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Ask a QuestionZion--the literal Israel's complaint, as if God had forsaken her in the Babylonian captivity; also in their dispersion previous to their future restoration; thereby God's mercy shall be called...
The anarchy resulting under such imbecile rulers (Isa 3:4); unjust exactions mutually; the forms of respect violated (Le 19:32). base--low-born. Compare the marks of "the last days" (2Ti 3:2).
fishers--The Nile was famed for fish (Nu 11:5); many would be thrown out of employment by the failure of fishes. angle--a hook. Used in the "brooks" or canals, as the "net" was in "the waters" of...
Whereas thou hast prayed to me--that is, hast not relied on thy own strength but on Me (compare 2Ki 19:20). "That which thou hast prayed to Me against Sennacherib, I have heard" (Ps 65:2).
(Isa 40:19, 20; 41:7.) They lavish gold out of their purses and spare no expense for their idol. Their profuseness shames the niggardliness of professors who worship God with what cost them...
is upon me; because...hath anointed me--quoted by Jesus as His credentials in preaching (Lu 4:18-21). The Spirit is upon Me in preaching, because Jehovah hath anointed Me from the womb (Lu 1:35),...
Ye--the enemy. conceive chaff--(Isa 26:18; 59:4). your breath--rather, your own spirit of anger and ambition [Maurer], (Isa 30:28).
peace--whether in relation to God, to their own conscience, or to their fellow men (Isa 57:20, 21). judgment--justice. crooked--the opposite of "straightforward" (Pr 2:15; 28:18).
lofty looks--literally, "eyes of pride" (Ps 18:27). humbled--by calamities. God will so vindicate His honor "in that day" of judgments, that none else "shall be exalted" (Zec 14:9).
And the Lord spake by his servants the prophets--These were Hosea, Joel, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Isaiah. Their counsels, admonitions, and prophetic warnings, were put on record in the national...
returning and rest--turning back from your embassy to Egypt, and ceasing from warlike preparations. quietness--answering to "wait for Him (God)" (Isa 30:18).
leap--literally, "fulfilled" (Ac 3:8; 14:10). sing--joyful thanksgiving. in...wilderness...waters--(Isa 41:18).
(Isa 45:8, 55:10, 11; Ps 72:3; 85:11). bud--the tender shoots. praise--(Isa 60:18; 62:7).
cast...lot--As conquerors apportion lands by lot, so Jehovah has appointed and marked out ("divided") Edom for the wild beasts (Nu26:55, 56; Jos 18:4-6).
the last trump--at the sounding of the trumpet on the last day [Vatablus] (Mt 24:31; 1Th 4:16). Or the Spirit by Paul hints that the other trumpets mentioned subsequently in the Apocalypse shall...
(Isa 42:8; 43:3, 11; 44:8; 46:9). girded thee--whereas "I will loose (the girdle off) the loins of kings" (Isa 45:1), strengthening thee, but enfeebling them before thee. though...not known me...
hungry--not literally. Image from unappeasable hunger, to picture internal factions, reckless of the most tender ties (Isa 9:19), and insatiably spreading misery and death on every side (Jer 19:9)....
work for Egypt--nothing which Egypt can do to extricate itself from the difficulty. head or tail--high or low (Isa 19:11-15, and Isa 19:8-10). branch or rush--the lofty palm branch or the humble...
Then Isaiah...sent--A revelation having been made to Isaiah, the prophet announced to the king that his prayer was heard. The prophetic message consisted of three different portions:--First,...
I will...command--The parable is partly dropped and Jehovah, as in Isa 5:7, is implied to be the Owner: for He alone, not an ordinary husbandman (Mt 21:43; Lu 17:22), could give such a "command." ...
(De 30:3). seed--descendants scattered in all lands. Vitringa understands it of the spiritual "seed" of the Church produced by mystical regeneration: for the expression is, "bring," not "bring...
declared--predicted the future (Isa 41:22, 23). saved--the nation, in past times of danger. showed--namely, that I was God. when...no strange god, &c.--to whom the predictions uttered by Me could...
So wonderful shall be God's future interpositions in your behalf, that all past ones shall be forgotten in comparison. Plainly the future restoration of Israel is the event ultimately meant. Thus...
(Isa 2:3; 11:10; 43:6; 49:22; 66:12). kings--(Isa 49:7, 23; 52:15). thy rising--rather, "thy sun-rising," that is, "to the brightness that riseth upon thee."
The deliverance from Babylon is foretold, but there is reference to greater events. The redemption of sinners by Christ, the conversion of the Gentiles, and the recall of the Jews, are described....
Thy children--Israel (Isa 49:20, 21; Isa 43:6). Jerome reads, for "Thy children," "Thy builders"; they that destroyed thee shall hasten to build thee. haste--to rebuild thy desolate capital. shall...
Isaiah imagines himself among the exiles in Babylon and cannot help feeling moved by the calamities which come on it. So for Moab (Isa15:5; 16:11). pain--(Compare Isa 13:8; Eze 30:4, 19; Na 2:10)....