THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. THE LORD THAT CREATED THEE. This is another Jehovah title (compare App-4.). Jehovah _Boraaka =_ Jehovah thy Creator. JACOB... ISRAEL. See notes on Genesis 32:28; Genesis 43:6; Genesis 45:26; Genesis 45:28. See Isaiah 42:24, above. HE THAT FORMED THEE. thy Forme... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN THOU PASSEST. shouldst thou pass: the habitual sense of _ki_ with the Future. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 31:6; Deuteronomy 31:8). THE WATERS... THE RIVERS... THE FIRE... THE FLAME. waters... rivers... fire... flame.. general promise of future deliverance put by Figure of speech _Meto... [ Continue Reading ]
I AM THE LORD THY GOD. I Jehovah am thy God (Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4). Note the three titles. He was Israel's God by covenant (note the others in the next clause): THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, in contrast with all false gods. See note on Isaiah 1:4, and Psalms 71:22. THY SAVIOUR. This is the third titl... [ Continue Reading ]
SINCE THOU WAST. Ever since thou becamest. MEN. a man. Can this refer to Christ? Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14. PEOPLE. peoples.... [ Continue Reading ]
EAST... WEST... NORTH... SOUTH. This contemplates. wider and greater deliverance than that from Babylon, even from "the ends of the earth".... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BLIND PEOPLE. a blind People: i.e. Israel (See Isaiah 6:10; Isaiah 42:19; Isaiah 42:20; Jeremiah 5:21.Ezekiel 12:2.Matthew 13:14.Acts 28:26; Acts 28:27).... [ Continue Reading ]
THEM. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "you".... [ Continue Reading ]
SAITH THE LORD. is Jehovah's oracle. MY SERVANT: i.e. Israel. See note on Isaiah 37:35. CHOSEN. See note on Isaiah 1:29. I AM HE: or, "I [am] He [Who is]".... [ Continue Reading ]
NO STRANGE GOD. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:12; Deuteronomy 32:16). See App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET IT. avert it. See Amos 1:3; Amos 1:6; Amos 1:9; Amos 1:11; Amos 1:13. Amo 12:1, Amo 12:4, Amo 12:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
REDEEMER. Kinsman- Redeemer. Hebrew. _Go'el_. See note on Exodus 6:6. BABYLON. This is the first occurrence of the name in Isaiah. THEIR NOBLES. all of them in flight. WHOSE CRY IS IN THE SHIPS. the ships which resound with loud outcries (compare Lamentations 2:19; Numbers 24:24).... [ Continue Reading ]
MAKETH. WAY IN THE SEA. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 14:16; Exodus 14:21; Exodus 14:22.Psalms 77:19; Psalms 77:19).... [ Continue Reading ]
TOGETHER: or, at once. TOW. wick. Hebrew flax. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the wick made of it.... [ Continue Reading ]
A NEW THING. The future deliverance of Israel will be with greater marvels than at the Exodus.... [ Continue Reading ]
I GIVE WATERS, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 17:6).... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS PEOPLE, &C. For Israel (as Birks puts it) "is the keystone of the whole arch of promise".... [ Continue Reading ]
CALLED UPON ME. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), App-6, for all that has to do with worship, as developed in verses: Isaiah 43:23; Isaiah 43:24. BEEN WEARY OF ME. Note the emphasis is on "Me" in these verses (compare Micah 6:3.Malachi 1:13; Malachi 1:13).... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU HAST NOT BROUGHT ME, &C. These verses are quite opposed to the alleged indifference of the prophets to the Divine ritual.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT. Note the solemn antithesis. MADE ME TO SERVE. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect, of the verb), for the judicial consequences of their sins.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRANSGRESSIONS. rebellions. Hebrew. _pasha'_. FOR MINE OWN SAKE. He does not go out of Himself for the reason which flows from grace. WILL NOT REMEMBER. He remembers our infirmities (which man forgets. Psalms 103:14), but will forget our sins (which man remembers). REMEMBER. Figure of speech _Ant... [ Continue Reading ]
DECLARE. recount [thy works, or sins].... [ Continue Reading ]
THY FIRST FATHER: i.e. Jacob, as stated in the next verse (compare Deuteronomy 26:5.Ezekiel 16:3; Ezekiel 16:45).... [ Continue Reading ]
PRINCES. priests, whose great duty it was to "teach" the people the Law and Word of God (see notes on Deuteronomy 17:11; Deuteronomy 33:10). JACOB... ISRAEL. Including the whole Nation: the subject of this prophecy concerning Jehovah's "servant".... [ Continue Reading ]