- Nov 4, 2008
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Hi there,
Hope I posted in the right spot. I'm working through a Bible reading plan but find the beginning of this chapter confusing. Hoping you all can set me straight.
So when I first start reading this passage I thought it was an allusion to the future gentile believers:
"For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
Isaiah 14:1"
But then it talks about these strangers being held captive as servants. Now I am not so sure anymore about my theory...
"And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
Isaiah 14:2 KJV"
So then who are these people?
I'm also a bit confused by all the talk of the dead rising up.
"Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Isaiah 14:9"
I'm just having trouble figuring out what is going on here. Looked at a few commentaries but they seem to be all over the place. Would love some thoughts.
Hope I posted in the right spot. I'm working through a Bible reading plan but find the beginning of this chapter confusing. Hoping you all can set me straight.
So when I first start reading this passage I thought it was an allusion to the future gentile believers:
"For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
Isaiah 14:1"
But then it talks about these strangers being held captive as servants. Now I am not so sure anymore about my theory...
"And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
Isaiah 14:2 KJV"
So then who are these people?
I'm also a bit confused by all the talk of the dead rising up.
"Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Isaiah 14:9"
I'm just having trouble figuring out what is going on here. Looked at a few commentaries but they seem to be all over the place. Would love some thoughts.