Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? This closing chapter is the summary Isaiah's prophecies as to the last days: hence, the similarity of its sentiments with what went before. The... [ Continue Reading ]
For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. For all those (things) hath mine hand made ... have been - namely, made by me. Or, absolutely, were thi... [ Continue Reading ]
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominati... [ Continue Reading ]
I ALSO WILL CHOOSE THEIR DELUSIONS, AND WILL BRING THEIR FEARS UPON THEM; BECAUSE WHEN I CALLED, NONE DID ANSWER; WHEN I SPAKE, THEY DID NOT HEAR: BUT THEY DID EVIL BEFORE MINE EYES, AND CHOSE THAT IN WHICH I DELIGHTED NOT. I also will choose their delusions ( 2 Thessalonians 2:11 ) - ANSWERING T... [ Continue Reading ]
Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. Hear the word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word - the same persons as in -... [ Continue Reading ]
A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies. A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord that rendereth recompense to his enemies. God, from Jerusalem and His "temple," shall take vengeance on... [ Continue Reading ]
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. She - ZION. Before she travailed, she brought forth. THE ACCESSION OF NUMBERS, AND OF PROSPERITY, TO HER, SHALL BE SUDDEN BEYOND ALL EXPECTATION, AND UNATTENDED WITH PAINFUL EFFORT ( ; ISAIAH 54:4 _ ).... [ Continue Reading ]
Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. SHALL THE EARTH BE MADE TO BRING FORTH IN ONE DAY? - RATHER, TO SUIT THE PARALLELISM, 'IS A C... [ Continue Reading ]
_ _ Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God. SHALL I CAUSE TO BRING FORTH, AND SHUT (THE WOMB)? - rather, 'shall I who beget restrain the birth?' (Lowth) ( ; ); i:e., shall I who have begun, not finis... [ Continue Reading ]
Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: Rejoice ye with Jerusalem ... all ye that love her ... all ye that mourn for her - (; ; ; .)... [ Continue Reading ]
That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. That ye may suck - (Isaiah 60:5; Isaiah 60:16; Isaiah 61:6; Isaiah 49:23.) That ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory (Hebrew... [ Continue Reading ]
For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river - I WILL TURN PEACE (PROSPERITY) UPON H... [ Continue Reading ]
As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. As one whom his mother comforteth - ( ). Comforteth - (Isaiah 40:1 .)... [ Continue Reading ]
And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. Your bones shall flourish like an herb. "Your bones," which once were "dried up" by the "fire" of God's wr... [ Continue Reading ]
For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. BEHOLD, THE LORD WILL COME WITH FIRE - ( Isaiah 9:5 _ ; Psalms 50:3_ _ ; Habakkuk 3:5_ _ ; 2 Thessalonians 1:8_ ; 2 Peter 3:7 _ .) _ CHARIOTS LIKE... [ Continue Reading ]
For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many. For by fire, and by his sword, will the Lord plead with all flesh - `With fire will Yahweh decide the issue (nishpaaT ( H8199 )), AND WITH HIS SWORD (HE WILL DECIDE THE ISSUE WITH) ALL FLESH.'... [ Continue Reading ]
They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD. THEY THAT SANCTIFY THEMSELVES ... IN THE GARDENS - THE HEBREW ( _ 'el (_ H413) haganowt ( H1593 ))... [ Continue Reading ]
For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory. For I (knew) - know is not in the Hebrew. Rather, understand the words by Aposiopesis: it is usual in threats to leave the persons threatened to supply the hi... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. SET... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY SHALL BRING ALL YOUR BRETHREN FOR AN OFFERING UNTO THE LORD OUT OF ALL NATIONS UPON HORSES, AND IN CHARIOTS, AND IN LITTERS, AND UPON MULES, AND UPON SWIFT BEASTS, TO MY HOLY MOUNTAIN JERUSALEM, SAITH THE LORD, AS THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL BRING AN OFFERING IN A CLEAN VESSEL INTO THE HOUSE OF... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD. And I will also take of them - the Gentiles. For priests, (and) for Levites - for spiritual worship; enjoying the direct access to God, which was formerly enjoyed by the ministers of the temple alone (; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. For as the new heavens, and the new earth, which I wi... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, THAT FROM ONE NEW MOON TO ANOTHER, AND FROM ONE SABBATH TO ANOTHER, SHALL ALL FLESH COME TO WORSHIP BEFORE ME, SAITH THE LORD. From one new moon to another _ - literally, 'as often as the new moon (shall be) in its own new moon;' i:e., in its own time every month (_ ).... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire And they shall go forth, and look - as the Israelites looked at the carcasses of the Egyptians destroyed at the Red Sea ( : CF. ISAIAH 26:14 _ ; _... [ Continue Reading ]