Parallel Verses English Standard Version The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the LORD, and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel. King James Bible The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. American Standard Version The meek also shall increase their joy in Jehovah, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. Douay-Rheims Bible And the meek shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. English Revised Version The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. Webster's Bible Translation The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 29:19 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentThis stupefaction was the self-inflicted punishment of the dead works with which the people mocked God and deceived themselves. "The Lord hath spoken: Because this people approaches me with its mouth, and honours me with its lips, and keeps its heart far from me, and its reverence of me has become a commandment learned from men: therefore, behold, I will proceed wondrously with this people, wondrously and marvellously strange; and the wisdom of its wise men is lost, and the understanding of its intelligent men becomes invisible." Ever since the time of Asaph (Psalm 50, cf., Psalm 78:36-37), the lamentation and condemnation of hypocritical ceremonial worship, without living faith or any striving after holiness, had been a leading theme of prophecy. Even in Isaiah's introductory address (chapter 1) this complain was uttered quite in the tone of that of Asaph. In the time of Hezekiah it was peculiarly called for, just as it was afterwards in that of Josiah (as the book of Jeremiah shows). The people had been obliged to consent to the abolition of the public worship of idols, but their worship of Jehovah was hypocrisy. Sometimes it was conscious hypocrisy, arising from the fear of man and favour of man; sometimes unconscious, inasmuch as without any inward conversion, but simply with work-righteousness, the people contented themselves with, and even prided themselves upon, an outward fulfilment of the law (Micah 6:6-8; Micah 3:11). Instead of נגּשׁ (lxx, Vulg., Syr., Matthew 15:8; Mark 7:6), we also meet with the reading נגּשׂ, "because this people harasses itself as with tributary service;" but the antithesis to richaq (lxx πόῤῥω ἀπέχει ) favours the former reading niggash, accedit; and bephı̄v (with its moth) must be connected with this, though in opposition to the accents. This self-alienation and self-blinding, Jehovah would punish with a wondrously paradoxical judgment, namely, the judgment of a hardening, which would so completely empty and confuse, that even the appearance of wisdom and unity, which the leaders of Israel still had, would completely disappear. יוסיף (as in Isaiah 38:5) is not the third person fut. hiphil here (so that it could be rendered, according to Isaiah 28:16, "Behold, I am he who;" or more strictly still, "Behold me, who;" which, however, would give a prominence to the subject that would be out of place here), but the part. kal for יוסף. That the language really allowed of such a lengthening of the primary form qatĭl into qatı̄l, and especially in the case of יוסיף, is evident from Ecclesiastes 1:18 (see at Psalm 16:5). In ופלא הפלא, פלא (cf., Lamentations 1:9) alternates with the gerundive (see at Isaiah 22:17): the fifth example in this one address of the emphatic juxtaposition of words having a similar sound and the same derivation (vid., Isaiah 29:1, Isaiah 29:5, Isaiah 29:7, Isaiah 29:9). Treasury of Scripture Knowledge meek Psalm 25:9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. Psalm 149:4 For the LORD takes pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Ephesians 4:2 With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love; James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brothers, Has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith... increase. Heb. add Matthew 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. James 1:9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brothers, Has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith... rejoice Habakkuk 3:18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice. Cross References Matthew 5:5 "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 11:5 the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them. Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. James 1:9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him? Psalm 25:9 He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way. Psalm 37:11 But the meek shall inherit the land and delight themselves in abundant peace. Jump to Previous Added Afflicted Exult Fresh Glad Gladness Holy Humble Increase Increased Israel Joy Mankind Meek Need Needy Obtain Once Poor RejoiceJump to Next Added Afflicted Exult Fresh Glad Gladness Holy Humble Increase Increased Israel Joy Mankind Meek Need Needy Obtain Once Poor RejoiceLinks Isaiah 29:19 NIVIsaiah 29:19 NLT Isaiah 29:19 ESV Isaiah 29:19 NASB Isaiah 29:19 KJV Isaiah 29:19 Bible Apps Isaiah 29:19 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 29:19 Chinese Bible Isaiah 29:19 French Bible Isaiah 29:19 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |