Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. THE WATERS OF JUDAH - spring from the fountain of Judah, (; ;... [ Continue Reading ]
For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. FOR THEY CALL THEMSELVES OF THE HOLY CITY. Ye deserve these reproofs; because ye call yourselves citizens of "the holy city" (), but not in truth (; ; ). So the inscription on th... [ Continue Reading ]
I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass. I HAVE DECLARED THE FORMER THINGS - things which have happened in time past to Israel (; Isaiah 44:7; ; ). I DID (THEM) SUDDENLY, AND THEY C... [ Continue Reading ]
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; BECAUSE I KNEW THAT THOU (ART) OBSTINATE - Hebrew, hard, (; , margin.) AND THY NECK IS AN IRON SINEW - inflexible (). AND THY BROW BRASS - shameless as a harlot, (see ; ; , margin.)... [ Continue Reading ]
I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them. I HAVE EVEN FROM THE BEGINNING DECLARED (IT) TO THEE - (see notes, ; .)... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. THOU HAST HEARD, SEE ALL THIS; AND WILL NOT YE DECLARE (IT)? So "ye are my witnesses" (). Thou canst testify the prediction was uttered long... [ Continue Reading ]
They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them. THEY ARE CREATED NOW, AND NOT FROM THE BEGINNING - literally, not from that time-not from of old (Hebrew, mee'aaz (H227)). Not like natural results fro... [ Continue Reading ]
Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb. YEA, THOU HEARDEST NOT - repeated, as also 'thou knewest not,' (cf. Isaiah 48:5, end) from last v... [ Continue Reading ]
For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. FOR MY NAME'S SAKE WILL I ... REFRAIN FOR THEE - literally, will I muzzle or curb mine anger. His wrath, after the return, was to be restrained awhile, and then, because of their sins,... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. BEHOLD, I HAVE REFINED THEE, BUT NOT WITH SILVER - (note, Isaiah 1:25.) WITH SILVER - or, 'for silver.' I sought by affliction to purify thee, but thou wast not as silver [non quasi argentum, Vulgate... [ Continue Reading ]
For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another. HOW SHOULD (MY NAME) BE POLLUTED? Maurer, instead of "my name," from , supplies 'my glory' from the next clause; and translates, 'how (shamefully) my glory has... [ Continue Reading ]
Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. -The Almighty, who has founded heaven and earth, can, and will restore His people. Verse 12. I (AM) THE FIRST, I ALSO (AM) THE LAST - (; .) Verse 13. MY RIGHT HAND HATH SPANNED THE HEAVENS - hath measur... [ Continue Reading ]
Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. I HAVE NOT SPOKEN IN SECRET - (.) Yahweh foretold Cyrus' advent not with the studied ambiguity of pagan oracles, but plai... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. TEACHETH THEE TO PROFIT - by affliction, such as the Babylonian captivity, and the present long-continued dispersion of Israel ().... [ Continue Reading ]
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: THEN HAD THY PEACE BEEN AS A RIVER - (.) Compare the desire expressed by the same Messiah, ; . RIVER (; ) - A river flowing from God's throne is the symbol of free,... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. THY SEED ALSO HAD BEEN AS THE SAND - retaining the metaphor of "the sea" (Isaiah 48:18). AND THE OFFSPRING OF THY BOWELS LIKE THE GRAV... [ Continue Reading ]
Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. GO YE FORTH OF BABYLON ... TELL THIS ... TO THE END OF THE EARTH. Primarily a prophecy of their joyful deliv... [ Continue Reading ]
And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out. AND THEY THIRSTED NOT (WHEN) HE LED THEM THROUGH THE DESERTS. Ezra, in describing the return, makes no mention of God cleaving the... [ Continue Reading ]
There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked. (NO PEACE ... UNTO THE WICKED. Repeated at . All the blessings just mentioned () belong only to the godly, not to the wicked. Israel shall first cast away its wicked unbelief before it shall inherit national prosperity (Zechariah 12:10; ; ; ; ;... [ Continue Reading ]