In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. At the time when Israel shall be delivered, and the ungodly nations punished, God shall punish also the... [ Continue Reading ]
In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. IN THAT DAY ... - In that day, when leviathan shall be destroyed, the vineyard (Psalms 80:8), the Church of God, purged of its blemishes, shall be lovely in God's eyes. To bring out this sense the better, Lowth, by changing a Hebrew letter, re... [ Continue Reading ]
I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. LEST ANY HURT IT - Hebrew, 'lest, haply, any visit upon it' (cf. ).... [ Continue Reading ]
Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together. FURY IS NOT IN ME - i:e., I entertain no longer anger toward my vine. WHO WOULD SET THE BRIERS AND THORNS AGAINST ME IN BATTLE? - i:e., would that I had the briers,... [ Continue Reading ]
Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me. OR - Else; the only alternative if Israel's enemies wish to escape being 'burnt together.' LET HIM TAKE HOLD OF MY STRENGTH - Be-mahuzi, the refuge which I afford (Maurer). "Take hold" refers t... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. HE - Yahweh. Here the song of the Lord as to His vineyard (Isaiah 27:2) ends; and the prophet confirms the sentiment in the song, under the same image of a vine bearing f... [ Continue Reading ]
Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? HATH HE SMITTEN HIM, (Israel) AS HE SMOTE THOSE (enemies) THAT SMOTE HIM? - Has God punished His people as severly as He has those enemies whom He employed to chastise... [ Continue Reading ]
In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. IN MEASURE - Hebrew, bªca'cª'aah (H5432), a contraction for bª-ce'ah-ce'ah, 'in measure by measure.' The seah [ ce'ah (H5429)] was one-fourth of a bushel: thus 'seah by seah,' not... [ Continue Reading ]
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. BY THIS - By the exile of Israel (the 'sending away,' ); or by t... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. THE DEFENCED CITY (SHALL BE) DESOLATE - Jerusalem; the beating asunder of whose altars and images was mentio... [ Continue Reading ]
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour. WHEN THE BOUGHS ... BROKEN OFF - so the unbelie... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. Restoration of the Jews from dispersion, described under the image of fruits shaken from trees and collected.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. THE GREAT TRUMPET SHALL BE BLOWN - image from the... [ Continue Reading ]