WOE. The fifth of the six Woes. The Structure, above, will make this section quite clear, and show that the verses are not "out of place", or "disarranged". THAT SPOILEST. thou plunderer. DEALEST TREACHEROUSLY. thou traitor.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARM. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause) for the strength and defense put forth by it. EVERY MORNING: i.e. continually.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PEOPLE. peoples. THE NATIONS. nations.... [ Continue Reading ]
CATERPILLER . locusts.... [ Continue Reading ]
is. that [is].... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech. _Asterismos_. App-6. THE AMBASSADORS. Note the Figure of speech. _Asyndeton_ (App-6), inIsa 33:7-12.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIGHWAYS. See note on Isaiah 7:3. LIE WASTE. are desolate. See note on Isaiah 1:7. WAYFARING MAN. he that walketh along the path. See note on "path", Isaiah 2:3. MAN. mortal. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14... [ Continue Reading ]
HEWN DOWN. withered. SHAKE OFF. Hebrew. _na'ar._. rare word. Occurs twice in the "former" portion (here, and Isaiah 33:15), and once in the "latter" portion (Isaiah 52:2). App-79.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAITH THE LORD. may Jehovah say. See note on Isaiah 1:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
BREATH, AS FIRE. breath as. fire. Hebrew. _ruach._... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PEOPLE. peoples. BURNINGS OF LIME: i.e. fuel for limekilns. THORNS CUT UP. These are the common fuel used in limekilns in Palestine.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE: i.e. the heathen. WHAT. HAVE DONE: i.e. in the destruction of Sennacherib's army.... [ Continue Reading ]
FEARFULNESS. trembling. Hebrew. _r_. _'adah._ Only here in Isaiah; and elsewhere, only in Job 4:14.Psalms 2:11; Psalms 48:6. SURPRISED. seized. WHO... ? WHO... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_. The answer implied being the negative. AMONG. for.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE, &C. This is not the answer to Isaiah 33:14, but the subject of the Promise in Isaiah 33:16, "He. shall dwell on high". Hence it is emphatic. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 10:17; Deuteronomy 16:19; Deuteronomy 27:25). HEARING OF. listening to. BLOOD. murderers. Figure of speech _Metaleps... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING. See Isaiah 33:22. FAR OFF. far stretching.... [ Continue Reading ]
SCRIBE.. the counter. RECEIVER. the weigher. HE THAT COUNTED, &C. Referring to Sennacherib's besieging army.... [ Continue Reading ]
FIERCE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:49; Deuteronomy 28:50). STAMMERING. jabbering. TONGUE. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for the language spoken by it.... [ Continue Reading ]
LOOK. Gaze. THE CITY. Figure of speech _Polyonymia._ SOLEMNITIES. festal-days. Reference to Pentateuch, where the word frequently occurs (compare Leviticus 23.Numbers 15, &c). TABERNACLE. tent. Hebrew. _'ohel._ App-40.... [ Continue Reading ]
GALLANT. mighty, or noble.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAME TAKE THE PREY. Referring to the spoil taken from the dead of the Assyrian host. See 2 Kings 19:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
FORGIVEN THEIR INIQUITY. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 23:21; Exodus 32:32.Numbers 14:19; Numbers 14:19).... [ Continue Reading ]