FOR ZION'S SAKE, &C. Not fulfilled, therefore, in the Gospel dispensation: for Zion is still trodden down of the Gentiles (Luke 21:24). I. Here we have Messiah's intercession for Israel. See "B", p. 1007. REST. Compare verses: Isaiah 62:6; Isaiah 62:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GENTILES. nations. CALLED BY. NEW NAME. As Abraham was (Genesis 17:5), and Jacob (Genesis 32:28). THE LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. NAME. expressly name, or specify.... [ Continue Reading ]
CROWN. bridal crown. Hebrew. _'atarah,_ as in Isaiah 28:5; 2 Samuel 12:30; Song of Solomon 3:11. GLORY. beauty. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
FORSAKEN. Hebrew. _Azubah_. From _azab_. See note on Isaiah 1:4. DESOLATE. Hebrew. _Shemamah_. See note on Isaiah 1:7. HEPHZI-BAH, which synchronized with this prophecy. See note on 2 Kings 21:1. BEULAH. Hebrew. _Be'ulah_. married. See note above. Note the Alternation in this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY SONS MARRY THEE. Note the Figure of speech _Catachresis_ (App-6) _._ See note on marry, below. MARRY. own, or possess. Hebrew. _ba'al_. to become an owner, or husband of. wife. See Isaiah 62:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
DAY NOR NIGHT. Hebrew all the day and all the night. YE THAT MAKE MENTION OF. ye that remind.... [ Continue Reading ]
REST. silence, as in Isaiah 62:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
SWORN. Figure of speech _Deesis._ App-6. RIGHT HAND... ARM. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6. I WILL NO MORE GIVE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:30; Deuteronomy 28:31, &c). App-92. STRANGER. foreigner. WINE. Hebrew. _tirosh._ App-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
GATHERED IT. gathered it in. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 20:6; Deuteronomy 28:30). Compare Jeremiah 31:5. App-92. PRAISE THE LORD. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 14:23; Deuteronomy 14:26; Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 16:14). See note on "shall not" ... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PEOPLE. In Isaiah 40:3 the way is to be "prepared" for Messiah: here, for His People. CAST UP, CAST UP THE HIGHWAY. Compare Figures of speech _Epizeuxis_ and _Polyptoton._ App-6. See note on "highway" (Isaiah 7:3).... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech. _Asterismos_. App-6. WORLD. Hebrew earth. Hebrew. _'eretz._ WORK. recompense.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5. SOUGHT OUT. Hebrew. _Derushah._ NOT FORSAKEN. Hebrew. _L'o-Ne'ezabah._... [ Continue Reading ]