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The NIV Application Commentary helps you communicate and apply biblical text effectively in today's context.

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  • Original Meaning. Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context.
  • Bridging Contexts. A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible.
  • Contemporary Significance. This section identifies comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved.

This unique, award-winning commentary is the ideal resource for today's preachers, teachers, and serious students of the Bible, giving them the tools, ideas, and insights they need to communicate God's Word with the same powerful impact it had when it was first written.

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THE NIV APPLICATION COMMENTARY. From Biblical text to contemporary life.
bring an ancient message of the Bible into today's context.

Original Meaning

Bridging Contexts

Contemporary significance

Concise exegesis to help readers understand the original meaning of the biblical text in its historical, literary, and cultural context.

A bridge between the world of the Bible and the world of today, built by discerning what is timeless in the timely pages of the Bible.

Identification of comparable situations to those faced in the Bible and explores relevant application of the biblical messages. The author alerts the readers of problems they may encounter when seeking to apply the passage and helps them think through the issues involved.

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“The NIV Application Commentary series doesn’t fool around: It gets right down to business, bringing this ancient and powerful Word of God into the present so that it can be heard and delivered with all the freshness of a new day, with all the immediacy of a friend’s embrace.”

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“At a time when many pastors are deeply in need of inspiration and encouragement, these volumes… would be a good investment for congregations, even if it means adding a line to the annual budget.” -- Christianity Today

“Here at last is a commentary which is not only academically well informed but which helps that commentary reader hear God’s Word and consider its implications; scholarship in service of the Church.” -- Arthur Rowe, Spurgeon’s College

“If you want to avoid hanging applicational elephants from interpretational threads, then the NIV Application Commentary is for you! This series excels at both original meaning and contemporary significance. I support it one hundred percent.” -- Howard G. Hendricks, Dallas Theological Seminary

“It is encouraging to find a commentary that is not only biblically trustworthy but also contemporary in its application. The NIV Application Commentary series will prove to be a helpful tool in the pastor’s sermon preparation. I use it and recommend it.” -- Charles F. Stanley, Pastor, First Baptist Church of Atlanta

“It takes more than interpretation of God's Word to change lives, it takes application. Application is the bottom line in preaching and teaching. Without it, we’ve missed the point of the Bible. The NIV Application Commentary is an outstanding resource for pastors and anyone else who is serious about developing ‘doers of the Word.’” -- Rick Warren, Pastor, Saddleback Valley Community Church

“The NIV Application Commentary builds bridges that make the Bible come alive with meaning for contemporary life--and the series do so concisely, clearly, and accurately. No wasted words or academic detours--just solid help and practical truth.” -- Warren W. Weirsbe

“The NIV Application Commentary dares to go where few scholars have gone before---into the real world of biblical application faced by pastor and teachers every day. This is everything a good commentary series should be.” -- Leith Anderson, Pastor, Wooddale Church

“The NIV Application Commentary is a magnificent gift to the church!” -- Dr. R. Kent Hughes, Pastor, College Church, Wheaton, Illinois

“The NIV Application Commentary meets the urgent need for an exhaustive and authoritative commentary based on the New International Version. This series will soon be found in libraries and studies throughout the entire evangelical community.” -- Dr. James Kennedy, PhD, Senior Minister, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church

“The NIV Application Commentary series doesn’t fool around: It gets right down to business, bringing this ancient and powerful Word of God into the present so that it can be heard and delivered with all the freshness of a new day, with all the immediacy of a friend’s embrace.” -- Eugene Peterson

“The NIV Application Commentary series helps pastors and other Bible teachers with one of the most neglected elements of good preaching---accurate, useful application. Most commentaries tell you a few things that are helpful and much that you do not need to know. By dealing with the original meaning and contemporary significance of each passage, the NIV Application Commentary series promises to be helpful all the way around.” -- Dr. James Montgomery Boice, Tenth Presbyterian Church

“The NIV Application Commentary series promises to be of great service to all who preach and teach the Word of God.” -- J. I. Packer, Regent College

“The NIV Application Commentary series will be a great help for readers who want to understand what the Bible means, how it applies, and what they should do in response.” -- Stuart Briscoe, Pastor, Elmbrook Church

“This series promises to become an indispensable tool for every pastor and teacher who seeks to make the Bible’s timeless message speak to this generation.” -- Billy Graham

“This is the pulpit commentary for the 21st Century” -- George K. Brushaber, President, Bethel College & Seminary

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A unique commentary that explores each passage from three vital perspectives: original meaning, bridging context, contemporary significance.

Isaiah wrestles with the realities of people who are not convicted by the truth but actually hardened by it, and with a God whose actions sometimes seem unintelligible, or even worse, appears to be absent. Yet Isaiah penetrates beyond these experiences to an even greater reality. Isaiah sees God's rule over history and his capacity to take the worst of human actions and use it for good. He declares the truth that even in the darkest hours, the Holy One of Israel is infinitely trustworthy.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Zondervan Academic; First Edition first Printing (August 11, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 736 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0310206138
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0310206132
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.52 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.45 x 1.75 x 9.45 inches
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Dr. John N. Oswalt (PhD, Brandeis University) is Visiting Distinguished Professor of Old Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. He is the author of numerous articles and several books, including the two-volume commentary on Isaiah in the New International Commentary on the Old Testament series and Called to be Holy: A Biblical Perspective. His most recent book is The Holy One of Israel, a collection of his articles on Isaiah

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David A. Bielby
5.0 out of 5 stars A must for those preaching and teaching through Isaiah
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2007
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As a pastor who looks for great ideas to develop sermon points in commentaries, I have found this commentary to be the very best one I have for Isaiah. As the NIVAC series does so well, this commentary gives some exegetical information, contextual bridging from ancient to contemporary settings, and then wrestles with contemporary issues and real life needs.

For example, Oswalt deals with several theological ramifications from Hezekiah's story in Isaiah 38-39. (Hezekiah's life was extended by 15 years after crying out to God in prayer). Oswalts exegetical comments are careful, insightful and lead to practical and powerful application. In this passage he points out that Hezekiah's illness was not necessarily a result of sin, and deals with the issue that sin is often a result of sin but not always. He brings in both concepts with multiple scripture references.

Then he swings to the issue of God's sovereignty, man's freewill and the Open Theism debate and it's potential support from an overly simplistic interpretation of this passage. He clearly and without a lot of fluff deals accurately with that issue. He leaves no room for an over emphasis on God's sovereignty in light of the multiple references to human freewill, yet fully embraces a biblical concept of sovereignty. He also explains with a minimum of verbage (something I always appreciate by a technical scholar) why Open Theism is an over simplistic conclusion from this passage. He shows why this passage does not warrant a conclusion that has too much of an emphasis on the 'freewill of man' or an over emphasis on the Sovereignty of God. The points are pretty hard to reject if one welcomes all the data involved and comes without a blinding bias.

This particular volume in the NIVAC series may be the very best one that exists. It certainly is my best one, and I have several. It is also a 'Gold Medallion Book' sporting the coveted award on the front cover. So it has been widely embraced by a variety of editors, scholars and pastor/teachers. In fact I will say this much...I stopped using this commentary series after finding several of them promoting applications that I thought were way out of touch with the people I minister to. This commentary has completely reversed that general thought in my mind.

As I work through Isaiah, I find myself turning to this volume more and more. It's a great companion to the more technical and less practical 'The Prophecy of Isaiah' by Motyer, and to the NICOT 2 volume series by this same author, Oswalt.

It's my recommendation that you buy this volume first unless you are only doing a more critical exegetical paper. In that case I recommend Oswalt's NICOT and Motyer's volumes instead. I went ahead and got all four books and am not sorry at all. They are all fantastic tools.

I am grateful for great scholars who provide so many helpful insights to the text.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very Useful Commentary; I loved it.
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2018
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This is the only commentary that I have on the Book of Isaiah (though I have several other commentaries on different books of the Bible). The introduction alone was worth the price of the book; it provided a very readable and helpful historical background. This is not a technical commentary; it is a very helpful explanation of the text along with a section on the application of the text to contemporary living (Life Application, get it?). It is very well written. Though it is easy to read, it provides surprisingly useful insights. I think that this book would be appreciated by pastors and lay persons for use in teaching the Book of Isaiah. I am Reformed in my theology. The book was written by a professor from Asbury Seminary, so I presume that the author is Methodist. I was actually a little surprised that I did not find any theological issues in the commentary with which I would take exception. I cannot restrain myself from making one comment. The author's treatment of the abuse of alcohol in chapter 5 ("Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine") betrayed a slight hint of the teetotalism tradition of many evangelical traditions, almost as if he longed to return to the prohibition era - it made me smile. Unless you have a requirement for a technical commentary, this should be your first choice.
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Sue from CA
5.0 out of 5 stars Thought-provoking commentary for our times
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2015
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Oswalt is thorough when he applies Isaiah to our times. These are my impressions:

The history is primarily in the introductory material, though he touches on it in the commentary text. I wish more details were in the text as I read each chapter. As may be necessary in Isaiah, Oswalt delves into the culture of the people during the time of the prophesies. That, more than the raw dates and events of history, are the big lessons for us. Oswalt is more conservative than I, but he makes his cases and points in such a manner that I pause to think about them and weigh them for myself. To me, that's crucial in a good commentary. His vocabulary is certainly accessible, and I appreciate that.

In my Bible reading plan, I'm reading 2 to 3 chapters a day. With the hour or so I've allotted for this purpose, it's impossible to read all the coverage Oswalt has on these chapters. So I can see myself using this commentary for years, appreciating the time Oswalt took to carefully outline his thoughts and analyses, both for the past and for the present.

This is definitely an Application Commentary ...
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A. D. Oltmann
4.0 out of 5 stars Fair to good
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2009
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This is another good commentary in the NIV Application Commentary Series. I have really liked most of their other commentaries, but this one is only fair to good. The problem I have with this particular book is the overly conservative stance of the author. I think of myself as somewhat conservative, but this author is (at times) too conservative for my taste. This book is still good and I still read it for my weekly Isaiah Bible study lessons along side my other commentaries. It's a good addition to a library, but it probably should not be read as the only Isaiah commentary.
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Jennifer
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic commentary!
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2011
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I am about 300 pages through this commentary and have found it fascinating and inspiring. It has helped me to understand the book of Isaiah and apply it to my own life in a way that has always seemed out of reach to me in the past. The first 70 or so pages is an introduction to put the book in historical context, i.e., what was happening before, during, and after the time period in which Isaiah was writing, what were the powerful nations, what were people concerned about, etc. The remainder of the book is taking a chapter or so at a time out of Isaiah and describing the original meaning (i.e., what it would have meant or said to Isaiah's contemporaries) and then bridging that into how the same message applies in current time. The commentary has helped me understand the relevance of the book of Isaiah in a way I haven't understood before. It leaves me hungry for more, which is exactly what the revealed word of God is supposed to do. I highly recommend this for anyone who wants to move deeper into a relationship with God.
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J Titterington
5.0 out of 5 stars A good resource
Reviewed in Canada on December 31, 2020
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I bought it last fall (i.e. 2018) as an early Christmas present for my wife, who is leading an in-depth study of Isaiah. She finds it a good resource to use after she's done her own work on a lesson. One of the best presents I've ever bought her!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful guide through Isaiah
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 21, 2021
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This is a macro-level commentary (i.e. commentary by chunks of related verses as opposed to verse level commentary). I found it very helpful in doing a deep reading of the book of Isaiah. The style of having an original context section and a contemporary significance section as well as a bridging context section in between those was particularly valuable. It helped me better grasp the timeless reality of the truth in the book of Isaiah and in many ways in the Bible as a whole. The commentator was very clear and the commentary showed that a lot of thought (and inspired meditating on God’s word, I believe), hard work (and wide reading), and prayer had gone into it. Thank you.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very informative
Reviewed in Canada on April 12, 2022
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HIstory, Christianity and Gods desire. Dive in and find out how God was and how HE is today!
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TimBall
5.0 out of 5 stars A good Overview of Isaiah.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 15, 2009
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I like this series for "devotions", and this volume on Isaiah by John Ostwalt, is one of the best I've read so far in it. All this series provides the full NIV text to each "section", and covers, Original meaning, Bridge Context and Contempory Application. It isn't a verse by verse commentary and I would have preferred more detail in the exegesis, but it does give a very helpful "Broad Brush" approach to Isaiah without getting lost in minutia. As with most of this series it is Conservative Evangelical in Theology.
John Oswalt has also written the highly acclaimed 2 volume Commentary on Isaiah in the NICOT series, so he has much experience to draw on.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Commentary
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Far surpasses John Goldingay
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