Expositions of Holy Scripture

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Title: Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah
Author: Alexander Maclaren
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EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE
ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D. D., Litt. D.
ISAIAH AND JEREMIAH

EXPOSITIONS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE
ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D. D., Litt. D.
ISAIAH
Chaps. I to XLVIII

CONTENTS
THE GREAT SUIT: JEHOVAH versus JUDAH (Isaiah i. 1-9; 16-20)
THE STUPIDITY OF GODLESSNESS (Isaiah i. 3)
WHAT SIN DOES TO MEN (Isaiah i. 30-31)

THE PERPETUAL PILLAR OF CLOUD AND FIRE (Isaiah iv. 5)
A PROPHET'S WOES (Isaiah v. 8-30)
VISION AND SERVICE (Isaiah vi. 1-13)
THE EMPTY THRONE FILLED (Isaiah vi. 1)
A SERAPH'S WINGS (Isaiah vi. 2)
THE MAKING OF A PROPHET (Isaiah vi. 5)
SHILOAH AND EUPHRATES (Isaiah viii. 6, 7)
THE KINGDOM AND THE KING (Isaiah ix. 2-7)
LIGHT OR FIRE? (Isaiah x. 17)
THE SUCKER FROM THE FELLED OAK (Isaiah xi. 1-10)
THE WELL-SPRING OF SALVATION (Isaiah xii. 3)
THE HARVEST OF A GODLESS LIFE (Isaiah xvii. 10, 11)
'IN THIS MOUNTAIN' (Isaiah xxv. 6-8)
THE FEAST ON THE SACRIFICE (Isaiah xxv. 6)
THE VEIL OVER ALL NATIONS (Isaiah xxv. 7)
THE SONG OF TWO CITIES (Isaiah xxvi. 1-10)
OUR STRONG CITY (Isaiah xxvi. 1-2)
THE INHABITANT OF THE ROCK (Isaiah xxvi. 3-4)
THE GRASP THAT BRINGS PEACE (Isaiah xxvii. 5)
THE JUDGMENT OF DRUNKARDS AND MOCKERS (Isaiah xxviii.
1-13)

A CROWN OF PRIDE OR A CROWN OF GLORY (Isaiah xxviii 3-5)
MAN'S CROWN AND GOD'S (Isaiah lxii 3)
THE FOUNDATION OF GOD (Isaiah xxviii. 16)
GOD'S STRANGE WORK (Isaiah xxviii. 21)
THE HUSBANDMAN AND HIS OPERATIONS (Isaiah xxviii.
23-29)
'QUIETNESS AND CONFIDENCE' (Isaiah xxx. 15)
GOD'S WAITING AND MAN'S (Isaiah xxx. 18)
THREE PICTURES OF ONE REALITY (Isaiah xxxi. 5)
THE LORD'S FURNACE (Isaiah xxxi. 9)
THE HIDING-PLACE (Isaiah xxxii. 2)
HOW TO DWELL IN THE FIRE OF GOD (Isaiah xxxiii. 14, 15; I
John iv. 16)
THE FORTRESS OF THE FAITHFUL (Isaiah xxxiii. 16)
THE RIVERS OF GOD (Isaiah xxxiii. 21)
JUDGE, LAWGIVER, KING (Isaiah xxxiii. 22)
MIRACLES OF HEALING (Isaiah xxxv. 5-6)
MIRAGE OR LAKE (Isaiah xxxv. 6-7)
THE KING'S HIGHWAY (Isaiah xxxv. 8-9)
WHAT LIFE'S JOURNEY MAY BE (Isaiah xxxv. 9-10)
THE TRIUMPH OF FAITH (Isaiah xxxvii 14-21; 33-38)

WHERE TO CARRY TROUBLES (Isaiah xxxvii. 14)
GREAT VOICES FROM HEAVEN (Isaiah xl. 1-10)
O THOU THAT BRINGEST GOOD TIDINGS (Isaiah xl. 9)
'HAVE YE NOT? HAST THOU NOT' (Isaiah xl. 2; 28)
UNFAILING STARS AND FAINTING MEN (Isaiah xl. 26; 29)
THE SECRET OF IMMORTAL YOUTH (Isaiah xl. 30, 31)
CHRIST THE ARRESTER OF INCIPIENT EVIL AND THE
NOURISHER OF INCIPIENT GOOD (Isaiah xlii. 3, 4)
THE BLIND MAN'S GUIDE (Isaiah xlii. 16)
THY NAME: MY NAME (Isaiah xliii, 1; 7)
JACOB--ISRAEL--JESHURUN (Isaiah xliv. 1, 2)
FEEDING ON ASHES (Isaiah xliv. 20)
WRITING BLOTTED OUT AND MIST MELTED (Isaiah xliv. 22)
HIDDEN AND REVEALED (Isaiah xlv. 15, 19)
A RIGHTEOUSNESS NEAR AND A SWIFT SALVATION (Isaiah
xlv. 12, 13)
A RIVER OF PEACE AND WAVES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS (Isaiah
xlviii. 18)

THE GREAT SUIT: JEHOVAH VERSUS JUDAH
'The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah
and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah,
kings of Judah. I Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the Lord

hath spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have
rebelled against Me. 3. The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his
master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. 4.
Ah sinful nation, a people laden