WOE. Ho! We now come to. cycle of woes corresponding with the "burdens". In these "woes" Jehovah's purpose is alternately thrown into sharp contrast (see the Structure, above). crown of pride. pride's crown, or proud crown (i.e. Samaria; compare Amos 6:1; Amos 6:3). Figure of speech _Enallage_ (App-... [ Continue Reading ]
HATH. MIGHTY AND STRONG ONE. hath. mighty one, immensely strong: i.e. Assyria (2 Kings 17:5; 2 Kings 17:6). CAST DOWN. cast [Ephraim] down.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE. become. AND. Omit. HASTY FRUIT. early fig [becomes]. EATETH IT UP. swalloweth it.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Isaiah 1:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. TURN. turn, or drive, back.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY. Referring to Judah. STRONG DRINK. Hebrew. _shekar_. App-27. JUDGMENT. pronouncing judgment.... [ Continue Reading ]
TABLED. Used at sacrificial feasts (Tabernacles, Harvest, &c.) 1 Samuel 20:34.Ezekiel 40:39.Malachi 1:7; Malachi 1:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOM. Whom [say they]. MILK. BREASTS? (Two questions.)... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. For [say they] mimicking the prophet as though he were teaching little children in. school. MUST BE: or, [hath been]. The verse then reads: "For it is _zav lazav, zav lazav kav lakav, kav lakav ze'er sham, ze'er sham_. "The Figures of speech: _Epizeuxis_ and _Paronomasia_ (App-6), for emphasis... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. Yea, verily. Taking the words out of their own taunting lips, and turning them against themselves. Quoted in 1 Corinthians 14:21. STAMMERING. jabbering. ANOTHER. foreign. Referring to the Assyrian language they were (alas!) soon to hear (Compare Isaiah 33:19; Deuteronomy 28:49). HE SPEAK: i.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO WHOM HE SAID: or, He (Jehovah) Who said to them: i.e. by His prophets (Isaiah 7:4; Isaiah 8:6; Isaiah 30:15).... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS. became. Giving back to the scoffers their own words (from Isaiah 28:10) in the form of. threatening. MIGHT. may. FALL BACKWARD, &C. Note the Figure of speech _Synonymia_, by which the similar words are heaped together to impress on them the solemnity and certainty of the judgment. TAKEN. cau... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE. cut, or solemnized. MADE. COVENANT. It is alleged that the use of the word "covenant" is confined to Jehovah by the "second Isaiah" (i.e. after Isaiah 40): but it is so used before that (See Isaiah 24:5; Isaiah 33:8), But why should not. covenant be made with, and by, other parties as it is h... [ Continue Reading ]
I LAY. I have laid. So the Syriac and Septuagint. Laid, in the counsels of eternity: in Abraham's promise (Genesis 12); in David's covenant (2 Samuel 7). IN ZION. In Zion; not Zion itself. A STONE. This is. distinct reference to Isaiah 49:24. It is the Immanuel (of Isaiah 7), the promised Son (of... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDGMENT ALSO WILL. LAY TO THE LINE, &C.. I will make judgment the line, and righteousness the plumbline.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE YOU. take you away. VEXATION. terror. REPORT. hearing. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for what is heard.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BED, &C. This allegory is to show that their false security as to the approach of Sennacherib would afford them no real rest, it would soon be disturbed.... [ Continue Reading ]
PERAZIM. GIBEON. This could not be known or understood without reference to 2 Samuel 5:20, and Joshua 10:10. and this reference must have been in writing: too long before (700 years) to be. matter of mere memory. See App-92. HIS STRANGE WORK. strange His work [is]. Hebrew. _zur_. foreign. HIS STRA... [ Continue Reading ]
EARTH. land, or soil.... [ Continue Reading ]
PLOW ALL DAY: i.e. continually. ever keep ploughing? See the note on Isaiah 28:28. HE OPEN. he [for ever] open.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRINCIPAL WHEAT. wheat in rows. Only here. place. due order. Connect "appointed" with "place", not with "barley".... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR HIS GOD, &C. Render: "For One hath instructed him in the right course; his God doth teach him". GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THRESHING INSTRUMENT. Only here, and Isaiah 41:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
BREAD. Corn. Bread is put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), for the corn of which it is made. Compare Job 28:5. BRUISED. crushed: i.e. reduced to powder. Compare Exodus 32:20; 2 Kings 23:6. Render, as. question: Is corn crushed? because. nay. The Hebrew accent _t_ ebir is disjunctive and... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS: i.e. this same design in His treatment of His people. His purpose is the same as that of the husbandman. Compare Amos 9:9. EXCELLENT. lofty. WORKING. wisdom. The sort of wisdom which carries the purpose through to permanency. Hebrew. _tushiyah,_ See note on Proverbs 2:7.... [ Continue Reading ]