Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. HEARKEN TO ME - the God of your fathers. YE THAT FOLLOW AFTER RIGHTEOUSNESS - the godly portion of the nation; shows this (; ). Ye fo... [ Continue Reading ]
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. I CALLED HIM ALONE - translate, 'I called him when he was but one' (). The argument is, the same God who had so blessed 'one' individual as to become a mighty nation (; ), can... [ Continue Reading ]
For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. FOR THE LORD SHALL COMFORT ZION. See for the argument, las... [ Continue Reading ]
Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people. HEARKEN UNTO ME, MY PEOPLE; AND GIVE EAR UNTO ME, O MY NATION - the Jews. This reading `amiy (H5971) uwl'uwmiy (H3816), is better than tha... [ Continue Reading ]
My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust. MY RIGHTEOUSNESS (IS) NEAR - i:e., My faithful fulfillment of the promised deliverance, answering to "salvation" in the parallel clause (; ;... [ Continue Reading ]
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. LIFT... [ Continue Reading ]
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. HEARKEN UNTO ME YE THAT KNOW RIGHTEOUSNESS (note ) HEARKEN UNTO ME, YE THAT KNOW RIGHTEOUSNESS - (note, .)... [ Continue Reading ]
For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. THE MOTH SHALL EAT THEM UP LIKE A GARMENT - (note, ; .) Not that the moth eats men up, but they shall be destroyed by as i... [ Continue Reading ]
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? AWAKE! AWAKE! PUT ON STRENGTH, O ARM OF THE LORD - Impassioned prayer of the exiled Jews. AWAKE! AS IN THE ANCIENT DAYS - (Ps... [ Continue Reading ]
Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? (ART) THOU NOT IT - the arm. Art not thou the same Almighty power that, etc.? HATH DRIED THE SEA - the Red Sea (; ).... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away. THEREFORE THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD SHALL RETURN - (.) "Therefore" - assurance of faith; or... [ Continue Reading ]
I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; I, (EVEN) I, (AM) HE THAT COMFORTETH YOU - (; .) WHO (ART) THOU - Zion. THAT THOU SHOULDEST BE AFRAID OF ... THE SON OF MAN - frail a... [ Continue Reading ]
And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor? AND FORGETTEST THE LORD THY MAKER, T... [ Continue Reading ]
The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail. THE CAPTIVE EXILE, [ tso`eh (H6808)]. Cocceins explains, One forced by the impetuous enemy to go with mighty steps into exile. Vulgate, 'gradiens.' Or else, literally, one bow... [ Continue Reading ]
But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name. I (AM) THE LORD THY GOD, THAT DIVIDED THE SEA, WHOSE WAVES ROARED - the Red Sea. The same Hebrew word ( roga` (H7280)) as 'make to rest' ( 'argiya` (H7280)) (Isaiah 51:4). Rather, 'that terrify the... [ Continue Reading ]
And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people. AND I HAVE PUT MY WORDS IN THY MOUTH - Addressed, to Israel, embodied in 'the servant of Yahweh' (Is... [ Continue Reading ]
Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. AWAKE! AWAKE! STAND UP, O JERUSALEM - ( .) WHICH HAST DRUNK AT THE HAND OF THE LORD THE CUP OF HIS FURY. Yahweh's wrath is co... [ Continue Reading ]
There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up. (THERE IS) NONE TO GUIDE HER AMONG ALL THE SONS (WHOM) SHE HATH BROUGHT FORTH. Following up the image in , intoxicated and confuse... [ Continue Reading ]
These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee? THESE TWO (THINGS) ARE COME UNTO THEE ... DESOLATION, AND DESTRUCTION, AND THE FAMINE, AND THE SWORD - two classes of evils, because he enum... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God. THE SONS HAVE FAINTED, THEY LIE AT THE HEAD OF ALL THE STREETS - (; .) AS A WILD BULL IN A NET - rather, the oryx (Jerome), or a gazelle (Gesen... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: THOU AFFLICTED, AND DRUNKEN, BUT NOT WITH WINE - (: cf. ; here; .)... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: THUS SAITH ... THY GOD (THAT) PLEADETH THE CAUSE - (; ; .) THOU SHALT NO MORE D... [ Continue Reading ]
But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over. BUT I WILL PUT IT INTO THE HANDS OF THEM THAT AFFLICT THEE - (; Jeremiah 25:15; .) WHICH H... [ Continue Reading ]