Isaiah 49:1
ISLES. maritime countries. PEOPLE. peoples. HATH CALLED. Fulfilled in Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:28. ME. The Messiah prophesied of in Isaiah 7:14. Neither Isaiah, nor Israel, nor the Church.... [ Continue Reading ]
ISLES. maritime countries. PEOPLE. peoples. HATH CALLED. Fulfilled in Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:28. ME. The Messiah prophesied of in Isaiah 7:14. Neither Isaiah, nor Israel, nor the Church.... [ Continue Reading ]
MOUTH... THE SHADOW... BAND. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ SWORD. Compare Revelation 1:16; Revelation 2:12; Revelation 2:16; Revelation 19:15. POLISHED: or, pointed. SHAFT. arrow. HID ME. Thirty years at Nazareth.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SERVANT. See note on Isaiah 37:36. ISRAEL. Prince of GOD. Messiah making this use of, and applying the name to Himself. Israel could not "raise up" Israel (Isaiah 49:6). Christ is called"Israel" in the same way that He is called "David"; and Psalms 24:6, "Jacob".... [ Continue Reading ]
I SAID, or thought: i.e. said to Myself. STRENGTH. strength (to endure). Hebrew. _koah._ Not the same word as in Isaiah 49:5. FOR NOUGHT. Hebrew. _tohu_. See note on Isaiah 24:10, "confusion". JUDGMENT. vindication. WORK. recompense. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAITH. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "thus saith". NOT. Hebrew text. _l'o_. not; but marked in margin to be read _lo =_ to Him, which is confirmed by the list of such readings in the Massorah. If (in "be not gathered"), the negative be read, then the "though" and the "yet" must be... [ Continue Reading ]
LIGHT. small. I WILL ALSO GIVE, &C. Quoted in Luke 2:32.Acts 13:47; Acts 13:47 GENTILES. nations. Hebrew. _goyim._ Compare Isaiah 42:6 _._ Therefore not the secret (or Mystery) of the Epistle to the Ephesians. Compare Genesis 12:3.Luke 2:29. THOU. This cannot be Israel, for it is expressly fulfil... [ Continue Reading ]
REDEEMER. Kinsman Redeemer. Hebrew. _go'el_. See note on Isaiah 41:14 and Exodus 6:6. WHOM MAN DESPISETH. Whom their (i.e. Israel's) soul (Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13) despiseth. Compare Isaiah 53:3.Psalms 42:5; Psalms 42:6; Matthew 26:67; 1 Corinthians 2:14. NATION. Hebrew. _goi_: i.e.. heathen nati... [ Continue Reading ]
AN ACCEPTABLE TIME. a time of acceptance. Quoted in. 2 Corinthians 6:2. HEARD. answered. A COVENANT OF THE PEOPLE. the covenant of. People. Compare Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 42:7. Hebrew. _am_, not _goi_ as in Isaiah 49:7. ESTABLISHED THE EARTH. raise up the land. DESOLATE. See note on Isaiah 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT THOU MAYEST SAY. This cannot be the nation, but the Messiah. GO FORTH. Compare Isaiah 42:7; Isaiah 61:1. TO. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and to".... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL NOT HUNGER, &C. Quoted in Revelation 7:16. SHALL HE GUIDE THEM. shall He cause them to rest.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIGHWAYS. See note on Isaiah 7:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
SINIM. Probably. China. Occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
SING. Shout in triumph. BREAK FORTH INTO SINGING. See note on Isaiah 14:7. COMFORTED HIS PEOPLE. Compare Isaiah 40:1; Isaiah 51:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
ZION SAID. Figure of speech _Prolepsis_. This sets at rest the conflicting interpretations. FORSAKEN. See note on Isaiah 1:4. MY LORD*. One of the 134 places where the Sopherim changed "Jehovah of the primitive text to Adonai. App-32.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAN. WOMAN, &C. Figures of speech _Erotesis_ and _Pathopoeia._ WILL. NOT FORGET. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
GRAVEN. Denoting permanence. THE PALMS, &C. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
BRIDE. First occurrence in this connection.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH THOU SHALT HAVE. OTHER. of thy childlessness, or, of whom thou wast bereaved.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN. And. WHO... WHERE? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ THESE. Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "and these", or "these therefore". HAD THEY BEEN. were they?... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. See App-4. LIFT UP MINE HAND. Idiom for "call". Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ GENTILES. nations. PEOPLE. peoples. ARMS. bosom: the folds of the garment forming. large natural pocket; but children were, and still are, usually carried astride the shoulder... [ Continue Reading ]
QUEENS. princesses. LICK UP, &C. Denoting subjection and submission, as in Genesis 3:14. Compare Psalms 72:9 and Micah 7:17. THOU SHALT KNOW. Ref to Pentateuch (Exodus 6:7). App-92. WAIT FOR ME. Reference to Pentateuch (same word as in Genesis 49:18).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PREY. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 31:11; Numbers 31:12; Numbers 31:26; Numbers 31:27; Numbers 31:32). Occurs elsewhere only in the next verse and Psalms 22:15. MIGHTY. a mighty one (singular) Hebrew. _gibbor._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAPTIVES. captivity. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for "captives". TERRIBLE. tyrant or ruthless one.... [ Continue Reading ]
SWEET WINE. Heb 'asis. new wine, the product of the same year. App-27. ALL FLESH SHALL KNOW. Compare Isaiah 40:5; Isaiah 52:10. AM THY SAVIOUR: or, am saving thee. THE MIGHTY ONE OF JACOB. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 49:24): only here and Isaiah 60:16. Nowhere else except Psalms 132:2; Psalm... [ Continue Reading ]