Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz. Ver. 1. _Take thee a great roll._] Or, Volume; so called either because it was rolled up together like the web upon the pin; or, as others, because it revealeth that unto us which... [ Continue Reading ]
And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. Ver. 2. _And I took unto me faithful witnesses._] So they might be, and yet not godly men; as Galba and our Richard III were said to be bad men, but yet good princes. Some think that this Uriah... [ Continue Reading ]
And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz. Ver. 3. _And I went unto the prophetess._] Prophets' wives were anciently called prophetesses; like as bishops' wives, saith A Lapide the Jesuit, were also called bishopess... [ Continue Reading ]
For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. Ver. 4. _For before the child, &c._] That is, within a year or two; for it was an extraordinary thing that is reported of Maxim... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD spake also unto me again, saying, Ver. 5. _The Lord spake also unto me again, saying._] Heb., And the Lord further added to speak unto me. Here the Israelites, apart from the Syrians, are specially threatened with destruction, because they abandoned their brethren, the two other tribes, an... [ Continue Reading ]
Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son; Ver. 6. _Forasmuch as this people._] The ten revolted tribes, not worth the naming. _see _ Isa 7:6 _ Refuse the waters of Shiloah._] Slight and contemn the small means and strength of t... [ Continue Reading ]
Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, [even] the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: Ver. 7. _Wow therefore behold the Lord bringeth._] They that slighted still running S... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach [even] to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. Ver. 8. _And he shall pass through Judah._] After Israel subdued; but yet with a difference, _as _ Isa 27:7-8 for th... [ Continue Reading ]
Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. Ver. 9. _Associate yourselves, O ye people._] In confidence of her king Immanuel's succou... [ Continue Reading ]
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God [is] with us. Ver. 10. _Take counsel together._] Do so if you will; but when all is done, the counsel of the Lord shall stand, and you shall consult nothing better than shame to yourselves. _ Speak... [ Continue Reading ]
For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, Ver. 11. _For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand._] That is, with his Spirit accompanying his word, and setting it home to my heart, that so I might speak from the... [ Continue Reading ]
Say ye not, A confederacy, to all [them to] whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. Ver. 12. _Say ye not a confederacy._] A confederacy, a confederacy - _scil., _ between Syria and Samaria - is made against us; this was _vox populi,_ voice of the people... [ Continue Reading ]
Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and [let] him [be] your fear, and [let] him [be] your dread. Ver. 13. _Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself._] Even your sweetest Immanuel; _non sanctificatur autem nisi in eam credatar; _ sanctify him, I say, by believing in your hearts and confessing with your mo... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Ver. 14. _And he shall be for a sanctuary._] _In quo serventur, et in lapidem, in quo firmiter stent pit: impii vero impin... [ Continue Reading ]
And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. Ver. 15. _And many among them shall stumble and fall._] So may God's elect, but not so as to be broken, because they cannot fall below a supporting hand of God. Psa 37:24 Utter _prolapsion_ cannot possibly befa... [ Continue Reading ]
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. Ver. 16. _Bind up the testimony, seal the law, &c._] _Et lateat, et lucent._ let it both be hidden and be conspicuous. Let thy doctrine, saith God here to the prophet, contained in that great roll, Isa 8:1 or otherwise published (concerning Im... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. Ver. 17. _And I will wait upon the Lord._] I will patiently and peaceably submit to his holy will in the exercise of mine office, hoping that I shall be acknowledged and approved of him, though men... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me [are] for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion. Ver. 18. _Behold, I and the children whom the Lord._] That is, my disciples and converts, who have the same conflict with me. Php 1:30 _ Are for si... [ Continue Reading ]
And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? Ver. 19. _And when they shall say unto you._] The prophet's wholesome advice to his disciples. God had hid h... [ Continue Reading ]
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them. Ver. 20. _To the law and to the testimonies._] Lo, this is the way, walk in it, for the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Pro 6:23 They have Moses and the prophets; Luk... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward. Ver. 21. _And they shall pass through it._] To and again, as uncertain of their way, and even at the... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and [they shall be] driven to darkness. Ver. 22. _Trouble and darkness, &c._] A huge heap of words all to one sense; to set forth their deepest distress without all hope of help.... [ Continue Reading ]