Isaiah 18:1
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.]
Isaiah 47:15
dealt <05503> [thy merchants.]
strays off <08582> [they shall.]
Babylon was replenished from all nations, by a concourse of people, whom Jeremiah (ch. 50:37) calls "the mingled people." All these, at the approach of Cyrus, sought to escape to their several countries.
Isaiah 7:20
shave <01548> [shave.]
head <07218> [head.]
Isaiah 9:1
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.]
