They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.
Those who have gone astray and gone wrong in thought and understanding will come to understanding and know what is right and true, and those who have complained and resisted instruction will learn sound and true teaching. This change comes as part of God's restoring work of truth and righteousness by which His people come to know, honor, and revere Him. In its setting the deaf hear the words of the book and the blind see out of darkness, the meek and poor increase their joy in the Lord, and the terrible are brought to nothing while scorners and deceivers are cut off. The Messiah's ministry in human form was to bring this understanding to the confused and this truth to those who murmured, so that outsiders and sinners heard, repented, and believed. It also reaches Jews who recognize Christ as Messiah when the Old Testament is opened with the New, and all who once knew the truth but turned away and are now called to return to God.
Meaning and Context
They also that erred in spirit are those who have gone astray and gone wrong in understanding and thinking, and the promise is that they shall come to understanding and come to know what is right and true. Those confused in their understanding are to learn God's truth and to know the truth through the Messiah's ministry. Those who have been misled are given renewed understanding and willingness to learn.
They that murmured are those who complained, resisted instruction, and opposed learning, and the promise is that they shall learn sound and true doctrine and teaching. Those who have resisted instruction and those who have complained or resisted will learn sound teaching and true doctrine. This promised change is part of a work of truth and righteousness that brings people to know, honor, and revere God.
This change comes as part of God's restoration of His people, in which the deaf hear the words of the book, the blind see, and the meek rejoice in the Lord, while those who deceive and oppose justice are brought to an end. In its setting the restoration means the deaf hear the words of the book and the blind see out of obscurity and darkness, and the meek increase their joy in the Lord and the poor rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. At the same time the terrible are brought to nothing and scorners are consumed, and all who deceive, watch for iniquity, make a man an offender for a word, and turn aside the just are cut off.
The promise applies to the house of Jacob when its children recognize God's work as the work of His hands, sanctify His name, and honor the Holy One of Israel, so that Jacob shall not be ashamed. When Jacob's children honor and reverence God and recognize His work, they turn from error and learn the faith.
Fulfillment in Christ
The verse foretells that the ministry of the Messiah in human form would bring understanding to those confused and astray in spirit and impart God's truth to those who had murmured. Those who had gone wrong in understanding would come to know what is right, and those who had complained and resisted would learn sound doctrine.
In that appearing, people standing outside the influence of the priests and rulers heard His word, were converted, believed, and acknowledged Him. The prophecy is fulfilled as sinners hear the testimony of John and the message of Christ, repent, and believe, while many who count themselves wise reject that testimony and message.
It applies to Jews who, as the Old Testament is explained alongside the New, recognize Christ as the Messiah and receive Him as their Redeemer. It describes a future restoration in which people turn from error and are taught the truth. In the same setting it reaches those who once knew the truth but turned away, inviting them to return to God, come to understanding in their thinking, and learn sound teaching after complaint.
Warning and Application
The wider setting of Isaiah 29:9-24 portrays a course pursued at Battle Creek by men supposed to be trustworthy who violated the principles of the Ten Commandments, showing neither supreme love to God nor love to fellow men as themselves. Anyone who questioned the course they thought wise was heartily disliked and despised. The very men entrusted with a message for God's people were not treated with respect, and the message was rejected, and had power been in their hands the messengers sent would have been rejected and silenced.
That passage will be fulfilled in men who claim to be teachers at the heart of the work while acting out its principles, taking up truth without heart conversion and without practicing truth. They keep old hereditary and cultivated character while assuming places as counselors and wise men, mingling their own spirit with words and actions, perverting principle, and confederating to do what God expressly forbids, until justice and mercy and love for God and man is fallen in the streets and equity cannot enter. Such teachers have their eyes greatly blinded so they should not see, they walk contrary to God, insult God and abuse His honor, and misrepresent Him though called by His name. They greatly weaken the work of the Lord and dishonor truth of heavenly origin, while God will still have a remnant people purified, made white, and tried.
The promise that those who went wrong in understanding will come to understand and those who resisted instruction will learn sound teaching belongs to the Lord's people amid warnings of coming judgment and calls to heed His instruction. It belongs to the warning that the Lord's word about destruction coming upon cities will be fulfilled, and those who follow voices that oppose His warnings and reproof will be turned into blindness. It stands with the call to find salvation in returning and rest and strength in quietness and confidence, and with teaching by precept upon precept and line upon line. It stands with laying in Zion a tried precious cornerstone, with judgment laid to the line and righteousness to the plummet to sweep away the refuge of lies.
Those who have gone astray and gone wrong in thought and understanding will come to understanding and know what is right and true, and those who have complained and resisted instruction will learn sound and true teaching. This change comes as part of God's restoring work of truth and righteousness by which His people come to know, honor, and revere Him. In its setting the deaf hear the words of the book and the blind see out of darkness, the meek and poor increase their joy in the Lord, and the terrible are brought to nothing while scorners and deceivers are cut off. The Messiah's ministry in human form was to bring this understanding to the confused and this truth to those who murmured, so that outsiders and sinners heard, repented, and believed. It also reaches Jews who recognize Christ as Messiah when the Old Testament is opened with the New, and all who once knew the truth but turned away and are now called to return to God.
Meaning and Context
They also that erred in spirit are those who have gone astray and gone wrong in understanding and thinking, and the promise is that they shall come to understanding and come to know what is right and true. Those confused in their understanding are to learn God's truth and to know the truth through the Messiah's ministry. Those who have been misled are given renewed understanding and willingness to learn.
They that murmured are those who complained, resisted instruction, and opposed learning, and the promise is that they shall learn sound and true doctrine and teaching. Those who have resisted instruction and those who have complained or resisted will learn sound teaching and true doctrine. This promised change is part of a work of truth and righteousness that brings people to know, honor, and revere God.
This change comes as part of God's restoration of His people, in which the deaf hear the words of the book, the blind see, and the meek rejoice in the Lord, while those who deceive and oppose justice are brought to an end. In its setting the restoration means the deaf hear the words of the book and the blind see out of obscurity and darkness, and the meek increase their joy in the Lord and the poor rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. At the same time the terrible are brought to nothing and scorners are consumed, and all who deceive, watch for iniquity, make a man an offender for a word, and turn aside the just are cut off.
The promise applies to the house of Jacob when its children recognize God's work as the work of His hands, sanctify His name, and honor the Holy One of Israel, so that Jacob shall not be ashamed. When Jacob's children honor and reverence God and recognize His work, they turn from error and learn the faith.
Fulfillment in Christ
The verse foretells that the ministry of the Messiah in human form would bring understanding to those confused and astray in spirit and impart God's truth to those who had murmured. Those who had gone wrong in understanding would come to know what is right, and those who had complained and resisted would learn sound doctrine.
In that appearing, people standing outside the influence of the priests and rulers heard His word, were converted, believed, and acknowledged Him. The prophecy is fulfilled as sinners hear the testimony of John and the message of Christ, repent, and believe, while many who count themselves wise reject that testimony and message.
It applies to Jews who, as the Old Testament is explained alongside the New, recognize Christ as the Messiah and receive Him as their Redeemer. It describes a future restoration in which people turn from error and are taught the truth. In the same setting it reaches those who once knew the truth but turned away, inviting them to return to God, come to understanding in their thinking, and learn sound teaching after complaint.
Warning and Application
The wider setting of Isaiah 29:9-24 portrays a course pursued at Battle Creek by men supposed to be trustworthy who violated the principles of the Ten Commandments, showing neither supreme love to God nor love to fellow men as themselves. Anyone who questioned the course they thought wise was heartily disliked and despised. The very men entrusted with a message for God's people were not treated with respect, and the message was rejected, and had power been in their hands the messengers sent would have been rejected and silenced.
That passage will be fulfilled in men who claim to be teachers at the heart of the work while acting out its principles, taking up truth without heart conversion and without practicing truth. They keep old hereditary and cultivated character while assuming places as counselors and wise men, mingling their own spirit with words and actions, perverting principle, and confederating to do what God expressly forbids, until justice and mercy and love for God and man is fallen in the streets and equity cannot enter. Such teachers have their eyes greatly blinded so they should not see, they walk contrary to God, insult God and abuse His honor, and misrepresent Him though called by His name. They greatly weaken the work of the Lord and dishonor truth of heavenly origin, while God will still have a remnant people purified, made white, and tried.
The promise that those who went wrong in understanding will come to understand and those who resisted instruction will learn sound teaching belongs to the Lord's people amid warnings of coming judgment and calls to heed His instruction. It belongs to the warning that the Lord's word about destruction coming upon cities will be fulfilled, and those who follow voices that oppose His warnings and reproof will be turned into blindness. It stands with the call to find salvation in returning and rest and strength in quietness and confidence, and with teaching by precept upon precept and line upon line. It stands with laying in Zion a tried precious cornerstone, with judgment laid to the line and righteousness to the plummet to sweep away the refuge of lies.