Yahweh of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.
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Yahweh of Armies is who you must respect as holy. He is the one you must fear. He is the one you must dread.
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Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
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The LORD of hosts, Him shall ye sanctify; and let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread.
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- Luke 12:5 But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.
- Isaiah 26:3-4 You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you. Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock.
- Revelation 15:4 Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”
- Matthew 10:28 Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
- Psalms 76:7 You, even you, are to be feared. Who can stand in your sight when you are angry?
- Malachi 2:5 “My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might be reverent toward me; and he was reverent toward me, and stood in awe of my name.
- Numbers 20:12-13 Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you didn’t believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.” These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them.
- Genesis 31:53 The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” Then Jacob swore by the fear of his father, Isaac.
- Isaiah 29:23 But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in the middle of him, they will sanctify my name. Yes, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
- Numbers 27:14 because in the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, to honor me as holy at the waters before their eyes.” (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)
- Romans 4:20 Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn’t waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,
- Leviticus 10:3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what Yahweh spoke of, saying, ‘I will show myself holy to those who come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified.’ ” Aaron held his peace.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain In putting your trust only in him, in calling…
In putting your trust only in him, in calling upon him in adversity, patiently looking for his help, and fearing to do anything contrary to his will.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 8:13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and…
Isa 8:13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and [let] him [be] your fear, and [let] him [be] your dread.
Ver. 13. Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself.] Even your sweetest Immanuel; non sanctificatur autem nisi in eam credatar; sanctify him, I say, by believing in your hearts and confessing with your mouths, {Rom 10:9} and walking "as becometh the gospel, … in nothing terrified by your adversaries." {Php 1:27-28}
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And let him be your fear.] That is, the object of your fear, {as Gen 31:53 Psa 76:11} where God is called "Fear" by an appellative proper. So the Chaldee paraphrase frequently calleth God Dechilah. The Greeks call him Yεος, of Dεος, fear. Bernard saith well, God is to be feared as a Lord, honoured as a Father, loved as a spouse. This fear of God is a sovereign remedy against the fear of the creature, and is therefore here and elsewhere opposed to it. Surely, as one fire driveth out another, and as Moses’ serpent swallowed up the sorcerers’ serpents, so here.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Sanctify the Lord of hosts; give him the glory…
Sanctify the Lord of hosts; give him the glory of his power, and goodness, and faithfulness, by trusting to his promises for your deliverance.
Let him be your fear; let God, and not the kings of Syria and Israel, be the chief object of your fear.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself,.... Christ, Immanuel, God…
Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself,.... Christ, Immanuel, God with us, the Lord of the armies above and below, of angels and of men, God over all, the true Jehovah, who is sanctified by his people, when they declare him to be so; as the Targum paraphrases it,
"the Lord of hosts, him shall ye say is holy;''
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for they cannot make him so, nor can he receive any holiness from them, nor does he need any; but they celebrate the perfection of his holiness, and ascribe it to him; yea, they sanctify him, by ascribing their holiness to him; by looking to him as their sanctification, and by deriving and expecting every degree and measure of holiness from him, to complete theirs; by exercising faith upon him, and showing a regard to his commands and ordinances:
and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread; that is, the object of fear and dread; not of a servile fear and dread, but of a holy reverence and godly fear; such a fear as is the grace of the covenant, which flows from the goodness of God, and has that for its object, and is influenced by it; see Hos 3:5 where the same Lord, Messiah, David the king, is meant, as here. See Pe1 3:15.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Sanctify - Give him the glory of his power,…
Sanctify - Give him the glory of his power, and goodness, and faithfulness, by trusting to his promises. Let him - Let God, and not the kings of Syria and Israel be the object of your fear.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Isa 8:13-15. Sanctify the Lord of hosts — Give…
Isa 8:13-15. Sanctify the Lord of hosts — Give him the glory of his power, and goodness, and faithfulness, by trusting in his promises for deliverance; and let him be your fear — Let God, and not the kings of Syria and Israel, be the chief object of your fear. And he shall be for a sanctuary — A sure refuge to all that truly fear him, and rely upon him; but for a stone of stumbling — An occasion of sin and ruin, at whom they will take offence, and stumble, so as to fall and be broken, as it is expressed Isa 8:15; to both the houses of Israel — To the two kingdoms, that of the ten tribes, and that of the two tribes. And for a gin, &c., to the inhabitants of Jerusalem — This is distinctly mentioned as a wonderful thing, because Jerusalem was the seat of the temple, and of God’s solemn worship; where all the means of knowledge and grace were in the greatest plenty; where the thrones of civil and ecclesiastical judicature were established; where the most wise and learned doctors had their constant abode. And that such a place and people should reject Immanuel, when he should appear, was so strange an occurrence, that the prediction of it was highly necessary, lest otherwise, when it came to pass, it should shake the faith of all who did believe on him; whereas, now the accomplishment hereof was a notable confirmation of their faith. And many among them — Not all; for there shall be a remnant, as was foretold, Isa 4:2; Isa 6:13; shall stumble — At that stone or rock, mentioned Isa 8:14. The writers of the New Testament, who have so frequently quoted this passage, prove, beyond all controversy, that the subject of it is, God manifest in the flesh; the Messiah, who performed for his people all those benefits of grace which this promise implies, being a sanctuary, or place of refuge to them; and who, at the same time, became to the hypocrites and unbelievers in Judea, a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, to the destruction of the far greater part of that people. See the margin.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Sanctify ... - Regard Yahweh as holy; that is,…
Sanctify ... - Regard Yahweh as holy; that is, worship and honor him with pious fear and reverence. Regard him as the source of safety, and the true defense. Ahaz and his people sought for aid from Assyria against the armies of Syria and Samaria. The direction here is rather to seek aid from God.
Let him be your fear - Do not be alarmed at what man can do Isa 8:12, but fear and honor God. Be afraid to provoke his wrath by looking to other sources of help when his aid only should be sought.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Sanctify--Honor His holy name by regarding Him as your…
Sanctify--Honor His holy name by regarding Him as your only hope of safety (Isa 29:23; Num 20:12).
him . . . fear--"fear" lest you provoke His wrath by your fear of man and distrust of Him.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 13. Sanctify, etc. — Regard Jehovah as immutably true.
13. Sanctify, etc. — Regard Jehovah as immutably true.
Let him be your fear — Literally, He is your fear and your dread; one whom alone you have true occasion to fear as your sovereign, and love as your protector.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 13. Render: Jehovah of Hosts, Him shall ye count…
13. Render: Jehovah of Hosts, Him shall ye count holy, and let Him be (the object of) your fear and (of) your terror. “Count holy” (Isa_29:23); recognise as the Holy One, especially by absolute trust in His providential disposition of events; fearing only what would offend Him.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (13) Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself . .…
(13) Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself . . .—The words contain an implicit appeal to the revelation of the Divine Name in Isa_6:3. Had the prophet’s disciples entered into the meaning of that “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts?” Had they learnt to sanctify Jehovah Sabaoth, to recognise the power of that infinite holiness?
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Sanctify the Lord of hosts. God was sanctified by…
Sanctify the Lord of hosts. God was sanctified by being believed in. (Num_20:12) They who feared Rezin and Pekah, despite of God"s assurances that their design should fail, did not believe in him, and so did not "sanctify" him.
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The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary 1892 · Public Domain Isa_8:13. Sanctify the Lord of hosts Himself; and let…
“HALLOWED BE THY NAME!”
Isa_8:13. Sanctify the Lord of hosts Himself; and let Him be your fear, &c.
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I. What is it to “sanctify the Lord of hosts Himself”? It is,
1. To fill our minds with right thoughts concerning Him [854]
2. To fill our hearts with right feelings towards Him (P. D. 1492–1526).
[854] See note (α) to preceding outline: BIBLICAL POLITICIANS.
II. How is this to be done? By frequent, devout, prayerful, intense meditation on the revelations of Himself which He has been pleased to give (H. E. I. 3507–3514).
III. What will be the effect of doing it?
1. All other fear and dread will vanish from our minds (1Sa_14:6; 1Sa_17:37; Jer_32:17; 1Pe_3:14-15).
2. Thus we shall unconsciously and inevitably attain to that heroism of which some of us dream (Psa_16:8; Dan_3:16-18; Act_4:19-20).
3. Thus we shall be qualified for the noblest service of God and man (Heb_11:24-27; 1Co_4:3-4).
4. Thus a divine peace and joy will fill our whole being, as a mighty tide fills every nook and cranny of a wide-stretching bay (Psa_104:34). We shall rejoice in God as a soldier rejoices in a mighty fortress in which he feels secure from all assaults (2Sa_22:2-3).
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary (gen. ed. Joseph S. Exell; Funk & Wagnalls, c. 1892) — public domain (pre-1929). A full-Bible homiletical/sermon-outline anthology covering 65 of 66 books (2 John is absent from the source module). Text from a community e-Sword module.
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 8:13 To make the Lord . . . holy…
8:13 To make the Lord . . . holy meant giving him first place in life and acknowledging that nothing is greater than he is. • Fear of God means reverencing him as God (Prov 1:7). The people of Judah were not to fear Israel and Syria or the Assyrians (Isa 7:9; 10:24).
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