_My cousin. So the prophet calls Christ, as being of his family and kindred, by descending from the house of David. (Challoner) (Menochius) --- Hebrew and Septuagint, "beloved." Dod may also mean a near relation. (Calmet) --- Isaias being of the same tribe, sets before us the lamentations of Christ... [ Continue Reading ]
_Stones. They burn and starve in different seasons, Colossians xii. 3. --- Choicest. Hebrew sorek. (Haydock) --- There was a famous valley of this name, Judges xvi. 4. The angels guarded the vineyard, in which Abraham, Moses, &c., were found. --- Tower. To keep the wine, &c., Matthew xxi. 33. It den... [ Continue Reading ]
_Judge. God condescends to have his conduct scrutinized, chap. xli. 1._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Was it. "Why has it produced wild grapes, while I looked?" &c._... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER V. _ Down. By the Chaldeans, and after the death of Christ. (Calmet) --- when God withdraws his aid, man is unable to stand. Yet he falls by his own fault, which God only permits. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_It. During the whole of the captivity, the land might keep its sabbaths, Leviticus xxvi. 34. (Calmet) --- The people shall be deprived of saving doctrine. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Israel. This comparison is very common, Psalm lxxix. 9., and Matthew xx. 1. (Calmet) --- The preceding parable is explained. (Menochius) --- Cry. For vengeance, Jeremias xii. 8., and Genesis iv. 10., and xviii. 20. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Even. Septuagint, "to take from your neighbour: shall," &c. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Things. Unjust practices. --- Inhabitant. What will your avarice avail, (Haydock) since you must abandon all? (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Measure. Hebrew, "both." --- Thirty. Hebrew, "a chomer shall yield an epha."_... [ Continue Reading ]
_To follow. Hebrew, "for shecar," (Calmet) palm wine, (Theodoret) or any inebriating liquor. (St. Jerome in chap. xxviii.) Our version is conformable to Aquila and Symmachus. (Haydock) --- Numbers vi. 3., and Ecclesiastes x. 16._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Work. Chastisement, ver. 19., and chap. xxviii. 21. (Calmet) --- They are admonished to observe the festivals of the Lord, and not to indulge in riotousness. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Hell. Or the grave, which never says enough, Proverbs xxx. 15. Isaias alludes to what should happen under Nabuchodonosor, as if it were past. (G.[Calmet?])_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Justice. All will be taught to adore him. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Strangers. Ammonites, &c., (Calmet) shall occupy part of the land. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Cart. Fatiguing themselves with iniquity, (Wisdom v. 7.; Calmet) and delaying your conversion. (St. Isidore) (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_It. The Jews were often guilty of the like insolence, Jeremias xvii. 15._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Conceits. Blind guides, Matthew xv. 14._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Drink. Hebrew, "mix shecar." People generally mixed wine and water. They also strove who could drink most, and the Greeks had a feast for this purpose, (Calmet) which they styled Choas, for the measure which was to be swallowed down. (Aristophanes, Acharn. act. iv. 4. and 5. ultra) --- Cyrus the yo... [ Continue Reading ]
_Justice. Declaring the righteous guilty, ver. 20. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Still. After the ruin of Jerusalem, the people were led away. (Calmet) --- Grievous sins must be severely punished, as was that of the murderers of Christ. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Off. Like a king, leading all his subjects to battle. (Calmet) --- Whistle. He alludes to the custom of leading forth bees by music, chap. vii. 18. (St. Cyprian) --- Earth. The Chaldeans, (chap. xli. 9., and Jeremias vi. 22.) and not the Romans, as some would suppose. --- Swiftly. Like an eagle, Da... [ Continue Reading ]
_Broken. They shall march incessantly, Ezechiel xxvi. 7., and xxx. 11._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Hoofs. They were hardened, but not shod. (Xenophon) (Amos vi. 13.)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lion. Nabuchodonosor is compared to one, ver. 26., and Jeremias iv. 7._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Mist. Denoting calamity. Hebrew, "ruin." Septuagint, "indigence." (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]