The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. THE SOLITARY PLACE - literally, a dry place, tsiyaah (H6723), without springs of water. A moral wilderness is meant. FOR THEM - namely, on account of the punishment inflicted ac... [ Continue Reading ]
It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God. THE GLORY OF LEBANON - its ornament, namely, its cedars (). THE EXCELLENCY... [ Continue Reading ]
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. STRENGTHEN YE THE WEAK HANDS ... CONFIRM THE FEEBLE KNEES. The Hebrew for "strengthen," chazquw (H2388), refers to the strength residing in the hands for grasping and holding a thing manfully; "confirm," to the firmness in the knees wit... [ Continue Reading ]
Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you. A FEARFUL HEART - margin, hasty; i:e., with a heart fluttered with agitation. (WITH) VENGEANCE. The Hebrew is more forcible than the E... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. THEN THE EYES OF THE BLIND SHALL BE OPENED ... - Language figurative, descriptive of the joy felt at the deliverance from Assyria and Babylon; literally true of the antitypical times of Messiah and His mirac... [ Continue Reading ]
And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. THE PARCHED GROUND SHALL BECOME A POOL - or, 'the mirage (Hebrew, shaaraab (H8273), the sun's heat) shall became a (real) lake.'... [ Continue Reading ]
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. AN HIGHWAY - such a causeway (raised way, macluwl (H4547), from a Hebrew root, caalal (H554... [ Continue Reading ]
No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: NO LION - such as might be feared on the way through the wilderness, which abounded in wild beasts, back to Judea. Every danger shall be warded off the returning pe... [ Continue Reading ]
And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. THE RANSOMED OF THE LORD SHALL RETURN ... - language literally applying to the return from Babylon; figurativel... [ Continue Reading ]