Albert Barnes Commentary Isaiah 2:1

Albert Barnes Commentary

Isaiah 2:1

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Isaiah 2:1

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem." — Isaiah 2:1 (ASV)

The word - This indicates that this is the commencement of a new prophecy. It has no immediate connection with the preceding. It was delivered doubtless at a different time, and with reference to a different class of events.

In the previous chapter the term “vision” is used (Isaiah 2:1), but the meaning is substantially the same. The term “word” דבר dâbâr — denotes a “command, a promise, a doctrine, an oracle, a revelation, a message, a thing,” etc. It means here, that Isaiah foresaw certain “future events” or “things” that would happen in regard to Judah and Jerusalem.

Judah ... - See the notes at Isaiah 1:1.