Isaiah 49:1
Listen <08085> [Listen.]
Pay attention <07181> [and hearken.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
Isaiah 3:1-26
sovereign <0113> [behold.]
sovereign Lord <0113 03068> [the Lord.]
source ... security <04937> [the stay.]
mighty <01368> [mighty.]
leaders <02205> [the ancient.]
captains <08269> [captain.]
respected <06440 05375> [the honourable man. Heb. a man eminent in countenance.]
know incantations <03908 0995> [eloquent orator. or, skilful of speech.]
youths <05288> [children.]
people <05971> [the people.]
Youths <05288> [child.]
riffraff <07034> [base.]
man <0376> [a man.]
shout <05375> [swear. Heb. lift up the hand.]
doctor <02280> [healer. Heb. binder up.]
food <03899> [neither bread.]
Princes and great men in the East, as Sir J. Chardin testifies, are obliged to have a great stock of clothes in readiness for presents on all occasions; and a great quantity of provisions for the table is equally necessary, (see 1 Ki 4:22, 23. Ne 5:17, 18.) Hence the person desired to undertake the government, alleges as an excuse that he is not able to support the dignity of his station.
Jerusalem <03389> [Jerusalem.]
words <03956> [because.]
rebel <04784> [to provoke.]
look <01971> [The shew.]
openly <05046> [and they declare.]
<0188> [Woe.]
Tell ... innocent <0559 06662> [Say ye.]
<0398> [they shall eat.]
bad <0188> [Woe.]
what they deserve <01576> [for the reward.]
<06213> [given him. Heb. done to him.]
<05953> [children.]
leaders mislead <0833 08582> [lead thee. or, which call thee blessed.]
confusing <01104> [destroy. Heb. swallow up.]
takes <05324> [standeth up.]
comes <0935> [enter.]
leaders <02205> [the ancients.]
ruined <01197> [ye have eaten. or, ye have burnt.]
crush <01792> [What mean.]
crush <01792> [ye beat.]
women <01323> [the daughters.]
proud <01361> [are haughty.]
flirt .... eyes <05869 08265> [wanton eyes. Heb. deceiving with their eyes.]
Or, as {messakkaroth ainayim} is rendered in the Targum, "painting their eyes with stibium:" for {sakar} is probably the same as the Chaldee {sekar,} or that import.
<02952> [mincing. or, tripping nicely. and making.]
The Eastern ladies wear on their ankles large rings to which smaller ones are attached, which make a tinkling sound as they move nimbly.
afflict <05596> [smite.]
bald <06168> [discover. Heb. made naked.]
ankle .... ornaments <05914> [tinkling ornaments.]
jewelry neck <07636> [cauls. or, networks.]
{Shevisim,} probably the rich embroidered kerchiefs used to bind on their caps on the head, described by Lady M. W. Montague, Let. 32.
crescent shaped ornaments <07720> [round tires.]
earrings <05188> [chains. or, sweet-balls.]
{Neteephoth,} earrings or drops; in Arabic, {netafat.}
bracelets <08285> [the bracelets.]
veils <07479> [mufflers. or, spangled ornaments.]
sachets <05315> [tablets. Heb. houses of the soul.]
Probably perfume boxes, as rendered by Bp. Lowth.
amulets <03908> [the earrings.]
{Lechashim,} probably amulets.
rings <02885> [rings.]
nose rings <05141 0639> [nose jewels.]
festive dresses <04254> [The changeable suits.]
{Machalatzoth,} probably loose robes, used according to the weather.
vests <01549> [glasses.]
garments <05466> [fine linen.]
gowns <07289> [vails.]
smell ... spices ....... belt ..... braided ........... fine robe ........ beauty <01314 02290 04639 06614 03308> [instead.]
baldness <07144> [baldness.]
garment <04228> [a girding.]
prisoner's brand <03587> [burning.]
men <04962> [Thy men.]
strong men <01369> [mighty. Heb. might.]
gates <06607> [her gates.]
deprived <05352> [desolate. or, emptied. Heb. cleansed. shall sit.]
Isaiah 5:1-30
sing <07891> [Now.]
love ........... love <03039> [well-beloved.]
vineyard ...... vineyard <03754> [touching.]
fertile hill <07161 01121> [a very fruitful hill. Heb. the horn of the son of oil.]
built a hedge ...... stones <05823 05619> [fenced it. or, made a wall about it.]
planted <05193> [planted.]
vine <08321> [the choicest vine.]
{Sorek,} in Arabic, {sharik,} certainly denotes an excellent vine; but some with Bp. Lowth, retain it as a proper name. Sorek was a valley lying between Askelon and Gaza, so called from the excellence of its vines.
built <01129> [and built.]
constructed <02672> [made. Heb. hewed. a winepress.]
waited for <06960> [he looked.]
sour ones <0891> [wild grapes.]
decide <08199> [judge.]
inform <03045> [go to.]
remove <05493> [I will take.]
graze <04823> [trodden down. Heb. for a treading.]
make <07896> [I will lay.]
prune <02168> [it shall.]
order <06680> [also.]
vineyard <03754> [the vineyard.]
cultivated place ..... took delight <08191 05194> [his pleasant plant. Heb. plant of his pleasures.]
waited <06960> [he looked.]
disobedience .......... got cries <04939 06818> [but.]
The paronomasia, or play of words, is very remarkable here: he looked for {mishpat,} "judgment," but behold {mispach,} "oppression;" for {tzedakah,} "justice," but behold {tz‰dkah,} "a cry."
disobedience <04939> [oppression. Heb. a scab.]
got cries <06818> [a cry.]
<05060> [them.]
landed <07704> [field.]
<03427> [they. Heb. ye placed.]
[In mine ears, said. or. This is in mine ears, saith, etc.]
<03808> [Of a truth, etc. Heb. If not many houses desolate, etc. desolate.]
few <0259> [one.]
get up <07925> [rise.]
intoxicated <01814> [inflame. or, pursue.]
stringed instruments <03658> [the harp.]
recognize <05027> [they regard.]
people <05971> [my people.]
understanding <01847> [because.]
leaders .... nothing to eat <04962 07458 03519> [honourable men are famished. Heb. glory are men of famine.]
masses <01995> [multitude.]
Death <07585> [hell.]
open <06473> [opened.]
celebrate <05938> [he that rejoiceth.]
Men <0120> [the mean.]
proud <05869> [the eyes.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
sovereign God's <06918 0410> [God that is holy. or, the holy God. Heb. the God the holy.]
<06942> [sanctified.]
Lambs <03532> [shall the lambs.]
ruins <02723> [the waste.]
graze <01481> [strangers.]
pull <04900> [draw.]
hurry <04116> [Let him.]
plan <06098> [let the.]
<0559> [them.]
evil good ... good evil <07451 02896 0559> [call evil good. Heb. say concerning evil, It is good, etc.]
wise <02450> [wise.]
<06440> [in their own sight. Heb. before their face.]
champions <01368> [mighty.]
innocent <06663> [justify.]
for ... payoff <06118 07810> [for reward.]
ignore <05493> [take.]
fire <0784> [fire. Heb. tongue of fire. devoureth.]
flaming <03956> [the flame.]
root <08328> [their root.]
rejected <03988> [cast away.]
spurned <05006> [despised.]
furious .............................. anger <0639> [the anger.]
lifts ................................... strike <05186> [stretched.]
mountains <02022> [the hills.]
manure <05478> [torn. or, as dung.]
furious .............................. anger <0639> [For all.]
lifts <05375> [he will.]
whistles <08319> [hiss.]
far regions <07097> [end.]
come <0935> [they.]
tire <05889> [shall be.]
belts <0232> [neither.]
unstrap <08288> [nor the latchet.]
arrows <02671> [arrows.]
horses <05483> [their horses.]
roar <07581> [roaring.]
seize <0270> [lay hold.]
sound <05100> [like.]
look <05027> [if one look.]
against <06862> [sorrow. or, distress. and the light, etc. or, when it is light, it shall be dark in the destructions thereof.]