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Ask a Question(Da 4:35). To comfort the Jews, lest they should fear that people; not in order to call the Philistines to repentance, since the prophecy was probably never circulated among them. They had been...
mean--in rank: not morally base: opposed to "the great man." The former is in Hebrew, Adam, the latter, ish. boweth--namely, to idols. All ranks were idolaters. forgive...not--a threat expressed by...
In that day, &c.--Suffering shall lead to repentance. Struck with "terror" and "afraid" (Isa 19:17) because of Jehovah's judgments, Egypt shall be converted to Him: nay, even Assyria shall join in...
like...women--timid and helpless (Jer 51:30; Na 3:13). shaking of...hand--His judgments by means of the invaders (Isa 10:5,32; 11:15).
house of the Lord--Hence he makes the praises to be sung there prominent in his song (Isa 38:20; Ps 116:12-14, 17-19).
For--the cause of their flight southwards (2Ki 3:19, 25). "For" the northern regions and even the city Nimrim (the very name of which means "limpid waters," in Gilead near Jordan) are without water...
Depart from the true "way" (so in Ac 19:9, 23) of religion. cause...to cease--Let us hear no more of His name. God's holiness is what troubles sinners most.
when he heard say of Tirhakah ..., Behold, he is come out to fight against thee, &c.--This was the "rumor" to which Isaiah referred [2Ki 19:7]. Tirhakah reigned in Upper Egypt, while So (or Sabaco)...
moles--Others translate "mice." The sense is, under ground, in darkness. bats--unclean birds (Le 11:19), living amidst tenantless ruins (Re11:13).
head and tail--proverbial for the highest and lowest (De 28:13,44). branch and rush--another image for the same thought (Isa 19:15). The branch is elevated on the top of the tree: the rush is...
(Isa 9:19; Am 2:1). Perhaps alluding to their being about to be burnt on the funeral pyre (Isa 30:33). thorns--the wicked (2Sa 23:6, 7).
Addressed to Israel, embodied in "the servant of Jehovah" (Isa 42:1), Messiah, its ideal and representative Head, through whom the elect remnant is to be restored. put my words in thy mouth--true...
This people--namely, The same as "My people, My chosen" (see Isa43:1, 7; Ps 102:18). my praise--on account of the many and great benefits conferred on them, especially their restoration.
destruction--literally, "breaking into shivers" (Re 2:27). The prophets hasten forward to the final extinction of the ungodly (Ps37:20; Re 19:20; 20:15); of which antecedent judgments are types.
ancient--the older. honourable--the man of rank. prophet...lies,...tail--There were many such in Samaria (1Ki 22:6,22, 23; compare as to "tail," Re 9:19).
highway--a highway clear of obstructions (Isa 19:23; 35:8). like as...Israel...Egypt--(Isa 51:10, 11; 63:12, 13).
Zion--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...
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),...
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...
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).
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).