Isaiah 63:14

As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name. AS A BEAST GOETH DOWN INTO THE VALLEY, THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAUSED HIM TO REST - image from a herd led "down" from the hills to a fertile and well-watered "valley" (); so God's Spirit 'caused Israel to rest' in the premised land after their weary wanderings. TO MAKE THYSELF A GLORIOUS NAME - (so ; .)...

14._As a beast into a plain. _Here, instead of “desert,” he makes use of the word “plain;” and the same meaning is drawn from what he says, that “the people walked through the depths without stumbling, as horses are wont to do in the desert.” In a word, he informs them that the Red Sea was no obstacle to the people marching through the midst of the depths, as if they were walking on level ground. (178) _A glorious name. _This is in the same sense that he called it a little before “an everlasting name.” The people now argue with God, that if he once wished to obtain “a glorious name,” he must not now throw away all care about it; otherwise the remembrance of the benefits which he formerly bestowed on the fathers will be entirely blotted out....

7-14 The latter part of this chapter, and the whole of the next, seem to express the prayers of the Jews on their conversation. They acknowledge God's great mercies and favours to their nation. They confess their wickedness and hardness of heart; they entreat his forgiveness, and deplore the miserable condition under which they have so long suffered. The only-begotten Son of the Father became the Angel or Messenger of his love; thus he redeemed and bare them with tenderness. Yet they murmured, and resisted his Holy Spirit, despising and persecuting his prophets, rejecting and crucifying the promised Messiah. All our comforts and hopes spring from the loving-kindness of the Lord, and all our miseries and fears from our sins. But he is the Saviour, and when sinners seek after him, who in other ages glorified himself by saving and feeding his purchased flock, and leading them safely throug...

Verse Isaiah 63:14. _THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAUSED HIM TO REST_ - "The Spirit of JEHOVAH conducted them."] For תניחנו _tenichennu, caused him to_ _rest_, the _Septuagint_ have ὡδηγησεν αυτους, _conducted them_; they read תנחם _tanchem_. The _Syriac, Chaldee_, and _Vulgate_ read תנחנו _tanchennu, conducted him_. Two MSS. have the word without the י _yod_ in the middle. Isaiah 63:13....

AS A BEAST THAT GOETH DOWN INTO THE VALLEY - As a herd of cattle in the heat of the day descends into the shady glen in order to find rest. In the vale, streams of water usually flow. By those streams and fountains trees grow luxuriantly, and these furnish a cool and refreshing shade. The cattle, therefore, in the heat of the day, naturally descend from the hills, where there are no fountains and streams, and where they are exposed to an intense sun, to seek refreshment in the shade of the valley. The figure here is that of resting in safety after exposure; and there are few more poetic and beautiful images of comfort than that furnished by cattle lying quietly and safely in the cool shade of a well-watered vale. This image would be much more striking in the intense heat of an Oriental climate than it is with us. Harmer (Obs. i. 168ff) supposes that the allusion here is to the custom pre...

SECTION IX.—THE JUDGMENT OF GOD ON IDUMAEA (Isaiah 63:1). EXPOSITION ISAIAH 63:1 A JUDGMENT ON IDUMAEA. Isaiah had already, in the first portion of his prophecy, announced" a great slaughter in the land of Idumaea" as resolved on in the counsels of God (Isaiah 34:5). He now recurs to the subject, and represents Jehovah ,as a warrior with blood-stained garments, fresh from the field of battle in Edom, where he has trodden down his foes and taken a fierce vengeance on them. The Idumaeans probably

AS A BEAST GOETH DOWN INTO THE VALLEY,.... Softly and gently, especially when laden; which may have some respect to the descent of the Israelites into the sea, into which they entered without any fear and dread, and without any hurry and precipitation, though Pharaoh's host was behind them; or rather, "as a beast goes along a valley", or "plain" c; with ease, and without any interruption, so passed the Israelites through the sea. Thus the Targum renders it, "as a beast goes, or is led, in a plain;'' so the word is used in Isaiah 38:8, and elsewhere: THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD CAUSED HIM TO REST; or gently led him, that is, Israel; he walked on through the sea, with as much facility, and as little danger, as a beast walks on in a valley, or a horse in a plain. Some understand this of leading Israel through the wilderness, where often resting places were

Isaiah 63:1. Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? This that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me; for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them into my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength...

CHAPTER 63:7-19-64:12 The Great Intercessory Prayer 1. _Jehovah's loving kindness and power in the past remembered (Isaiah 63:7) _ 2. _Their deepest need (Isaiah 63:15) _ 3. _The cry of faith, Thou art our Father (Isaiah 63:16) _ 4. _The increasing plea (Isaiah 63:17) _ 5. _The prayer for Jehovah's manifestation (Isaiah 64:1) _ 6. _Confession and humiliation (Isaiah 64:5) _ 7. The cry for mercy and help ...

A RECITAL OF YAHWEH'S KINDNESS TO HIS PEOPLE OF OLD. This passage seems to be a liturgy of thanksgiving: resemblance to Pss. is obvious. I will recount Yahweh's acts of love, His deeds of renown, in accordance with all that Yahweh, great in goodness (_cf._ LXX), has done for us. He thought, Surely they are My people, sons that will not play Me false. So He became their deliverer in all their distress. Following LXX, connect the first four words of Isaiah 63:9 with Isaiah 63:8, and continue: No messenger or angel, but His own presence delivered them.) Yahweh Himself, no intermediary, _delivered,_ ransomed, and led them with tender care. But, disappointing His thought (Isaiah 63:8), they were perverse, and pained His