Isaiah 63:1--66:24
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.
