Isaiah 58:1--66:24
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.
