Isaiah 47:1
GROUND. earth. Hebrew. _'arez._ THERE IS NO THRONE. throneless.... [ Continue Reading ]
GROUND. earth. Hebrew. _'arez._ THERE IS NO THRONE. throneless.... [ Continue Reading ]
GRIND MEAL: the work of slaves (Exodus 11:5.Matthew 24:41; Matthew 24:41). meal. Put by Figure of speech, for the corn from which meal is ground. UNCOVER THY LOCKS. remove thy veil. MAKE BARE THE LEG. lift up thy skirts or train.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT MEET THEE AS. MAN. not accept or regard any man.... [ Continue Reading ]
LADY OF KINGDOMS. mistress of the kingdoms. The king of Babylon called himself "the King Vicar" Compare Ezekiel 26:7; Daniel 2:37. So the popes name themselves, and are so addressed when crowned. Compare Revelation 18:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
NO MERCY. Compare 2 Kings 25:5 2 Kings 25:6, 2 Kings 25:26; Jeremiah 50:17, &c. ANCIENT. elder. Compare Lamentations 4:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LATTER END OF IT. the issue thereof: but some codices, with one early printed edition (Rabbinic, Mar 1517), and Vulgate, read "thy latter end". Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:29). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
CARELESSLY. confidently. NONE ELSE BESIDE ME. Babylon and Rome claim the Divine attributes, as used in these Chapter s. Compare Isaiah 45:6; Isaiah 45:14; Isaiah 46:9. NONE. See note on Isaiah 5:8. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
PERFECTION. full measure.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUSTED. confided. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. calamity. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ MISCHIEF. ruin; especially as prepared for others. Not the same word as in Isaiah 59:4. Only here and Ezekiel 7:26. PUT IT OFF. expiate it, or charm it away.... [ Continue Reading ]
STAND NOW WITH. Persist in. PREVAIL. strike terror.... [ Continue Reading ]
ASTROLOGERS. The scientists of Babylon were divided into three classes: writers of (1) charms to be placed on afflicted persons or houses; (2) formulae of incantations; (3) records of observations which mixed up astronomy with astrology, and resulted, in the case of any two successive or concurrent... [ Continue Reading ]
THEMSELVES. their souls. Hebrew. _nephesh._... [ Continue Reading ]
THY MERCHANTS. Compare Revelation 18:11. t HEY SHALL WANDER. stagger onward. ONE. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]