Isaiah 7:1-6
During ... reign <03117> [the days.]
Rezin <07526> [Rezin.]
unable <03201> [but could.]
family <01004> [the house.]
allied ... Ephraim ................. before <05117 06440 0669> [is confederate with. Heb. resteth on.]
emotionally <03824> [And his heart.]
Go out <03318> [Go forth.]
Shear-jashub <07610> [Shear-jashub. that is, The remnant shall return.]
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end <07097> [the end.]
road <04546> [highway. or, causeway.]
Make sure <08104> [Take heed.]
be afraid .... intimidated <03372 07401> [fear not.]
intimidated <07401> [neither be faint-hearted. Heb. let not they heart be tender.]
two stubs <02180 08147> [the two tails.]
Syria <0758> [Syria.]
terrorize <06973> [vex. or, waken. lit. disgust. <\\See definition 06973\\>.]
Isaiah 7:17
bring ..... people <0935 05971> [bring upon.]
time .... since <03117> [the day.]
Isaiah 10:8-14
Calneh <03641> [Calno.]
[Calneh.]
Carchemish <03751> [Carchemish.]
Hamath <02574> [Hamath.]
Samaria <08111> [Samaria.]
kingdoms <04467> [the kingdoms.]
done .......... do <06213> [as I have.]
sovereign master <0136> [when the Lord.]
punish <06485> [I will.]
punish .......... proudly planned <06529 01433 03824 06485> [punish the fruit of the stout heart. Heb. visit upon the fruit of the greatness of the heart.]
attitude <08597> [the glory.]
says <0559> [For he saith.]
invaded <05493> [I have removed.]
storehouses <08154> [robbed.]
mighty <047> [a valiant man. or, many people.]
hand <03027> [And my.]
chirping <06850> [peeped.]
That is, chirped, from the Latin {pipio.} We still use the term pipe to express the note of the bullfinch.
Ezekiel 31:3-18
Assyria <0804> [the Assyrian.]
cedar <0730> [a cedar.]
[with fair branches. Heb. fair of branches. of an high.]
water <04325> [waters.]
grow <01431> [made him great. or, nourished him. set. or, brought. little rivers. or, conduits.]
taller <06967> [his height.]
The Assyrian king, to whom Pharaoh is compared, from his great power, extensive dominion, and the protection he afforded, resembled the spreading branches, thick shade, and high stature of a flourishing cedar on mount Lebanon. The fruitful lands of Assyria; the immense revenues he drew from vast multitudes in his extensive territories; his lucrative commerce, by the river Tigris, with the countries on the Indian ocean; and all the various sources of his wealth and prosperity, resembled the rivers and streams which cause the trees planted by them to grow and flourish exceedingly; and hence the empire and its head were exalted above all the kingdoms of the earth.
shoots <07971> [he shot forth. or, it sent them forth.]
cedars <0730> [cedars.]
tree <06086> [nor any.]
made <06213> [made.]
trees <06086> [all the trees.]
envied <07065> [envied.]
says <0559> [Therefore.]
The allegory and its interpretation are here combined; and the Assyrian monarch, though already destroyed, is poetically addressed.
tall <01361> [Because.]
proud <03824> [and his.]
gave <05414> [delivered.]
leader <0410> [the mighty.]
Nebuchadnezzar, the subverter of the Assyrian empire.
has <06213> [he shall surely deal with him. Heb. in doing he shall do unto him.]
out <01644> [I have driven.]
Foreigners <02114> [strangers.]
mountains <02022> [upon.]
down <03381> [gone.]
trees <06086> [the end.]
high ........ appointed <05975 01363> [stand up in their height. or, stand upon themselves for their height. delivered.]
lower parts <08482> [the nether.]
lament <056> [I caused a.]
The deep and all the mighty rivers which cherished this fair tree are here described as mourning at his downfall: they stop their usual courses to bewail his fate, and Lebanon with all its stately trees, (his confederates and allies,) sympathise with him in his misfortunes.
black <06937> [mourn. Heb. be black.]
nations <01471> [made.]
down ........ descend <03381> [When I.]
trees <06086> [and all.]
comforted <05162> [shall be comforted.]
went down <03381> [went.]
allies <02220> [that were.]
lived <03427> [dwelt.]
like <01819> [To whom.]
Pharaoh is here called upon to look in his mirror, and see the termination of his glory and greatness.
like <01819> [art thou.]
trees .................. trees <06086> [with the.]
lie <07901> [thou shalt.]
Pharaoh <06547> [This is.]
That is, the judgment that befel the king of Assyria, is an exact representation of the destruction that remains for Pharaoh and all his people.
