And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: Isaiah 11:1.-From the local and temporary national deliverance the prophet passes, by the law of suggestion, in an easy transition, to the end of all prophecy-the everlasting deliverance under Messi... [ Continue Reading ]
And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD SHALL REST UPON HIM - the Spirit of Yahweh. The Spirit by which the prophets spake, because Messiah... [ Continue Reading ]
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: AND SHALL MAKE HIM OF QUICK UNDERSTANDING IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD - Hebrew, haricho; literally, 'quick-scented in the fear of Yahwe... [ Continue Reading ]
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. BUT WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL HE JUDGE THE POOR - He will see that impartial justice... [ Continue Reading ]
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL BE THE GIRDLE OF HIS LOINS - (; .) The antitypical High Priest (). FAITHFULNESS THE GIRDLE OF HIS REINS. A zeal for justice and truth shall energize Him in executing His great work... [ Continue Reading ]
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. THE WOLF ALSO SHALL DWELL WITH THE LAMB. Each animal is coupled with that one which is its natural prey. A fit state of... [ Continue Reading ]
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. AND THE COW AND THE BEAR SHALL FEED - together taken from the second clause. AND THE LION SHALL EAT STRAW - no longer flesh and blood.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. AND THE SUCKING CHILD SHALL PLAY ON THE HOLE OF THE ASP - "play," literally, delight himself in sport. COCKATRICE - the Hebrew means a kind of adder, more venomous than the a... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. MY HOLY MOUNTAIN - Zion, i:e., Jerusalem. The seat of government and of Messiah's throne is put for the whole earth (). FOR THE EARTH SHALL BE FULL OF... [ Continue Reading ]
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. IN THAT DAY THERE SHALL BE A ROOT OF JESSE - rather, shoot from the root (cf. note, ; ; ; ). WHICH SHALL STAND FOR AN ENSIGN - permanentl... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. HE SHALL SET UP AN ENSIGN FOR THE NATIONS, AND SHALL ASSEMBLE THE OUTCASTS OF ISRAEL, AND GATHER TOGETHER THE DISPERSED OF JUDAH... [ Continue Reading ]
The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. ENVY ALSO OF EPHRAIM SHALL DEPART ... JUDAH. "The envy" on the part of Ephraim, wherewith they were jealous of any rival in prowess, began as early... [ Continue Reading ]
But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them. With united forces they shall subdue their foes (). THEY SHALL FLY - as a bird of prey ... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. There shall be a second exodus, destined to eclipse even the former one from Egypt in its wond... [ Continue Reading ]
And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. THERE SHALL BE AN HIGHWAY FOR THE REMNANT OF HIS PEOPLE - clear of obstructions (; ). LIKE AS IT WAS TO ISRAEL IN THE DA... [ Continue Reading ]