Isaiah 51:1
_Lord. He speaks of the redemption of mankind, under the allegory of the return from captivity._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Lord. He speaks of the redemption of mankind, under the allegory of the return from captivity._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Alone, and gave him children when he was grown old, and Sara barren. I can surely save you likewise. (Calmet) --- The example of these great progenitors is set before the Jews. Thus St. Paul says: Remember your prelates, Hebrews xiii. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Nations. This was verified when the Bible was translated into Greek, and still more by the preaching of the gospel._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Just. Christ, prefigured by Cyrus, whose empire was very mild, chap. xliv. 28._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Fail. Matthew xxiv. 35. The prosperity of the Jews was not of long duration. But the Church will remain till the end of time._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Proud. Hebrew, "Rahab," Pharao, king of Egypt, Job xxvi. 12., and Ezechiel xxix. 3. (Calmet) --- God drowned in the water, which had retired for Israel. He will thus destroy the devil. (Worthington)_... [ Continue Reading ]
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_Oppressor. If thou hadst not abandoned God, thou wouldst have had no reason to fear Nabuchodonosor; and his power is now gone._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Fail. Cyrus shall quickly restore the Jews to their country. He shall not lay waste the provinces, like many conquerors._... [ Continue Reading ]
_People. This may refer to Isaias, Cyrus, &c., as figures of Christ, chap. xlix. 1. He has bestowed greater favours on Christians than Cyrus did on the Jews, opening the kingdom of heaven to true believers, &c., Ephesians ii. 19._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Dregs. Take courage: Babylon's turn is come, ver. 23. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Two. War and famine cause desolation and destruction. (Worthington) --- Jerusalem was reduced to the greatest misery in the last siege under Nabuchodonosor, Lamentations iv. 3. (Calmet)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ox, oryx. Hebrew Thua, Deuteronomy xiv. 5. (Haydock) --- Many accounts respecting it are fabulous. Some understand a sort of wolf, mentioned by Pliny, [Natural History?] viii. 34. Septuagint, "like beet half boiled."_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Over. This inhumanity was not uncommon, Josue x. 24., and Psalm cix. 1._... [ Continue Reading ]