MOREOVER. There is no break in the prophecy. ROLL. tablet. Elsewhere only in Isaiah 3:23. IN IT. on it. A MAN'S PEN. the carving tool of the people. The writing was to be legible, in the language of the common people (not in the language of the priests or educated classes). Eastern languages have... [ Continue Reading ]
URIAH. Urijah. See 2 Kings 16:10. ZECHARIAH. Probably the father-in-law of Ahaz (2 Kings 18:2).... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE. The interval was twenty-one months from the prophecy, twelve from the birth. CHILD. sucking child: as in Isaiah 7:16. Not the same word as in Isaiah 8:18 SHALL BE TAKEN. So it was: in the third year of Ahaz, Damascus was sacked and Rezin was slain. TAKEN. carried away.... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAIN. See note on Isaiah 7:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHILOAH: i.e. the waters beneath Zion running from Gihon to Siloam. See App-68. REJOICE IN KEZIN. This is not "a wrong reading of the Hebrew text", hut it refers to the trust reposed in the king of Syria instead of in Jehovah (Isaiah 7:9). They despised God's covenant with Zion (symbolized by its s... [ Continue Reading ]
CHANNELS. Hebrew. _'aphiklm._ See note on 1 Samuel 22:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS WINGS. Probably referring to the wings of his army. IRNMANUEL. GOD with us. This shows that the prophecy in Isaiah 7:14 was not to be exhausted with Ahaz and his times.... [ Continue Reading ]
ASSOCIATE YOURSELVES. Make friendships. PEOPLE. nations. GIRD YOURSELVES. Note the Figure of speech _Repetitio_ for emphasis. Occurs in "former" portion here only, and in the "latter" portion only in Isaiah 45:5 with Isaiah 50:11. App-79.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD IS WITH US. Hebrew. _lmmanu-El._ See Isaiah 8:8. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONFEDERACY. Hebrew. _kesher._ Never used in. good sense. TO ALL THEM TO WHOM. whensoever, or whereof. NEITHER, &C. Quoted in 1 Peter 3:14; 1 Peter 3:15. THEIR FEAR. what they fear, or with their fear.... [ Continue Reading ]
SANCTIFY. Hallow, regard as holy. Compare Isaiah 29:23. See note on Exodus 3:5. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 20:12; Numbers 27:14). THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Isaiah 1:9 and 1 Samuel 1:9. BE YOUR DREAD. inspire you with awe. Quoted in 1 Peter 3:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. STONE OF STUMBLING. Compare 1 Peter 2:7; 1 Peter 2:8; Luke 20:17; Romans 9:32; Romans 9:33; Romans 11:11. GIN. a trap.... [ Continue Reading ]
STUMBLE. FALL, &C. Note the Figure of speech _Synomymia._... [ Continue Reading ]
TESTIMONY. LAW. No Art. either here or in Isaiah 8:20. Note the Structure, above, and the _Introversion_ of these two words. See note on Isaiah 1:10. DISCIPLES. instructed ones.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAIT. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 49:18). THE HOUSE OF JACOB. See note on Isaiah 2:5. AND. WILL LOOK, &C. See Hebrews 2:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. young children. Not the same word as in Isaiah 8:4. SIGNS AND FOR WONDERS. Compare Isaiah 20:3. Reference to Pentateuch Exodus 7:3.Deuteronomy 4:34; Deuteronomy 6:22. DWELLETH. is making His dwelling, or is about to dwell.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN. should. FAMILIAR SPIRITS. See note on Leviticus 19:31. PEEP. Hebrew. _zaphaph_. Occurs only in Isaiah; and this form, only in Isaiah 10:14, elsewhere, in Isaiah 29:4 (whisper); Isaiah 38:14 (chatter). It is used of an unearthly sound. MUTTER: i, e. with indistinct sounds. This refers to the... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE IS NO LIGHT IN THEM. there shall be no morning for them. All are in darkness who do not speak by and appeal to the revealed Word of God.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY: i.e. they who live not in the light of God's Word. IT: i.e. Immanuel's land. The singular number and same verb, referring back to Isaiah 8:8. HARDLY BESTEAD. in hard case. FRET THEMSELVES. Compare. Revelation 16:11; Revelation 16:21. LOOK UPWARD: [in vain].... [ Continue Reading ]
THE EARTH. the land. DIMNESS OF ANGUISH. the gloom of anguish. DRIVEN TO. thrust out into.... [ Continue Reading ]