The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. Isaiah 17:1.-PROPHECY CONCERNING DAMASCUS AND ITS ALLY, SAMARIA, i:e., Syria and Israel, which had leagued together, (Isaiah 7:1; Isaiah 8:1.) Already Tiglath-pileser had carried away the peo... [ Continue Reading ]
The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. THE CITIES OF AROER - i:e., the cities round about Aroer, and under its jurisdiction (Gesenius). So "nine cities with their villages" (); "Heshbon, and all her cities" (). Aroer was... [ Continue Reading ]
The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts. THE FORTRESS ALSO SHALL CEASE FROM EPHRAIM - the strongholds shall be pulled down (Samaria especially: ; ; ). AND... [ Continue Reading ]
And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean. THE GLORY OF JACOB SHALL BE MADE THIN - the kingdom of Ephraim, and all that they rely on (; ). THE FATNESS OF HIS FLESH SHALL WAX LEAN - (note, .)... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim. IT SHALL BE AS WHEN THE HARVESTMAN GATHERETH THE CORN. The inhabitants and wealth of Israel shall be swept away, and but few shall be... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel. YET GLEANING GRAPES SHALL BE LEFT IN IT - i:e., in the land of Israel. TWO OR T... [ Continue Reading ]
At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. AT THAT DAY SHALL A MAN LOOK TO HIS MAKER - instead of trusting in their fortresses (; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images. AND HE SHALL NOT ... RESPECT (THAT) WHICH HIS FINGERS HAVE MADE, EITHER THE GROVES - (Hebrew, 'Asheeriym (H842)). A symbolical tree is often found... [ Continue Reading ]
In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation. IN THAT DAY SHALL HIS STRONG CITIES BE AS A FORSAKEN BOUGH - rather, 'as the leavings of woods:' what the axeman leaves when he c... [ Continue Reading ]
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: BECAUSE THOU HAST FORGOTTEN THE GOD OF THY SALVATION, AND HAST NOT BEEN MINDFUL OF THE ROCK OF THY BECAUSE... [ Continue Reading ]
In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. IN THE DAY SHALT THOU MAKE THY PLANT TO GROW - rather, 'In the day of thy planting' (Horsley) shalt thou make to gro... [ Continue Reading ]
Woe to the multitude of many people which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! WOE TO THE MULTITUDE... [ Continue Reading ]
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. (GOD) SHALL REBUKE THEM, AND THEY SHALL FLEE FAR OFF - rather, 'God re... [ Continue Reading ]
And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us. AT EVENING-TIDE TROUBLE; (AND) BEFORE THE MORNING HE (IS) NOT - fulfilled to the letter in the destruction 'before morning' of the vast host that "at e... [ Continue Reading ]