Isaiah 40:1--55:13
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.]
