WHO. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_. The questions are asked by the prophet, and the answer is "no one" or few. Quoted in John 12:38 and Romans 10:16. HATH BELIEVED. put faith in. Hebrew. _aman_. App-69. The tenses are Past (the prophetic Perfect). REPORT. hearing. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy... [ Continue Reading ]
HIM: i.e. Jehovah. TENDER PLANT. a sapling. A ROOT. a root-sprout. DRY GROUND. The "root" (David) of which He was the offspring was well nigh extinct. WE: i.e. the people who saw Him. The interpretation is for the Jews of our Lord's day. The application is for us. The nation will yet say it in t... [ Continue Reading ]
DESPISED AND REJECTED. Fulfilled in John 1:10; John 1:11; John 8:48; John 10:20. MEN. Hebrew, plural of _'ish._ App-14. = the chief men. Compare John 7:48; John 7:49. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14. WE HID. Compare Isaiah 50:6; Psalms 22:6;... [ Continue Reading ]
HE [and no one else]. Emphatic. Quoted in Matthew 8:17. BORNE... CARRIED. borne the punishment for. See note on Ezekiel 4:4.Matthew 8:17. Compare verses: Isaiah 53:11; Isaiah 53:12 GRIEFS... SORROWS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for the judgment which was brought about by their s... [ Continue Reading ]
WOUNDED. pierced. TRANSGRESSIONS. Hebrew. _pasha'._ OF. which procured. Genitive of Cause. App-17. WITH, &C. Quoted in 1 Peter 2:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL... ALL. Note the Figure of speech _Epanadiplosis_ (App-6), by which the statement is emphasized as containing the essence of the whole chapter. More noticeable in Hebrew. _killdnu... killanu._ Quoted in 1 Peter 2:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
OPPRESSED: or, hard pressed. OPENED NOT HIS MOUTH. Idiom for silence and submission. Compare 1 Peter 2:22; 1 Peter 2:23. HE IS BROUGHT. Quoted in Acts 8:32; Acts 8:33. A LAMB. Compare John 1:36.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM PRISON AND FROM JUDGMENT, &C.. by constraint and by sentence He was taken away. WHO SHALL DECLARE HIS GENERATION?. as to the men of His age [i.e. His contemporaries!, who ponders, or considers as to this seed, seeing He is to be "cut off"? Compare Isaiah 53:10. CUTOFF. Compare Daniel 9:26. Thu... [ Continue Reading ]
HE MADE, &C.. one [or they] appointed, or assigned [His grave]; or, it [His grave] was appointed. MADE. Hebrew Nathan (to give) is rendered "appoint" in Exodus 30:16; Numbers 35:6; Joshua 20:7; 2 Kings 8:6, &c. Even where it is rendered "to make", it has the force of "appoint" (Genesis 9:12.Numbers... [ Continue Reading ]
IT PLEASED THE LORD. Jehovah purposed. when thou shalt make, &c. This introduces the break in the Dispensations, which is the subject of the rest of the chapter: the "glory which shall follow" the sufferings. See App-71 and App-72. HIS SOUL. Himself. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. life. Compare John 10... [ Continue Reading ]
SATISFIED. Not disappointed. We have not an impotent Father, or. disappointed Christ, or. defeated Holy Spirit, as is so commonly preached; but an _omnipotent_ Father, an _all-victorious_ Christ, and an _almighty_ Holy Spirit, able to break the hardest heart and subdue the stoutest will. BY HIS KNO... [ Continue Reading ]
DIVIDE. apportion, or assign. WITH. among. POURED OUT. Only here (in the "latter" portion); and Isaiah 32:15 (the "former" portion). App-79. AN HE WAS NUMBERED. Quoted in Mark 15:28; Luke 22:37. App-79. BARE THE SIN. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 10:17; Numbers 9:13; Numbers 18:32). Compare... [ Continue Reading ]