Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which [is] beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: Ver. 1. _Woe to the land._] To Ethiopia, described here, (1.) By the shady mountains wherewith it is surrounded; (2.) By the rivers wherewith it is watered. _a_ Which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia.] Or, Which is alo... [ Continue Reading ]
That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, [saying], Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled! Ver. 2. _That sendeth... [ Continue Reading ]
All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye. Ver. 3. _All the inhabitants of the world, see ye._] Or, Ye shall see when he lifteth up a banner on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpe... [ Continue Reading ]
For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, [and] like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. Ver. 4. _I will take my rest, I will consider._] He will sit and bethink himself, as it were, how he may best bestow his poor p... [ Continue Reading ]
For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away [and] cut down the branches. Ver. 5. _For afore the harvest._] Or, Vintage. _ When the bud is perfect, &c._] When the Assyrian, fleshed w... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them. Ver. 6. _They shall be left together._] They, that is, the Assyrians slain by the angel. _as _ Psa 79:2 Isa 37:3... [ Continue Reading ]
In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.... [ Continue Reading ]