In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that [is] in the sea. Ver. 1. _In that day._] The day of God's great assize, and of execution to be done on the enemy and the... [ Continue Reading ]
In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. Ver. 2. _In that day sing ye to her._] Or, Of her, a new song for a new deliverance. Haply this shall be done by the Christian Churches upon the conversion of the Jews, after the Turks' downfall; like as at the building of the second temple, the... [ Continue Reading ]
I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest [any] hurt it, I will keep it night and day. Ver. 3. _I the Lord do keep it._] And then it cannot but be well kept. The matter is well amended with God's vineyard since Isa 5:5 the Lord is with you while ye are with him. 2Ch 16:7 "The hand o... [ Continue Reading ]
Fury [is] not in me: who would set the briers [and] thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together. Ver. 4. _Fury is not in me._] Whatever you may think of me, because of my many dreadful menaces, and your heavy calamities, _Non est in me sed in vobis culpa istarum... [ Continue Reading ]
Or let him take hold of my strength, [that] he may make peace with me; [and] he shall make peace with me. Ver. 5. _Or let him take hold of my strength,_] _i.e., _ Of mine arm, wherewith I am about to smite him, or to throw the fire of my wrath at him; let him by true repentance appease me, as submi... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. Ver. 6. _He shall cause them that come to Jacob,_] _i.e., _ His proselytes; or, that come from Jacob, _i.e., _ his posterity. _Vitium haec conditio est,_ The condition of vi... [ Continue Reading ]
Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? [or] is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? Ver. 7. _Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him?_] No; for the one he smote to correction, the other to destruction - the one with the palm, of his hand,... [ Continue Reading ]
_In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind._ Ver. 8. _In measure._] Heb., _Modio_ _i.e., _ _exigua mensura,_ in a small measure (by peck peck), and as his people are able to bear; 1Co 10:13 _ad emendationem, non ad internecio... [ Continue Reading ]
_By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this [is] all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up._ Ver. 9. _By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purge... [ Continue Reading ]
Yet the defenced city [shall be] desolate, [and] the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. Ver. 10. _Yet, the defensed city shall be desolate._] Or, But, or therefore, shall they suffer, _ut ad sani... [ Continue Reading ]
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, [and] set them on fire: for it [is] a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour. Ver. 11. _For it is a people of no understandi... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. Ver. 12. _In that day,_] _sc., _ When God shall have purged his people by his Word and by his rod. _ The Lord... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. Ver. 13. _The great trumpet shall be blown._] Or,... [ Continue Reading ]