Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. This chapter opens the series of prophecies as to the invasion of Judea under Sennacherib, and its deliverance. WOE TO ARIEL - Jerusalem; Ari-el means Lion of God - i:e., the city rendered by God... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. YET - rather, Then. I WILL DISTRESS ARIEL, AND THERE SHALL BE HEAVINESS AND SORROW. There is a play on like sounds in the Hebrew ( ta'ªniyaah (H8386) wa'ªniyaah (H592)), groaning and moaning.... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. I - Yahweh, acting through the Assyrian, etc., my instruments (Isaiah 10:5). WILL CAMP AGAINST THEE ROUND ABOUT. Since Sennacherib did not encompass the city "round abou... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. THY SPEECH SHALL BE LOW OUT OF THE DUST ... AS OF ONE TH... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. MOREOVER - rather, But: Yet in this extremity held shall come, and the enemy be scattered. THE MULTITUDE OF THY... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire. THOU - the Assyrian army. SHALT BE VISITED ... WITH THUNDER ... - not literally fulfilled in the case of the Assyrians (); but figuratively, i... [ Continue Reading ]
And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. HER MUNITION - her fortress.... [ Continue Reading ]
It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight... [ Continue Reading ]
Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. STAY YOURSELVES - `Stand in astonishment:' Hebrew, hithmahmehu-literally, linger or tarry; hence, that state of mind in which one stops, fixed to the spot with amazemen... [ Continue Reading ]
For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. THE SPIRIT OF DEEP SLEEP. Yahweh gives them up judicially to their own hardness of heart (cf. ). Quoted by Paul, with variations, from the Septuagin... [ Continue Reading ]
And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: AND THE VISION OF ALL - of all the prophets. Vision (chazuth) is the same here as revelation or law.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. HE SAITH, I AM NOT LEARNED. The unlearned succeed no better than the learned, not from want of human learning, as they fancy, but from not having the teaching of God (; ; ; 1 Cor... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: PRECEPT OF MEN - instead of by the precepts of God, given by His prophets; also w... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. A MARVELOUS WORK - (; .) The "marvelous work" is one of unparalleled vengeance... [ Continue Reading ]
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? THAT SEEK DEEP TO HIDE - rather, 'that seek to hide deeply,' etc. (cf. Isaiah 30:1). The reference is to the secret plan which many of the Jewish nob... [ Continue Reading ]
Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? SURELY YOUR TURNING OF THINGS UPSIDE DOWN SHALL BE ESTEEMED AS THE POTTER'S C... [ Continue Reading ]
Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? LEBANON SHALL BE TURNED - As contrasted with your 'turnings of things upside down' (Isaiah 29:16), there shall be other and better turnings or revolutions-t... [ Continue Reading ]
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. DEAF ... THE BLIND SHALL SEE - (cf. .) The spiritually blind, etc., are chiefly meant; "the book," as Revelation is called preeminently, shall be no longer "seale... [ Continue Reading ]
The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. THE MEEK, [ `ªnaawiym (H6035)] - the afflicted godly: the idea is, virtuous suffering (Isaiah 61:1; Psalms 25:9; Psalms 37:11) (Barnes). So Chaldaic, 'those who have suffered injur... [ Continue Reading ]
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: THE TERRIBLE ONE - namely, the persecutors among the Jewish nobles. THE SCORNER IS CONSUMED - (; ; .) ALL THAT WATCH FOR INIQUITY - not only commit iniquity, but watch for oppor... [ Continue Reading ]
That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. THAT MAKE A MAN AN OFFENDER FOR A WORD (Hebrew, bªdaabaar (H1697)) - Who arraign a man for a word which he hath spoken, and which they were watching for to ma... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale. THUS SAITH THE LORD ... Join "saith ... concerning the house of Jacob." REDEEMED - out of Ur, a land of idolaters (). NOT NOW - after the mor... [ Continue Reading ]
But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. BUT WHEN HE - Jacob. HIS CHILDREN, THE WORK OF MINE HANDS - spiritually, as well as physically (; ; ). By Yahweh's age... [ Continue Reading ]
They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. THEY ALSO THAT ERRED - (.) SHALL LEARN DOCTRINE - rather, shall receive discipline or instruction. "Complaining" was the characteristic of lsrael's rebellion against God (; ). This shall be... [ Continue Reading ]