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Ask a QuestionThy princes and people are degenerate in "solid worth," equivalent to "silver" (Jer 6:28, 30; Eze 22:18, 19), and in their use of the living Word, equivalent to "wine" (So 7:9). mixed--literally,...
They--The "other lords" or tyrants (Isa 26:13). shall not live--namely, again. deceased--Hebrew, "Rephaim"; powerless, in the land of shades (Isa14:9, 10). therefore--that is, inasmuch as. Compare...
blind--spiritually (Isa 42:16, 18, 19; Isa 35:5; Joh 9:39). prison--(Isa 61:1, 2). darkness--opposed to "light" (Isa 42:6; Eph 5:8; 1Pe 2:9).
It shall become a vast hunting ground, abounding in wild beasts (compare Jer 49:19).
cry...can...not...save--(Isa 45:20, with which contrast Isa45:19).
strength--stronghold (compare Eze 26:15-18).
strip you--of your gay clothing. (See Isa 2:19, 21).
In the first restoration Judah alone was restored, with perhaps some few of Israel (the ten tribes): in the future restoration both are expressly specified (Eze 37:16-19; Jer 3:18). To Israel are...
In...year...Uzziah died--Either literal death, or civil when he ceased as a leper to exercise his functions as king [Chaldee], (2Ch26:19-21). 754 B.C. [Calmet] 758 (Common Chronology). This is not...
graven--rather, an image in general; for it is incongruous to say "melteth" (that is, casts out of metal) a graven image (that is, one of carved wood); so Jer 10:14, "molten image." spreadeth it...
the waters of Judah--spring from the fountain of Judah (Nu 24:7; De33:28; Ps 68:26; Margin). Judah has the "fountain" attributed to it, because it survived the ten tribes, and from it Messiah was...
This verse explains the wretchedness spoken of in Isa 24:16. Jeremiah (Jer 48:43, 44) uses the same words. They are proverbial; Isa 24:18 expressing that the inhabitants were nowhere safe; if they...
redeemed--temporarily, civilly, and morally; type of the spiritual redemption by the price of Jesus Christ's blood (1Pe 1:18, 19), the foundation of "judgment" and "righteousness," and so of...
burden--(See on Isa 13:1). upon...cloud--(Ps 104:3; 18:10). come into Egypt--to inflict vengeance. "Egypt," in Hebrew, Misraim, plural form, to express the two regions of Egypt. Bunsen observes,...
thy sons--rather, changing the points, which are of no authority in Hebrew, "thy builder" or "restorer," that is, God; for in the parallel clause, and in Isa 62:4, God is implied as being "married"...
Tema--a kindred tribe: an oasis in that region (Jer 25:23). The Temeans give water to the faint and thirsting Dedanites; the greatest act of hospitality in the burning lands of the East, where...
peace--(Ps 119:165). Compare the desire expressed by the same Messiah (Mt 23:37; Lu 19:42). river--(Isa 33:21; 41:18), a river flowing from God's throne is the symbol of free, abundant, and ever...
wolf...lamb--Each animal is coupled with that one which is its natural prey. A fit state of things under the "Prince of Peace" (Isa65:25; Eze 34:25; Ho 2:18). These may be figures for men of...
sworn by myself--equivalent to, "As I live," as Ro 14:11 quotes it. So Nu 14:21. God could swear by no greater, therefore He swears by Himself (Heb 6:13, 16). word...in righteousness--rather, "the...
Zion (Isa 61:3) gives thanks for God's returning favor (compare Lu1:46, 47; Hab 3:18). salvation...righteousness--inseparably connected together. The "robe" is a loose mantle thrown over the other...
Just as Miriam, after the deliverance of the Red Sea (Isa 11:16), celebrated it with an ode of praise (Ex 15:1-19).
In contrast to the godly (Isa 50:10), the wicked, in times of darkness, instead of trusting in God, trust in themselves (kindle a light for themselves to walk by) (Ec 11:9). The image is continued...
Sodom--spiritually (Ge 19:24; Jer 23:14; Eze 16:46; Re 11:8).
let them know--that is, How is it that, with all their boast of knowing the future [Diodorus, 1.81], they do not know what Jehovah of hosts ...
cast out--unburied (Isa 14:19). melted--washed away as with a descending torrent.
It--The burning pitch, &c. (Isa 34:9). smoke...for ever--(Re 14:11; 18:18; 19:3). generation to generation--(Mal 1:4). none...pass through--Edom's original offense was: they would not let Israel...