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Ask a QuestionAll--that is, This is the usual practice. in glory--in a grand mausoleum. house--that is, "sepulchre," as in Ec 12:5; "grave" (Isa 14:19). To be excluded from the family sepulcher was a mark of...
said--virtually. Hast thou within thyself? height--imagery from the Assyrian felling of trees in Lebanon (Isa 14:8; 33:9); figuratively for, "I have carried my victorious army through the regions...
not...secret--not like the heathen oracles which gave their responses from dark caverns, with studied obscurity (Isa 48:16). Christ plainly quotes these words, thereby identifying Himself with...
he also is wise--as well as the Egyptian priests, so famed for wisdom (Ac 7:22), but who are "fools" before Him (Isa 19:11). He not only devises, but executes what He devises without "calling back...
Remember--"Be not like the idolaters who consider not in their heart" (Isa 44:19). these--things just said as to the folly of idol-worship. my servant--not like the idolaters, slaves to the stock...
That he--rather, "he who," &c. blesseth, &c.--(Ps 72:17; Jer 4:2). God of truth--very God, as opposed to false gods; Hebrew, Amen: the very name of Messiah (2Co 1:20; Re 3:14), faithful to His...
The words expressing the admiration of the daughters. Historically (Ac 5:24-39). as the morning--As yet she is not come to the fulness of her light (Pr4:18). moon--shining in the night, by light...
I--Isaiah speaking in the person of the Messiah. watchmen upon...walls--image from the watches set upon a city's wall to look out for the approach of a messenger with good tidings (Isa 52:7, 8);...
The third clause answers in parallelism to the first, the fourth to the second. I am the Lord's--(Jer 50:5; 1Co 6:19, 20; 2Co 8:5). call himself by the name of Jacob--The Gentiles (as the result of...
(Compare Pr 2:18, 19; 7:27).
Spirit of the Lord--Jehovah. The Spirit by which the prophets spake: for Messiah was to be a Prophet (Isa 61:1; De 18:15, 18). Seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are specified, to imply that the...
Eliakim--successor to Shebna, who had been "over the household," that is, chief minister of the king; in Isa 22:15-20, this was foretold. scribe--secretary, recorder--literally, "one who reminds";...
As Messianic prophecy extended over many years in which many political changes took place in harmony with these, it displayed its riches by a variety more effective than if it had been manifested...
I and the children--Isaiah means "salvation of Jehovah"; His children's names, also (Isa 7:3, 14; 8:3), were "signs" suggestive of the coming and final deliverance. wonders--that is, symbols of the...
set...hand--take in hand the work. Therefore the coming restoration of the Jews is to be distinct from that after the Babylonish captivity, and yet to resemble it. The first restoration was...
In opposition to Job 18:19; 5:4.
death--deadly plague (Jer 18:21; 43:11; Eze 5:2, 12; Zec 11:9).
clap...hands...people--literally, "peoples," or "nations" (compare De 32:43; Ps 18:49; 98:9).
(See on Jer 18:16).
(Isa 13:19). Repeated from Jer 49:18.
The prophet asks why His garments are "dyed" and "red." winefat--rather, the "wine-press," wherein the grapes were trodden with the feet; the juice would stain the garment of him who trod them...
rivers...not overflow thee--so in passing Jordan, though at its "overflow," when its "swellings" were especially dangerous (Jos 3:15; Jer 12:5). waters...fire--a proverbial phrase for the extremest...
among them--among the gods and astrologers of the Chaldees (Isa41:22; 43:9; 44:7). Lord...loved him; he will, &c.--that is, "He whom the Lord hath loved will do," &c. [Lowth]; namely, Cyrus (Isa...
Idolaters are called to appear in defence of their idols. Those who make them, and trust in them, are like unto them. They have the shape and faculties of men; but they have not common sense. But...
heaven...throne...where is...house...ye build--The same sentiment is expressed, as a precautionary proviso for the majesty of God in deigning to own any earthly temple as His, as if He could be...
Hear...indeed--Hebrew, "In hearing hear," that is, Though ye hear the prophet's warnings again and again, ye are doomed, because of your perverse will (Joh 7:17), not to understand. Light enough is...
his--Judah's (compare Isa 9:21). at Zoan--are already arrived there on their errand to Pharaoh (see Isa19:11). came to Hanes--are come there. West of the Nile, in central Egypt: Egyptian Hnes; the...
beast--image of idolaters, defiled with blood and pollutions, dwelling like dragons, &c., in the wastes of Gentile ignorance: even they shall be converted. Or else, literally, such copious floods...
I, even I--the God against whom your sin is committed, and who alone can and will pardon. (Isa 44:22). for mine own sake--(Isa 48:9, 11). How abominable a thing sin is, since it is against such a...
(Isa 48:20; Zec 2:6, 7). Long residence in Babylon made many loath to leave it: so as to mystical Babylon (Re 18:4). ye...that bear...vessels of the Lord--the priests and Levites, whose office it...