Isaiah 34:1
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.]
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.]
