxiv. 16. A Call to Study
The Book That Will Endure Testing
xxxiv. 16, 17.The Certainty of God’s Judgments
 
xxxv. 1, 2, 7.Transformation
xxxv. 3, 4.Encouragement for the Timid
xxxv. 5, 6. The Healer and Joy-Giver
The Curse Done Away
xxxv. 7.Beautiful Visions Exchanged for Realities
xxxv. 8–10. The Exiles’ Return
The Road to the City
xxxv. 10. The Happiness of Heaven
The Banishment of Sorrow
 
xxxvi. 4.Modern Rabshakehs, And Their Attempts to Terrify God’s People into a Humble Surrender
xxxvi. 5.In Whom Art Thou Trusting?
xxxvi. 21.Hezekiah’s Prudent Silence
 
xxxvii. 1.A Foolish King and a Wise One
xxxvii. 14. A King in Trouble
Spreading the Letter before the Lord
xxxvii. 15–20.A King’s Prayer
xxxvii. 20.A Christian Prayer
xxxvii. 31.The Christian Church a Continuation of the Jewish
 
xxxviii. 1–19.Hezekiah’s Prayer
xxxviii. 1. Preparation for Death
Duties of the Sick and Dying
xxxviii. 2, 3.Distress in Prospect of Death
xxxviii. 10.The Shortening of Human Life
xxxviii. 14. A Cry for Help
The Suretyship of Christ
xxxviii. 15–20.Hezekiah’s Resolution
xxxviii. 15.The Restoration of Belief
xxxviii. 17. A Great Deliverance
Forgiveness of Sin
xxxviii. 18, 19.The Song of Hezekiah
xxxviii. 19.Praise for Preservation
 
xxxix. 1, 2.Hezekiah’s Strength and Weakness
xxxix. 4.Home Life and Influence
xxxix. 8. Hezekiah Tried
Submission Under God’s Rebuke

APPENDIX.