Isaiah 32:1
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. A KING. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 17:14; Deuteronomy 17:16). App-92. IN. for, in the interest of.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. A KING. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 17:14; Deuteronomy 17:16). App-92. IN. for, in the interest of.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ in verses: Isaiah 32:2, emphasizing every detail. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. WIND. Hebrew. _ruach_. App-9. RIVERS OF WATER. Hebrew. _palgei-mayim._ Channels for irrigation in. garden. See notes on Proverbs 21:1.Psalms 1:3. WEARY. thirsty.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HEART ALSO. And the heart: preserving the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (Isaiah 32:2).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE VILE PERSON. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "And the", thus preserving the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (Isaiah 32:1). VILE PERSON. fool. Hebrew. _nabal._ See note on Proverbs 1:7 and on 1 Samuel 25:3. LIBERAL. noble. CHURL. miser, or covetous.... [ Continue Reading ]
INSTRUMENTS ALSO OF THE CHURL. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_. Hebrew. _vekelay kelayv._ English chattels of the churl. EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'_. App-44. DEVISETH. counselleth. WICKED. Hebrew. _rasha_. App-44. DEVICES. plans. POOR. wretched. Hebrew. _anah_. See note on Proverbs 6:11. NEE... [ Continue Reading ]
LIBERAL. noble: freehearted, freehanded.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE WOMEN. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), "women" being put for the whole nation, now reduced by sin to utter weakness; or,. special message, as in Isaiah 3:16. HEAR MY VOICE. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:33; Deuteronomy 4:36), App-92. CARELESS. confident. Hebrew. _batah_. Ap... [ Continue Reading ]
PLEASANT FIELDS =fields of desire. Figure of speech. _Enallage_. App-6... [ Continue Reading ]
FORSAKEN. neglected. LEFT. See note on "forsake", Isaiah 1:4. FOREVER. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Whole), Put for. prolonged period. Note the limitation by the word "until" in the next verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. Compare Joel 2:28; Ezekiel 36:25. POURED. Hebrew. _'arah._ Occurs in Isaiah 3:17; Isaiah 22:6, and here in the "former" portion; and in Isaiah 53:12, the "latter" portion.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORK. tillage. assurance. confidence. Hebrew. _b_. _t_ ah (App-69) Same word as careless (Isaiah 32:9), but not in irony.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAIL, COMING DOWN. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_, for emphasis. Hebrew. _ubarad beredeth;_ Eng. _hail hailing._... [ Continue Reading ]
BLESSED. O the happinesses of you, &c. The second of the three occurring in Isaiah. See note on Isaiah 30:18. Compare Isaiah 56:2.... [ Continue Reading ]