Isaiah 22:1
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.
Isaiah 5:1-30
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.]
