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They--namely, "Jehovah," and the armies which are "the weapons of His indignation." far country--Media and Persia, stretching to the far north and east. end of heaven--the far east (Ps 19:6). ...
Whom--rather, "Which," namely, "the land," or "earth," that is, the people of it [Maurer]. my people--the peculiar designation of Israel, the elect people, here applied to Egypt to express its...
(Jer 3:17). Still future: of which Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem amidst hosannas was a pledge. his ancients--the elders of His people; or in general, His ancient people, the Jews. After the...
impoverished--literally, "sunk" in circumstances. no oblation--he who cannot afford to overlay his idol with gold and silver (Isa 40:19). tree...not rot--the cedar, cypress, oak, or ash (Isa...
Sit--the posture of mourning (Ezr 9:4; Job 2:13; La 2:10). darkness--mourning and misery (La 3:2; Mic 7:8). lady of kingdoms--mistress of the world (Isa 13:19).
head of all...streets--(La 2:19; 4:1). wild bull--rather, "oryx" [Jerome], or gazelle [Gesenius], or wild goat [Bochart]; commonly in the East taken in a net, of a wide sweep, into which the beasts...
For--referring to Isa 55:7. You need not doubt His willingness "abundantly to pardon" (compare Isa 55:12); for, though "the wicked" man's "ways," and "the unrighteous man's thoughts," are so...
forgotten...God of...salvation...rock--(De 32:15, 18). plants--rather, "nursery grounds," "pleasure-grounds" [Maurer]. set in--rather, "set them," the pleasure-grounds. strange slips--cuttings of...
other lords--temporal; heathen kings (2Ch 12:8; 28:5, 6), Nebuchadnezzar, &c. Spiritual also, idols and lusts (Ro 6:16-18). by thee only--It is due to Thee alone, that we again worship Thee as our...
(Isa 65:9). The restoration from Babylon only typifies the full accomplishment of the prophecy (Isa 30:18-33). weep no more--(Isa 25:8). thy cry--(Isa 26:8, 9; Jer 29:12-14).
made bare...arm--metaphor from warriors who bare their arm for battle (Eze 4:7). all...earth...see...salvation of...God--The deliverance wrought by God for Israel will cause all nations to...
oak--Ye shall be like the "oaks," the object of your "desire" (Isa1:29). People become like the gods they worship; they never rise above their level (Ps 135:18). So men's sins become their own...
Literally, "tongue of fire eateth" (Ac 2:3). flame consumeth the chaff--rather, withered grass falleth before the flame (Mt 3:12). root...blossom--entire decay, both the hidden source and outward...
lifted up--to punish the foes of God's people. They who will not see shall be made to "see" to their cost (Isa 5:12). their envy at the people--that is, "Thy people." Lowth translates, "They shall...
a man--rather, the man Christ [Lowth]; it is as "the Son of man" He is to reign, as it was as Son of man He suffered (Mt 26:64; Joh 5:27;19:5). Not as Maurer explains, "every one of the princes...
of nothing--(See on Isa 40:17). The Hebrew text is here corrupt; so English Version treats it. abomination--abstract for concrete: not merely abominable, but the essence of whatever is so (De...
Go...forth...end of the earth--Primarily, a prophecy of their joyful deliverance from Babylon, and a direction that they should leave it when God opened the way. But the publication of it "to the...
not comforted--by anyone; none gave her help or comfort. lay...with fair colours--rather, "lay...in cement of vermilion" [Lowth]. The Hebrew for "fair colors" means stibium, the paint with which...
(Ps 66:18; Pr 28:9; La 3:43, 44). spread...hands--in prayer (1Ki 8:22). Hebrew, "bloods," for all heinous sins, persecution of God's servants especially (Mt 23:35). It was the vocation of the...
rest--those who shall survive the destruction of the host. his forest--same image as in Isa 10:18, for the once dense army. child...write--so few that a child might count them.
strong people--This cannot apply to the Jews; but other nations on which Babylon had exercised its cruelty (Isa 14:12) shall worship Jehovah, awed by the judgment inflicted on Babylon (Isa 23:18)....
vile--rather, "fool" [Lowth]; that is, ungodly (Ps 14:1; 74:18). liberal--rather, "noble-minded." churl--rather, "fraudulent" [Gesenius]. bountiful--religiously. The atheistic churl, who envies the...
No lion--such as might be feared on the way through the wilderness which abounded in wild beasts, back to Judea. Every danger shall be warded off the returning people (Isa 11:6-9; Eze 34:25; Ho...
in contrast to what precedes: Babylon's idols, so far from bearing its people safely are themselves borne off, a burden to the laden beast; but Jehovah bears His people in safety even from the womb...
deeds--Hebrew, "recompenses"; "according as their deeds demand" [Maurer]. This verse predicts the judgments at the Lord's second coming, which shall precede the final redemption of His people...
darkened--namely, with smoke (Isa 9:18). The Septuagint and Chaldee render it, "is burnt up," so Maurer, from an Arabic root meaning "suffocating heat." no man...spare...brother--intestine discord...
Eglaim--(Eze 47:10), En-eglaim. Not the Agalum of Eusebius, eight miles from Areopolis towards the south; the context requires a town on the very borders of Moab or beyond them. Beer-elim...
(Mic 1:3; Jude 14). disclose...blood--(Ge 4:10, 11; Job 16:18; Eze 24:7, 8). All the innocent blood shed, and all other wrongs done, so long seemingly with impunity, shall then be avenged (Re...
Fury is not in me--that is, I entertain no longer anger towards my vine. who would set...in battle--that is, would that I had the briers, &c. (the wicked foe; Isa 9:18; 10:17; 2Sa 23:6), before me!...