Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: Jewish ambassadors were now on their way to Egypt to seek aid against Assyria (Isaiah 30:2; Isaiah 30:15; Isaiah 31:1). Isaiah deno... [ Continue Reading ]
That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! THAT WALK - that are now setting out namely, their ambassadors (). TO GO DOWN INTO EGYPT - see note in the beginning of Isaiah 19:1; Isaiah 2... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. THEREFORE SHALL THE STRENGTH OF PHARAOH BE YOUR SHAME - your disappointment. Egypt, weakened by its internal dissensions, can give no solid help.... [ Continue Reading ]
For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. FOR HIS - Judah's (cf. ). PRINCES WERE AT ZOAN - are already arrived there on their errand to Pharaoh (see ). AND HIS AMBASSADORS CAME TO HANES - are come there. West of the Nile, in central Egypt: Egyptian Hnes; the Greek Hera... [ Continue Reading ]
They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. THEY WERE ALL ASHAMED OF A PEOPLE (THAT) COULD NOT PROFIT THEM - (.)... [ Continue Reading ]
The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit... [ Continue Reading ]
For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still. FOR THE EGYPTIANS SHALL HELP IN VAIN, AND TO NO PURPOSE - Hebrew, 'The Egyptians are vanity, and to no purpose will they help' (Calvin). THEREFORE HAVE I CRIED CONCER... [ Continue Reading ]
Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: A TABLE - a tablet (Habakkuk 2:2), which should set in public, containing the prophecy in a briefer form, to be read by all. A BOOK - namely, a parchment roll, containing the... [ Continue Reading ]
That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: LYING CHILDREN - unfaithful to Yahweh, whose covenant they had taken on them as His adopted children (; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: WHICH SAY TO THE SEERS, SEE NOT - (; ; ). SEE NOT - as you now do, foretelling misfortune. PROPHECY NOT ... RIGHT THINGS. Not that they avowedly requested this... [ Continue Reading ]
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. GET YOU OUT OF THE WAY - Depart from the true "way:" so in ; , "that way" is used of religion. CAUSE THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL TO CEASE - let us hear no more of His name. God's holiness is wh... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: WHEREFORE THUS SAITH THE HOLY ONE. Isaiah so little yields to their wicked prejudices that he repeats the very name and truth which they disliked. BECAUSE YE D... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant. AS A BREACH READY TO FALL - image from a curve swelling out in a wall (): when the former gives way, it canoes the downfall of the whole wall; so their pol... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit. AND HE SHALL BREAK IT. He - the enemy; or rather, God... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. IN RETURNING AND REST SHALL YE BE SAVED - In turning back from your embassy to Egypt, and ceasing from warlike preparations. IN... [ Continue Reading ]
But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. BUT YE SAID, NO; FOR WE WILL FLEE - not as fugitives, but we will speed our course-namely, against the Assyrians, by the help of cavalry supplied... [ Continue Reading ]
One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. ONE THOUSAND - Hebrew, 'elep (H505) 'echad. The "One" is emphatic. A thousand at once, or As one man. (SHALL FLEE) AT THE REBU... [ Continue Reading ]
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. AND THEREFORE WILL THE LORD WAIT, THAT HE MAY BE GRACIOUS UNTO YOU - "therefore" He wil... [ Continue Reading ]
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. FOR THE PEOPLE SHALL DWELL IN ZION - (.) The re-restoration from Babylon only typifies the full accomplishment of the... [ Continue Reading ]
And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: AND (THOUGH) THE LORD GIVE YOU THE BREAD OF ADVERSITY. The though is not in the original. 'The Lord will give you... [ Continue Reading ]
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. THINE EARS SHALL HEAR A WORD BEHIND THEE - conscience, guided by the Holy Spirit ().... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. YE SHALL DEFILE ... THE COVERING OF THY GRAVEN IMAGES - images (formed of wood or potter's cla... [ Continue Reading ]
Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures. THEN SHALL HE GIVE THE RAIN OF THY SEED - rather, 'for thy seed.' Physical prosperity ac... [ Continue Reading ]
The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. THE YOUNG DONKEYS THAT EAR (I:E., TILL) THE GROUND. Donkeys were employed in tillage as well as oxen (Deuteronomy 22:10). SHALL EAT CLEAN (HEBREW, chaa... [ Continue Reading ]
And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. THERE SHALL BE UPON EVERY HIGH MOUNTAIN ... RIVERS - even the otherwise barren hills shall then be well watered (). IN THE DAY ... WHEN T... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. THE LIGHT OF THE MOON ... THE LIGHT OF THE SUN - image fr... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: THE NAME OF THE LORD - i:e., Yahweh Himself (; ). COMETH FROM FAR. He is represented as a storm approaching (), and ready... [ Continue Reading ]
And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. HIS BREATH, AS AN OVERFLOWING STREAM - (; .) SHALL REACH TO THE MIDST OF THE NECK - the most... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel. YE SHALL HAVE A SONG, AS IN THE NIGHT, (WHEN) A HOLY SOLEMNITY IS KEPT - As in the Passover-night ye celeb... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. THE LORD SHALL CAUSE HIS GLORIOUS VOICE TO BE HEARD. Yahweh's "glorious v... [ Continue Reading ]
For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod. A ROD. The Assyrian rod which beat, shall itself be beaten, and that by the mere voice of the Lord - i:e., an u... [ Continue Reading ]
And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it. (IN) EVERY PLACE WHERE THE GROUNDED - the decreed, appointed by God's firm decree: solidly founded, margin (Maurer.) S... [ Continue Reading ]
For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it. TOPHET - from tuph, to spit out; literally, a place of abomination: a grove or garden in the... [ Continue Reading ]