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(See on Isa 48:1; Isa 48:3).
Sing, &c.--alluding to Ex 15:21.
See on Isa 34:1, introduction there.
Whom--not an idol.
(Compare Isa 40:18).
(De 33:26, 29).
know righteousness--(See on Isa 51:1).
before, &c.--within a year.
crown...the drunkards--rather, "the crown of the drunkards."
sure...quiet--free from fear of invasion.
confusion--"emptiness" [Barnes].
glory...islands--(Isa 24:15).
(See on Isa 62:8; Am 9:14).
sign--a token that God would fulfil His promise that Hezekiah should "go up into the house of the Lord the third day" (2Ki 20:5, 8); the words in italics are not in Isaiah.
It shall become a vast hunting ground, abounding in wild beasts (compare Jer 49:19).
strength--stronghold (compare Eze 26:15-18).
clothes rent--in grief and horror at the blasphemy (Mt 26:65).
(Isa 44:21; Ps 103:13; Mt 7:11).
love...mourn for her--(Ps 102:14, 17, 20; 122:6).
(Isa 65:17; 2Pe 3:13; Re 21:1).
The angel purposely conforms his language to Isaiah's famous prophecy (Isa 7:14) [Calvin].
afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court--of the royal castle.
This chapter opens the series of prophecies as to the invasion of Judea under Sennacherib, and its deliverance.
Rab-shakeh speaks louder and plainer than ever to the men on the wall.
join...Lord--(Jer 50:6). Conditions of admission to the privileges of adoption.