Isaiah 34:1--66:24
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.]
fourteenth <0702> [it came.]
Sennacherib <05576> [that Sennacherib.]
sent <07971> [A.M. 3294. B.C. 710. sent.]
conduit <08585> [the conduit.]
Eliakim <0471> [Eliakim.]
Shebna <07644> [Shebna.]
scribe <05608> [scribe. or, secretary.]
said .... Tell <0559> [Thus saith.]
Assyria <0804> [Assyria.]
Assyria proper, now Kourdistan, was bounded by Armenia on the north, Media and Persia on the east, Babylonia on the south, and the Tigris, which divides it from Mesopotamia, on the west, between 33 degrees and 38 degrees N. lat. and 42 degrees and 46 degrees E. long. But the Assyrian empire, the bounds of which were different at different times, in its most flourishing state, according to the descriptions of the Greek and Roman writers, comprehended all the countries and nations between the Mediterranean on the west, and the Indus on the east, and between the deserts of Scythia on the north, and the Indian ocean on the south.
confidence <0986> [What.]
talk <01697 08193> [vain words. Heb. a word of lips. I have counsel and strength for war. or, but counsel and strength are for the war.]
rebel <04775> [that.]
trusting <0982> [We trust.]
high places <01116> [is it not.]
deal <06148> [pledges. or, hostages.]
give <05414> [and I.]
minor <06996> [the least.]
trust <0982> [and put.]
Aramaic <0762> [in the Syrian.]
eat <0398> [that they may.]
called out <07121> [cried.]
Listen <08085> [Hear.]
Send .... token of your submission <06213 01293> [Make an agreement with me by a present. or, Seek my favour by a present. Heb. Make with me a blessing.]
surrender <03318> [come out.]
each ..... eat .... own ........... own <0398 0376> [eat ye.]
come <0935> [I come.]
land ....... land ... grain ...... land <0776 01715> [a land of corn.]
The other copy in 2 Ki 18:32, adds here, "a land of oil olive, and of honey; that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah when he seduceth you."
Hezekiah <02396> [lest.]
<0376> [Hath.]
Hamath <02574> [Hamath.]
Arpad <0774> [Arphad.]
The variation of Arphad and Arpad exists only in the translation; the original being uniformly ['ArpÆ’d <\\See definition 0774\\>.]
[Arpad.]
Sepharvaim <05617> [Sepharvaim.]
Calmet is of opinion that Sepharvaim was the capital of the Saspires, who, according to Herodotus, were the only people that inhabited between the Colchians and Medes; and probably the Sarapases, whom Strabo places in Armenia. Hiller considers the name as denoting Sephar of the Parvaim, i.e., Mount Sephar adjacent to the regions of Arabia called Parvaim. But it is more probable, as Wells and others suppose, that Sepharvaim is the [Sipphara,] Sipphara, of Ptolemy, the [Sipparenon polis,] the city of the Sippareni, mentioned by Abydenus, and probably the Hipparenum of Pliny, a city of Mesopotamia, situated upon the Euphrates, near where it is divided into two arms, by one of which, it is probable, it was divided into two parts.
rescue <05337> [and have.]
Lord <03068> [that the Lord.]
Eliakim <0471> [Eliakim.]
clothes <0899> [with their.]
The history of the invasion of Sennacherib, observes Bp. Lowth, and the miraculous destruction of his army, which makes the subject of so many of Isaiah's prophecies, is very properly inserted here, as affording the best light to many parts of these prophecies; and as almost necessary to introduce the prophecy in the 37th chapter, being the answer of God to Hezekiah's prayer, which could not be properly understood without it. Sennacherib succeeded his father Shalmaneser on the throne of Assyria, A.M. 3290, B.C. 714, and reigned only about eight years.
King <04428> [it came.]
tore <07167> [he rent.]
went <0935> [and went.]
[his day.]
humiliation <05007> [blasphemy. or, provocation.]
baby <01121> [for the.]
<03068> [It may.]
taunt <02778> [to reproach.]
punish <03198> [and will.]
<05375> [lift up.]
remnant <07611> [for the.]
remains <04672> [left. Heb. found.]
said ............. says <0559> [Thus shall.]
afraid <03372> [Be not.]
cut ... down <05414 05307> [I will.]
mind <07307 05414> [send a blast upon him. or, put a spirit into him. I will cause.]
chief adviser <07262> [Rabshakeh.]
Libnah <03841> [Libnah.]
Lachish <03923> [Lachish.]
heard ................... ordering <08085> [he heard.]
Ethiopia <03568> [Ethiopia.]
Cush, which is generally rendered Ethiopia, is applied in Scripture to at least three distinct and different countries. 1. The country watered by the Gihon or Araxes, (Ge 2:13,) also called Cuth, 2 Ki 17:30. 2. A country of Arabia Petr‘a, bordering upon Egypt, which extended from the northern extremity of the Red sea along its eastern shore. (Comp. Ex 3:1, with Nu 12:1. Hab 3:7.) 3. Ethiopia Proper, an extensive country of Africa, comprehending Nubia and Abyssinia; being bounded on the north by Egypt, on the east by the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, and on the south and west by various nations of Africa, and extending from about 6 degrees to 24 degrees N. lat. and 25 degrees to 45 degrees E. long. It is probable that it was this latter Cush, or Ethiopia, of which Tirhakah was king; he being in league with his kinsman Sevechus, son of So, or Sabacon, king of Egypt, against Sennacherib, the king of Assyria.
God <0430> [Let not.]
gods <0430> [the gods.]
Gozan <01470> [Gozan.]
Haran <02771> [Haran.]
Haran, the Carrh‘ of the Greeks and Romans, is situated in the north-west part of Mesopotamia, between the Euphrates and the river Chebar; about 110 miles west of Nisibis, 90 east of Bir, 100 south of Diarbekir, and 170 north of Palmyra.
Eden <05729> [Eden.]
It is probable that this Eden is the country near Diarbekir, on the Tigris, called MÆ’don, according to Asseman.
Telassar <08515> [Telassar.]
Telassar is probably the same as Ellasar, Ge 14:1, as the Jerusalem Targum reads; for both of which the Syriac has Dolassar; and perhaps, as Doederlein supposes, the same as Sharra, a city of Mesopotamia, half a mile from the Euphrates.
[Thelasar.]
Hamath <02574> [Hamath.]
Hena <02012> [Hena.]
Hena is probably the same as Anah, a city of Mesopotamia, situated on an island in the Euphrates.
Ivvah <05755> [Ivah.]
[Ava, Avites.]
took <03947> [received.]
Hezekiah ............ Hezekiah ... up <02396 05927> [and Hezekiah went.]
Lord <03068> [Lord.]
who ... enthroned <03427> [dwellest.]
God ............. God <0430> [thou art.]
made <06213> [thou hast.]
Pay <05186> [Incline.]
hear ........ Listen <08085> [hear.]
kings <04428> [the kings.]
nations .... lands <0776> [nations. Heb. lands.]
burned <05414> [And have.]
burned <05414> [cast. Heb. given. no gods.]
kingdoms <04467> [that all.]
[even.]
prayed <06419> [Whereas.]
virgin <01330> [The virgin.]
daughter .......... Daughter <01323> [the daughter.]
despises <0959> [hath despised.]
shakes <05128> [shaken.]
taunted .............. arrogantly <02778 07311> [Whom hast.]
arrogantly <07311> [against whom.]
Holy One <06918> [the Holy One.]
messengers <05650> [thy servants. Heb. the hand of they servants.]
many <07230> [By the.]
tall cedars ..... evergreens <0730 01265 06967> [tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof. Heb. tallness of the cedars thereof and the choice of the fir trees thereof.]
<03760> [of his Carmel. or, and his fruitful field.]
soles <03709> [with the sole.]
Egypt <04693> [besieged. or, fenced and closed.]
ago <07350> [long ago, etc. or, how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times?]
Should I now bring it to be laid waste, and defenced cities to be ruinous heaps?.
[how I.]
residents <03427> [their inhabitants.]
powerless <03027 07116> [of small power. Heb. short of hand. as the grass of.]
know <03045> [I know.]
live <03427> [abode. or sitting.]
rage <07264> [rage.]
uproar <07600> [tumult.]
I ... put <07760> [will I.]
reminder <0226> [this shall.]
eat .............................. consume <0398> [Ye shall.]
remain ... Judah <06413 01004 03063 07604> [remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah. Heb. escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth.]
root <08328> [take.]
come out <06413> [they that escape. Heb. the escaping. the zeal.]
enter <0935> [He.]
shielded warriors <04043> [shields. Heb. shield. cast.]
shield <01598> [I will.]
servant <05650> [for mine.]
servant <05650> [and for.]
messenger <04397> [the angel.]
got up early <07925> [and when.]
Sennacherib <05576> [Sennacherib.]
Nineveh <05210> [Nineveh.]
god <0430> [his god.]
Ararat <0780> [Armenia. Heb. Ararat.]
Esarhaddon <0634> [Esar-haddon.]
Esar-haddon, called Asar-addinus in the Canon of Ptolemy, was the third son of Sennacherib; and having reigned twenty-nine years over the Assyrians, he took advantage of the anarchy and confusion which followed the death of Mesessimordacus, and seized upon Babylon; which he added to his former empire, and reigned over both for thirteen years; when he was succeeded by his son Saosduchinus, A.M. 3336, B.C. 668.
Hezekiah <02396> [A.M. 3291. B.C. 718. was Hezekiah.]
Isaiah <03470> [And Isaiah.]
instructions .... household <01004 06680> [Set thine house in order. Heb. Give charge concerning thy house.]
illness ............................. die <04191> [for thou.]
turned <05437> [turned.]
Hezekiah's couch was probably placed in a corner, which is the place of honour in the East; in which, turning on either side, he must turn his face to the wall; by which he would withdraw himself from those attending him in his apartment.
Remember <02142> [Remember.]
<01980> [I have.]
wholehearted <08003> [a perfect.]
wept bitterly <01058> [wept.]
<01419> [sore. Heb. with great weeping.]
tell <0559> [and say.]
God <0430> [God.]
heard <08085> [I have heard.]
seen <07200> [I have seen.]
add <03254> [I will.]
make .............. then <07725> [I will bring.]
steps .... stairs ........... steps <04609 08121> [the sun dial. Heb. the degrees by, or, with the sun.]
Or, as the Hebrew might be rendered, "the steps of Ahaz." The researches of curious travellers in Hindostan, observes Bp. Stock, have lately discovered in that country, three observatories of similar form, the most remarkable of which is to be seen within four miles of Delhi, the ancient capital of the Mogul empire. A rectangled triangle, whose hypotenuse is a staircase, (apparently parallel to the axis of the earth,) bisects a zone, or coping of a wall, which wall connects the two terminating towers at right and left. The coping itself is of a circular form, and accurately graduated, to mark, by the gnomon above, the sun's progress before and after noon.
prayer <04385> [writing.]
sick <02470> [he had.]
We have here Hezekiah's thanksgiving song, which he penned by Divine direction, after his recovery. He might have used some of the Psalms of David his father, as he had appointed the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David, 2 Ch 29:30, but the occasion here was extraordinary. His heart being full of devout affections, he would not confine himself to the compositions he had, though of Divine inspiration, but offered up his praises in his own words. The Lord put a new song into his mouth. He put his thanksgiving into writing, that he might review it himself afterwards, for the reviving of the good impressions made upon him by the providential interference, and that it might be recommended to others also for their use upon the like occasion. # 2Ch 29:30
taken away <01540> [is removed.]
shepherd's <07473> [as a.]
rolled up <07088> [have cut.]
cuts me off <01214> [he will cut.]
loom <01803> [with pining sickness. or, from the thrum.]
lion <0738> [as a lion.]
thrush <05483> [a crane.]
coo <01897> [I did mourn.]
eyes <05869> [mine eyes.]
oppressed <06234> [I am.]
help <06148> [undertake for me. or, ease me.]
say <01696> [What.]
walk slowly <01718> [I shall.]
grief <04751> [in the.]
grief ... experienced ..... benefit <04751 07965> [for peace I had great bitterness. or, on my peace came great bitterness.]
delivered me .... pit <05315 07845 02836> [in love to my soul delivered it from the pit. Heb. loved my soul from the pit.]
removed <07993> [thou hast cast.]
Sheol <07585> [the grave.]
descend <03381> [they that.]
living .... living <02416> [the living.]
father <01> [the father.]
celebrate <05058> [therefore.]
music .... rest ... our <05059> [to the stringed.]
Isaiah <03470> [For Isaiah.]
sign <0226> [What.]
Merodach-Baladan <04757> [A.M. cir. 3292. B.C. cir. 712. Merodach-baladan.]
[Berodach-baladan.]
king <04428> [king.]
letters <07971 05612> [sent letters.]
welcomed <08055> [was glad.]
showed .......................... showed <07200> [shewed.]
storehouse <05238> [precious things. or, spicery.]
armory <03627> [armour. or, jewels. Heb. vessels, or instruments. there was.]
Isaiah .... visited ............... come ...... come <03470 0935> [came Isaiah.]
visited ............... come ...... come <0935> [They are.]
palace .......... palace <01004> [All that.]
Listen <08085> [Hear.]
palace <01004> [that all.]
descendants <01121> [of thy sons.]
eunuchs <05631> [they shall be. Fulfilled.]
appropriate <02896> [Good.]
peace <07965> [For.]
Comfort comfort <05162> [comfort.]
kindly <03820> [comfortably. Heb. to the heart.]
time of warfare <06635> [warfare. or, appointed time.]
punishment <05771> [that her iniquity.]
double <03718> [double.]
voice <06963> [The voice.]
clear <06437> [Prepare.]
construct <03474> [make.]
valley <01516> [valley.]
mountain <02022> [every mountain.]
rough terrain ........ rugged landscape <06121 07406> [and the.]
plain <04334> [straight. or, a straight place. plain. or, a plain place.]
splendor <03519> [the glory.]
people <01320> [all flesh.]
<06310> [for the mouth.]
Cry ........ cry <07121> [Cry.]
people <01320> [All flesh.]
decree <01697> [the word.]
herald Zion ...... herald <06726 01319> [O Zion, that bringest good tidings. or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion.]
Go up <05927> [get.]
herald ....... herald Jerusalem <01319 03389> [O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings. or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem. lift up.]
afraid <03372> [be not.]
God <0430> [Behold.]
sovereign Lord <03069 0136> [the Lord God.]
victorious ..... power <02389 02220> [with strong hand. or, against the strong.]
power <02220> [his arm.]
reward <07939> [his reward.]
prize <06468> [his work. or, recompence for his work.]
shepherd ... tends <07462> [feed.]
gathers up <06908> [he shall gather.]
leads <05095> [shall gently lead.]
A beautiful image, as Bp. Lowth remarks, expressive of the tender attention of the shepherd to his flock. That the greatest care in driving the cattle, in regard to the dams and their young, was necessary, appears clearly from Jacob's apology to his brother Esau, Ge 33:13; which is set in a still stronger light by the following remarks of Sir J. Chardin: "Their flocks feed down the places of their encampments so quick, by the great numbers that they have, that they are obliged to remove them often, which is very destructive to their flocks, on account of the young ones, who have not strength enough to follow."
ewes <05763> [are with young. or, give suck.]
measured <04058> [measured.]
weighed <07991> [measure. Heb. tierce. weighed.]
comprehends <08505> [hath directed.]
<0376> [his counsellor. Heb. man of his counsel.]
directions ... teaches .......... imparts <0995 03925> [instructed him. Heb. made him understand. understanding.]
Heb. understandings.
nations <01471> [the nations.]
coastlands <0339> [the isles.]
wild animals <02416> [nor.]
regarded as <02803> [as nothing.]
make ... contribution <08641 05533> [is so impoverished that he hath no oblation. Heb. is poor of oblation. chooseth.]
fall over <04131> [shall not.]
sits ....... inhabitants .......................... pitched <03427> [It is he that sitteth. or, Him that sitteth, etc.]
sits ....... inhabitants .......................... pitched <03427> [the inhabitants.]
He ...... stretches out <05186> [stretcheth.]
curtain <01852> [as a curtain.]
Or, "as a thin veil," as Bp. Lowth renders; which he illustrates by the following passage from Dr. Shaw. "It is usual in the summer season, and upon all occasions when a large company is to be received, to have the court sheltered from heat, or inclemency of the weather by a {velum,} umbrella, or veil, as I shall call it; which, being expanded on ropes from one end of the parapet to the other, may be folded or unfolded at pleasure. The Psalmist seems to allude to some covering of this kind, in that beautiful expression of spreading out the heavens as a curtain."
planted <05193> [they shall not be planted.]
blows on <05398> [he shall also.]
wind <05591> [and the.]
Look up <05375> [Lift.]
created <01254> [who hath.]
leads out <03318> [bringeth.]
absolute <07230> [by the greatness.]
say <0559> [sayest.]
vindication <04941> [my judgment.]
know <03045> [thou not known.]
eternal <05769> [the everlasting.]
creator <07098> [the ends.]
tired <03286> [fainteth.]
limit <02714> [no searching.]
wait <06960> [they that.]
find renewed <02498> [renew. Heb. change.]
rise up <05927> [mount.]
getting tired <03286> [not faint.]
Listen ..... silence <02790> [silence.]
nations <03816> [let the people.]
debate <07126> [let us.]
stirs up <05782> [Who raised.]
east ... officially <06664 04217> [the righteous man. Heb. righteousness.]
hands ... over ........... makes <05414> [gave.]
dust <06083> [as the.]
windblown <05086> [as driven.]
unharmed <07965> [safely. Heb. in peace.]
successive <06466> [hath.]
summons <07121> [calling.]
Lord <03068> [I the Lord.]
end <0314> [with the.]
coastlands <0339> [isles.]
whole <07098> [the ends.]
help <05826> [helped.]
strong <02388> [of good courage. Heb. strong.]
craftsman <02796> [the carpenter.]
metalsmith <06884> [goldsmith. or, founder. him that smote the anvil. or, the smiting. saying, It is ready for the soldering. or, saying of the solder, It is good. that it.]
Israel <03478> [thou.]
offspring <02233> [the seed.]
friend <0157> [my friend.]
bringing back <02388> [whom.]
summoned <07121> [called.]
chosen <0977> [I have chosen.]
afraid <03372> [Fear.]
God <0430> [for I am thy God.]
strengthen <0553> [I will strengthen.]
uphold <08551> [I will uphold.]
right hand <03225> [the right.]
angry <02734> [all they.]
<0582> [as nothing.]
adversaries <07379 0582> [they that strive with thee. Heb. the men of thy strife.]
look for <01245> [shalt seek.]
opponents <04695 0582> [them that contended with thee. Heb. the men of thy contention. they that war against thee. Heb. the men of thy war.]
hold <02388> [will hold.]
afraid <03372> [Fear.]
despised insignificant <08438> [thou worm.]
men <04962> [men. or, few men.]
says <05002> [saith.]
making ..................... make <07760> [I will make.]
double-edged <06374> [teeth. Heb. mouths. thou shalt.]
winnow <02219> [shalt fan.]
rejoice <01523> [thou shalt rejoice.]
oppressed <06041> [the poor.]
look for <01245> [seek.]
tongues <03956> [their tongue.]
Lord <03068> [I the Lord.]
God <0430> [I the God.]
make <05414> [plant.]
Present <07126> [Produce. Heb. Cause to come near.]
tell <05046> [and shew.]
predictive <07760 03045> [consider them. Heb. set our heart upon them.]
know <03045> [that we may know.]
good <03190> [do good.]
nothing <0369> [ye are.]
nothing <0369> [of nothing. or, worse than nothing. of nought. or, worse than of a viper. an abomination.]
stirred up <05782> [I have.]
Jehovah here, by the mouth of the prophet, predicts the victories of Cyrus over the Chaldeans and their allies, at least 150 years before the event, as one instance of his foreknowledge and invincible power. Media lay north of Babylon, and Persia eastward; and Cyrus commanded the forces of both these nations; and, by his wonderful success, he trampled down mighty monarchs as mortar, and as the potter treads the clay.
stirred up <05782> [raised.]
prays <07121> [shall he call.]
steps on rulers <0935 05461> [come upon.]
decreed <05046> [declared.]
He's <06662> [righteous.]
first <07223> [first.]
<05414> [I will give.]
look <07200> [I beheld.]
answers <07725> [answer. Heb. return.]
nothing <0205> [they are all.]
substance <07307> [wind.]
servant <05650> [my servant.]
support <08551> [whom I.]
chosen one <0972> [mine elect.]
<05315> [my soul.]
placed <05414> [I have.]
make <03318> [he shall.]
crushed <07533> [bruised.]
<03544> [smoking. or, dimly burning. quench. Heb. quench it. he shall.]
dim <03543> [shall not.]
crushed <07533> [discouraged. Heb. broken. and the isles.]
created <01254> [he that created.]
fashioned <07554> [he that spread.]
gives <05414> [he that giveth.]
commission <07121> [called.]
take hold <02388> [and will hold.]
make <05414> [and give.]
light <0216> [a light.]
open <06491> [open.]
release <03318> [to bring.]
name <08034> [that is.]
glory <03519> [my glory.]
earlier <07223> [the former.]
new <02319> [new things.]
Sing <07891> [Sing.]
down <03381> [ye that go.]
everything <04393> [all that is therein. Heb. the fulness thereof. the isles.]
desert <04057> [Let the wilderness.]
Kedar <06938> [Kedar.]
live .... residents <03427> [let the inhabitants.]
hero <01368> [as a mighty.]
<07068> [jealousy.]
shouts <07321> [shall cry.]
shows ..... power <01396> [prevail. or, behave himself mightily.]
long time <05769> [long time.]
pant <07602> [devour. Heb. swallow, or sup up.]
<03212> [I will bring.]
guide <01869> [lead.]
rough ground <04625> [crooked.]
level <04334> [straight. Heb. into straightness. and not.]
humiliated <01322> [be greatly.]
say ... metal images <0559 04541> [say to.]
deaf <02795> [ye deaf.]
blind ..... truly ............. blind <05787> [Who is blind.]
see <07200> [Seeing.]
open <06491> [opening.]
wanted <02654> [well.]
magnifying <01431> [he will.]
displaying <0142> [it. Heb. or, him.]
people <05971> [a people.]
trapped <06351> [they are all of them snared. or, in snaring all the young men of them. are hid.]
plunder <04933> [a spoil. Heb. a treading.]
attention <0238> [will give.]
future <0268> [time to come. Heb. after-time.]
poured out <08210> [he hath poured.]
flames <03857> [and it hath.]
realize <03045> [he knew.]
<07760> [yet he laid.]
created <01254> [created.]
afraid <03372> [Fear.]
call <07121> [I have called.]
[thou art mine.]
pass through <05674> [passest.]
streams <05104> [I will be.]
<03212> [when thou walkest.]
Holy One <06918> [the Holy One.]
I ... handed <05414> [I gave.]
precious <03365> [precious.]
special <03513> [thou hast been.]
love <0157> [I Have.]
life <05315> [life. or, person.]
afraid ............ bring <03372 0935> [Fear not.]
bring <0935> [I will.]
Bring <0935> [bring.]
<07121> [called.]
created <01254> [for I.]
glory <03519> [for my.]
nations <01471> [all the.]
announced <05046> [who among.]
right <06663> [that they may.]
witnesses <05707> [my witnesses.]
servant <05650> [and my servant.]
consider <03045> [that ye.]
before <06440> [I am he.]
god ... formed <03335 0410> [no God formed. or, nothing formed of God.]
decreed <05046> [declared.]
proclaimed ...... other <02114> [no strange.]
witnesses <05707> [my witnesses.]
day <03117> [before.]
deliver <05337> [none.]
prevent <06466> [I will work.]
[let it. Heb. turn it back.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
send <07971> [For.]
fugitives <01281> [nobles. Heb. bars.]
joyful shouts <07440> [whose cry.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
created <01254> [the creator.]
made <05414> [maketh.]
led <03318> [bringeth.]
fell down .... rise <07901 06965> [they shall.]
extinguished put out <01846 03518> [they are.]
do <06213> [I will do.]
make <07760> [I will even.]
paths <05104> [rivers.]
animals <02416> [beast.]
ostriches <01323> [owls. or, ostriches. Heb. daughters of the owl. to give.]
chosen <0972> [my chosen.]
call <07121> [thou hast not.]
long <03021> [thou hast been.]
bring <0935> [hast not.]
lambs <07716> [small cattle. Heb. lambs, or kids. honoured.]
aromatic reeds <07070> [no sweet.]
present <07301> [neither.]
present ..... fat <07301 02459> [filled me. Heb. made me drunk. or, abundantly moistened. thou hast made.]
blots out <04229> [even I.]
remember <02142> [for mine.]
remember <02142> [will not.]
Remind <02142> [Put.]
debate <05608> [declare.]
father .... nation <01 07223> [first father.]
spokesmen <03887> [and thy.]
[teacher. Heb. interpreters.]
defiled <02490> [I have.]
princes <08269> [princes. or, holy princes.]
handed ... over <05414> [and have.]
listen <08085> [now.]
Jacob <03290> [O Jacob.]
made <06213> [that made.]
formed <03335> [formed.]
afraid <03372> [Fear.]
Jeshurun <03484> [Jesurun.]
[Jeshurun.]
pour water ................. pour <04325 03332> [pour water.]
streams <05140> [floods.]
dry land <03004> [dry ground.]
[Greek.]
pour .................. pour ... spirit <03332 07307> [pour my.]
sprout <06779> [spring.]
poplars <06155> [willows.]
belong to the Lord ................ Lord's <03068> [I am.]
write <03789> [subscribe.]
name .............. name <08034> [the name.]
king <04428> [the King.]
protector <01350> [his redeemer.]
first <07223> [I am the first.]
but <01107> [beside.]
claim <07121> [who.]
established <07760> [since.]
afraid <07297> [neither.]
decree <05046> [have declared.]
witnesses <05707> [ye are.]
Is <03426> [Is there.]
rock <06697> [no God. Heb. no rock.]
form <03335> [make.]
delight <02530> [and their.]
delight <02530> [delectable. Heb. desirable.]
witnesses <05707> [their own.]
associates <02270> [all his.]
assemble <06908> [let them all.]
blacksmith <01270> [The smith]
tool <04621> [the tongs. or, an axe. yea, he is.]
marks out ............. marks <08388> [he marketh.]
puts <03427> [that it may.]
cuts down <03772> [heweth.]
gets <0553> [strengtheneth. or, taketh courage.]
makes ... god <0410 06466> [he maketh a god.]
god ................. Rescue ....... god <05337 0410> [Deliver me.]
comprehend <03045> [have not.]
blind <02902> [for he hath.]
blind <02902> [shut. Heb. daubed. cannot.]
thinks ... himself <03820 07725> [considereth in his heart. Heb. setteth to his heart.]
disgusting <08441> [an abomination.]
idol ........ wood <06086 0944> [the stock of a tree. Heb. that which comes of a tree.]
feeds <07462> [feedeth.]
deceived <02048> [a deceived.]
false <08267> [Is there.]
Remember <02142> [Remember.]
servant ........ servant <05650> [thou art.]
forget <05382> [thou shalt.]
remove <04229> [blotted.]
guilt <05645> [as a thick.]
back <07725> [return.]
Shout for joy <07442> [Sing.]
splendor <06286> [glorified.]
protector <01350> [thy redeemer.]
formed <03335> [and he.]
Lord ................ Lord <03068> [I am.]
[by myself.]
frustrates <06565> [frustrateth.]
humiliates ................ advice <07080 01847> [maketh.]
overturns <07725> [turneth.]
fulfills ....................................... raise <06965> [confirmeth.]
says <0559> [that saith.]
fulfills ....................................... raise <06965> [and I will.]
ruins <02723> [decayed places. Heb. wastes.]
dry <02717> [Be dry.]
Cyrus <03566> [Cyrus.]
<07462> [my shepherd.]
commissions ................. decree <0559> [saying.]
chosen one <04899> [to his.]
right hand <03225> [whose.]
hold <02388> [holden. or, strengthened.]
subdue <07286> [to subdue.]
open <06605> [to open.]
All the streets of Babylon, leading on each side to the river, were secured by two leaved brazen gates, and these were providentially left open when Cyrus's forces entered the city in the night, through the channel of the river, in the general disorder occasioned by the great feast which was then celebrated; otherwise, says Herodotus, the Persians would have been shut up in the bed of the river, as in a net, and all destroyed. The gates of the palace were also imprudently opened to ascertain the occasion of the tumult; when the two parties under Gobrias and Gadatas rushed in, got possession of the palace, and slew the king.
before <06440 03212> [go before.]
level <03474> [make.]
shatter <07665> [break.]
give <05414> [I will give.]
recognize <03045> [that thou.]
calls <07121> [which call.]
Jacob <03290> [Jacob.]
call <07121> [I have even.]
recognize <03045> [though.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
arm .......... recognize <0247 03045> [I girded thee.]
forms <03335> [form.]
creates darkness ......... creates <02822 01254> [create darkness.]
brings ... peace .......... accomplishes <06213 07965> [I make Peace.]
rain down <07491> [Drop down.]
earth <0776> [let the earth.]
Lord <03068> [I the Lord.]
argues <07378> [unto him.]
clay <02563> [Shall the clay.]
Holy One <06918> [the Holy One.]
question <07592> [Ask.]
children <01121> [concerning my sons.]
work <06467> [concerning the work.]
dare ... tell ... what to do <06680> [command.]
made ... earth <0776 06213> [made the earth.]
hands <03027> [my hands.]
heavenly lights <06635> [all their host.]
stir ... up <05782> [raised him.]
commission <06664> [in righteousness.]
<03474> [direct. or, make straight.]
rebuild <01129> [he shall build.]
send <07971> [let go]
price <04242> [price]
profit <03018> [The labour.]
Sabeans <05436> [the Sabeans.]
That the Sabeans were of a most majestic appearance is particularly remarked by Agatharchides, an ancient Greek historian quoted by Bochart.
tall <0582 04060> [men of stature.]
chains <02131> [in chains.]
bow <07812> [they shall fall.]
God <0410> [Surely.]
<0657> [and there.]
God <0410> [a God.]
God <0430> [O God.]
Israel <03478> [Israel.]
for all ....... never again <05769> [an everlasting.]
ashamed <0954> [ye shall not.]
created ........................ create <01254> [that created.]
created ........................ create <01254> [he created.]
Lord .......................................... Lord <03068> [I am.]
spoken ......................... speaks <01696> [spoken.]
Seek <01245> [Seek.]
spoken ......................... speaks honestly <01696 06664> [speak righteousness.]
come <0935> [yourselves.]
refugees <06412> [escaped.]
know <03045> [they.]
Tell ... Present the evidence ............... announced <05046 05066> [Tell ye.]
Present the evidence <05066> [and bring.]
predicted <08085> [who hath declared.]
God <0430> [and there is.]
vindicates <06662> [a just.]
Turn <06437> [Look.]
God <0410> [for.]
solemnly ...................... solemnly <07650> [sworn.]
what <01697> [the word.]
knee <01290> [That unto.]
tongue <03956> [every tongue.]
say <0559> [Surely, etc. or, Surely he shall say of me, In the Lord is all righteousness and strength. in the.]
deliverer <06666> [righteousness. Heb. righteousnesses. strength.]
<0935> [even.]
angry <02734> [and all.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
descendants <02233> [the seed.]
boast <01984> [glory.]
Bel <01078> [Bel.]
Bel, called Belus by the Greek and Roman writers, is the same as Baal; and Nebo is interpreted by Castell and Norberg of Mercury; the two principal idols of Babylon. When that city was taken by the Persians, these images were carried in triumph.
burdensome <04853> [a burden.]
unable <03201> [they could.]
themselves <05315> [but.]
themselves head off <05315 01980> [themselves are. Heb. their soul is.]
Listen <08085> [Hearken.]
who are left <07611> [the remnant.]
supported <06006> [borne.]
old <02209> [even to your.]
gray hair <07872> [even to hoar.]
empty out <02107> [lavish.]
bow down <05456> [they fall.]
carry .... put <05445 03240> [they carry him.]
cries out <06817> [one shall cry.]
Remember <02142> [Remember.]
rebels <07725> [bring.]
antiquity <07223> [the former.]
God ........ God <0410 0430> [I am God.]
none like <0657 03644> [and there is none like.]
end <0319> [the end.]
plan <06098> [My counsel.]
summons .............. out <07121> [Calling.]
eagle <05861> [a ravenous bird.]
Or, "an eagle," a very proper emblem for Cyrus, says Bp. Lowth, as in other respects, so particularly because the ensign of Cyrus was a golden eagle, [aetos chrusous,] the very word {ayit,} which the prophet uses here, expressed as near as may be in Greek letters.
one <0376> [the man.]
plan <06098> [that executeth my counsel. Heb. of my counsel.]
have decreed <01696> [I have spoken.]
Listen <08085> [Hearken.]
stubborn <047> [ye stouthearted.]
distance <07350> [that.]
bringing .... near <07126> [bring.]
wait <0309> [shall not tarry.]
salvation ......... save <08668> [salvation.]
Israel <03478> [Israel.]
down <03381> [down.]
virgin <01330> [O virgin.]
daughter ............ daughter <01323> [daughter.]
throne <03678> [there is.]
longer <03254> [thou shalt.]
millstones <07347> [the millstones.]
strip off <02834> [make bare.]
get <03947> [I will take.]
protector <01350> [our redeemer.]
silently <01748> [silent.]
longer <03254> [for.]
After Babylon was taken by Cyrus, instead of being "the lady of kingdoms," the metropolis of a great empire, and mistress of all the East, it became subject to the Persians; and the imperial seat being removed to Susa, instead of having a king, it had only a deputy residing there, who governed it as a province of the Persian empire.
angry <07107> [wroth.]
defiled <02490> [I have polluted.]
placed <07760> [thou didst.]
old people <02205> [upon.]
said <0559> [thou saidst.]
it ... turn <07760> [so that.]
lavishly <05719> [given.]
No <0657> [I am.]
lives ..................... live <03427> [I shall not.]
Both <08147> [these two.]
suddenly <07281> [in a moment.]
come ................... overwhelmed <0935> [they shall come.]
many <07230> [for the multitude.]
complacent <0982> [thou hast trusted.]
thought ................ say <0559> [thou hast said.]
wisdom <02451> [Thy wisdom.]
thought ................ say <07725 0559> [perverted thee. or, caused thee to turn away. I am.]
know ........................... recognize <03045> [thou shalt not know.]
charm <07837> [from whence it riseth. Heb. the morning thereof. thou shalt not be.]
appease <03722> [put it off. Heb. expiate.]
tired <03811> [wearied.]
omens <01895> [Let now.]
omens ..... who gaze <02374 01895> [astrologers, the stargazers. Heb. viewers of the heavens. the monthly prognosticators. Heb. that gave knowledge concerning the months.]
straw ......... rescue <07179 05337> [they shall.]
[themselves Heb. their souls.]
coals <01513> [there shall.]
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.
called <07121> [which are.]
<03318> [come.]
take oaths <07650> [which swear.]
invoke <02142> [make mention.]
honest <0571> [not in truth.]
live ....... trust <07121> [they call.]
trust ....... whose <05564> [and stay.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
<05046> [declared.]
predictions <08085> [and I.]
know <01847> [I knew.]
stubborn <07186> [obstinate. Heb. hard.]
[and they.]
forehead <04696> [thy brow.]
beforehand <0227> [even.]
<06090> [Mine idol.]
heard ........... admit ..... say <08085> [hast heard.]
<05046> [and will.]
heard ........... admit ..... say <08085> [shewed.]
hear <08085> [thou heardest.]
told <0241> [thine ear.]
know ......... know <03045> [I knew.]
rebel <06586> [a transgressor.]
my reputation <08034> [my name's.]
hold back <0748> [defer.]
refined <06884> [I have refined.]
silver <03701> [with silver. or, for silver. I have chosen.]
act <06213> [mine own.]
defiled <02490> [for how.]
defiled <02490> [my name.]
{Shemi,} "my name," is supplied by one MS. and the LXX.
share <05414> [I will not.]
Listen <08085> [Hearken.]
Jacob <03290> [O Jacob.]
Three MSS. and two old editions add {avdi,} "my servant."
summoned <07121> [my called.]
beginning <07223> [I am he.]
hand ...... right hand <03027 03225> [hand.]
right hand <03225> [and.]
right hand spread <02946 03225> [my right hand hath spanned. or, the palm of my right hand hath spread out.]
summon <07121> [when.]
gather <06908> [assemble.]
announced <05046> [among them.]
Instead of {bahem,} "among them," thirty-five MSS. and two editions have {bachem,} "among you."
<03068> [The Lord.]
Rather, "He whom the Lord hath loved, will execute his will on Babylon:" that is, Cyrus.
carry out <06213> [he will do.]
spoken <01696> [I have not.]
sovereign Lord <03069 0136> [the Lord God.]
Lord ............. Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
teaches <03925> [which teacheth.]
who <01869> [which leadeth.]
only .... obeyed my <03863 07181> [that thou.]
prosperity <07965> [then had.]
descendants <02233> [seed.]
name <08034> [his name.]
Leave <03318> [ye forth.]
shout <06963> [with a voice.]
Leave ..................... earth <03318 07097> [utter it even.]
thirst <06770> [they thirsted.]
water ............... water <04325> [he caused.]
Listen <08085> [Listen.]
Pay attention <07181> [and hearken.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
made .................. made <07760> [he hath made.]
hollow <06738> [in the.]
made .................. made ..... sharpened <07760 01305> [made me.]
The polished shaft, says Bp. Lowth, denotes the same efficacious word which is before represented by the sharp sword. The doctrine of the gospel pierced the hearts of its hearers, "bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ."
worked <03021> [I have laboured.]
expended <03615> [spent.]
But <0403> [yet.]
reward <06468> [work. or, reward.]
formed <03335> [that formed.]
restore <07725> [to bring.]
Israel <03478> [Though, etc. or, That Israel may be gathered to him, and I may, etc. Israel.]
honored <03513> [yet.]
insignificant ......... servant <07043 05650> [It is a light thing that. or, Art thou lighter, than that, etc.]
<05341> [preserved. or, desolations. I will also.]
deliverance <03444> [that thou mayest.]
protector <01350> [the Redeemer.]
one .... despised <05315 0960> [to him whom man despiseth. or, to him that is despised in soul.]
servant <05650> [to a.]
Kings <04428> [Kings.]
chosen <0977> [and he.]
favor <07522> [In an.]
help <05826> [have I helped.]
make .... covenant <05414 01285> [give thee.]
mediator <06965> [establish. or, raise up.]
reassign <05157> [to cause.]
prisoners <0631> [to the.]
dark dungeons <02822> [to them.]
graze <07462> [They shall feed.]
slopes <08205> [high.]
hungry <07456> [shall not.]
oppressive heat <08273> [neither.]
compassion <07355> [he that.]
come <0935> [these shall.]
sky <08064> [O heavens.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
sovereign <0136> [my Lord.]
woman <0802> [a woman.]
compassion <07355> [that she should not have compassion. Heb. from having compassion. they may.]
forget ........................ forget ..... forget <07911> [yet.]
inscribed <02710> [I have.]
walls <02346> [thy walls.]
children <01121> [children.]
hurry <04116> [haste.]
Or, by a slight change of the points, "Thy builders shall make haste:" those appointed to build the city and walls of Zion, shall speedily begin and accomplish the work.
while those who destroyed <02040> [thy destroyers.]
Look <05375> [Lift up.]
gather <06908> [all these.]
live <02416> [As I live.]
put <03847> [thou shalt.]
bride <03618> [as a bride.]
[doeth.]
Bp. Lowth adds from the LXX., "her jewels."
ruins <02723> [thy waste.]
devoured <01104> [they that.]
children <01121> [children.]
place <04725> [The place.]
bereaved <07921> [seeing.]
barren <01565> [am desolate.]
raise ......................... carry <05375> [Behold.]
arms <02684> [arms. Heb. bosom.]
Kings <04428> [kings.]
Cyrus, Darius, Artaxerxes, and other Persian monarchs, as well as Alexander the Great, and his successors, particularly Demetrius, conferred many privileges and immunities on the Jewish people, and were munificent benefactors to their temple. But the prophecy was more remarkably and fully fulfilled in the favour which Constantine the Great, and other Christian princes and princesses from his time to the present day, have shewn to the church of Christ; though it cannot be disputed, that the grand and signal accomplishment of these predictions is yet future.
guardians <0539> [nursing fathers. Heb. nourishers.]
princesses <08282> [queens. Heb. princesses. bow.]
lick <03897> [lick up.]
shame <0954> [for they.]
spoils <04455> [Shall.]
spoils <04455> [prey.]
captives ...... conqueror <07628 06662> [lawful captive. Heb. captivity of the just.]
captives <07628> [Even.]
captives <07628> [captives. Heb. captivity. I will contend.]
rescue <03467> [I will save.]
eat <0398> [I will feed.]
get drunk <07937> [drunken.]
wine <06071> [sweet wine. or, new wine. and all.]
certificate <05612> [the bill.]
creditors <05383> [or which.]
sins <05771> [Behold.]
Husbands often sent bills of divorcement to their wives on slight occasions; and fathers, oppressed with debt, sold their children till the year of release. But this, saith God, cannot be my case: I am not governed by any such motives, nor am I urged by any such necessity. Your captivity and afflictions are the fruits of your own folly and wickedness.
sins <05771> [for your iniquities.]
come <0935> [when I came.]
hand <03027> [Is my.]
power <03581> [have I.]
shout <01606> [at my.]
dry up <02717> [I dry.]
fish <01710> [their fish.]
Lord <03069> [God.]
<01697> [a word.]
spokesman ........................... disciples <03928> [as the.]
offered <05414> [gave.]
jaws <03895> [my cheeks.]
The eastern people always held the beard in great veneration; and to pluck a man's beard is one of the grossest indignities that can be offered. D'Arvieux gives a remarkable instance of an Arab, who, having received a wound in his jaw, chose to hazard his life rather than suffer the surgeon to cut off his beard. See Note on 2 Sa 10:4.
out ... beard <04803> [that plucked.]
hide <05641> [I hid.]
Another instance of the utmost contempt and detestation. Throughout the East it is highly offensive to spit in any one's presence; and if this is such an indignity, how much more spitting in the face?
sovereign <0136> [the Lord.]
resolved <07760> [I set.]
vindicates .... close <07138 06663> [near that.]
confront <05975> [let us.]
accuser <01167> [mine adversary. Heb. the master of my cause.]
wear out <01086> [they all.]
fears <03373> [is among.]
obeys <08085> [obeyeth.]
walks in <01980> [that walketh.]
trust <0982> [let.]
start <06919> [all ye.]
<03212> [walk.]
me <03027> [This shall.]
lie down <07901> [ye shall.]
Listen <08085> [Hearken.]
pursue <07291> [ye that follow.]
seek <01245> [ye that seek.]
Look <05027> [look.]
Abraham <085> [unto Abraham.]
summoned <07121> [for.]
Lord ......................... Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
ruins <02723> [all.]
make <07760> [make.]
Garden <01588> [like the.]
Happiness <08342> [joy.]
people <03816> [O my.]
decree <08451> [a law.]
justice <04941> [I will make.]
vindicate <06664> [righteousness.]
deliver <03468> [my salvation.]
power <02220> [mine.]
coastlands <0339> [the isles.]
Look <05375> [Lift up.]
sky ......... sky <08064> [the heavens.]
deliverance <03444> [my salvation.]
Listen <08085> [Hearken.]
know <03045> [ye that.]
aware ... my <03820> [in whose.]
afraid <03372> [fear.]
moth <06211> [the moth.]
vindication <06666> [my righteousness.]
Wake up Wake up ........... Wake up <05782> [Awake.]
Clothe <03847> [put.]
arm <02220> [O arm.]
former <06924> [as in.]
smash <02672> [Art thou.]
sea monster <08577> [the dragon.]
dry <02717> [dried.]
ransomed <06299> [the redeemed.]
Unending <05769> [everlasting.]
grief <03015> [and sorrow.]
[I, am he.]
afraid <03372> [that thou.]
human ...... short-lived <0120 05414> [man which.]
forget <07911> [forgettest.]
stretched <05186> [that hath.]
tremble <06342> [feared.]
makes <03559> [were ready. or, made himself ready.]
anger .............. anger <02534> [where is.]
suffers <06808> [captive.]
die <04191> [die.]
churns <07280> [that divided.]
Lord ............... Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
commission <07760> [I have put.]
cover <03680> [I have covered.]
establish <05193> [plant.]
found <03245> [and lay.]
people <05971> [Thou art.]
Wake up Wake up <05782> [awake.]
drank ................. drained dry <08354> [which hast.]
lead <05095> [none.]
take <02388> [that taketh.]
double ... confronted <08147 07122> [two things.]
confronted <07122> [are come. Heb. happened. who shall.]
devastation <07667> [destruction. Heb. breaking. by whom.]
children <01121> [sons.]
antelope <08377> [a wild.]
<04392> [full.]
[but.]
<07378> [pleadeth.]
removed <03947> [I have.]
put ...................... made <07760> [I will.]
down <07812> [Bow.]
Wake up Wake up <05782> [awake.]
Clothe ....... Put on ... beautiful <03847 08597> [put on thy beautiful.]
holy <06944> [the holy.]
longer <03254> [there shall.]
Shake <05287> [Shake.]
Get <06965> [arise.]
The common mode of sitting in the East is upon the floor, with the legs crossed; and when sitting is spoken of as a posture of more than ordinary state, it means sitting on high, on a chair of state, or throne.
iron <06605> [loose.]
people <05971> [My people.]
Assyria <0804> [the Assyrian.]
<0657> [without.]
says ................... says <05002> [what.]
people <05971> [people.]
taunt <03213> [make.]
name <08034> [my name.]
people <05971> [my people.]
says <01696> [I am he.]
delightful <04998> [How beautiful.]
This is a highly poetical expression, for, How welcome is his arrival! how agreeable are the tidings which he brings!
announces .......... announces <08085> [publisheth.]
God <0430> [Thy God.]
watchmen <06822> [Thy.]
<05375> [lift.]
Listen .... shout <06963> [with.]
eyes <07200> [see.]
joyful <06476> [Break.]
ruins <02723> [ye waste.]
reveals <02834> [made.]
Leave Leave ... out ......... out <05493 03318> [depart ye.]
touch <05060> [touch.]
pure <01305> [be.]
depart <03318> [ye shall.]
God <0430> [the God.]
[be your reward. Heb. gather you up.]
servant <05650> [my servant.]
succeed <07919> [deal prudently. or, prosper.]
elevated <07311> [he shall.]
many <07227> [many.]
sight <04758> [his visage.]
marred ......... he <05137> [sprinkle.]
Kings <04428> [kings.]
exaltation ... they ..... unannounced ......... they <05608> [for.]
believed <0539> [Who.]
what we just heard <08052> [report. or, doctrine. Heb. hearing. the.]
revealed <01540> [revealed.]
sprouted up <05927> [he shall grow.]
form <08389> [he hath no.]
despised ....................... despised <0959> [despised.]
people one <0376> [a man.]
hid ... faces <06440 04564> [we hid as it were our faces from him. or, he hid as it were, his face from us. Heb. as a hiding of faces from him or from us. we esteemed.]
carried <05375> [he hath.]
thought <02803> [yet.]
wounded <02490> [But he was.]
wounded <02490> [wounded. or, tormented. bruised.]
punishment <04148> [the chastisement.]
wounds <02250> [stripes. Heb. bruise.]
sheep <06629> [All we.]
path <01870> [his own.]
caused ... sin ...... to attack <05771 06293> [laid on him the iniquity of us all. Heb. made the iniquities of us all to meet on him.]
open ....................... open <06605> [yet.]
led <02986> [he is.]
unjust trial <06115 04941> [from prison and from judgment; and. or, by distress and judgment; but, etc.]
cared <07878> [who.]
cut off <01504> [cut off.]
wounded <05061> [was he stricken. Heb. was the stroke upon him.]
bury <05414> [made.]
ended up <04194> [death. Heb. deaths. deceit.]
desired <02654> [pleased.]
ill <02470> [he hath.]
restitution ... made <07760 05315> [when thou shalt make his soul. or, when his soul shall make.]
see <07200> [he shall see.]
long <0748> [he shall prolong.]
purpose <02656> [the pleasure.]
suffered <07200> [see.]
understands <01847> [by his.]
[my righteousness.]
<06663> [justify.]
carried <05445> [bear.]
assign ... a portion ....... divide <02505> [will I.]
submitted <06168> [poured.]
numbered <04487> [and he was.]
lifted up <05375> [he bare.]
intervened on behalf <06293> [made.]
barren <06135> [O barren.]
Give <06476> [break.]
numerous <07227> [for more.]
spread out <06555> [thou shalt.]
children <02233> [and thy.]
desolate <08074> [make.]
afraid ......... shame <03372 0954> [Fear not.]
forget <07911> [thou shalt forget.]
made <06213> [thy Maker.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
God <0430> [The God.]
wife ............. wife <0802> [a woman.]
wife ............. wife <0802> [a wife.]
short <06996> [a small.]
great <01419> [with.]
burst <08241> [a little.]
rejected <05641> [I hid.]
lasting <05769> [but.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
mountains <02022> [the mountains.]
covenant <01285> [the covenant.]
compassion <07355> [that hath.]
afflicted <06041> [thou afflicted.]
unconsoled <05590> [tossed.]
<05162> [not comforted.]
lay <07257> [I will lay.]
lapis-lazuli <05601> [sapphires.]
children .......... children <01121> [all.]
great <07227> [great.]
vindicate <06666> [righteousness.]
not experience <07368> [thou shalt be.]
afraid <03372> [for thou.]
dares ... challenge ............ challenge <01481> [they shall.]
challenge ... will ... defeated <05307> [shall fall.]
create ................ create <01254> [I have.]
weapon <03627> [weapon.]
refute <03956> [every.]
<05159> [the heritage.]
vindicate <06666> [and their.]
Hey <01945> [Ho.]
thirsty <06771> [every.]
Buy ... eat ... Buy <07666 0398> [buy, and.]
Buy ..... Buy wine <07666 03196> [buy wine.]
milk <02461> [milk.]
money ............ money <03701> [without money.]
pay <08254> [do ye.]
pay <08254> [spend. Heb. weigh.]
Listen carefully <08085> [Hearken.]
eat <0398> [eat.]
<05186> [Incline.]
<03212> [come.]
Listen <08085> [hear.]
make <03772> [and I will.]
reliable <0539> [the sure.]
<05414> [I have.]
ruler <05057> [a leader.]
summon <07121> [thou shalt.]
nations ....... nations <01471> [nations.]
bestows <06286> [he.]
Seek <01875> [Seek.]
nearby <07138> [while he is near.]
wicked <07563> [the wicked.]
sinful <0376 0205> [unrighteous man. Heb. man of iniquity. his thoughts.]
freely <07235> [for.]
freely <07235> [abundantly. Heb. multiply to.]
rain <01653> [as the rain.]
yield <05414> [give.]
promise <01697> [shall my.]
accomplished <06213> [it shall accomplish.]
go out <03318> [ye shall.]
mountains <02022> [the mountains.]
clap <04222> [clap.]
thorn bushes <05285> [of the thorn.]
monument <08034> [for a.]
permanent <05769> [an everlasting.]
Promote <08104> [Keep.]
justice <04941> [judgment. or, equity. for.]
blessed <0835> [Blessed.]
obedience <02388> [layeth.]
observe ... Sabbath ....... who refrain <08104 07676> [keepeth the.]
observe ......... who refrain from <08104 03027> [keepeth his.]
foreigner <01121> [the son.]
follower <03867> [joined.]
Lord ..... Lord .... exclude <03068 0914> [The Lord hath.]
foreigner ..................... eunuch <01121 05631> [neither.]
choose <0977> [choose.]
faithful <02388> [take hold.]
set up .................... set up <05414> [will I.]
monument ................ monument <08034> [and a.]
better <02896> [better.]
remain <03772> [that shall.]
followers <03867> [join.]
love <0157> [to love.]
observe <08104> [every.]
bring <0935> [them will.]
burnt offerings <05930> [their burnt.]
temple .................... temple ....... temple <01004> [for mine.]
gathers ......... gather ... up <06908> [which.]
gathers ......... gather ... up <06908> [Yet.]
gathers ......... gather ... up <06908> [beside those that are gathered. Heb. to his gathered.]
watchmen <06822> [watchmen.]
blind <05787> [are blind.]
mute <0483> [they are all dumb.]
pant <01957> [sleeping. or, dreaming, or talking in their sleep. loving.]
[Yea, they are.]
appetites <05794> [greedy. Heb. strong of appetite. can never have enough.]
Heb. know not to be satisfied.
shepherds <07462> [are shepherds.]
monetary <06437> [all look.]
get <03947> [I will.]
Tomorrow <04279> [to morrow.]
godly ................ godly <06662> [righteous.]
one .... people <0376> [no man.]
Honest <0582 02617> [merciful men. Heb. men of kindness, or godliness.]
godly ................ godly <06662> [the righteous.]
evil <07451> [the evil to come. or, that which is evil.]
enter <0935> [He shall.]
[enter into. or, go in.]
rest <05117> [rest.]
uprightly <05228> [in his uprightness. or before him.]
approach <07126> [draw.]
sons <01121> [sons.]
laughing ...... opening <06026 07337> [Against.]
laughing <06026> [sport.]
opening <07337> [make.]
sticking out <0748> [draw.]
children <03206> [are ye.]
[Inflaming.]
<0410> [with idols. or, among the oaks.]
green ............ overhangs <07488 05585> [under.]
slaughter <07819> [slaying.]
smooth <02511> [the smooth.]
pour <08210> [to them.]
vengeance <05162> [Should.]
door <01817> [the doors.]
depart from <01540> [for.]
favors from .... love <03772 0157> [made thee a covenant with them. or, hewed it for thyself larger than theirs. thou lovedst.]
longingly .... genitals <03027 02372> [where thou sawest it. or, thou providest room.]
take .... as tribute .... king <04428 07788> [thou wentest to the king. or, thou respectedst the king.]
perfumes <07547> [perfumes.]
go <08213> [and didst debase.]
get tired <03021> [wearied.]
renewed <02976> [There is.]
<02416> [life. or, living. therefore.]
worried <01672> [of whom.]
deceitfully <03576> [that thou.]
remember <02142> [and hast.]
think about <07760> [nor.]
silent <02814> [have not.]
idols <06899> [let.]
wind <07307> [but the.]
looks .... for help <02620> [but he.]
holy <06944> [my holy.]
Build it Build it <05549> [Cast.]
Remove <07311> [take.]
high ................... exalted <07311 04791> [the high.]
rules ........ dwell <07931> [that inhabiteth.]
name <08034> [whose.]
rules ........ dwell <07931> [I dwell.]
discouraged <01793> [with.]
humiliated ..... cheer up ... humiliated .... encourage <07307 02421> [to revive the spirit.]
hostile <07378> [I will not.]
breath <05397> [the souls.]
sinful <05771> [the iniquity.]
rejected <05641> [I hid.]
<03212> [and he.]
disobedient <07726> [frowardly. Heb. turning away. in the.]
seen <07200> [have.]
heal <07495> [will heal.]
them <05148> [will lead.]
but <07999> [restore.]
mourn <057> [to his.]
gives <01254> [I create.]
"The sacrifice of praise," says St. Paul, "is the fruit of the lips." God creates this fruit of the lips, by giving new subject and cause of thanksgiving by His mercies conferred on His people. The great subject of thanksgiving is peace, reconciliation and pardon offered to them that are nigh, and to them that are afar off; not only to the Jew, but also to the Gentile.
celebrate <05108> [the fruit.]
prosperity <07965> [Peace.]
surging ........... toss up <01644> [like.]
loudly <01627> [aloud. Heb. with the throat. spare.]
Yell as loud as <07311 06963> [lift up.]
trumpet <07782> [like.]
seek <01875> [they seek.]
ask <07592> [they ask.]
fast <06684> [have we fasted.]
humble <06031> [afflicted.]
time <03117> [in.]
oppress <05065> [exact.]
workers <06092> [labours. or, things wherewith ye grieve others. Heb. griefs.]
fasting ........... fast <06684> [ye fast.]
brawls <05221> [and to smite.]
fasting ........... fast ..... today <03117 06684> [shall not fast as ye do this day. or, fast not as this day. to make.]
fasting .................................. fast <06685> [it such.]
day ... people ... humble themselves ........................ day <03117 0120 06031 05315> [a day for a man to afflict his soul. or, to afflict his soul for a day.]
stretching <03331> [to spread.]
pleasing <07522> [an acceptable.]
remove <06605> [to loose.]
ropes .... burdensome yoke ........... burdensome yoke <092 04133> [heavy burdens. Heb. bundles of the yoke. oppressed. Heb. broken. ye break.]
share <06536> [to deal.]
provide <0935> [bring.]
homeless <04788> [cast out. or, afflicted. the naked.]
flesh and blood <01320> [thine own.]
light <0216> [thy light.]
restoration <0724> [and thine.]
godly <06664> [and thy.]
splendor <03519> [the glory.]
rear guard <0622> [be thy rereward. Heb. gather thee up.]
call <07121> [shalt thou.]
remove <05493> [Here.]
yoke <04133> [the yoke.]
pointing <07971> [the putting.]
speaking <01696> [speaking.]
actively <06329> [thou draw.]
<05315> [thy soul.]
Instead of {naphshecha,} "thy soul," eleven MSS. read {lachmecha,} "thy bread," which is adopted by Bp. Lowth; but "to draw out the soul" in relieving the poor, probably means to do it not of constraint, but cheerfully.
light <0216> [then.]
<03068> [the Lord.]
feed <07646> [and satisfy.]
parched regions <06710> [drought. Heb. droughts. make fat.]
well-watered <07302> [be like.]
<03576> [fail. Heb. lie, or deceive.]
rebuilt <01129> [build.]
ruins <02723> [waste.]
repairs <01443> [The repairer.]
observe <07725> [turn.]
look forward <07121> [call.]
find joy <06026> [delight.]
prosperity <07392> [to ride.]
cause crops <0398> [and feed.]
<06310> [the mouth.]
Lord's <03068> [the Lord's.]
deliver <03467> [that it cannot save.]
ear <0241> [his ear.]
sinful <05771> [your iniquities.]
reject <05641> [hid. or, made him hide.]
hands <03709> [your hands.]
lips <08193> [your lips.]
concerned <07121> [calleth.]
depend <0982> [trust.]
tell <01696> [and speak.]
conceive <02029> [they conceive.]
poisonous snake <06848> [cockatrice. or, adder's.]
hatch .................... poisonous snake ... hatched <01234 0660 02116> [crushed breaketh out into a viper. or, sprinkled is as if there brake out a viper.]
webs <06980> [webs.]
cover <03680> [neither.]
what ... make ... deeds <04639> [their works.]
eager <07272> [feet.]
quick <04116> [and they.]
Their thoughts <04284> [their thoughts.]
crush <07701> [wasting.]
destroy <07667> [destruction. Heb. breaking.]
<01870> [way.]
unjust <04941> [no.]
unjust <04941> [judgment. or, right.]
deceitful <06140> [crooked.]
deals <01869> [whosoever.]
deliverance <04941> [is judgment.]
wait <06960> [we wait.]
grope ......... grope <01659> [grope.]
strong <0820> [in desolate.]
growl <01993> [roar.]
coo mournfully <01897> [mourn.]
salvation <03444> [for salvation.]
rebellious ............... rebellious <06588> [our transgressions.]
sins <02403> [our sins.]
know <03045> [we know.]
deceive <03584> [lying.]
turned back ................ concocted <05253> [departing.]
tell <01696> [speaking.]
Honesty <0571> [truth.]
tries <05493> [he that.]
robbed <07997> [maketh himself a prey. or, is accounted mad.]
justice <03415 04941> [displeased him. Heb. was evil in his eyes.]
sees <07200> [he saw.]
hands <02220> [therefore.]
wears ..... justice .................. puts on <06666 03847> [he put on righteousness.]
garments <0899> [the garments.]
zeal <07068> [with zeal.]
<05921> [According.]
dispensing <01578> [deeds. Heb. recompences. fury.]
respect <03372> [shall they.]
rushing <06862> [When.]
This all the Rabbins refer to the coming of the Messiah. If, say they, ye see a generation which endured much tribulation, then expect Him, according to what is written, "When the enemy shall come in like a flood," etc.
rushing <06862> [the enemy.]
wind <07307> [the Spirit.]
driven <05127> [lift up a standard against him. or, put him to flight.]
protector <01350> [the Redeemer.]
repent <07725> [unto.]
promise <01285> [this.]
spirit <07307> [My spirit.]
words <01697> [my words.]
Arise <06965> [Arise.]
Shine .... light arrives <0215 0216 0935> [shine; for thy light is come. or, be enlightened, for thy light cometh.]
splendor <03519> [the glory.]
darkness <02822> [the darkness.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
Nations <01471> [the Gentiles.]
kings <04428> [kings.]
<05375> [Lift.]
come ...... come <0935> [they come.]
look <07200> [thou shalt see.]
your <07337> [be enlarged.]
riches .... lands <03220 02015 01995> [abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee. or, noise of the sea shall be turned towards thee.]
wealth <02428> [forces. or, wealth.]
caravans <08229> [multitude.]
Midian <04080> [Midian.]
Sheba <07614> [all.]
<05375> [bring.]
singing <01319> [they shall shew.]
sheep <06629> [the flocks.]
go up <05927> [they shall.]
honor <06286> [I will.]
fly <05774> [fly.]
cloud <05645> [a cloud.]
doves <03123> [as the.]
coastlands <0339> [the isles.]
ships <0591> [the ships.]
sons <01121> [thy sons.]
honor <08034> [unto.]
bestowed honor <06286> [because.]
Foreigners <01121> [the sons.]
kings <04428> [their kings.]
anger <07110> [in my wrath.]
gates <08179> [Therefore.]
The subject of this chapter, says Bp. Lowth, is the great increase and flourishing state of the church of God, by the conversion and accession of the heathen nations to it; which is set forth in such ample and exalted terms, as plainly shew that the full completion of this prophecy is reserved for future times. This subject is displayed in the most splendid colours, under a great variety of images highly poetical, designed to give a general idea of the glories of that perfect state of the church of God, which we are taught to expect in the latter times; when the fulness of the Gentiles shall come in, and the Jews shall be converted and gathered from their dispersions, and "the kingdom of this world shall become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ."
gates <08179> [thy gates.]
wealth <02428> [forces. or, wealth.]
splendor <03519> [The glory.]
That is, the cedar; and as the choice timber of Lebanon beautified Solomon's temple, that footstool of Jehovah; so shall the peculiar advantages of every nation, and of every description of men, concur to beautify the church of Christ, which He has determined to make glorious. The language then becomes more energetic, and the images employed more grand and magnificent; and nothing can answer to the glorious description but some future exalted state of the church on earth, or the church triumphant in heaven; though several expressions seem to limit it to the church below.
beautify <06286> [to beautify.]
palace ........ throne room <04725> [the place.]
children <01121> [sons.]
City <05892> [The city.]
<05800> [thou.]
source of .... joy <04885> [a joy.]
drink ... milk ...... nurse <02461 03243> [suck the milk.]
recognize <03045> [thou shalt know.]
bronze ...................... bronze <05178> [brass.]
bring <07760> [make.]
violence <02555> [Violence.]
name <07121> [but.]
sun <08121> [sun.]
God <0430> [thy God.]
sun <08121> [sun.]
time <03117> [the days.]
people <05971> [people.]
possess <03423> [inherit.]
shoot <05342> [the branch.]
reveal <06286> [that I.]
least <06996> [little.]
Lord <03068> [I the Lord.]
spirit <07307> [Spirit.]
chosen <04886> [anointed.]
<01319> [to preach.]
encourage <02280> [to bind.]
decree <07121> [to proclaim.]
The proclaiming of perfect liberty to the bound, and the year of acceptance with Jehovah, is a manifest allusion to the proclaiming of the year of the jubilee by sound of trumpet; and our Saviour, by applying this text to himself, plainly declares the typical design of that institution.
favor <07522> [the acceptable.]
day <03117> [and.]
console <05162> [to comfort.]
turban <06287> [beauty.]
oil <08081> [the oil.]
garment <04594> [the garment.]
called <07121> [called.]
reveal ... splendor <06286> [that he.]
called <07121> [named.]
[called.]
enjoy <0398> [ye shall eat.]
shame <01322> [your shame.]
lasting <05769> [everlasting.]
Lord <03068> [I the Lord.]
hate <08130> [I hate.]
<05414> [I will direct.]
make <03772> [I will make.]
descendants ........................ them <02233> [their seed.]
descendants ........................ them <02233> [they are.]
greatly rejoice <07797> [will greatly.]
clothes <03847> [for.]
bridegroom ............... bride <02860 03618> [as a.]
turban .... priest <03547 06287> [decketh himself. Heb. decketh as a priest.]
jewelry <03627> [with her.]
ground <0776> [as the earth.]
sovereign <0136> [so.]
[praises.]
Zion <06726> [Zion's.]
vindication <06664> [the righteousness.]
Nations <01471> [the Gentiles.]
kings <04428> [all kings.]
called <07121> [thou shalt.]
called .......... called <0559> [shalt no.]
<02657> [Hephzibah. that is, My delight is in her.]
Married ............... married <01166> [Beulah. that is, Married.]
sons <01121> [shall thy sons.]
bridegroom rejoices <04885 02860> [as the bridegroom rejoiceth. Heb. with the joy of the bridegroom.]
keep praying <08104 06485> [set watchmen.]
all day and all night <08548> [which.]
pray .... Lord <03068 02142> [make mention of the Lord. or, are the Lord's remembrancers.]
silent <01824> [keep.]
rest <01824> [rest. Heb. silence. till he make.]
swears <07650> [sworn.]
never ... give ............ not <0518 05414> [Surely I will no more give. Heb. if I give, etc.]
eat <0398> [shall eat.]
Come through Come through <05674> [go through.]
Lift <07311> [lift up.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
Say <0559> [Say.]
reward <07939> [his reward.]
reward <06468> [work. or, recompence.]
Holy <06944> [The holy.]
Protected <01350> [The redeemed.]
Sought <01875> [Sought out.]
Abandoned <05800> [not.]
comes <0935> [is this.]
Edom <0123> [from Edom.]
bright red <02556> [dyed.]
Bozrah <01224> [Bozrah.]
royal <01921> [glorious. Heb. decked. travelling.]
announces <01696> [speak.]
able <07227> [mighty.]
stomped ................. stomped <01869> [trodden.]
nations <05971> [and of the people.]
The very remarkable passage contained in the first six verses of this chapter seems in a manner detached from the rest, and to stand by itself; containing a prophetical representation of the victories of the Messiah over the enemies of his church, here designated by the names of Edom and Bozrah. Though, as Bp. Lowth observes, this prophecy must have its accomplishment, there is no necessity for supposing that it has been already accomplished. There are prophecies which intimate a great slaughter of the enemies of God and his people, which remain to be fulfilled: those in Eze ch. 38, and Re ch. 20 are called Gog and Magog. This prophecy of Isaiah may possibly refer to the same, or the like event.
trampled <07429> [and trample.]
looked <05027> [looked.]
arm <02220> [mine own.]
anger <02534> [my fury.]
drunk <07937> [make.]
splashed <03381> [I will bring.]
I ....... acts <02142> [mention.]
many good things <02898 07227> [the great goodness.]
compassion <07356> [according to his.]
people <05971> [Surely.]
children <01121> [children.]
deliverer <03467> [so he.]
suffered <06869> [all their.]
messenger <04397> [the angel.]
love ... mercy <0160 02551> [in his.]
carried <05375> [carried.]
rebelled <04784> [they rebelled.]
offended <06087> [vexed.]
turned <02015> [he was.]
remembered <02142> [he remembered.]
brought ... up out <05927> [Where is he that brought.]
shepherd <07462> [shepherd. or, shepherds.]
placed <07760> [where is he that put.]
majestic <08597> [with.]
divided <01234> [dividing.]
gaining <06213> [to make.]
Spirit <07307> [the Spirit.]
gaining <06213> [to make.]
Look down <05027> [down.]
palace <02073> [the habitation.]
zeal <07068> [where.]
tender <01995> [sounding. or, multitude. thy bowels.]
hold back <0662> [Are.]
father .................. father <01> [thou art.]
Abraham <085> [though.]
called ... protector ... ancient <08034 05769 01350> [redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. or, Redeemer from everlasting is thy name.]
stray <08582> [why.]
stubborn <07188> [and hardened.]
Return <07725> [Return.]
nation <05971> [people.]
adversaries <06862> [our.]
ancient times <05769> [are thine.]
subjects <08034 07121> [they were not called by thy name. or, thy name was not called upon them.]
down <03381> [that thou wouldest come.]
mountains <02022> [that the.]
fire ... dry wood ... fire <0784 02003> [melting fire. Heb. fire of meltings. to make.]
nations <01471> [that the nations.]
When ... performed <06213> [thou didst.]
mountains <02022> [the mountains.]
heard <08085> [have not.]
seen <07200> [seen, etc. or, seen a God besides thee, which doeth so for, etc. prepared.]
wait <02442> [waiteth.]
assist <06293> [meetest.]
delight <07797> [rejoiceth.]
observe ............. How then <02142> [those that.]
angry <07107> [thou art wroth.]
continually <05769> [in those.]
unclean <02931> [are all.]
righteous <06666> [all our.]
wither <05034> [we all.]
sins <05771> [our iniquities.]
invokes <07121> [there is.]
hold <02388> [to take.]
rejected <05641> [hast hid.]
handed <04127> [consumed. Heb. melted.]
over <03027> [because. Heb. by the hand, as]
father <01> [thou art.]
clay <02563> [are the clay.]
product <04639> [all are.]
angry <07107> [wroth.]
hold <02142> [remember.]
people <05971> [we are.]
holy <06944> [holy.]
ancestors <01> [where.]
prized possessions <04261> [all our.]
available <01875> [I am sought.]
nation <01471> [Behold.]
nation <01471> [unto.]
spread out <06566> [spread.]
rebellious <05637> [a rebellious.]
lived in <01980> [which.]
unacceptable <0310> [after.]
people <05971> [A people.]
me <06440> [to my face.]
sacrifice <02076> [that sacrificeth.]
brick <03843> [altars. Heb. bricks.]
sit <03427> [remain.]
eat <0398> [which eat.]
<04839> [broth. or, pieces.]
Keep <07126> [Stand.]
smoke <06227> [These.]
nostrils <0639> [nose. or, anger. a fire.]
decreed <03789> [it is.]
keep silent <02814> [I will.]
pay ... back .... pay <07999> [but.]
sins ..... sins <05771> [Your iniquities.]
burned incense <06999> [burned.]
offended <02778> [blasphemed.]
punish <04058> [therefore.]
bring forth <03318> [I will.]
chosen ones <0972> [mine elect.]
Sharon <08289> [Sharon.]
Valley <06010> [and the.]
abandon <05800> [they that.]
holy <06944> [my holy.]
prepare <06186> [prepare.]
god called Fortune <01409> [troop. or, Gad. number. or, Meni.]
predestine <04487> [will I.]
called <07121> [because.]
did evil <07451 06213> [did evil.]
chose <0977> [and did.]
servants ... eat ......... servants ........... servants <0398 05650> [my servants shall eat.]
servants ........... servants ........... servants ... rejoice <08055 05650> [my servants shall rejoice.]
servants <05650> [my servants.]
cry out <06817> [ye shall.]
crushed <07667> [vexation. Heb. breaking.]
live on <03240> [ye shall.]
chosen ones <0972> [my chosen.]
sovereign <0136> [the Lord.]
servants <05650> [his servants.]
pronounces a blessing ...... do so <01288> [he who.]
God .................. God <0430> [in the God.]
makes an oath ...... do so <07650> [he that.]
past ........ no longer think about <07223 05641> [because.]
create <01254> [I create.]
former <07223> [the former.]
anymore <03820> [into mind. Heb. upon the heart.]
<01523> [I will.]
sound ... weeping <01065 06963> [the voice of weeping.]
infants <05764> [There shall.]
<02398> [but.]
live as long as <03117> [for as.]
enjoy to the fullest <01086> [long enjoy. Heb. make them continue long, or, shall wear out.]
work <03021> [shall.]
disaster ........... descendants <0928 02233> [for.]
wolf <02061> [wolf.]
dirt <06083> [dust.]
injure <07489> [shall not.]
royal <06944> [my.]
heavens <08064> [The heaven.]
house <01004> [where is the house.]
hand <03027> [For all those.]
show special favor <05027> [to this.]
respect <02730> [trembleth.]
slaughters <07819> [killeth.]
lamb <07716> [lamb. or, kid. cut.]
pig's <02386> [as if he offered.]
offers <02142> [burneth. Heb maketh a memorial of.]
decided <0977> [they have.]
choose .................................. chose <0977> [will choose.]
severe punishment <08586> [delusions. or, devices. will bring.]
called <07121> [when I called.]
listen ... did <08085 06213> [they did.]
respect <02730> [ye that.]
countrymen .......................... joy <0251 08057> [Your.]
Lord ............................ Lord <03068> [Let.]
witness <07200> [but.]
sound ......... sound ......... sound .... Lord <06963 03068> [a voice of the Lord.]
heard <08085> [hath heard.]
nation <01471> [shall a nation.]
baby <07665> [bring to.]
baby .... birth ................ baby <03205> [cause to bring forth. or, beget.]
happy ... Jerusalem <08055 03389> [Rejoice ye.]
love <0157> [all ye that love.]
mourned <056> [that mourn.]
nurse <03243> [ye may suck.]
milk-filled <02123> [abundance. or, brightness.]
extend <05186> [I will.]
riches <03519> [the glory.]
nurse <03243> [then.]
carried <05375> [ye shall.]
<0376> [one.]
consoles ....... console ....... consoled <05162> [ye shall.]
<03820> [your heart.]
<06106> [your bones.]
power <03027> [the hand.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
chariots <04818> [with his.]
consecrate <06942> [sanctify.]
follow ...... in <0310 0259 08432> [behind one tree in the midst. or, one after another. eating.]
deeds <04639> [I know.]
thoughts <04284> [their thoughts.]
gather <06908> [that I.]
witness <07200> [and see.]
perform <07760> [I will set.]
send <07971> [I will send.]
Tarshish <08659> [Tarshish.]
Tubal <08422> [Tubal.]
coastlands <0339> [the isles.]
heard <08085> [that have.]
bring ..... countrymen ....................................... bring <0935 0251> [bring all.]
offering ................................. offerings <04503> [an offering.]
horses <05483> [upon horses.]
wagons <06632> [litters. or, coaches. my holy.]
new ..... new ..... about <02319> [the new.]
descendants <02233> [so shall.]
one ....... from <01767> [that from.]
month .... next <02320> [one new, etc. Heb. new moon to his new moon, and from sabbath to his sabbath. shall all.]
observe <07200> [and look.]
maggots <08438> [their worm.]
fire <0784> [their fire.]
out ..................................... abhorrent <03318 01860> [and they.]
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE BOOK OF ISAIAH. Isaiah has, with singular propriety, been denominated the Evangelical Prophet, on account of the number and variety of his prophecies concerning the advent and character, the ministry and preaching, the sufferings and death, and the extensive and permanent kingdom of the Messiah. So explicit and determinate are his predictions, as well as so numerous, that he seems to speak rather of things past than of events yet future; and he may be rather called an evangelist than a prophet. Though later critics, especially those on the continent, have expended much labour and learning in order to rob the prophet of his title; yet no one, whose mind is unprejudiced, can be at a loss in applying select portions of these prophecies to the mission and character of Jesus Christ, and to the events in his history which they are cited to illustrate by the sacred writers of the New Testament. In fact, his prophecies concerning the Messiah seem almost to anticipate the Gospel history; so clearly do they predict his Divine character. (Compare ch. 7:14 with Mat. 1:18-23, and Luke 1:27-35; ch. 6:; 9:6; 35:4; 40:5, 9, 19; 42: 6-8; 61:1, with Lu. 4:18; ch. 62:11; 63:1-4;) his miracles, (ch. 35:5, 6;) his peculiar character and virtues, (ch. 11:2, 3; 40:11; 43:1-3;) his rejection, (Compare ch. 6:9-12 with Mar. 13:14; ch. 7:14, 15; 53:3;) his sufferings for our sins, (ch. 50:6; 53:4-11;) his death and burial, (ch. 53:8, 9;) his victory over death, (ch. 25:8; 53:10, 12;) his final glory, (ch. 49:7, 22, 33; 52:13-15; 53:4, 5;) and the establishment, increase, and perfection of his kingdom, (ch. 2:2-4; 9:2, 7; 11:4-10; 16:5; 29:18-24; 32:1; 40:4, 5; 42:4; 46:13; 49:9-13; 51:3-6; 53:6-10; 55:1-3; 59:16-21; 60:; 61:1-5; 65:25;) each specifically pointed out, and pourtrayed with the most striking and discriminating characters. It is impossible, indeed, to reflect on these, and on the whole chain of his illustrious prophecies, and not be sensible that they furnish the most incontestable evidence in support of Christianity. The style of Isaiah has been universally admired as the most perfect model of elegance and sublimity; and as distinguished for all the magnificence, and for all the sweetness of the Hebrew language.
