Isaiah 1:1--35:10
message <02377> [vision.]
revealed <02372> [saw.]
time <03117> [the days.]
Listen <08085> [Hear.]
Lord <03068> [for the Lord.]
raised <01431> [I have.]
rebelled against <06586> [they have.]
ox <07794> [ox.]
Israel <03478> [but Israel.]
sinful ..... good <01945 02398> [Ah sinful.]
weighed down ... evil deeds <03515 05771> [laden with iniquity. Heb. of heaviness. a seed.]
children <01121> [children.]
abandoned <05800> [forsaken.]
rejected <05006> [provoked.]
Holy One <06918> [the Holy.]
alienated <0268 02114> [gone away backward. Heb. alienated, or separated.]
battered <05221> [should.]
rebel <05627> [ye will.]
continue ... rebel <03254 05627> [revolt more and more. Heb. increase revolt. the whole.]
soles <03709> [the sole.]
cuts <02250> [bruises.]
cleansed <02115> [they have.]
olive oil <08081> [ointment. or, oil.]
land <0776> [country.]
burned <08313> [burned.]
foreign invaders <02114> [strangers.]
foreign invaders ....... destruction <02114 04114> [overthrown by strangers. Heb. the overthrow of strangers.]
Daughter <01323> [daughter.]
hut <05521> [cottage.]
besieged <05341> [besieged.]
left <03498> [left.]
few ...... quickly <04592> [a very.]
we .... become <01961 01819> [we should.]
Listen <08085> [Hear.]
Sodom <05467> [Sodom.]
importance ...... many <04100 07230> [what purpose.]
goats <06260> [he-goats. Heb. great he-goats.]
enter <0935> [When.]
When <07200> [appear. Heb. be seen. required.]
consider <07723> [vain.]
incense <07004> [incense.]
new moon <02320> [the new.]
tolerate sin-stained <0205> [it is.]
tolerate sin-stained <0205> [iniquity. or, grief.]
assemblies <05315> [my soul.]
tired <03811> [I am weary.]
spread ................ many <06566 07235> [when.]
prayer ..... other way ......... do ... listen <05956 08085> [I will.]
many prayers <08605 07235> [make many prayers. Heb. multiply prayer.]
hands ..................... hands <03709 03027> [your hands.]
blood <01818> [blood. Heb. bloods.]
Wash <07364> [Wash.]
Remove <05493> [put away.]
Stop <02308> [cease.]
Promote <01875> [seek.]
Give .... reason to celebrate <0833> [relieve. or, righten.]
consider <03198> [and let us.]
sins <02399> [though your.]
refuse <03985> [if ye refuse.]
certain <06310> [for the mouth.]
once-faithful <0539> [the faithful.]
prostitute <02181> [become.]
<04392> [it was full.]
silver <03701> [silver.]
beer <05435> [wine.]
officials <08269> [princes.]
associate <02270> [companions.]
love <0157> [every.]
take up <08199> [they judge.]
powerful ruler <046> [the mighty.]
Ah <01945> [Ah.]
attack <07725> [And I.]
<01253> [purely. Heb. according to pureness. purge.]
reestablish <07725> [And I will.]
called <07121> [thou shalt.]
returnees <06299> [redeemed.]
<07725> [her converts. or, they that return of her.]
shattered <07667> [the destruction. Heb. the breaking.]
abandon <05800> [they that.]
ashamed <0954> [ashamed.]
trees <0352> [the oaks.]
orchards <01593> [the gardens.]
tree <0424> [ye shall be.]
orchard <01593> [garden.]
powerful <02634> [the strong.]
thread <05296> [as tow.]
deeds .... spark <06467 05213> [the maker of it. or, his work. and they.]
revealed <02372> [saw.]
future <0319> [And it shall.]
future <0319> [in the last.]
mountain ............. mountains <02022> [the mountain.]
endure <03559> [established. or, prepared. and all.]
teach <03384> [he will teach.]
Zion <06726> [for out.]
judge <08199> [And he.]
beat <03807> [and they.]
pruning hooks <04211> [pruning-hooks. or, scythes. neither.]
<03212> [come ye.]
abandoned <05203> [Therefore.]
east <06924> [from the east. or, more than the east.]
readers <06049> [and are.]
<05606> [and they.]
Philistines <05606 03206> [please themselves in. or, abound with, etc.]
land ................ land <0776> [land.]
land ... full .............. land ... full <0776 04390> [their land is.]
full <04390> [is full.]
worship <07812> [worship.]
Men <0120> [the mean.]
worship <08213> [humbleth.]
spare <05375> [therefore.]
Go up <0935> [Enter.]
from ... dreadful judgment <06440 06343> [for fear.]
Proud <01365> [lofty.]
Lord <03068> [and the Lord.]
day <03117> [in that day.]
day <03117> [the day.]
high ........ proud <01343 05375> [upon.]
ships <0591> [the ships.]
impressive ships <07914 02532> [pleasant pictures. Heb. pictures of desire.]
Proud <01365> [the loftiness.]
worthless idols <0457> [the idols.]
completely eliminated <03632 02498> [he shall utterly abolish. or, shall utterly pass away.]
go <0935> [And they.]
ground ...................... earth <06083 0776> [earth. Heb. dust. for fear.]
rises <06965> [when he.]
throw <07993> [cast.]
[his idols of silver. Heb. the idols of his silver, etc.]
made ..... worship <06213 07812> [each one for himself to. or, for him to.]
go into <0935> [go.]
Stop <02308> [Cease.]
breath <05397> [whose.]
be .... consideration <02803> [for wherein.]
sovereign <0113> [behold.]
sovereign Lord <0113 03068> [the Lord.]
source ... security <04937> [the stay.]
mighty <01368> [mighty.]
leaders <02205> [the ancient.]
captains <08269> [captain.]
respected <06440 05375> [the honourable man. Heb. a man eminent in countenance.]
know incantations <03908 0995> [eloquent orator. or, skilful of speech.]
youths <05288> [children.]
people <05971> [the people.]
Youths <05288> [child.]
riffraff <07034> [base.]
man <0376> [a man.]
shout <05375> [swear. Heb. lift up the hand.]
doctor <02280> [healer. Heb. binder up.]
food <03899> [neither bread.]
Princes and great men in the East, as Sir J. Chardin testifies, are obliged to have a great stock of clothes in readiness for presents on all occasions; and a great quantity of provisions for the table is equally necessary, (see 1 Ki 4:22, 23. Ne 5:17, 18.) Hence the person desired to undertake the government, alleges as an excuse that he is not able to support the dignity of his station.
Jerusalem <03389> [Jerusalem.]
words <03956> [because.]
rebel <04784> [to provoke.]
look <01971> [The shew.]
openly <05046> [and they declare.]
<0188> [Woe.]
Tell ... innocent <0559 06662> [Say ye.]
<0398> [they shall eat.]
bad <0188> [Woe.]
what they deserve <01576> [for the reward.]
<06213> [given him. Heb. done to him.]
<05953> [children.]
leaders mislead <0833 08582> [lead thee. or, which call thee blessed.]
confusing <01104> [destroy. Heb. swallow up.]
takes <05324> [standeth up.]
comes <0935> [enter.]
leaders <02205> [the ancients.]
ruined <01197> [ye have eaten. or, ye have burnt.]
crush <01792> [What mean.]
crush <01792> [ye beat.]
women <01323> [the daughters.]
proud <01361> [are haughty.]
flirt .... eyes <05869 08265> [wanton eyes. Heb. deceiving with their eyes.]
Or, as {messakkaroth ainayim} is rendered in the Targum, "painting their eyes with stibium:" for {sakar} is probably the same as the Chaldee {sekar,} or that import.
<02952> [mincing. or, tripping nicely. and making.]
The Eastern ladies wear on their ankles large rings to which smaller ones are attached, which make a tinkling sound as they move nimbly.
afflict <05596> [smite.]
bald <06168> [discover. Heb. made naked.]
ankle .... ornaments <05914> [tinkling ornaments.]
jewelry neck <07636> [cauls. or, networks.]
{Shevisim,} probably the rich embroidered kerchiefs used to bind on their caps on the head, described by Lady M. W. Montague, Let. 32.
crescent shaped ornaments <07720> [round tires.]
earrings <05188> [chains. or, sweet-balls.]
{Neteephoth,} earrings or drops; in Arabic, {netafat.}
bracelets <08285> [the bracelets.]
veils <07479> [mufflers. or, spangled ornaments.]
sachets <05315> [tablets. Heb. houses of the soul.]
Probably perfume boxes, as rendered by Bp. Lowth.
amulets <03908> [the earrings.]
{Lechashim,} probably amulets.
rings <02885> [rings.]
nose rings <05141 0639> [nose jewels.]
festive dresses <04254> [The changeable suits.]
{Machalatzoth,} probably loose robes, used according to the weather.
vests <01549> [glasses.]
garments <05466> [fine linen.]
gowns <07289> [vails.]
smell ... spices ....... belt ..... braided ........... fine robe ........ beauty <01314 02290 04639 06614 03308> [instead.]
baldness <07144> [baldness.]
garment <04228> [a girding.]
prisoner's brand <03587> [burning.]
men <04962> [Thy men.]
strong men <01369> [mighty. Heb. might.]
gates <06607> [her gates.]
deprived <05352> [desolate. or, emptied. Heb. cleansed. shall sit.]
time <03117> [And in.]
Seven <07651> [seven.]
provide <0398> [We will eat.]
you <08034 07121> [let us be called by thy name. Heb. let thy name be called upon us. to take away. or, take thou away. reproach.]
crops <06780> [the branch.]
admiration ... honor <03519 06643> [beautiful and glorious. Heb. beauty and glory.]
produce <06529> [the fruit.]
remain <06413> [them that are escaped. Heb. the escaping.]
<0559> [shall be.]
destined <03789> [written.]
live <02416> [among the living. or, to life.]
wash <07364> [washed away.]
rinse <01740> [have purged.]
<07307> [by the spirit.]
<04349> [upon every.]
cloud <06051> [a cloud.]
convocations ....................... glorious <04349 04744 03519> [upon. or, above. all the glory.]
canopy <02646> [a defence. Heb. a covering.]
shelter <05521> [tabernacle.]
protection <04563> [for a covert.]
sing <07891> [Now.]
love ........... love <03039> [well-beloved.]
vineyard ...... vineyard <03754> [touching.]
fertile hill <07161 01121> [a very fruitful hill. Heb. the horn of the son of oil.]
built a hedge ...... stones <05823 05619> [fenced it. or, made a wall about it.]
planted <05193> [planted.]
vine <08321> [the choicest vine.]
{Sorek,} in Arabic, {sharik,} certainly denotes an excellent vine; but some with Bp. Lowth, retain it as a proper name. Sorek was a valley lying between Askelon and Gaza, so called from the excellence of its vines.
built <01129> [and built.]
constructed <02672> [made. Heb. hewed. a winepress.]
waited for <06960> [he looked.]
sour ones <0891> [wild grapes.]
decide <08199> [judge.]
inform <03045> [go to.]
remove <05493> [I will take.]
graze <04823> [trodden down. Heb. for a treading.]
make <07896> [I will lay.]
prune <02168> [it shall.]
order <06680> [also.]
vineyard <03754> [the vineyard.]
cultivated place ..... took delight <08191 05194> [his pleasant plant. Heb. plant of his pleasures.]
waited <06960> [he looked.]
disobedience .......... got cries <04939 06818> [but.]
The paronomasia, or play of words, is very remarkable here: he looked for {mishpat,} "judgment," but behold {mispach,} "oppression;" for {tzedakah,} "justice," but behold {tz‰dkah,} "a cry."
disobedience <04939> [oppression. Heb. a scab.]
got cries <06818> [a cry.]
<05060> [them.]
landed <07704> [field.]
<03427> [they. Heb. ye placed.]
[In mine ears, said. or. This is in mine ears, saith, etc.]
<03808> [Of a truth, etc. Heb. If not many houses desolate, etc. desolate.]
few <0259> [one.]
get up <07925> [rise.]
intoxicated <01814> [inflame. or, pursue.]
stringed instruments <03658> [the harp.]
recognize <05027> [they regard.]
people <05971> [my people.]
understanding <01847> [because.]
leaders .... nothing to eat <04962 07458 03519> [honourable men are famished. Heb. glory are men of famine.]
masses <01995> [multitude.]
Death <07585> [hell.]
open <06473> [opened.]
celebrate <05938> [he that rejoiceth.]
Men <0120> [the mean.]
proud <05869> [the eyes.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
sovereign God's <06918 0410> [God that is holy. or, the holy God. Heb. the God the holy.]
<06942> [sanctified.]
Lambs <03532> [shall the lambs.]
ruins <02723> [the waste.]
graze <01481> [strangers.]
pull <04900> [draw.]
hurry <04116> [Let him.]
plan <06098> [let the.]
<0559> [them.]
evil good ... good evil <07451 02896 0559> [call evil good. Heb. say concerning evil, It is good, etc.]
wise <02450> [wise.]
<06440> [in their own sight. Heb. before their face.]
champions <01368> [mighty.]
innocent <06663> [justify.]
for ... payoff <06118 07810> [for reward.]
ignore <05493> [take.]
fire <0784> [fire. Heb. tongue of fire. devoureth.]
flaming <03956> [the flame.]
root <08328> [their root.]
rejected <03988> [cast away.]
spurned <05006> [despised.]
furious .............................. anger <0639> [the anger.]
lifts ................................... strike <05186> [stretched.]
mountains <02022> [the hills.]
manure <05478> [torn. or, as dung.]
furious .............................. anger <0639> [For all.]
lifts <05375> [he will.]
whistles <08319> [hiss.]
far regions <07097> [end.]
come <0935> [they.]
tire <05889> [shall be.]
belts <0232> [neither.]
unstrap <08288> [nor the latchet.]
arrows <02671> [arrows.]
horses <05483> [their horses.]
roar <07581> [roaring.]
seize <0270> [lay hold.]
sound <05100> [like.]
look <05027> [if one look.]
against <06862> [sorrow. or, distress. and the light, etc. or, when it is light, it shall be dark in the destructions thereof.]
year <08141> [A.M. 3245. B.C. 759. the year.]
[Azariah.]
saw <07200 0853> [I saw also.]
seated <03427> [sitting.]
high <07311> [high.]
hem <07757> [his train. or, the skirts thereof. filled.]
stood <05975> [stood.]
Seraphs <08314> [seraphims.]
wings <03671> [wings.]
covered ... faces ..... covered <06440 03680> [covered his face.]
feet <07272> [his feet.]
fly <05774> [did fly.]
called out <07121 0559> [one cried unto another. Heb. this cried to this.]
Holy holy holy <06918> [Holy.]
earth <0776> [the whole earth, etc. Heb. his glory is the fulness of the whole earth.]
door frames <0520> [posts.]
door frames <05592> [door. Heb. thresholds. the house.]
said Too bad <0559 0188> [said I.]
destroyed <01820> [undone. Heb. cut off. a man.]
live <03427> [I dwell.]
eyes <05869> [mine eyes.]
flew <05774> [flew.]
hot coal <07531> [having, etc. Heb. and in his hand a live coal.]
taken <03947> [which.]
touched ... mouth .......... touched <05060 06310> [he laid it upon. Heb. caused it to touch.]
evil <05771> [thine iniquity.]
heard <08085> [I heard.]
send ............. send <07971> [Whom.]
say ............. answered <0559> [us.]
say ............. answered <0559> [Then.]
send ............. send <07971> [Here am I. Heb. Behold me.]
<03212> [Go.]
Listen <08085> [Hear ye.]
Listen ...... Look <08085 07200> [indeed. or, without ceasing. Heb. in hearing. indeed.]
Heb. in seeing.
hearts <03820> [the heart.]
calloused <08080> [fat.]
ears deaf ................. ears <03513 0241> [ears heavy.]
see <07200> [lest.]
repent <07725> [convert.]
sovereign master <0136> [Lord.]
cities <05892> [Until the.]
ruins ............ ruined ... devastated <07582 08077> [utterly desolate. Heb. desolate with desolation.]
<03068> [the Lord.]
distant <07227> [a great.]
tenth <06224> [But yet.]
again <07725> [and it shall return, etc. or, when it is returned, and hath been broused. teil-tree.]
The teil-tree is the linden or lime-tree, a species very common in Palestine; the leaf of which resembles that of the laurel, and its flower that of the olive. But the original {ailah,} which our translators render the oak, (but here distinguished from {allon,} the oak,) and Bp. Lowth the {ilex,} in ch. 1:29, 30, probably denotes, as Celsius contends, the {terebinth.} It is an evergreen of moderate size, but having the top and branches large in proportion to the trunk; leaves, like those of the olive, but green intermixed with red and purple; flowers, like those of the vine, growing in bunches, and purple; fruit, of a ruddy purple, the size of a juniper berry, hanging in clusters, very juicy, and containing a single seed of the size of a grape stone; wood, hard and fibrous, from which a resin distils; with an excresence scattered among the leaves, of the size of a chestnut, of a purple colour, variegated with green and white.
sacred pillar .......... sacred pillar <04678> [substance. or, stock, or stem.]
high place <06944> [so the holy.]
During ... reign <03117> [the days.]
Rezin <07526> [Rezin.]
unable <03201> [but could.]
family <01004> [the house.]
allied ... Ephraim ................. before <05117 06440 0669> [is confederate with. Heb. resteth on.]
emotionally <03824> [And his heart.]
Go out <03318> [Go forth.]
Shear-jashub <07610> [Shear-jashub. that is, The remnant shall return.]
.# 6:13 10:21 55:7 Ro 9:27
end <07097> [the end.]
road <04546> [highway. or, causeway.]
Make sure <08104> [Take heed.]
be afraid .... intimidated <03372 07401> [fear not.]
intimidated <07401> [neither be faint-hearted. Heb. let not they heart be tender.]
two stubs <02180 08147> [the two tails.]
Syria <0758> [Syria.]
terrorize <06973> [vex. or, waken. lit. disgust. <\\See definition 06973\\>.]
leader ...... leader <07218> [For the head.]
Dr. Jubb transposes the former part of ver. 9, and renders, "Though the head of Syria be Damascus; and the head of Damascus Retzin; and the head of Ephraim be Samaria; and the head of Samaria Remaliah's son; yet within threescore and five years Ephraim shall be broken, that he be no more a people." This renders the passage perfectly clear; and the prophecy received its full accomplishment when Esarhaddon carried away the remains of the ten tribes.
sixty-five <08346> [within.]
nation <05971> [that it be not a people. Heb. from a people.]
leader ...... leader <07218> [the head.]
firm ....... secure <0539> [If ye, etc. or, ye not believe? it is because ye are not stable.]
<03068> [Moreover, etc. Heb. and the Lord added to speak.]
sign <0226> [a sign.]
Ask ................. miraculous <07592 06009> [ask it either in the depth. or, make thy petition deep.]
ask <07592> [I will not ask.]
test <05254> [neither.]
test <05254> [tempt.]
family <01004> [O house.]
insignificant <04592> [Is it a small.]
patience ...... why you are ..... patience <03811> [to weary.]
patience ...... why you are ..... patience <03811> [will ye.]
young woman <05959> [Behold.]
<07121> [shall call. or, thou, O virgin, shalt call.]
<0410> [Immanuel.]
sour milk <02529> [Butter.]
Connecting this verse with the preceding and following, we may render with Dr. Jubb and Lowth, "Behold the virgin ({h„ƒlmah,} as the word uniformly signifies, Ge 24:43. Ex 2:8. Ps 68:26. Pr 30:19. So 1:3; 6:8.) shall conceive and bear a son, and thou shalt call his name Immanuel; butter and honey shall he eat when he shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good. For," etc.
know <03045> [know.]
child <05288> [before.]
land <0127> [the land.]
bring ..... people <0935 05971> [bring upon.]
time .... since <03117> [the day.]
whistle <08319> [hiss.]
flies <02070> [fly.]
bees <01682> [bee.]
crevices <05357> [in the holes.]
watering holes <05097> [bushes. or, commendable trees.]
shave <01548> [shave.]
head <07218> [head.]
man <0376> [a man.]
sour milk ................ sour milk ... honey <02529 01706> [butter and honey.]
land <0776> [land. Heb. midst of the land.]
thousand vines .... thousand <01612 0505> [a thousand vines.]
thorns <08068> [be for briers.]
graze <04916> [but it.]
Take ... large <03947 01419> [Take thee.]
inscribe <03789> [write.]
stylus <02747 0582> [a man's pen.]
Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz <04122> [Maher-shalal-hash-baz. Heb. in making speed to the spoil, he hasteneth the prey. Or, Make speed, etc. hasten, etc.]
summon <05749> [I took.]
[Uria.]
<07126> [went. Heb. approached. the prophetess.]
conceived <02029> [she conceived.]
Name <08034 07121> [Call his name.]
Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz <04122> [Maher-shalal-hash-baz.]
wealth ... Damascus <02428 01834> [the riches of Damascus, etc. or, he that is before the king of Assyria shall take away the riches, etc.]
spoke <01696> [A.M. 3263. B.C. 741. spake]
rejected <03988> [refuseth.]
waters ... Shiloah <04325 07975> [the waters of Shiloah.]
[Siloam.]
gently flowing <01980 0328> [that go softly.]
melt in fear <04885> [rejoice.]
sovereign master ... bringing up ........................ reach <0136 05927> [the Lord bringeth.]
turbulent <06099> [strong.]
king <04428> [the king.]
bringing up ........................ reach <05927> [he shall come.]
spill <02498> [he shall pass.]
reaches <05060> [reach.]
spread <04298> [the stretching, etc. Heb. the fulness of the breadth of thy land shall be the stretchings out of his wings.]
Immanuel <06005> [O Immanuel.]
[Emmanuel.]
broken <07489> [Associate.]
shattered ................... shattered .......... shattered <02865> [and ye. or, yet ye.]
Get ready ......... Get ready <0247> [gird.]
strategy <06098> [counsel.]
God <0410> [for God.]
took ..... firmly <03027 02393> [with a strong hand. Heb. in strength of hand.]
warned <03256> [instructed.]
Conspiracy <07195> [not, A confederacy.]
afraid ... what scares <03372 04172> [fear ye.]
recognize <06942> [Sanctify.]
respect ........ fear <04172 06206> [and let him.]
sanctuary <04720> [he shall be.]
stone <068> [a stone.]
snare <04170> [a snare.]
stumble <03782> [stumble.]
Tie up <06887> [Bind up.]
evidence <08584> [the testimony.]
seal <02856> [seal.]
followers <03928> [among.]
patiently .............. wait <02442 06960> [I will.]
rejected <05641> [hideth.]
wait <06960> [I will look.]
sons <03206> [I and the.]
reminders <0226> [for signs.]
lives <07931> [which.]
Seek ....................... seek <01875> [Seek.]
chirp <06850> [that peep.]
people <05971> [should not.]
living <02416> [for the living.]
instructions <08451> [the law.]
darkened <07837> [it is.]
darkened <07837> [light. Heb. morning.]
destitute <07185> [through.]
destitute <07185> [hardly bestead.]
angry <07107> [they shall fret.]
curse <07043> [curse.]
looks out <05027> [look.]
darkness .... forced <0653 05080> [driven to darkness.]
gloom <04155> [A.M. 3264. B.C. 740. the dimness.]
times <06256> [when.]
now <0314> [afterward.]
way <01870> [by the way.]
Galilee .... nations <01471 01551> [Galilee of the nations. or, Galilee the populous.]
walking <01980> [walked.]
land <0776> [in the land.]
enlarged <07235> [hast multiplied.]
great joy ......... rejoice <08057 01431> [not increased the joy. or, to him increased the joy. they joy.]
joy ......... rejoice <08057> [according.]
<01523> [and as men.]
shattered <02865> [For thou hast broken. or, When thou brakest.]
club <04294> [the staff.]
day <03117> [as in the day.]
boot <05430> [For every battle, etc. or, When the whole battle of the warrior was, etc. confused noise.]
<08316> [but this shall be. or, and it was, etc. burning.]
fuel <03980> [fuel. Heb. meat.]
child <03206> [For unto.]
son <01121> [unto us a son.]
responsibility <04951> [the government.]
called <08034> [his name.]
Strategist <03289> [Counsellor.]
Mighty God <01368 0410> [The mighty God.]
Everlasting <05703 01> [The everlasting Father.]
Prince ... Peace <08269 07965> [The Prince of Peace.]
vast <04766> [the increase.]
strengthening ..... justice <05582 04941> [to establish it.]
intense devotion <07068> [The zeal.]
sovereign <07971 01697> [sent a word.]
people <05971> [And all.]
Ephraim <0669> [even Ephraim.]
pride <01346> [in the pride.]
bricks <03843> [bricks.]
provoked <07682> [set up.]
<05526> [join. Heb. mingle.]
Syria <0758> [Syrians.]
gobbled up Israelite <03478 0398> [devour Israel.]
<06310> [open mouth. Heb. whole mouth. For all.]
people <05971> [the people.]
seek <01875> [neither.]
cut off <03772> [will cut.]
one day <0259 03117> [in one day.]
leaders <02205> [ancient.]
prophets <05030> [the prophet.]
leaders ............ led <0833> [the leaders, etc. or, they that call them blessed.]
leaders ............ led ... destroyed <0833 01104> [led of them. or, called blessed of them.]
destroyed <01104> [destroyed. Heb. swallowed up.]
pleased <08055> [have no joy.]
godless <02611> [for every.]
mouth <06310> [every mouth.]
disgraceful words <05039> [folly. or, villany. For all.]
evil <07564> [wickedness.]
consumed <0398> [it shall.]
burned up <03341> [shall kindle.]
went up <055> [mount.]
land <0776> [is the land.]
fuel <03980> [fuel. Heb. meat.]
People <0376> [no man.]
devoured .......... ate ........... ate <01504 0398> [And he.]
devoured <01504> [snatch. Heb. cut.]
Ephraim ... Ephraim <0669> [Ephraim.]
anger <0639> [For all this.]
<01945> [A.M. 3291. B.C. 713. Woe.]
enact <02710> [them.]
[that write grievousness. or, to the writers that write grievousness.]
getting <05186> [turn aside.]
widows <0490> [that widows.]
do <06213> [And what.]
day <03117> [the day.]
destruction <07722> [in the desolation.]
run <05127> [to whom.]
leave <05800> [where.]
except <01115> [Without me.]
anger <0639> [For all this.]
Assyria ........... as good as dead <01945 0804> [O Assyrian. or, Woe to the Assyrian. Heb. O Asshur.]
club <07626> [the rod.]
cudgel <04294> [and. or, though.]
godless ......... people <02611 05971> [against.]
ordered <06680> [will I give.]
<07760> [tread them. Heb. lay them a treading.]
agree <01819> [he meaneth.]
mind ............... eliminate <03824> [in his heart.]
Calneh <03641> [Calno.]
[Calneh.]
Carchemish <03751> [Carchemish.]
Hamath <02574> [Hamath.]
Samaria <08111> [Samaria.]
kingdoms <04467> [the kingdoms.]
done .......... do <06213> [as I have.]
sovereign master <0136> [when the Lord.]
punish <06485> [I will.]
punish .......... proudly planned <06529 01433 03824 06485> [punish the fruit of the stout heart. Heb. visit upon the fruit of the greatness of the heart.]
attitude <08597> [the glory.]
says <0559> [For he saith.]
invaded <05493> [I have removed.]
storehouses <08154> [robbed.]
mighty <047> [a valiant man. or, many people.]
hand <03027> [And my.]
chirping <06850> [peeped.]
That is, chirped, from the Latin {pipio.} We still use the term pipe to express the note of the bullfinch.
ax <01631> [the axe.]
scepter <05130 07626> [the rod should shake itself against them. or, a rod should shake them. itself, as if it were no wood. or, that which is not wood.]
commands armies <0136 06635> [the Lord of hosts.]
majestic glory <03519> [and under]
light <0216> [the light.]
flame <03852> [for a flame.]
consume <0398> [devour.]
destroyed <03615> [consume.]
<05315 01320> [both soul and body. Heb. from the soul and even to the flesh.]
so few <04557> [few. Heb. number.]
those who remain <07605> [the remnant.]
<03254> [no more.]
rely ............. rely <08172> [but shall stay.]
back <07725> [return.]
mighty God <0410 01368> [the mighty God.]
people <05971> [though thy.]
remnant <07605> [yet a remnant.]
seashore ....... back <03220 07725> [of. Heb. in, or, among. the consumption.]
just <06666> [with. or, in.]
decreed <02782> [determined.]
people <05971> [O my people.]
afraid <03372> [be not afraid.]
beat ..... club <05221 07626> [smite thee.]
lift ... cudgel <05375 04294> [and shall lift up his staff against thee. or, but he shall lift up his staff for thee. after the manner.]
very <04213> [For yet.]
<05782> [stir up.]
the way he struck down <04347> [according.]
staff <04294> [his rod.]
burden <05448> [his burden.]
remove <05493> [be taken away. Heb. remove. because.]
attacked <0935> [He is come.]
This is a prophetical description of the march of Sennacherib's army approaching Jerusalem in order to invest it, and of the terror and confusion spreading and increasing through the several places as he advanced; expressed with great brevity, but finely diversified. Aiath, or Ai, was situated a little east of Bethel about twelve miles north of Jerusalem; Michmash about three miles nearer, where there was a narrow pass between two sharp hills; Geba and Ramah about three miles more to the south; Gibeah a mile and a half more southward; Anathoth within three miles of Jerusalem; to the westward of which, towards Lydda, was Nob, from which place Sennacherib might have a prospect of Zion, and near which, it would appear, his army was destroyed.
Aiath <05857> [Aiath.]
[Aija.]
Migron <04051> [Migron.]
Micmash <04363> [Michmash.]
pass <04569> [the passage.]
Geba <01387> [Geba.]
Ramah <07414> [Ramah.]
Gibeah <01390> [Gibeah.]
Shout out <06670 06963> [Lift up thy voice. Heb. Cry shrill with thy voice. Gallim.]
Laishah <03919> [Laish.]
Anathoth <06068> [Anathoth.]
Madmenah <04088> [Madmenah.]
[Madmannah.]
Nob <05011> [Nob.]
fist <05130> [shake.]
mountain <02022> [the mount.]
cut off <05586> [lop.]
tallest <07311> [the high ones.]
loftiest <01364> [and the haughty.]
chopped down <05362> [cut down.]
Lebanon <03844> [Lebanon.]
mighty <0117> [by a mighty one. or, mightily.]
grow out <03318> [And there shall.]
The prophet having described the destruction of the Assyrian army under that of a mighty forest, here takes occasion to represent the Great Person, who makes the subject of this chapter, as a slender twig, shooting out of the trunk of an old tree; which tender twig, though weak in appearance, should become fruitful and prosper.
Jesse's <03448> [of Jesse.]
bud <05342> [a Branch.]
spirit ....... spirit ....... spirit .......... spirit <07307> [the Spirit.]
spirit ....... spirit ..... wisdom ... spirit .......... spirit <02451 07307> [the spirit of wisdom.]
take delight <07306> [shall make him.]
take delight <07306> [understanding. Heb. scent. or, smell.]
judge <08199> [and he shall not.]
fairly <06664> [But with.]
make <03198> [reprove. or, argue.]
downtrodden <06035> [for the meek.]
strike <05221> [and he shall.]
mouth <07307> [with the breath.]
Justice <06664> [righteousness.]
integrity <0530> [and faithfulness.]
[cockatrice'. or, adder's.]
injure <07489> [not hurt.]
<0776> [for the.]
time <03117> [in that day.]
stand <05975> [which shall.]
Nations <01471> [to it shall.]
residence <04496> [his rest.]
majestic <03519> [glorious. Heb. glory.]
again .... hand <03027 03254> [set his hand.]
Assyria <0804> [from Assyria.]
Egypt <04714> [Egypt.]
Pathros <06624> [Pathros.]
Cush <03568> [Cush.]
Elam <05867> [Elam.]
Shinar <08152> [Shinar.]
Hamath <02574> [Hamath.]
seacoasts <0339> [the islands.]
lift <05375> [set up.]
gather <0622> [shall assemble.]
corners <03671> [corners. Heb. wings.]
jealousy <07068> [the envy.]
Philistine <06430> [the Philistines.]
west <03220> [toward.]
loot <0962> [spoil.]
people .... east ........... Ammonites <01121 06924> [them of the east. Heb. the children of the east. they shall lay, etc. Heb. Edom and Moab shall be the laying on of their hand; the children of Ammon their obedience.]
divide <02763> [utterly.]
strong <05868> [with his mighty.]
wave <05130> [he shake.]
dried-up <05221> [shall smite.]
sandals <05275> [dryshod. Heb. in shoes.]
highway <04546> [And there shall.]
Israel <03478> [like as it was.]
time <03117> [And in that.]
Lord <03068> [O Lord.]
angry <0599> [though.]
God <0410> [God.]
Lord <03050> [the Lord.]
Joyfully <08342> [with joy.]
time <03117> [in that day.]
Ask <07121 08034> [call upon his name. or, proclaim his name.]
Publicize <03045> [declare.]
<08034> [his name.]
Sing <02167> [Sing.]
known <03045> [this is known.]
Cry out <06670> [Cry out.]
citizens <03427> [thou.]
citizens <03427> [inhabitant. Heb. inhabitress. great.]
message <04853> [A.M. 3292. B.C. 712. burden.]
Babylon <0894> [of Babylon.]
Isaiah <03470> [which Isaiah.]
<05375> [Lift ye up.]
bare <08192> [upon the high.]
wave <05130> [shake.]
enter ... gates <0935 06607> [go into.]
orders <06680> [commanded.]
warriors <01368> [mighty ones.]
boasting <05947> [them that.]
loud ............... commotion <06963> [noise.]
like <01823> [like as. Heb. the likeness of.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
distant <04801> [from a far.]
instruments <03627> [and the weapons.]
Wail ..... day <03213 03117> [Howl ye.]
day <03117> [for the day.]
destructive <07701> [as a.]
hands <03027> [shall all.]
limp <07503> [be faint. or, fall down. every.]
cramps <06735> [pangs.]
one another ... astonishment <0376 07453 08539> [be amazed one at another. Heb. wonder every man at his neighbour. flames. Heb. faces of the flames.]
cruelty <0394> [cruel.]
<08045> [he shall.]
punish <06485> [I will punish.]
pride <01347> [and I will cause.]
shake <07264> [I will.]
earth <0776> [the earth.]
fury <05678> [in the wrath.]
frightened <05080> [as the.]
each ...... each <0376> [they shall.]
children <05768> [children.]
wives <0802> [and their.]
stirring <05782> [I will.]
concerned about ...... interested <02803> [shall not regard.]
cut ..... ribbons <07376> [shall dash.]
look <05869> [their eye.]
Babylon <0894> [Babylon.]
Babylon, whose destruction and utter ruin are here predicted, was situated in the midst of a large plain, having a very deep and fruitful soil, on the Euphrates, about 252 miles south-east of Palmyra, and the same distance north-west of Susa and the Persian gulf, in lat. 32 degrees 30' N. and long. 44 degrees 20' E. According to Herodotus, it formed a perfect square, each side of which was 120 stadia, and consequently its circumference 480 stadia, or sixty miles; inclosed by a wall 200 cubits high, and fifty wide, on the top of which were small watch towers of one story high, leaving a space between them, through which a chariot and four might pass and turn. On each side were twenty-five gates of solid brass; from each of which proceeded a street, 150 feet broad, making in all fifty streets; which, crossing each other at right angles, intersected the city into 676 squares, extending four stadia and a half on each side, along which stood the houses, all built three or four stories high, and highly decorated towards the street; the interior of these squares being employed as gardens, pleasure grounds, etc. Its principal ornaments were the temple of Belus, having a tower of eight stories, upon a base of a quarter of a mile square; a most magnificent palace; and the famous hanging gardens, or artificial mountains raised upon arches, and planted with large and beautiful trees. Cyrus took it by diverting the waters of the Euphrates, which ran through the midst, and entering by the channel; and the river being never restored to its proper course, overflowed the whole country, and made it a morass. Darius Hystaspes afterwards depopulated the place, lowered the walls, and demolished the gates; Xerxes destroyed the temples; the building of Seleucia nearly exhausted it of its inhabitants; a king of the Parthians carried a number of them into slavery, and destroyed the most beautiful parts; so that modern travellers describe it as a mass of shapeless ruins, the habitation of wild beasts.
God <0430> [when God overthrow. Heb. the overthrowing of.]
Wild animals <06728> [But.]
Wild animals <06728> [wild beasts. Heb. Ziim. doleful creatures. Heb. Ochim. owls. or, ostriches. Heb. daughters of the owl.]
Wild dogs <0338> [the wild beasts. Heb. Iim. desolate houses. or, palaces. dragons.]
time <06256> [her time.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
choose <0977> [choose.]
special ..... them <03240> [set.]
Resident foreigners <01616> [the strangers.]
family <01004> [and the house.]
they settle .......... captors .... rule ....... them <07617 07287> [and they.]
they settle .......... captors .... rule ....... them <07617 07287> [whose captives they were. Heb. that had taken them captives. they shall rule over.]
taunt <04912> [proverb. or, taunting speech.]
oppressor <05065> [How.]
Hostility <04062> [golden city. or, exactress of gold.]
struck down <05221> [who smote.]
unceasing blows <04347 01115> [continual stroke. Heb. a stroke without removing. is persecuted.]
without <01097> [and none.]
break into song <06476> [they.]
Sheol <07585> [Hell. or, The grave. from.]
stirred up <07264> [is moved.]
former leaders <06260> [chief ones. Heb. leaders, or, great goats.]
weak <02470> [Art thou also.]
splendor <01347> [pomp.]
maggots <07415> [the worm.]
fallen <05307> [How art thou fallen.]
shining <01966> [Lucifer. or, day-star.]
conqueror <02522> [weaken.]
said <0559> [thou.]
climb up <05927> [I will ascend.]
mountain <02022> [the mount.]
climb up <05927> [ascend.]
myself <01819> [I will be.]
down <03381> [thou.]
remote slopes <03411> [to the.]
stare <07688> [shall narrowly.]
man <0376> [Is this.]
made <07760> [made.]
free ... prisoners ...... home <01004 0615 06605> [opened not the house of his prisoners. or, did not let his prisoners loose homewards.]
lie <07901> [all of.]
own tomb <01004> [house.]
thrown out <07993> [thou.]
The prophet having briefly set forth, in the beginning of this chapter, the deliverance of Judah from captivity, in consequence of the destruction of Babylon, then introduces this triumphant song, the beauties of which are excellently illustrated by Bp. Lowth.
headed for <03381> [go.]
offspring <02233> [the seed.]
execute <04293> [slaughter.]
not <01077> [do not.]
rise <06965> [I will.]
remembrance <08034> [the name.]
people <07605> [remnant.]
turn ... into <07760> [make.]
sweeps <02894> [I will sweep.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
have intended <01819> [Surely.]
break <07665> [I will.]
yoke <05923> [then.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
hand <03027> [his.]
[A.M. 3278. B.C. 726.]
happy <08055> [Rejoice.]
Philistines <06429> [whole.]
club <07626> [because.]
viper <05175> [for.]
serpent's <06848> [cockatrice. or, adder.]
adder <08314> [a fiery.]
<01060> [the firstborn.]
poor <01800> [the poor.]
kill <04191> [and I.]
Wail <03213> [Howl.]
comes <0935> [for.]
stragglers <0909> [none shall be alone. or, he shall not be alone. appointed times. or, assemblies.]
respond <06030> [shall one.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
oppressed <06041> [and the.]
safety <02620> [trust in it. or, betake themselves unto it.]
message <04853> [burden.]
This and the following chapter form one entire prophecy; which was most probably delivered, as Bp. Lowth supposes, soon after the foregoing, (ch. 14:28-32,) in the first year of Hezekiah, and accomplished in his fourth year when Shalmaneser invaded Israel.
Moab ........... Moab ............. Moab <04124> [Moab.]
night ............. night <03915> [in the.]
Ar <06144> [Ar.]
destroyed ............. destroyed <01820> [brought to silence. or, cut off. Kir.]
[Kir-hareseth.]
[Kir-haresh.]
[Kir-haraseth.]
[Kir-heres.]
went up <05927> [is gone.]
Moab <04124> [Moab.]
Nebo <05015> [Nebo.]
Medeba <04311> [Medeba.]
head <07218> [all.]
streets ............ squares <02351 07339> [their streets.]
roofs <01406> [on the.]
down weeping <01065 03381> [weeping abundantly. Heb. descending into weeping; or, coming down with weeping.]
Heshbon <02809> [Heshbon.]
Jahaz <03096> [Jahaz.]
<05315> [his.]
heart <03820> [My heart.]
fugitives <01280> [his fugitives, etc. or, to the borders thereof, even as an heifer. Zoar.]
Eglath Shelishiyah <07992> [three.]
ascent <04608> [the mounting.]
weep <01065> [with.]
demise <07667> [destruction. Heb. breaking.]
Nimrim <05249> [Nimrim.]
[Nimrah.]
[Beth-nimrah.]
[Beth-nimrah.]
gone <04923> [desolate. Heb. desolations. the grass.]
what they have <03502> [the abundance.]
Stream <05158> [to the.]
Stream .... Poplars <06155 05158> [brook of the willows. or, valley of the Arabians.]
cries of distress <02201> [the cry.]
Eglaim <097> [Eglaim.]
[En-eglaim]
Eglaim is called Agallim by Eusebius, who places it eight miles south from Ar or Areopolis.
Dimon .............. Dimon <01775> [Dimon.]
Some have Dibon; and Jerome says that the same town was called both Dibon and Dimon.
<03254> [more. Heb. additions.]
lion <0738> [lions.]
fugitives <06413> [him.]
Bp. Lowth, upon the authority of the LXX., renders, "upon the escaped of Moab, and Ariel, and the remnant of Admah."
rams <03733> [the lamb.]
Sela <05554> [from.]
Sela <05554> [Sela. or, Petra. Heb. a rock. the mount.]
flies <05074> [as.]
forced .... nest <07971 07064> [cast out of the nest. or, a nest forsaken. the fords.]
Bring <0935> [Take. Heb. Bring. execute.]
Provide <07896> [make.]
Hide <05641> [hide.]
fugitives <05080> [mine.]
one who applies pressure <04160> [for.]
one who applies pressure <04160> [extortioner. Heb. wringer. oppressors. Heb. treaders down.]
trustworthy <02617> [in mercy.]
established <03559> [established. or, prepared. in the.]
make <08199> [judging.]
experienced <04106> [hasting.]
heard <08085> [have.]
boastful claims <0907> [but.]
Moab ...... they <04124> [shall Moab.]
Kir Hareseth <07025> [Kir-hareseth.]
moan <01897> [mourn. or, mutter.]
fields <07709> [the fields.]
vines <01612> [the vine.]
[Shibmah.]
rulers <01167> [the lords.]
Jazer <03270> [Jazer.]
spread out <05203> [stretched out. or, plucked up.]
weep <01058> [I will bewail.]
Heshbon <02809> [O Heshbon.]
shout triumphantly .... fruit ... crops <01959 07019 07105> [for.]
shout triumphantly .... fruit <01959 07019> [the shouting for. or, the alarm is fallen upon, etc.]
heart <04578> [my.]
Kir Hareseth <07025> [Kir-haresh.]
[Kir-hareseth.]
When <07200> [when.]
enter .......... ineffective <0935 03201> [he shall.]
ineffective <03201> [but.]
previously <0227> [since.]
three <07969> [three.]
splendor <03519> [the glory.]
survivors <07605> [and the remnant.]
insignificant <03808> [feeble. or, not many.]
message <04853> [A.M. cir. 3263. B.C. cir. 741. burden.]
Damascus ... Damascus <01834> [Damascus.]
Damascus ... Damascus ... no longer <01834 05493> [Damascus is.]
ruins <04654> [a ruinous.]
Aroer <06177> [Aroer.]
herds <05739> [they shall.]
peace <02729> [none.]
Fortified <04013> [fortress.]
splendor <03519> [they shall.]
splendor <03519> [the glory.]
<04924> [the fatness.]
harvest <07105> [as when.]
Valley <06010> [the valley.]
Valley <06010> [the valley of the giants.]
trust <08159> [he shall.]
<04639> [the work.]
incense altars <02553> [images. or, sun-images.]
ignore <07911> [thou hast.]
God <0430> [the God.]
protector <06697> [the rock.]
cultivate <05193> [shalt thou.]
harvest <07105> [the harvest.]
day ................................ disappear .... day ... disease ... incurable pain <03117 02470 0605 03511 05067> [a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. or, removed in the day of inheritance, and there shall be deadly sorrow.]
massing together <01995> [multitude. or, noise.]
make a commotion as loud as the roaring <01993> [make a noise.]
powerful <03524> [mighty. or, many.]
shouts <01605> [but.]
shouts <01605> [rebuke.]
driven <07291> [shall be.]
dead thistles <01534> [a rolling thing. or, thistle-down.]
<06256> [at evening-tide.]
fate <02506> [the portion.]
as good as dead ... one <01945> [A.M. cir. 3290. B.C. cir. 714. Woe.]
Bp. Lowth renders, after Bochart, "Ho! to the land of the winged cymbal;" which he thinks is a periphrasis for the Egyptian sistrum; and consequently, that Egypt, "which borders on the rivers of Cush," is the country to which the prophecy is addressed. If we translate "shadowing with wings," it may allude to the multitude of its vessels, whose sails may be represented under the notion of wings.
land <0776> [the land.]
buzzing <06767> [shadowing.]
beyond <05676> [which.]
sends <07971> [sendeth.]
boats <03627> [vessels.]
It is well known that the Egyptians commonly used on the Nile a light sort of ships or boats made of the papyrus. See note on Ex 2:3.
nation ................. nation <01471> [to a nation.]
tall smooth-skinned <04900 04178> [scattered and peeled. or, outspread and polished.]
Or, as Bp. Lowth renders, "stretched out in length and smoothed." Egypt, which is situated between 24 degrees and 32 degrees N. lat. and 30 degrees and 33 degrees E. long., being bounded on the south by Ethiopia, on the north by the Mediterranean, on the east by the mountains of Arabia, and on the west by those of Lybia, is one long vale, 750 miles in length, (through the middle of which runs the Nile,) in breadth from one to two or three day's journey, and even at the widest part of the Delta, from Pelusium to Alexandria, not above 250 miles broad.
people <05971> [to a people.]
[Heb. Meted out and trodden down. or, that meteth out and treadeth down. Heb. of line, line, and treading under foot.]
This is an allusion to the frequent necessity of having recourse to mensuration in Egypt, in order to determine their boundaries, after the inundation of the Nile had smoothed their land and effaced their landmarks; and to their method of throwing seed upon the mud, when the waters had subsided, and treading it in by turning their cattle into the fields.
divide <0958> [have spoiled. or, despise.]
live <03427> [All ye.]
see ..... raised <07200 05375> [see ye.]
place <04349 05027> [consider in my dwelling place. or, regard my set dwelling.]
scorching <06703> [like a clear.]
<0216> [upon herbs. or, after rain.]
tribute <07862> [shall the.]
tall ... smooth-skinned <04900 04178> [scattered and peeled. or, outspread and polished.]
place <04725> [to the.]
Egypt ............ Egypt ..... Egypt ...... Egyptians <04714> [Egypt.]
rides <07392> [rideth.]
idols <0457> [the idols.]
courage <03824> [the heart.]
provoke <05526> [I will.]
provoke <05526> [set. Heb. mingle.]
panic <07307> [the spirit.]
This is a prophecy of what took place in Egypt about twenty-two years after the destruction of Sennacherib's army; when, upon the death of Tirhakah, (B.C. 688,) not being able to settle about the succession, they continued for two years in a state of anarchy, confusion, and civil wars; which was followed by the tyranny of twelve princes, who, dividing the country among them, governed it for fifteen years; and at last, by the sole dominion of Psammiticus, which he held for fifty-four years.
panic <01238> [fail. Heb. be emptied. and I.]
confuse <01104> [destroy. Heb. swallow up.]
seek guidance <01875> [and they.]
hand <05534> [give over. or, shut up.]
harsh master ............ master <0113 07186> [a cruel lord.]
Rather, "cruel lords," agreeable to the LXX., Syriac, Vulgate, and the original {adonim kasheh.} Nebuchadnezzar, who first conquered and ravaged Egypt, B.C. 573, and the following year; and then, not only his successors, but Cambyses, (who invaded Egypt, B.C. 526,) the son of Cyrus, and the whole succession of Persian kings till the time of Alexander, who were in general hard masters, and grievously oppressed the country.
streams <02975> [and the.]
bulrushes <07070> [the reeds.]
cultivated land <04218> [every.]
[be no more. Heb. shall not be.]
make <05647> [work.]
turn pale <02355> [net works. or, white works.]
cloth <08356> [purposes. Heb. foundations. make.]
depressed <05315> [for fish. or, of living things.]
officials <08269> [the princes.]
Zoan <06814> [Zoan.]
stupid <01197> [brutish.]
one <01121> [I am.]
where oh ..... wise <0335 0645 02450> [where are thy.]
tell ..... find <05046 03045> [let them.]
officials ... Zoan ..... officials <06814 08269> [princes of Zoan.]
Memphis <05297> [Noph.]
rulers <06438> [stay. or, governors. Heb. corners.]
<04537> [hath mingled.]
undiscerning <07307 05773> [perverse spirit. Heb. spirit of perverseness. as a.]
women <0802> [like.]
brandishes <08573> [the shaking.]
land <0127> [the land.]
<06440> [because.]
time <03117> [that day.]
five <02568> [shall five.]
speak <01696> [speak.]
language <08193> [language. Heb. lip.]
swear <07650> [and swear.]
Sun <02041> [destruction. Heb. Heres, or, the sun.]
Instead of {heres,} "destruction," which is also the reading of Aquila, Theodotion, and the Syriac, fifteen MSS. and seven editions have {cheres,} "the sun;" agreeable to Symmachus, the Arabic, and Vulagte; while the Chaldee takes in both readings; and the LXX. reads [polis asedek,] "the city of righteousness," a name apparently contrived by the party of Onias, to give credit to his temple. As, however, {heres} in Arabic signifies a lion, Conrad Ikenius is of opinion that the place here mentioned is not Heliopolis, as is commonly supposed, but Leontopolis in the Heliopolitan nome, as it is termed in the letter of Onias to Ptolemy. The whole passage, from this verse to the end, contains a general intimation of the propagation of the knowledge of the true God in Egypt and Syria, under the successors of Alexander, and the early reception of the gospel in the same countries.
visual reminder <0226 05707> [for a.]
cry out <06817> [they shall.]
send <07971> [he shall send.]
Lord ... reveal ......... acknowledge ... Lord's .................. Lord <03068 03045> [Lord shall.]
authority ....... present ..... they <05647> [and shall.]
make <05087> [shall vow.]
strike ... striking <05062> [he shall smite.]
turn <07725> [they shall.]
Israel <03478> [shall.]
blessing <01293> [a blessing.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
blessing ...... Blessed <01288> [Blessed.]
Israel <03478> [and Israel.]
commanding general <08661> [Tartan.]
Tartan was one of the generals of Sennacherib, who, it is probable, is here called Sargon, and in the book of Tobit, Sacherdonus and Sacherdan, against whom Tirhakah, king of Cush or Ethiopia, was in league with the king of Egypt.
Ashdod <0795> [Ashdod.]
captured <03920> [and took.]
Isaiah <03470> [Isaiah. Heb. the hand of Isaiah. Go.]
sackcloth <08242> [the sackcloth.]
<02502> [put.]
undergarments <06174> [naked.]
three <07969> [three.]
object lesson <0226> [a sign.]
Egypt <04714> [upon Egypt.]
king <04428> [shall.]
Egypt ....................... Egyptians <04714> [Egyptians. Heb. captivity of Egypt. with their.]
publicly humiliated <06172> [shame. Heb. nakedness.]
afraid <02865> [afraid.]
pride <08597> [their glory.]
coast <0339> [isle. or, country.]
fled <05127> [whither.]
escape <04422> [and how.]
message <04853> [The burden.]
The first ten verses of this chapter contain a prediction of the taking of Babylon by the Medes and Persians; which is here denominated "the desert of the sea," because the country around it, and especially towards the sea, was a great morass, often overflowed by the Tigris and Euphrates, and only rendered habitable by being drained by a number of canals.
Desert ................ desert <04057> [the desert.]
strong winds <05492> [As whirlwinds.]
Desert ................ desert ....... feared <04057 03372> [from.]
distressing <07186> [grievous. Heb. hard.]
deceiver deceives <0898> [the treacherous.]
Attack <05927> [Go up.]
groaning <0585> [all the.]
stomach <04975> [are.]
cramps overwhelm ..... contractions <06735 0270> [pangs have.]
disturbed <05753> [I was bowed.]
My heart <08582 03824> [heart panted. or, mind wandered. the night.]
brought <07760> [turned. Heb. put.]
eat <0398> [eat.]
Get up <06965> [arise.]
<03212> [Go.]
sees <07200> [And he saw.]
must <07181> [he hearkened.]
guard cries out <0738 07121> [cried, A lion. or, cried as a lion.]
stand <05975> [I stand.]
night <03915> [whole nights. or, every night.]
coming <0935> [behold.]
Babylon <0894> [Babylon.]
idols <06456> [all.]
downtrodden <04098> [my threshing.]
people <01121> [corn. Heb. son. that which.]
Dumah <01746> [Dumah.]
Dumah is probably the same as Dumatha, a city of Arabia, mentioned by Stephanus, and the modern Dumah and Dumathalgandel, on the borders of Arabia and Syria, in a rocky valley. The Edomites, says Bp. Lowth, as well as Jews, were subdued by the Babylonians. They enquire of the prophet how long their subjection is to last; he intimates that the Jews should be delivered from their captivity; not so the Edomites. "The morning cometh, and also the night."
Seir <08165> [me out.]
night ........ night <03915> [what.]
Morning <01242> [The morning.]
ask ask <01158> [if.]
Arabia ...... Arabia <06152> [Arabia.]
caravans <0736> [O ye.]
Tema <08485> [Tema.]
Bring out <0857> [brought. or, bring ye.]
[from the swords. or, for fear of the swords. Heb. from the face of.]
year <08141> [according.]
Kedar <06938> [Kedar.]
archers <07198> [archers. Heb. bows. the mighty.]
Lord <03068> [for.]
Valley <01516> [A.M. cir. 3292. B.C. cir. 712. the valley.]
Jerusalem being situated in the midst of surrounding hills, and the seat of Divine revelation, is here termed "the valley of vision." This prophecy foretells the invasion of Jerusalem by the Assyrians under Sennacherib; and probably also, by the Chaldeans under Nebuchadnezzar.
Vision <02384> [of vision.]
reason <0645> [What.]
up <05927> [that thou.]
The eastern houses are built with a court within, into which chiefly the windows open; those that open to the street being so obstructed with lattice work, that no one can see through them. Whenever, therefore, any thing is to be seen or heard in the streets, any public spectacle, or any alarm, everyone immediately goes up to the house-top to satisfy his curiosity. Hence all the people running to the top of their houses, gives a lively image of a sudden general alarm.
<04392> [that art.]
slain .... cut down <02491> [thy slain.]
leaders <07101> [thy rulers.]
arrow <07198> [by the archers. Heb. of the bow.]
look <08159> [Look.]
weeping bitterly <04843 01065> [Weep bitterly. Heb. be bitter in weeping.]
try <0213> [labour.]
day <03117> [a day.]
defeat <04001> [treading.]
confusion <03998> [perplexity.]
<06979> [breaking.]
cry out <07771> [crying.]
Elamites <05867> [Elam.]
Kir <07024> [Kir.]
prepared <06168> [uncovered. Heb. made naked.]
best valleys <06010 04005> [thy choicest valleys. Heb. the choice of thy valleys. full.]
gate <08179> [at. or, toward.]
removed <01540> [he discovered.]
weapons <05402> [the armour.]
reservoir <04724> [a ditch.]
on <05027> [ye have.]
called <07121> [call.]
shaved heads <07144> [to baldness.]
celebration <08342> [behold.]
eat ...... Eat <0398> [let.]
<01540> [it was.]
sin <05771> [Surely.]
administrator <05532> [treasurer.]
Shebna <07644> [Shebna.]
palace <01004> [which.]
chisel out ........ chisels <02672> [What hast.]
chisel out ........ chisels <02672> [hewed.]
There are some monuments still remaining in Persia, of great antiquity, says Bp. Lowth, called Naksi Rustam, which give a clear idea of Shebna's pompous design for his sepulchre. They consist of several sepulchres, each of them hewn in a high rock near the top. The front of the rock to the valley below is adorned with carved work in relief, being the outside of the sepulchre. Some of these sepulchres are about thirty feet in the perpendicular from the valley, which is itself raised perhaps about half as much by the accumulation of the earth since they were made.
chisel out ........ chisels <02672> [as he. or, O he.]
throw .... away <02904> [will carry, etc. or, who covered thee with an excellent covering, and clothed thee gorgeously, shall surely violently turn, etc.]
man <02925 01397> [a mighty captivity. Heb. the captivity of a man. cover.]
wind ... up tightly <06801> [surely.]
wide ... land <0776 07342> [a large country. Heb. a land large of spaces.]
Eliakim <0471> [Eliakim.]
put <03847> [clothe.]
protector <01> [a father.]
key <04668> [And the key.]
As the robe and the baldric, mentioned in the preceding verse, were the ensigns of power and authority; so likewise was the key the mark of office, either sacred or civil. To comprehend how the key could be borne on the shoulder, it will be sufficient to observe, that the ancient keys were of considerable magnitude, and much bent.
opens ................. open <06605> [so he.]
fasten <08628> [I will.]
respect <03519> [a glorious.]
<08518> [hang.]
small containers ........ jars <06996 03627> [vessels of small.]
[vessels of flagons. or, instruments of viols.]
peg <03489> [the nail.]
load <04853> [the burden.]
Lord .................................. Lord <03068> [for the.]
message <04853> [A.M. 3289. B.C. 715. burden.]
Tyre, whose destruction by Nebuchadnezzar is here foretold, was a city of Phoenicia, on the shore of the Mediterranean, twenty-four miles south of Sidon, and thirty-two north of Accho or Ptolemais, according to the Antonine and Jerusalem Itineraries, about lat. 33 degrees 18' N. long. 35 degrees 10' E. There were two cities of this name; one on the continent called Pal‘ Tyrus, or Old Tyre, according to Strabo, thirty stadia south of the other, which was situated on an island, not above 700 paces from the main land, says Pliny. Old Tyre was taken by Nebuchadnezzar, after a siege of thirteen years, B.C. 573, which he so utterly destroyed, that it never afterwards rose higher than a village. But previous to this, the inhabitants had removed their effects to the island which afterwards became so famous by the name of Tyre, though now consisting only of about 800 dwellings.
Wail <03213> [Howl.]
ships <0591> [ye ships.]
devastated <07703> [for it is.]
land <0776> [the land.]
Lament <01826> [still. Heb. silent.]
coast <0339> [the isle.]
merchants <05503> [the merchants.]
Shihor <07883> [Sihor.]
crops <07105> [the harvest.]
trade center <05505> [she is.]
labor <02342> [I travail.]
news ........... happened <08088> [at the.]
shaken <02342> [so shall.]
Travel <05674> [Pass.]
Wail <03213> [howl.]
boisterous <05947> [your.]
origins <06927> [whose.]
feet <07272> [her own.]
distant land <07350> [afar off. Heb. from afar off.]
planned <03289> [Who hath.]
royal .... merchants <05849> [the crowning.]
traders <05503> [merchants.]
<03068> [Lord.]
it ... dishonor <02490> [to stain. Heb. to pollute.]
humiliate <07043> [bring.]
Daughter <01323> [O daughter.]
marketplace <04206> [no more.]
marketplace <04206> [strength. Heb. girdle.]
stretched out <05186> [stretched.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
destroy Canaan's <03667 08045> [against the merchant city. or, concerning a merchantman.]
[the merchant city. Heb. Canaan.]
fortresses <04581> [strong holds. or, strengths.]
<03254> [Thou shalt.]
oppressed <06231> [thou oppressed.]
daughter <01323> [daughter.]
"The Sidonians," says Justin, "when their city was taken by the king of Ascalon, betook themselves to their ships; and landed and built Tyre;" Sidon was therefore the mother city.
travel <05674> [pass.]
relief <05117> [there also.]
land <0776> [land.]
Assyrians <0804> [the Assyrian.]
wild animals <06728> [for them.]
turned <07760> [and he.]
Tyre .... forgotten .................. Tyre <06865 07911> [Tyre shall.]
Tyre ..................... Tyre .......... prostitute ..... song <06865 07892 02181> [shall Tyre sing as an harlot. Heb. it shall be unto Tyre as the song of an harlot.]
revive <06485> [visit.]
again <07725> [and she shall.]
<02181> [shall commit.]
profits ..................... profits <05504> [her merchandise.]
stored up <0686> [it shall.]
live <03427> [for them.]
beautiful <06266> [durable. Heb. old.]
earth <0776> [A.M. 3292. B.C.712. maketh the.]
mar ... surface <06440 05753> [turneth it upside down. Heb. perverteth the face thereof.]
scatter <06327> [scattereth.]
people <05971> [as with the people.]
priest <03548> [priest. or, prince.]
completely devastated <01238> [shall.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
dries up <056> [mourneth.]
prominent people <05971 04791> [haughty people. Heb. height of the people.]
defiled <02610> [defiled.]
violated <05674> [because.]
disregarded <02498> [changed.]
broken <06565> [broken.]
curse <0423> [hath.]
handful <04213> [and few.]
town <07151> [city.]
ruined <08414> [of confusion.]
howl <06682> [a crying.]
joy <08057> [all joy.]
beat <05363> [there.]
<03513> [glorify.]
in the east <0217> [fires. or, valleys. isles.]
ends <03671> [uttermost part. Heb. wing.]
majestic <06643> [glory.]
say <0559> [But.]
wasting away ... wasting away <07334> [My leanness. Heb. Leanness to me. or, My secret to me. the treacherous.]
pit <06354> [and the pit.]
runs away <05127> [he who fleeth.]
floodgates <0699> [for the.]
foundations <04146> [the foundations.]
stagger around <05128> [reel.]
sway back and forth <05110> [removed.]
sin <06588> [the transgression.]
fall <05307> [and it.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
punish <06485> [punish. Heb. visit upon.]
imprisoned <0622> [they shall.]
<0616 0626> [as prisoners are gathered. Heb. with the gathering of prisoners. pit. or, dungeon. shall they.]
punished <06485> [visited. or, found wanting.]
full moon <03842> [the moon.]
Lord <03068> [when.]
Mount <02022> [mount.]
majestic splendor <03519 02205> [before his ancients gloriously. or, there shall be glory before his ancients.]
God <0430> [thou art.]
done <06213> [thou hast.]
plans <06098> [thy counsels.]
made <07760> [For.]
fortress <0759> [palace.]
protector ...... protector <04581> [thou hast.]
shelter <04268> [a refuge.]
breath <07307> [when.]
humble <03665> [shalt bring.]
heat .................... heat <02721> [as the heat.]
<02159> [branch.]
mountain <02022> [in this.]
hold <06213> [make.]
nations <05971> [all people.]
there ........ aged wine <08105> [of wines.]
swallow up <01104> [he will.]
swallow up <01104> [destroy. Heb. swallow up. cast. Heb. covered.]
swallow ................. remove <01104 05493> [He.]
Lord <03069> [God.]
disgrace <02781> [rebuke.]
face .......... earth <06440 0776> [off.]
say <0559> [it shall.]
God <0430> [Lo.]
Let's <01523> [we will.]
mountain <02022> [in this.]
Moab <04124> [Moab.]
trampled down ........... trampled down <01758> [trodden down. or, threshed.]
straw <04963> [even.]
<01119> [for the dunghill. or, in Madmenah.]
spread .............. spreads <06566> [he shall spread.]
bring down <08213> [he shall bring.]
fortified city <04013> [the fortress.]
dusty <06083> [to the dust.]
time <03117> [that day.]
song <07892> [this song.]
land <0776> [in the land.]
deliverance <03444> [salvation.]
Open <06605> [Open.]
righteous <06662> [righteous.]
trustworthy <0529> [truth. Heb. truths.]
keep <05341> [wilt.]
completely safe <07965> [in perfect peace. Heb. peace, peace. mind. or, thought, or imagination. stayed.]
trust <0982> [because.]
Trust <0982> [Trust.]
Lord ........ Yah ... Lord <03068 03050> [in the.]
enduring protector <06697 05769> [everlasting strength. Heb. the Rock of ages.]
knocks down ....................... throws ... down <07817 05060> [bringeth.]
elevated <07682> [the lofty.]
way <0734> [way.]
righteous <03477> [most.]
unfold <0734> [in.]
wait for <06960> [we.]
desire <08378> [desire.]
look for <0183> [have I.]
spirit <07307> [my spirit.]
judgments <04941> [for.]
shown mercy <02603> [favour.]
land <0776> [in the.]
not .................. not <01077> [and will not.]
ready to act <03027> [when.]
notice .... see <02372> [will.]
notice .... see <02372> [they shall.]
shame <0954> [be.]
humankind <05971> [at the. or, towards thy. fire.]
make <08239> [ordain.]
done <06466> [for.]
[in us. or, for us.]
masters <0113> [other.]
praise <02142> [by thee.]
dead <04191> [dead.]
memory <02143> [and made.]
larger ......... larger <03254> [increased.]
larger <03513> [thou art.]
larger ........ extended <07368> [thou hadst.]
distress <06862> [in trouble.]
[thy poured.]
incantations <03908> [prayer. Heb. secret speech.]
strained ... gave birth <02342> [we have been in.]
<06213> [we have not.]
people ... populate <03427> [the inhabitants.]
dead ... come back to life <04191 02421> [dead men.]
corpses <05038> [my dead.]
Wake up <06974> [Awake]
plants drenched ..... dew <02919> [thy dew.]
earth <0776> [the earth.]
people <05971> [my.]
Enter <0935> [enter.]
Close <05462> [shut.]
Hide <02247> [hide.]
little <04592> [for a.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
display <01540> [also.]
blood <01818> [blood. Heb. bloods.]
time <03117> [that day.]
destructive <07186> [with his.]
Leviathan ..... Leviathan <03882> [leviathan.]
fast-moving <01281> [piercing. or, crossing like a bar. crooked.]
monster <08577> [the dragon.]
sea <03220> [in the sea.]
<06031> [sing.]
vineyard <03754> [A vineyard.]
Lord <03068> [I the.]
protect ........ guard <05341> [do keep.]
water <08248> [water.]
angry <02534> [Fury.]
confront <05414> [who would.]
march ........ set .... on fire <06585 06702> [go through. or, march against.]
became <02388> [let him.]
made ....... make <06213> [and he.]
struck down <05221> [he smitten.]
<04347> [as he smote. Heb. according to the stroke of.]
summon <05432> [measure.]
divorce <07971> [it shooteth forth. or, thou sendest it forth. thou wilt.]
drives ... away <01898> [he stayeth, etc. or, when he removeth it. his rough.]
this .... sin <02063 05771> [this therefore.]
make <07760> [when.]
Asherah poles <0842> [the groves.]
incense altars <02553> [images. or, sun images.]
fortified <01219> [the defenced.]
Calves <05695> [there shall the.]
branches <07105> [the boughs.]
people <05971> [for it is.]
made <06213> [therefore.]
shake <02251> [beat off.]
gathered up <03950> [ye shall be.]
time <03117> [And it.]
large <01419> [the great.]
come <0935> [and they.]
refugees <05080> [the outcasts.]
worship <07812> [and shall.]
crown <05850> [A.M. 3279. B.C. 725. the crown.]
This chapter begins a new subject, chiefly relating to the devastations of Israel and Judah by the Assyrian kings. The ancient Samaria being beautifully situated on the top of a round hill, and surrounded immediately with a rich valley, and then a circle of other hills around it, suggested the idea of a chaplet, or wreath of flowers.
drunkards <07910> [drunkards.]
beautiful <06643> [whose.]
overcome <01986> [overcome. Heb. broken.]
sovereign master <0136> [the Lord.]
hailstorm ............. rainstorm <02230> [as a tempest.]
crown <05850> [The crown.]
trampled <07429> [shall.]
underfoot <07272> [under feet. Heb. with feet.]
withering <05034> [shall be.]
early fig <01061> [the hasty.]
"No sooner," says Dr. Shaw, "doth the {boccore} (or early fig) draw near to perfection in the middle or latter end of June, than the {kermez,} or summer fig, begins to be formed, though it rarely ripens before August; about which time the same tree frequently throws out a third crop, or winter fig, as we may call it. This is usually of a much longer shape and darker complexion than the {kermez,} hanging and ripening upon the tree, even after the leaves are shed; and, provided the winter proves mild and temperate, is gathered as a delicious morsel in the spring."
swallows <01104> [eateth. Heb. swalloweth.]
Lord <03068> [shall the.]
diadem <06843> [for a diadem.]
remnant <07605> [residue.]
discernment <07307> [for a spirit.]
strength <01369> [and for strength.]
stagger .............. stagger .................. stagger <07686> [erred.]
confused <01104> [are swallowed.]
stagger .............. stagger .................. stagger .... prophetic visions <07686 07203> [err in.]
teach <03384> [shall he teach.]
message <08052> [doctrine. Heb. the hearing.]
weaned <01580> [weaned.]
meaningless gibberish senseless babbling <06673> [For precept.]
meaningless gibberish senseless babbling <06673> [must be. or, hath been.]
mocking <03934> [with.]
mocking lips <08193 03934> [stammering lips. Heb. stammerings of lips. will he speak. or, he hath spoken.]
security ................ rest <04496 04774> [This.]
refused <014> [yet.]
meaningless gibberish senseless babbling <06673> [precept upon precept.]
<03212> [that.]
mock <03944> [ye.]
made ........................... made <03772 07760> [We have.]
To be in covenant with a thing, says Bp. Lowth, is a proverbial expression to denote perfect security from mischief or evil of which it is the cause.
<07857> [when.]
made ........................... made <03772 07760> [we have made.]
maintains <03245> [Behold.]
faith <0539> [he that.]
justice <04941> [Judgment.]
hail <01259> [and the hail.]
floodwaters <04325> [and the waters.]
treaty <01285> [your covenant.]
dissolved <03722> [shall be disannulled.]
For {kuppar,} Houbigant, Archbp. Secker, and Bp. Lowth, would read {tuppar;} but the former may well have the sense ascribed to it here, as it signifies in Chaldee and Syriac, {abstersit, diluit, abolevit.}
overwhelming <07857> [when.]
overrun <04823> [trodden down by it. Heb. a treading down to it.]
Whenever <01767> [the time.]
announcement <02113> [and it.]
understood ....... terror <08052 0995> [to understand the report. or, when he shall make you to understand doctrine.]
bed <04702> [the bed.]
Mount Perazim <06559 02022> [in mount Perazim.]
Valley <06010> [the valley.]
[Geba.]
peculiar ........ strange <02114 05237> [his strange.]
mock <03887> [be ye.]
chains <04147> [lest.]
destruction <03617> [a consumption.]
harrowing <07702> [break.]
<07795> [in the principal, etc. or, the wheat in the principal place, and the barley in the appointed place. rye. or, spelt.]
places <01367> [place. Heb. border.]
God <0430> [For his God, etc. or, And he bindeth it in such sort as his]
God doth teach him.
threshed <01758> [threshed.]
caraway seed .................... caraway seed <07100> [the fitches.]
Grain <03899> [Bread.]
wheel <01536> [the wheel.]
gives <03318> [cometh.]
[A.M. 3292. B.C.712. woe. etc. or, O Ariel, that is, the lion of God.]
town <07151> [the city. or, of the city.]
<05595> [add.]
schedule <05362> [kill. Heb. cut off the heads.]
threaten <06693> [I will.]
Ariel ........... altar <0740> [and it shall.]
Or, as Bp. Lowth renders, "and it shall be unto me as the hearth of the great altar;" that is, it shall be the seat of the fire of God, which shall issue from thence to consume his enemies. The hearth of the altar is expressly called {ariel} by Ezekiel, ch. 43:15; which is put, in the former part of the verse, for Jerusalem, the city in which the altar was. The subject of this and the four following chapters, says Bp. Lowth, is the invasion of Sennacherib; the great distress of the Jews while it continued; their sudden and unexpected deliverance by God's immediate and miraculous interposition on their behalf; the subsequent prosperous state of the kingdom under Hezekiah; interspersed with severe reproofs and threats of punishment for their hypocrisy, stupidity, infidelity, their want of trust in God, and their vain reliance on the assistance of Egypt; and with promises of better times, both immediately to succeed, and to be expected in the future age.
fall ... lying <08213> [thou shalt.]
chirp <06850> [whisper. Heb. peep, or chirp.]
horde .......... horde <01995> [the multitude.]
chaff <04671> [as chaff.]
flash <06621> [at an.]
horde <01995> [the multitude.]
besiege <06693> [that distress.]
dream <02472> [as a dream.]
hungry .... that ....................... that <07457 0834> [as when.]
eating ....................... drinking ........... weak <0398 08354 05889> [behold.]
amazed <08539> [and wonder.]
totally blind <08173> [cry ye out, and cry. or, take your pleasure and riot.]
drunk <07937> [they are.]
<03068> [the Lord.]
shut <06105> [hath closed.]
heads <07218> [rulers. Heb. heads.]
seers <02374> [the seers.]
scroll .......... read <05612> [book. or, letter. that is sealed.]
can't <03201> [I cannot.]
can't .......... can't <03045> [I am not.]
<03282> [Forasmuch.]
<03374> [their fear.]
again <03254> [I will.]
again <03254> [proceed. Heb. add. for the wisdom.]
<06009> [seek.]
work <04639> [and their works.]
sees <07200> [Who seeth.]
thinking is perverse <02017> [your turning.]
potter ......................... potter <03335> [as the potter's.]
pottery <03336> [or shall.]
very <04213> [yet a very.]
Lebanon <03844> [Lebanon.]
orchard .... orchard <03759> [the fruitful.]
deaf <02795> [the deaf.]
downtrodden <06035> [meek.]
again <03254> [increase. Heb. add. the poor.]
delight <01523> [rejoice.]
tyrants <06184> [the terrible.]
those who taunt <03887> [the scorner.]
love to do <08245> [and all.]
those <0120> [make.]
arbitrates <06983> [and lay.]
deprive <05186> [and turn.]
delivered <06299> [who redeemed.]
Jacob Jacob ..... be ashamed <03290 0954> [Jacob shall.]
produce <04639> [the work.]
them they ... honor .... They ... honor <06942> [sanctify.]
respect ... God <0430 06206> [fear the God.]
stray <08582> [also.]
gain understanding <0998 03045> [come to understanding. Heb. know understanding.]
rebellious <05637> [A.M. cir. 3291. B.C. cir. 713. the rebellious.]
make <06213> [that take.]
form <05258> [cover.]
compound <05595> [add.]
travel <01980> [walk.]
will <07592> [and have.]
protective shade <06738> [the shadow.]
protection <04581> [the strength.]
humiliation <03639> [your confusion.]
officials <08269> [his princes.]
Zoan <06814> [Zoan.]
Hanes <02609> [Hanes.]
[Tahpanhes.]
[Tehaphnehes.]
message <04853> [burden.]
animals <0929> [beasts.]
land <0776> [into the land.]
Or, as Bp. Lowth renders, "through a land of distress and difficulty:" the same deserts are here spoken of which the Israelites passed through.
snakes <0660> [the viper.]
wealth <02428> [riches.]
Egypt <04714> [the Egyptians.]
this <02063> [concerning this. or, to her. Their.]
write ... down <03789> [write.]
preserved ..... time <0314 03117> [the time to come. Heb. the latter day.]
rebellious <04805> [this is.]
lying <03586> [lying.]
unwilling ... obey <014 08085> [will not.]
say <0559> [say.]
Tell <01696> [speak.]
aside <05493> [you out.]
Holy One <06918> [cause.]
rejected <03988> [Because.]
trust <0982> [and trust.]
ability to oppress <06233> [oppression. or, fraud.]
cracks <06556> [as a breach.]
crumbles <0935> [cometh.]
shatters <07665> [he shall break.]
clay jar <05035 03335> [potters' vessel. Heb. bottle of potters. he shall not.]
find <04672> [so that.]
Holy One <06918> [the Holy One.]
repented <07729> [in returning.]
unwilling <014> [and ye.]
flee ........ flee <05127> [for we will.]
flee ........ flee ............ pursuers <05127 07291> [therefore.]
thousand <0505> [thousand.]
isolated <03498> [till ye.]
flagpole <08650> [a beacon. or, a tree bereft of branches. or, boughs, or a mast.]
Lord ............. ready ......... Lord <03068 07311> [therefore.]
ready .......................... wait <02442> [wait.]
ready <07311> [will he be.]
Lord ..................... Lord <03068> [for the Lord.]
blessed <0835> [blessed.]
live <03427> [dwell.]
weep <01058> [thou shalt.]
indeed .... mercy ........ respond <02603 06030> [he will.]
eat <03899> [the bread.]
suffering <03906> [affliction. or, oppression. yet shall.]
<0241> [thine ears.]
heading to the right <0541> [when ye turn to the right.]
desecrate <02930> [defile.]
silver-plated idols <03701 06456> [thy graven images of silver. Heb. the graven images of thy silver.]
throw ... away <02219> [cast. Heb. scatter. as a.]
Get out <03318> [Get.]
water <05414> [shall he.]
abundance <01879> [it shall.]
cattle <04735> [thy cattle.]
oxen <0504> [oxen.]
plowing <0127 05647> [ear the ground.]
seasoned <02548> [clean. or, savory. Heb. leavened.]
high ..... high <01364 05375> [upon every high.]
high ..... high <01364 05375> [high. Heb. lifted up. in the day.]
fortified towers <04026> [when.]
light .... full moon ....... glare ..... glare ......... light <03842 0216> [the light of the moon.]
binds up <02280> [bindeth.]
raging <01197> [burning.]
awesome splendor <04858 03514> [the burden thereof. or, the grievousness of flame. heavy.]
Heb. heaviness.
battle cry <07307> [his breath.]
flooding <07857> [an overflowing.]
shakes <05130> [to sift.]
Bp. Lowth renders, "to toss the nations with the van of perdition;" that is, says {Kimchi,} nothing useful shall remain behind, but all shall come to nothing and perish. The van of the ancients was a large instrument, somewhat like a shovel, with a long handle, with which they tossed the corn mixed with the chaff and chopped straw into the air, that the wind might separate them.
bit <07448> [a bridle.]
leads ... to destruction <08582> [causing.]
sing <07892> [Ye shall.]
evening <03915> [in the night.]
flute <02485> [with a pipe.]
mountain <02022> [the mountain.]
Rock <06697> [mighty One. Heb. Rock.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
mighty shout <06963 01935> [his glorious voice. Heb. the glory of his voice.]
intervene <05183> [the lighting.]
flaming <03851> [the flame.]
shout <06963> [the voice.]
beat <05221> [which smote.]
Every <03605> [every place, etc. Heb. every passing of the rod founded. lay. Heb. cause to rest. it shall be.]
<08573> [shaking.]
[with it. or, against them.]
burial place <08613> [Tophet.]
prepared <06186> [ordained.]
already <0865> [of old. Heb. from yesterday.]
king <04428> [for the king.]
breath <05397> [the breath.]
down <03381> [to them.]
rely .... horses <05483 08172> [stay on horses.]
[the look.]
seek <01875> [neither.]
wise <02450> [he also.]
bring <0935> [will bring.]
<05493> [will not.]
<05493> [call back. Heb. remove. arise.]
helps <05833> [against the help.]
Egyptians <04714> [the Egyptians.]
horses <05483> [their horses.]
strike <05186> [stretch.]
helps ........ helped <05826> [both.]
lion <0738> [Like as.]
yelling <01995> [noise. or, multitude. so shall.]
birds <06833> [birds.]
protect ..... protect <01598> [defending.]
passes over <06452> [passing.]
Or rather, as Bp. Lowth renders, "leaping forward," {pasoach.} As the mother bird spreads her wings to cover her young, throws herself before them, and opposes the rapacious bird that assaults them; so shall Jehovah protect, as with a shield, Jerusalem from the enemy, protecting and delivering, springing forward and rescuing her.
Return <07725> [Turn.]
blatantly <06009> [deeply.]
time <03117> [in that.]
[his idols of gold. Heb. the idols of his gold. for a sin.]
Assyria <0804> [shall the.]
run away <05127> [he shall flee.]
sword ....... sword ............. from ... sword <06440 02719> [from the sword. or, for fear of the sword. discomfited. or, tributary. Heb. for melting, or tribute.]
surrender ... stronghold .... fear <05553 04032 05674> [he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear. Heb. his rock shall pass away for fear. or, his strength. the ensign.]
fire <0217> [whose fire.]
king <04428> [king.]
officials <08269> [princes.]
Each <0376> [a man.]
shelter <04224> [an hiding.]
streams <06388> [rivers.]
large <03515> [great. Heb. heavy. rock.]
mind <03824> [heart.]
acts rashly ............ with ease <04116> [rash. Heb. hasty. the tongue.]
clarity <06703> [plainly. or, elegantly.]
fool <05036> [vile.]
deceiver <03596> [nor.]
fool <05036> [the vile.]
mind <03820> [and his heart.]
gives .... nothing <07324> [empty.]
methods <03627> [instruments.]
<03289> [deviseth.]
lies <08267> [lying.]
needy ..... right <01696 04941 034> [the needy speaketh right. or, he speaketh against the poor in judgment.]
honorable .... honorable .... honorable <05081> [the liberal.]
character <06965> [stand. or, be established.]
women <0802> [ye women.]
pay attention <0238> [give ear.]
year's time <03117 08141> [Many days and years. Heb. Days above a year.]
grape harvest <01210> [for.]
Shake <07264> [be troubled.]
Strip <06584> [strip.]
<02290> [and gird.]
Mourn <05594> [lament.]
delightful fields <07704 02531> [pleasant fields. Heb. fields of desire.]
overgrown <05927> [come.]
houses <01004> [yea, upon. or, burning upon, etc.]
revelry <05947> [in the.]
fortress <0759> [the palaces.]
Hill ... watchtower <0975 06076> [forts and towers. or, clifts and watch-towers. for.]
life <07307> [the spirit.]
desert <04057> [wilderness.]
produce <04639> [the work.]
result <08252> [quietness.]
destroyed <01258> [it shall.]
forest <03293> [on the.]
city <08213 05892> [the city shall be low. or, the city shall be utterly abased.]
blessed <0835> [Blessed.]
ox <07794> [the ox.]
destroyer ............ destroyed ..................... destroying ..... destroyed <07703> [thee that.]
through <08552> [when thou shalt cease.]
merciful <02603> [be gracious.]
strength <02220> [be thou.]
Deliver <03444> [our salvation.]
plunder <07998> [your spoil.]
swarm over <04944> [the running.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
lives <07931> [he dwelleth.]
fills <04390> [he hath.]
wisdom <02451> [wisdom.]
abundantly <02633> [strength.]
safety <03444> [salvation. Heb. salvations. fear.]
ambassadors <0691> [valiant ones. or, messengers. the ambassadors.]
Highways <04546> [highways.]
broken <06565> [he hath broken.]
despised <03988> [he hath despised.]
treated <02803> [he regardeth.]
land <0776> [earth.]
Lebanon <03844> [Lebanon.]
decays <07060> [hewn down. or, withered away. Sharon.]
Bashan <01316> [Bashan.]
rise <06965> [Now will I rise.]
<07426> [now will I be exalted.]
magnify <05375> [will I lift.]
conceive <02029> [conceive.]
breath <07307> [your.]
burned <04955> [the burnings.]
thorn bushes <06975> [thorns.]
listen <08085> [Hear.]
close <07138> [ye that are near.]
Sinners <02400> [sinners.]
godless <02611> [the hypocrites.]
among us can coexist ... destructive .... among us can coexist <01481 0398> [Who among us shall dwell with the.]
unquenchable <05769> [everlasting.]
lives <01980> [that walketh.]
uprightly <06666> [righteously. Heb. in righteousnesses. uprightly. Heb. in uprightnesses. despiseth.]
oppressive <04642> [oppressions. or, deceits. shaketh.]
does not <0331> [stoppeth.]
violent crimes <01818> [blood. Heb. bloods. shutteth.]
live <07931> [shall dwell.]
secure place <04791> [high. Heb. heights, or high places. his place.]
food <03899> [bread.]
<05869> [eyes.]
wide <04801> [that is very far off. Heb. of far distances.]
mind <03820> [heart.]
scribe ............... counts <05608> [Where is the scribe.]
weighs <08254> [receiver. Heb. weigher.]
scribe ............... counts <05608> [where is he.]
[shall not.]
comprehend <06012> [deeper.]
derisive <03932> [stammering. or, ridiculous.]
Look at <02372> [Look.]
city <07151> [the city.]
You <05869> [thine eyes.]
stakes <03489> [not one.]
mighty ................. large <0117> [the glorious.]
it <04725> [a place.]
Rivers ... wide streams <05104 02975 07342> [broad rivers and streams. Heb. broad of spaces, or hands.]
Lord ... ruler ... Lord ..... Lord <08199 03068> [the Lord is our judge.]
commander <02710> [lawgiver. Heb. statute-maker.]
Lord ..... Lord ..... Lord ... king <03068 04428> [the Lord is our king.]
deliver <03467> [he will.]
ropes ... slack <02256 05203> [Thy tacklings are loosed. or, they have forsaken thy tacklings.]
loot <05706> [then.]
lame <06455> [the lame.]
resident ... Zion <07934> [the inhabitant.]
forgiven <05375> [shall be forgiven.]
near ....................... lives <07126 06631> [Come.]
This and the following chapter, as Bp. Lowth observes, form one distinct prophecy; an entire, regular, and beautiful poem, consisting of two parts; the first containing a denunciation of Divine vengeance against the enemies of the people or church of God; the second describing the flourishing state of that church consequent upon those judgments. The event foretold is represented as of the highest importance, and of universal concern; all nations are called upon to attend to the declaration of it; and the wrath of God is denounced against all the nations who had provoked to anger the Defender of the cause of Zion. By a figure frequently occurring in the prophetical writings, the cities and people mentioned here, who were remarkably distinguished as the enemies of the people of God, are put for those enemies in general.
earth <0776> [let the.]
everything <04393> [all that is therein. Heb. the fulness thereof.]
angry <07110> [the indignation.]
furious <02534> [and his.]
slain <02491> [slain.]
hills <02022> [and the mountains.]
stars .................. stars <06635> [all the.]
sword <02719> [my sword.]
Edom <0123> [upon Idumea.]
people <05971> [the people.]
dripping with <04390> [filled.]
[the fast.]
Lord's ................................. Lord ..... sacrifice <03068 02077> [the Lord hath.]
oxen <07214> [unicorns. or, rhinoceroses.]
bulls <06499> [the bullocks.]
drenched <07301> [soaked. or, drunken.]
burn <03518> [shall not.]
smoke <06227> [the smoke.]
Generation ... generation <01755> [from.]
destruction <06893> [cormorant. or, pelican.]
stretch out <05186> [stretch.]
call <07121> [call.]
disappear <0657> [nothing.]
thorns <05518> [thorns.]
<05116> [an habitation.]
ostriches <01323> [owls. or, ostriches. Heb. daughters of the owl.]
Wild animals <06728> [The wild beasts of the desert. Heb. Ziim.]
wild dogs <0338> [the wild beasts of the island. Heb. Ijim.]
nocturnal animals <03917> [screech owl. or, night-monster.]
Carefully <01875> [Seek.]
issued <06310> [my mouth.]
assigns <05307> [he hath cast.]
live <03423> [they shall.]
desert <04057> [wilderness.]
happy <07797> [be.]
wilderness <06160> [desert.]
rejoice <01523> [and rejoice.]
grandeur .............. grandeur <03519> [the glory.]
splendor ............... splendor <01926> [the excellency.]
see <07200> [they shall.]
panic <04116> [fearful. Heb. hasty.]
strong <02388> [Be strong.]
fear .... God ...... divine <03372 0430> [fear not.]
God ...... divine <0430> [behold.]
eyes <05869> [the eyes.]
ears <0241> [the ears.]
lame <06455> [shall the lame.]
tongue <03956> [the tongue.]
desert <04057> [for.]
dry soil <08273> [the parched.]
<05116> [in the.]
grass reeds <07070 02682> [grass with reeds. or, a court for reeds, etc.]
thoroughfare <04547> [an highway.]
Way ......... on ..... reserved <01870> [The way.]
unclean <02931> [the unclean.]
travel <01980> [but it shall be for those. or, for he shall be with them.]
travel <01980> [the wayfaring.]
lions <0738> [No lion.]
delivered from bondage <01350> [but.]
ransomed <06299> [the ransomed.]
enter <0935> [and come.]
grief <03015> [and sorrow.]
