For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. 'It moves in lengthened elegiac measure, like a song of lamentation for the dead, and is full of lofty scorn... [ Continue Reading ]
And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors. THE PEOPLE of Babylon primarily by... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, IN THE DAY THAT THE LORD SHALL GIVE THEE REST FROM THY SORROW ... FEAR, AND ... HARD BONDAGE - (; ; Ezekiel 28:25).... [ Continue Reading ]
That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! -A CHORUS OF JEWS EXPRESS THEIR JOYFUL SURPRISE AT BABYLON'S DOWNFALL: the whole earth rejoices: the cedars of Lebanon taunt him. Verse 4. THOU SHALT TAKE UP THIS PRO... [ Continue Reading ]
Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. -The scene changes from earth to hell-Sheol or Hades, the unseen abode of the departed. Some o... [ Continue Reading ]
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! -The Jews address him again as a fallen once-bright star. The language is so framed as to apply to the Babylonian king primarily, and at the same time to shallow fo... [ Continue Reading ]
They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; -The passers by contemplate with astonishment the body of the King of Babylon cast out, instead of lying in a splendid mausoleum, and can hardly beli... [ Continue Reading ]
Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. PREPARE SLAUGHTER - charge to the Medes and Persians, as if they were God's conscious instruments. FOR HIS CHILDREN - Belshazzar's. F... [ Continue Reading ]
For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD. I WILL RISE UP AGAINST THEM - the family of the King of Babylon. AND CUT OFF FROM BABYLON THE NAME - all the male representatives, so that the name sha... [ Continue Reading ]
I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts. I WILL ALSO MAKE IT A POSSESSION FOR THE BITTERN (Hebrew, qipod (H7090)) - rather, the hedgehog (Septuagint Vulgate, Chaldaic, Arabic, and Gesenius). But... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: -CONFIRMATION OF THIS BY THE HERE-FORETOLD DESTRUCTION OF THE ASSYRIANS UNDER SENNACHERIB; a pledge to assure the captives in Babylon that He who, with such ease, o... [ Continue Reading ]
In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. IN THE YEAR THAT KING AHAZ DIED - 726 BC Probably it was in this year that the Philistines threw off the yoke put on them by Uzziah.... [ Continue Reading ]
Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. REJOICE NOT THOU, WHOLE PALESTINA - Hebrew, Pelesheth, from Palash, to wander, or migrate: literally, t... [ Continue Reading ]
And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant. THE FIRST-BORN OF THE POOR - Hebraism, for the most abject poor; the first-born being the foremost of the family. So "first-born of death" () for... [ Continue Reading ]
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times. HOWL, O GATE - i:e., ye who throng the gate; the chief place of concourse in a city. THERE SHALL COME FROM THE NORTH - Judea, north and... [ Continue Reading ]
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it. WHAT SHALL ONE THEN ANSWER THE MESSENGERS OF THE NATION? When messengers come from Philistia to inquire as to the state of Judea, the reply shall be, THAT THE L... [ Continue Reading ]