CHAPTER XXV _The short glance which the prophet gave at the promised_ _restoration of the people of God and the Messiah's kingdom, in_ _the close of the preceding chapter, makes him break out into a_ _rapturous song of praise in this, where although he alludes to_ _temporal mercies, such as the... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Isaiah 25:2. _A CITY_ - "The city"] Nineveh, Babylon, Ar, Moab, or any other strong fortress possessed by the enemies of the people of God. For the first מעיר _meir, of a city_, the _Syriac_ and _Vulgate_ read העיר _hair, the city_; the _Septuagint_ and _Chaldee_ read ערים _arim, cities_, in... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Isaiah 25:4. _AS A STORM_ AGAINST _THE WALL_ - "Like a winter - storm."] For קיר _kir_, read קור _kor_: or, as עיר _ir_ from ערר _arar_, קיר kir from קרר _karar_. - Capellus.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Isaiah 25:5. _OF STRANGERS_ - "Of the proud"] The same mistake here as in Isaiah 25:2: see the note there. Isaiah 25:2. Here זדים _zedim, the proud_, is parallel to עריצים _aritsim, the formidable_: as in Psalms 54:5, and Psalms 86:14. _THE HEAT WITH THE SHADOW OF A CLOUD_ - "As the heat by... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Isaiah 25:6. _IN THIS MOUNTAIN_] Zion, at Jerusalem. In his Church. _SHALL THE LORD OF HOSTS MAKE UNTO ALL PEOPLE A FEAST_] Salvation by Jesus Christ. A feast is a proper and usual expression of joy in consequence of victory, or any other great success. The feast here spoken of is to be cele... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Isaiah 25:7. _THE FACE OF THE COVERING CAST OVER ALL PEOPLE _- "The covering that covered the face of all the peoples"] MS. _Bodl_. reads על פני כל _al peney chol_. The word פני _peney, face_, has been removed from its right place into the line above, where it makes no sense; as _Houbigant_ co... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Isaiah 25:8. _HE WILL SWALLOW UP DEATH_] He, by the grace of God, will taste death for every man. Hebrews 2:9. Probably, _swallow up death_, and _taste death_, in both these verses, refer to the same thing: Jesus dying instead of a guilty world. These forms of speech may refer to the punishmen... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Isaiah 25:9. _IT SHALL BE SAID_ - "Shall they say"] So the _Septuagint_ and _Vulgate_, in the plural number. They read ואמרת _veameru_, the _Syriac_ reads _veamarta, thou shalt say_. _They shall say_, i.e., the Jews and the Gentiles - Lo, this [Jesus Christ] is our God: we have waited for him,... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Isaiah 25:10. _SHALL THE HAND OF THE LORD REST_ - "The hand of JEHOVAH shall give rest"] Heb. תנוח _tenuach, quiescet_. Annon תניח _taniach_, quietem dabit, _shall rest; shall give rest_, ut Graeci, αναπαυσιν δωσει, et Copt.? - Mr. WOIDE. That is, "shall give peace and quiet to Sion, by destro... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Isaiah 25:11. _AS HE THAT SWIMMETH SPREADETH FORTH_ HIS HANDS TO _SWIM_ - "As he that sinketh stretcheth out his hands to swim"] There is great obscurity in this place: some understand God as the agent; others, Moab. I have chosen the latter sense, as I cannot conceive that the stretching out... [ Continue Reading ]