WHO... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ The prophet's question. App-6. THIS: i.e. Messiah in the execution of His vengeance in judgment. EDOM. red. Compare Isaiah 34:5. BOZRAH. vintage. Compare Isaiah 34:5. TRAVELING. bending forward, as in marching. STRENGTH... MIGHTY. strength (for endurance).... [ Continue Reading ]
RED. ' _adom_. Hence "Edom" (Isaiah 63:1). WINEFAT. winepress. Hebrew. _gath._ Not _yekeb,_. wine-vat.... [ Continue Reading ]
WINEPRESS. trough. Hebrew. _purah._ THE PEOPLE. peoples. NONE. not. man. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14. BLOOD. Literally grape-juice, put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), for life-blood. All this is in judgment, not redemption. Compare Revelation 14:20; Revelation 19:11. SHALL BE SPRINKLED.... [ Continue Reading ]
DAY... YEAR. Compare Isaiah 61:2. THE YEAR OF MY REDEEMED. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:35). Compare Isaiah 61:2. REDEEMED. redeemed as by. kinsman (Exodus 6:6).... [ Continue Reading ]
MINE OWN ARM. Compare Isaiah 59:16. SALVATION. victory. FURY. indignation. Some codices, with four early printed editions, read "righteousness". Compare Isaiah 59:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAKE THEM DRUNK IN. Some codices, with one early printed edition, and Aramaean, read "brake them in pieces with". STRENGTH. life-blood, as in Isaiah 63:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. HOUSE OF ISRAEL. See note on Isaiah 5:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. LIE. deal falsely.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN ALL THEIR AFFLICTION HE WAS AFFLICTED. Hebrew text reads, "In all their adversity [He was] no adversary". But some codices, with two early printed editions, read as text of Authorized Version. THE ANGEL OF HIS PRESENCE. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 14:19; Exodus 23:20; Exodus 23:21; Exodus 33... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THEY REBELLED. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 15:24.Numbers 14:11; Numbers 14:34). App-92. HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:6. SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. AND HE FOUGHT. and He Himself fought. Some codices, with three early printed editions, read this "and" in the text.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHEPHERD. Many codices, with five early printed editions (one Rabbinic, 1517), and Vulgate, read "shepherds". Referring either to Moses, Aaron, and Joshua; or, the plural of Majesty, referring to Jehovah their Shepherd. Some codices, with four early printed editions, read "shepherd" (singular) PUT... [ Continue Reading ]
ARM. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 15:16). App-92. DIVIDING THE WATER. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 14:21, the same word). EVERLASTING NAME. See note on Isaiah 44:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. BEAST GOETH DOWN. as the cattle go down. Referring to the settlement of Israel in Canaan.... [ Continue Reading ]
HABITATION... THY, &C. See note on "courts" (Isaiah 62:9). STRENGTH. mighty deeds. SOUNDING. yearning. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU ART OUR FATHER. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:6). FATHER.. rare word in this connection. Compare Isaiah 64:8. REDEEMER. See note on Isaiah 60:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE US. suffered us. HARDENED. let us harden. RETURN. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 10:36). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PEOPLE OF THY HOLINESS. Thy holy People. Figure of speech _Enallage_. See note on Exodus 3:5. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 7:6; Deuteronomy 26:19).... [ Continue Reading ]
WE ARE [THINE]. There is no word for "Thine" in Hebrew text. The Hebrew accent (disjunctive) leaves. solemn hiatus between the two clauses; as though, what Israel had become could not be expressed by words: "We are come to this Thou never barest rule over them"; implying an _Ellipsis_, to be supplie... [ Continue Reading ]