Isaiah 2:1
_Jerusalem. Many particular prophecies are blended with the general one, which regards Christ. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Jerusalem. Many particular prophecies are blended with the general one, which regards Christ. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Days. The whole time of the new law, from the coming of Christ till the end of the world, is called in the Scripture the last days; because no other age, or time shall come after it, but only eternity. (Challoner) --- It is therefore styled the last hour, 1 John ii. (Worthington) --- Mountains. Thi... [ Continue Reading ]
_Jerusalem. Our Saviour preached there, and in some sense the religion established by him, may be esteemed a reform, or accomplishment of the old law._... [ Continue Reading ]
_War. Ezechias enjoyed peace after the defeat of Sennacherib, as the whole world did at the birth of Christ. (Calmet) --- Claudentur belli portæ. (Virgil, \'c6neid i.)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lord. Ezechias, or rather Christ and his Church, invite all to embrace the true faith. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Jacob. Thus the converts address God, (Haydock) or the prophet give the reasons of the subversion of the ten tribes. --- Filled. Consecrated as priests. --- Children. Imitating idolatrous nations, (Calmet) and marrying with them, (Calmet; Septuagint; Theodoret) or even giving way to unnatural sins.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Horses. Which the kings were forbidden to multiply, Deuteronomy xvii. 16. Great riches often precede the ruin of states._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Forgive. Septuagint, "I will not dismiss them." Hebrew, "and thou hast not pardoned them."_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Rock. Screen thyself if thou canst. He alludes to the kingdom of Israel, which was ruined by idolatry, ver. 18, 20._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Basan. Israel; or Syria and the Ammonites, (Calmet) whom Nabuchodonosor subdued, five years after he had taken Jerusalem, (Josephus, [Antiquities?] x. 11.) as the Idumeans, (ver. 14.) Philistines, and Egyptians, (ver. 15.) and Tyrians, (ver. 16.) who felt also the indignation of the Lord, Jeremias... [ Continue Reading ]
_Tharsis. In Cilicia, denoting large ships for merchandise. --- Fair. Hebrew, "desirable pictures." Septuagint, "ships." (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Destroyed. This was verified by the establishment of Christianity. And by this and other texts of the like nature, the wild system of some modern sectaries is abundantly confuted, who charge the whole Christian Church with worshipping idols, for many ages. (Challoner) --- Yea, for above a thousand... [ Continue Reading ]
_Bats. The Egyptians adored all sorts of animals. (Herodotus ii. 65.) --- \'c6gyptus portenta colat. (Juvenal xv.) --- Omnigenumque Deum monstra. (Virgil, \'c6neid viii.) --- The mole was much esteemed by magicians, who promised any the art of divination and success, who should eat the heart of one... [ Continue Reading ]
_High. Adhere to Jesus Christ. (Origen) (Menochius) --- Septuagint omit this sentence, and St. Jerome thinks they did it perhaps for fear of shocking their brethren. In Jeremias xvii. --- It is supplied from Aquila's version, "how must he be esteemed?" (Calmet) --- Protestants, "for wherein is he to... [ Continue Reading ]
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