_Come_, &c. Here begins the third discourse of the third part of Isaiah's prophecies, and is continued to the end of the next chapter. It is connected with the preceding, and, Vitringa thinks, was delivered at the same time. It is divided into two sections: the first, contained in this chapter, exhi... [ Continue Reading ]
_For the indignation of the Lord is upon all nations_ Not only upon the Assyrians, and those nations which are confederate with them in their expedition against Judea, but upon all other enemies of my people. _He hath utterly destroyed them_ He will infallibly destroy all of them. _Their slain also... [ Continue Reading ]
_And all the host of heaven_ The sun, moon, and stars; _shall be dissolved_ We have frequently had occasion to observe, that, in the prophetic language, the heavenly luminaries represent kings, empires, and states: see note on Isaiah 13:10. The prophet here foretels the overthrow and dissolution of... [ Continue Reading ]
_For my sword shall be bathed_ In the blood of these people; _in heaven_ Where God dwells; in which this is said to be done, because it was there decreed and appointed. Or, it shall, as it were, be sharpened and made ready in heaven, to bathe itself on earth. _It shall come down upon Idumea_ Upon th... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the unicorns shall come down_ The word ראמים, _reemim_, here rendered _unicorns_, is the same with that used Numbers 23:22, where see the note. Bishop Lowth renders it here, _wild goats;_ and Dr. Waterland, _stags._ But many learned men prefer the marginal reading, _rhinoceros._ It is impossibl... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the streams thereof_ The rivers, which seem most secure from the judgment here threatened; _shall be turned into pitch_, &c. The country shall be dealt with as Sodom and Gomorrah were, even utterly destroyed, as it were, by fire, or burning pitch and brimstone, thrown down upon it from heaven.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Seek ye out of the book of the Lord_ Here the prophet confirms the preceding prediction; and, “to convict hypocrites, and confirm the pious, assures them of the certain completion of his prophecy.” He terms it, and his other prophecies, _The book of the Lord._ as being a part of divine revelation;... [ Continue Reading ]