Isaiah 49:1--53:12
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.]
