Isaiah 47:1
_Virgin; delicate. (Menochius) --- Cyrus overthrew this empire, (Calmet) which now felt its share of misery. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Virgin; delicate. (Menochius) --- Cyrus overthrew this empire, (Calmet) which now felt its share of misery. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Shame. Hebrew tsammathec, Canticle of Canticles iv. 1, 4. Protestants, "thy locks, make bare the legs, uncover the thigh, pass," &c. (Haydock) --- Thou shalt be reduced to a state of the most abject slavery, Exodus xi. 5., and Supra[Isaias] iii. 17., and xx. 4. The Barbarians sold their slaves nake... [ Continue Reading ]
_Polluted; deemed or declared unclean. But thou hast sought to gratify thy vindictive temper, in punishing my people. (Calmet) --- The sins of both called down vengeance. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lady. Pride goes before ruin, Proverbs xvi. 18._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Two. The empire and the people shall be removed at once. --- Enchanters; princes or magicians, who gave them evil counsel, ver. 12._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Know. All this shews the vanity of magic, which cannot announce future events to do any good. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER XLVII.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Months, to tell which would prove lucky, Esther iii. 7._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thereat, to warm themselves, (Haydock) or to adore. (Calmet) --- In Cappadocia are to be seen "Pyratheia,...in which the magi keep a perpetual fire, and sing hymns about the space of an hour." (Strabo xv.) --- These were a sort of open temples. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Merchants. The city was well situated for trade, chap. xiii. 20. (Diodorus ii.)_... [ Continue Reading ]