BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_, for emphasis. the THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3. STAY. STAFF. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_. Hebrew. _mash'en_ (masculine); _mish'an_ (feminine) BREAD. WATER. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), for all kinds of food.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRUDENT. diviner: i.e. the king. Compare Proverbs 16:10. ANCIENT. elder.... [ Continue Reading ]
HONOURABLE MAN. eminent or highly respected man. CUNNING ARTIFICER. skilled in arts. ELOQUENT ORATOR. skilled in magnetism.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. youths, or boys. BABES. with caprice. Not the same word... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILD. a youth, or. boy. as in Isaiah 3:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
CLOTHING. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), for all necessaries. BE. become.... [ Continue Reading ]
SWEAR. Hebrew "lift up [the hand]": i.e. swear. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 14:22.Exodus 6:8; Numbers 14:30; Deuteronomy 32:40). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
RUINED. overthrown. THE EYES OF HIS GLORY. His glorious presence, "eyes" being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_, for the person as manifested.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHEW. expression. WITNESS. testify. DECLARE. HIDE IT NOT. have declared. have not hidden. SODOM. See Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 1:10. THEIR SOUL. them (emphatic). Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RIGHTEOUS. a righteous one.... [ Continue Reading ]
WOE. Figure of speech _Maledictio._ App-6. THE WICKED, &C.. a lawless evil one (_ra'a',_ App-44.), [it shall not be well]. Hebrew. _rasha'._ HANDS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for what is done with them. GIVEN HIM. done to him.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. little ones. DESTROY. have swallowed up.... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE. peoples.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF. Genitive of Relation (App-17.). taken from. POOR. oppressed. Hebrew. _'ani_.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEAT. crush. SAITH. is the oracle of. the Lord.... [ Continue Reading ]
DAUGHTERS. Compare the "kine of Bashan" (Amos 4:1). THEIR. Hebrew masculine. Often used of women who act as men.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD*. One of the 134 places where, in the primitive text, the _Sopherim say_ they changed Jehovah to _Adonai._ SECRET PARTS. or, nakedness.... [ Continue Reading ]
BRAVERY. finery. ORNAMENTS. metal crescent-shaped discs. CAULS. caps. Old French " _cale_ ". THEIR ROUND TIRES LIKE THE MOON. round crescent-shaped headbands.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAINS. pendants. MUFFLERS. light face-veils.... [ Continue Reading ]
BONNETS. headdress. Hebrew. _pe'er._ Not therefore peculiar to the "latter" portion of Isaiah (Isaiah 61:10) as alleged. ORNAMENTS. anklets. HEADBANDS. girdles. Compare Isaiah 49:18. TABLETS. scent bottles. Hebrew houses of the soul; _nephesh,_ used in the sense of breath. EARRINGS. amulets.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOSE JEWELS. Worn in Palestine to-day.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHANGEABLE SUITS, &C. = robes: i.e. state or gala dresses. WIMPLES. a neck binding (Old English), CRISPING PINS. reticules or purses.... [ Continue Reading ]
GLASSES. mirrors (of polished metal). FINE LINEN. underclothing. HOODS. turbans. VAILS. long flowing vails.... [ Continue Reading ]
SWEET SMELL. perfume. STINK. rottenness, or stench. RENT. a rope, WELL SET HAIR. richly plaited hair. STOMACHER. sash or girdle, often worked in silk and gold. Still worn in Palestine. GIRDING OF SACKCLOTH. girding with. rope. BURNING. branding.... [ Continue Reading ]
MIGHTY. might. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "mighty ones".... [ Continue Reading ]
GATES. entrances. MOURN. Occurs in "former" portion here, Isaiah 19:8 (as adjective); Isaiah 24:4; Isaiah 24:7; Isaiah 33:9. and in the "latter" portion, Isaiah 57:18 (as noun); Isaiah 60:20 (as noun); Isaiah 61:2, s(as adjective); Isaiah 66:10.... [ Continue Reading ]