Isaiah 28:1--29:24
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.]
