O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. The restoration from Babylon, and re-establishment of the theocracy, was a type and pledge of this. THOU HAST DONE WONDERFUL THINGS - accordin... [ Continue Reading ]
For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. THOU HAST MADE OF A CITY AN HEAP - Babylon, "the city of confusion" (; ); type of the seat of Antichrist, to be destroyed in the last days, (cf. with Revelation 18:1 res... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee. THEREFORE SHALL THE STRONG PEOPLE GLORIFY THEE. The nations on which Babylon had exercised its cruelty (Isaiah 14:12) shall worship Yahweh, awed by the judgment inflicted on Babylon (Isaiah 23:18). T... [ Continue Reading ]
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. THE POOR ... THE NEEDY - the Jews, exiles from their country (; ). A SHADOW FROM THE HEAT - f... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low. THOU SHALT BRING DOWN THE NOISE OF STRANGERS, AS THE HEAT IN A DRY PLACE. Translate, 'As the heat in a dry land (is brought do... [ Continue Reading ]
And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. IN THIS MOUNTAIN - Zion. Messiah's kingdom was to begin, and is to have its central seat hereafter, at Jerusalem... [ Continue Reading ]
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. HE WILL DESTROY IN THIS MOUNTAIN THE FACE OF THE COVERING - image from mourning, in which it was usual to cover the face with a veil (). "The face of the covering" - i... [ Continue Reading ]
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. Quoted in 1 Corinthians 15:54 in support of the coming resurrection. SWALLOW UP DEATH IN VICTORY - c... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. LO, THIS IS OUR GOD. 'After death has been swallowed up for ever, the people of God, who have been delivered... [ Continue Reading ]
For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill. THE HAND OF THE LORD REST - as its permanent protector: on "hand" in this sense, cf. Ezra 7:9; Ezra 7:28. MOAB - while Israel is being protected, the... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands. HE SHALL SPREAD FORTH HIS HANDS ... - Yahweh shall spread his hands to strike the foe on this side and on... [ Continue Reading ]
And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. THE FORTRESS - the strongholds of Moab, the representative of the foes of God's people; also Babylon. The anti-Christian powers of the world are represented as a city (). Rema... [ Continue Reading ]