Isaiah 18:1
WOE. Ho! The third of the seven burdens. LAND. BEYOND: i.e. land. beyond Abyssinia. SHADOWING WITH WINGS. of the rustling _zalzal_ (from _zalal,_ to tinkle, compare Deuteronomy 28:42).... [ Continue Reading ]
WOE. Ho! The third of the seven burdens. LAND. BEYOND: i.e. land. beyond Abyssinia. SHADOWING WITH WINGS. of the rustling _zalzal_ (from _zalal,_ to tinkle, compare Deuteronomy 28:42).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SEA. the Nile. So called by the inhabitants of the Sudan to-day. BULRUSHES. reeds. Not the papyrus, but its companion reed, the _ambach,_ which reaches. height of fifteen feet and has yellow flowers. SCATTERED AND PEELED. "tall and smooth-faced". TERRIBLE. They formed the armies of "So" or Sh... [ Continue Reading ]
HE =. Jehovah. See Structure, above.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. CLOUD OF DEW. summer night mist. Hebrew. _'ab._ Not. raincloud, which latter is never seen in harvest. Eight times rendered "thick clouds".... [ Continue Reading ]
LEFT. See note on "forsaken" (Isaiah 1:4). FOWLS. BEASTS. Note the Alternation.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRESENT. Hebrew shai, because of being conveyed. Only here, and Psalms 68:29; Psalms 76:11. THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Isaiah 1:9. THE NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1.... [ Continue Reading ]