In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. As the overthrow of the apostate faction is described in the close of Isaiah 25:1, so the peace of the faithful is here described under the image of a well-fortified... [ Continue Reading ]
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. OPEN YE THE GATES - address of the returning people to the gates of Jerusalem (type of the heavenly city, ; ; ; ). RIGHTEOUS NATION - the godly remnant that had not apostatized during the captivity. Horsley trans... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. THOU WILT KEEP (HIM) IN PERFECT PEACE (LITERALLY, PEACE, PEACE) (WHOSE) MIND (IS) STAYED - (Psalms 112:7.) Jesus can create "perfect peace" within the mind, though storms of trial rage without (Isaiah 57... [ Continue Reading ]
Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: IN THE LORD YAHWEH (IS) EVERLASTING STRENGTH - Hebrew, tsuwr (H6697) `owlaamiym (H5769), the rock of ages. "The Lord Yahweh" - Hebrew, Yah, Yahweh. The union of the two names expresses in the highest degree God's unch... [ Continue Reading ]
For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. THE LOFTY CITY - Babylon; representative of the stronghold of the foes of God's people in all ages, (; ; Isaiah 13:1; Isaiah 14:1.)... [ Continue Reading ]
The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. THE FOOT SHALL TREAD IT DOWN - with exultation over its fall (). THE FOOT SHALL TREAD IT DOWN - with exultation over its fall (). (EVEN) THE FEET OF THE POOR () - the once afflicted Jewish captives.... [ Continue Reading ]
The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. THE WAY OF THE JUST (IS) UPRIGHTNESS - rather, is direct; i:e., is directed by God to a prosperous issue, however many be their afflictions in the meantime (as in the case of the Jewish exiles). The context... [ Continue Reading ]
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. YEA, IN THE WAY OF THY JUDGMENTS, O LORD, HAVE WE WAITED FOR THEE - i:e., for thy proceeding to punish the enemy (Isaiah 26:9) (Maurer). Horsley translates Is... [ Continue Reading ]
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. WITH MY SOUL HAVE I DESIRED THEE - literally, I ... my soul, in apposition; the faithful Jews here... [ Continue Reading ]
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD. IN THE LAND OF UPRIGHTNESS - rather, as in , prosperity: answering to "favour ... showed to the wicked" in the parallelism and i... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them. LORD, (WHEN) THY HAND IS LIFTED UP - to punish the foes of God's people. They who will not see, shall be made to "see" to their... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. PEACE FOR US - "peace:" God's favour; including all blessings, temporal and spiritual, opposed to their previous trials (). FOR US ... IN US. The Hebrew is the same in both clauses - laanuw (H3807a) ... laanuw... [ Continue Reading ]
O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. (OTHER) LORDS - temporal; pagan kings (; 28:5-6 ), Nebuchadnezzar, etc. Spiritual also, idols and lusts (Romans 6:16): and false prophets-Antichrist especially (; ; ; ). (BUT) B... [ Continue Reading ]
They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish. (THEY ARE) DEAD - the "other lords," or tyrants (). THEY SHALL NOT LIVE - namely, again. (THEY ARE) DECEASED - Hebrew, Rephaim, the... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth. THOU HAST - prophetic preterite (). THOU HAST REMOVED (IT) FAR (UNTO) ALL THE ENDS OF THE EARTH - rather, 'thou hast extended far all the borders... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them. LORD, IN TROUBLE HAVE THEY VISITED (i:e., sought) THEE, THEY POURED OUT A PRAYER () - as a vessel emptying out all its contents. PRAYER (Hebrew, lachash-literally, a whispered prayer, margin, '... [ Continue Reading ]
Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD. LIKE AS A WOMAN WITH CHILD - an image of anguish accompanied with expectation, to be followed by joy that will cause the anguish utterly to be fo... [ Continue Reading ]
We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. BROUGHT FORTH WIND. Michaelis explains this of the disease called empneumatosis. Rather, "wind" is a figure fo... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. THY DEAD (MEN) SHALL LIVE, (TOGETHER WITH) MY DEAD BODY SHALL THEY ARISE - In antithesis to , "They (Israel's fo... [ Continue Reading ]
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. COME, MY PEOPLE, ENTER THOU INTO THY CHAMBERS. When God is about to take vengeance on the ungodly, the saints shall be shut in by Him in a... [ Continue Reading ]
For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. FOR, BEHOLD, THE LORD COMETH OUT OF HIS PLACE TO PUNISH THE INHABITANTS OF THE EARTH FOR THEIR INIQUITY - (; .) T... [ Continue Reading ]