_And. Notwithstanding the sins of his people, God will deliver them, that they may be his witnesses, ver. 10. (Calmet) --- Name. As an intimate friend, (Haydock) or slave, chap. xlix. 1. (Calmet) --- God grants grace without any preceding merit. (Worthington) --- Forerius explains this mostly of the... [ Continue Reading ]
_Waters. In every emergency, God will protect thee, (Calmet) as he did the three children. [Daniel iii.] (Haydock) --- He will suffer none to perish, without their own fault. Hence the Church still continues pure. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ethiopia. Hebrew, "Chus," the isle of Meroe, (Grotius) or the country bordering on the Red Sea, chap. xlv. 14. These were given to indemnify Cyrus. They obtained their liberty to return home, after 40 years, Ezechiel xxix. 11._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Eyes, by a gratuitous choice. --- Men. Chaldeans, &c._... [ Continue Reading ]
_East. Babylon. --- West. The island beyond the Mediterranean._... [ Continue Reading ]
_North. Assyria. --- South. Egypt. The captives returned from these countries under Cyrus, Alexander the Great, &c., so that before the coming of Christ, Judea was as well peopled as ever. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Calleth. Hebrew, "is called by my name." (Protestants) (Haydock) --- My people's chastisements and liberation prove my divine perfections._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ears. Yet will not hear, (Calmet) or who are miraculously healed. (Haydock) --- It seems rather to mean idolatrous nations, (ver. 9.; Calmet) or rebellious Jews. (Forerius) (Houbigant)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Former. The pagans were little acquainted with antiquity. Such researches lead to the knowledge of the true religion. (Haydock) --- Truth, if they can produce any true prophecy._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Witnesses. The history of the Israelites was sufficient to shew who was God. (Calmet) --- Thus the establishment of Christianity manifests its truth. (St. Augustine, City of God xxii. 6.) --- Septuagint add, "and I am witness." (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_One idol, to announce what would happen._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Bars. Septuagint, "fugitives." Theodotion, "strong ones." --- Glorying. Septuagint, "shall be bound in ships," to be sent beyond the Caspian Sea. (Calmet) --- Cyrus was victorious for the sake of God's people; for he will not neglect his Church. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Waters. of the Jordan and the Red Sea, in the latter of which Pharao perished, ver. 17._... [ Continue Reading ]
_New. I shall work the like miracles as were seen in the wilderness._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Chosen. We know not that rivers were found in Arabia. But the people were equally favoured. Christ facilitates the road to heaven by his example and graces, while the most savage tempers are changed in baptism._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Incense. My kindness is gratuitous. In a strange land, thou couldst not offer sacrifice. See chap. xlviii. 9., and xlix. 1. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XLIII. _ Iniquities. Thou hast shewn the greatest ingratitude. (Haydock) --- Yet I will save thee._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thyself. God condescends to act thus with men, chap. xli. 20., and Osee iv. 1._... [ Continue Reading ]
_First father. Adam, (Lyranus) or rather Abraham sinned, by diffidence, (Genesis xv. 8.; St. Jerome) or was formerly an idolater, Josue xxiv. 2. (Genebrard, the year of the world 2049) (St. Augustine, City of God xvi. 12.) (Calmet) (Tirinus) --- Teachers. Literally, "interpreters," (Haydock) Moses a... [ Continue Reading ]
_Profaned, or declared such, (Haydock) Nadab, &c., (Leviticus x. 1.; Calmet) or Moses and Aaron. (Menochius) --- Septuagint, "and the princes defiled my holy things. " (Haydock) --- Slaughter. Hebrew, "anathema." Yet I will re-establish all. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]