WOE. The second of the six woes. ARIEL. either. lion of GOD (El, App-4. IV) (2 Samuel 23:20); or the altar-hearth of GOD (Ezekiel 43:15; Ezekiel 43:16. and the Moabite Stone, line 12, App-54). Jerusalem is called Har-el on old Egyptian monuments. THE CITY. Put by Figure of speech _Polyonymia_ for... [ Continue Reading ]
AS ARIEL. as. veritable hearth of GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
GROUND =. earth.. familiar spirit. an _Ob_. See note on Leviticus 19:31. WHISPER. peep, chirp, or mutter.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRANGERS: i.e. adversaries. LIKE, &C.... AS, &C. Figure of speech _Hyperbole._ TERRIBLE ONES. tyrants.... [ Continue Reading ]
VISITED. These judgments (in Isaiah 29:6) refer to the deliverance from Jerusalem's enemies. THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARIEL. Here it is plainly Jerusalem.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as. SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27. STRONG DRINK. Hebrew. _shekar._ App-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. HATH POURED, &C. Quoted in Romans 11:8. SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF ALL. of the whole, or altogether. BOOK. scroll, or document, in writing.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD*. One of the 134 places where the _Sopherim_ say they changed Jehovah of the primitive text to Adonai. See App-32. SAID. Quoted in Matthew 15:7; Mark 7:6. BUT. though. TAUGHT BY THE PRECEPT OF MEN. a commandment of men in which they have been schooled: i.e. taught by rote. MEN. mortals.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. Quoted in 1 Corinthians 1:19. WISDOM. Hebrew. _chakam._ See notes on UNDERSTANDING. Hebrew. _binah._ Proverbs 1:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAY. Compare Isaiah 45:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
BOOK. scroll.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEEK. oppressed. POOR. oppressed. Hebrew. _'ebyon._ See note on Proverbs 6:11. THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL. See note on Isaiah 1:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TERRIBLE ONE. the tyrant.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAKE. MAN AN OFFENDER FOR. WORD. who bring. man into condemnation by. word (i.e. by false witness). REPROVETH. decideth: i.e. in judgment. JUST. righteous. A THING OF NOUGHT. See note on "confusion", Isaiah 24:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
ABRAHAM. Reference to Pentateuch, as well known. App-92. THE HOUSE OF JACOB. See note on Isaiah 2:5. HIS FACE... WAX PALE. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for fear.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. young children. THE GOD OF ISRAEL. This expression occurs seven times in Isaiah (here; Isaiah 41:17; Isaiah 45:3; Isaiah 45:15; Isaiah 48:1; Isaiah 48:2; Isaiah 52:12). Elsewhere twenty-nine times, without Jehovah preceding (Genesis 33:20; Exodus 24:10;... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL COME, &C.. shall know discernment.... [ Continue Reading ]