1. The thanksgiving that now follows is the counterpart of the hymn of praise sung after the passage of the Red Sea (Exodus 15), and is partly based upon it. Some scholars doubt its Isaianic authorship and date it after the return from exile.... [ Continue Reading ]
DRAW WATER] Under a figure it is indicated that there shall be a continual supply of divine protection and deliverance. Or, if we follow the Talmud, there may be an allusion to the ceremonial of the Feast of Tabernacles, on the last day of which water was drawn from the pool of Siloam by the priests... [ Continue Reading ]
HE HATH DONE EXCELLENT THINGS] from Exodus 15:1, 'triumphed gloriously,' the same word. THIS _IS_ KNOWN] RV 'let this be known.' THE ASSYRIAN INVASION AND ITS SEQUEL This is one of the finest of Isaiah's prophecies. The subject is the advance against Jerusalem of the arrogant Assyrian conqueror, wh... [ Continue Reading ]