Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. describe the Assyrian... [ Continue Reading ]
Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself. NOW WILL I RISE, SAITH THE LORD. The sight of His people's misery arouses Yahweh. He has let the enemy go far enough. I - emphatic. God Himself will do what man could not.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you. YE - the enemy. SHALL CONCEIVE CHAFF - (; ). YOUR BREATH - your own spirit of anger and ambition, which impelled you against Jerusalem, shall be the cause of your being devoured by the fire of God'... [ Continue Reading ]
And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. THE PEOPLE SHALL BE (AS) THE BURNINGS OF LIME; (AS) THORNS ... BURNED IN THE FIRE - (; .) Perhaps alluding to their being about to be burnt on the funeral pyre (). THORNS - the wicked (2 Samuel... [ Continue Reading ]
Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might. HEAR, YE (THAT ARE) FAR OFF - distant nations. AND YE (THAT ARE) NEAR - the Jews and adjoining peoples ().... [ Continue Reading ]
The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? THE SINNERS IN... [ Continue Reading ]
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; HE THAT WALKETH RIGHTEOUSLY. In contrast to the trembling "sinners... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. HE SHALL DWELL ON HIGH - heights inaccessible to the foe (). BREAD SHALL BE GIVEN HIM, HIS WATERS SHALL BE SURE - image from the expected siege by Sennacherib. BREAD... [ Continue Reading ]
Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off. THINE EYES - the saints' eyes. SHALL SEE THE KING IN HIS BEAUTY - not as now, Hezekiah in sackcloth, oppressed by the enemy, but King Messiah (Isaiah 32:1) "in His beauty" (Song of Solomon 5:10; Song... [ Continue Reading ]
Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers? THINE HEART SHALL MEDITATE TERROR - shall meditate on the "terror" caused by the enemy, but now past. WHERE (IS) THE SCRIBE? - the language of the Jews exulting over their escape... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand. THOU SHALT NOT SEE A FIERCE PEOPLE - The Assyrians shall not be allowed to enter Jerusalem (). Or, Thou shalt not any longer see fierce enemies threat... [ Continue Reading ]
Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. LOOK UPON ZION, THE CITY OF OUR SOLEMNITIES - of our s... [ Continue Reading ]
But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. BUT THERE - namely, in Jerusalem. THE GLORIOUS LORD (WILL BE) UNTO US A PLACE OF BROAD RIVERS - Yahweh will be as a broad river surrou... [ Continue Reading ]
For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us. THE LORD ... THE LORD ... THE LORD - thrice repeated, as often; hinting at the Trinity (). JUDGE ... LAWGIVER ... KING - perfect ideal of the theocracy, to be realized under Messiah alone: the judicial,... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey. THY TACKLINGS ARE LOOSED. Continuing the allegory in , he compares the enemies' host to a war-galley, which is deprived of the t... [ Continue Reading ]
And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. THE INHABITANT SHALL NOT SAY, I AM SICK. Smith thinks the allusion is to the beginning of the pestilence by which the Assyrians were destroyed, and which, while sparing the righteous, aff... [ Continue Reading ]