BURDEN. oracle. VALLEY OF VISION. The Septuagint and Arabic versions render it Jerusalem, in relation to the high hills around. Similar names: "inhabitant of the valley, "rock of the plain" (Jeremiah 21:13), "mountain in the fields" (Jeremiah 17:3). The reference is to Isaiah 22:5. VISION. Here the... [ Continue Reading ]
STIRS. outcries. Referring to the time of this prophecy.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM FAR. afar, or far away.... [ Continue Reading ]
ELAM. KIR. The south and north limits of the Chaldsean forces. QUIVER. Hebrew. _'ashpah._ Occurs only here in "former" portion, and only in Isaiah 49:2 in the "latter" portion. CHARIOTS. See note on Isaiah 21:7. AND. Some codices, with three early printed editions and Vulgate, read this "and "in... [ Continue Reading ]
AT. toward.... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOVERED. dismantled. COVERING. veil.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVE SEEN. beheld. THE LOWER POOL. The pool of Siloam. Compare Isa 7:3. 2 Chronicles 32:30. The old pool. See notes on 2 Chronicles 32:3; 2 Chronicles 32:30, and App-68.... [ Continue Reading ]
DITCH. a gathering of waters.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET US, &C. Note Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ (App-6). Supply thus: "[saying,] 'Let us eat', "&c. Compare 1 Corinthians 15:32.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on Isaiah 1:9. INIQUITY SHALL NOT BE PURGED. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 30:10; Leviticus 4:20, &c). Compare Isaiah 6:7; Isaiah 27:9. and App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHEBNA. See 2 Kings 18:18; 2 Kings 18:26. Probably. foreigner, or heathenized Jew. AND SAY. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and thou shalt say unto him".... [ Continue Reading ]
AS HE. ROCK. (as. rock). Figure of speech _Parenthesis._... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. WILL CARRY THEE AWAY WITH. MIGHTY CAPTIVITY, &C.. will hurl thee with the hurling of [a mighty] man.... [ Continue Reading ]
SURELY VIOLENTLY TURN AND TOSS THEE. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_. Hebrew. _zanoph, yiznaphka, zenephah._... [ Continue Reading ]
DRIVE. thrust. STATION. office, or administration.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THAT DAY: i.e. in the day when this prophecy will be fulfilled. Compare Isaiah 22:25. ELIAKIM. Whom God sets up. Hezekiah's minister. Probably superseded by Shebna in the evil days of Manasseh. See Isaiah 36:3; Isaiah 36:22; Isaiah 37:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
GIRDLE. Reference to Pentateuch. Occurs here; and elsewhere only in Exodus 28:4; Exodus 28:39; Exodus 28:40; Exodus 29:9; Exodus 39:29; Leviticus 8:7; Leviticus 8:13; Leviticus 16:4. App-92. A priestly vestment. GOVERNMENT. administration.... [ Continue Reading ]
SO. and. OPEN AND. SHUT. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for power of administration. Compare Revelation 3:7, which shows that the fulfilment culminates in Messiah.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OFFSPRING AND THE ISSUE: i.e. direct and collateral issue, and embraces his entire kindred. THE OFFSPRING. Hebrew. _hazze'eza'im._ Occurs only in Job and Isaiah (Job 5:25; Job 21:8; Job 27:14; Job 31:8, and Isaiah 34:1; Isaiah 42:5; Isaiah 44:3; Isaiah 48:19;... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THAT DAY. Refers back to the day of Isaiah 22:20, i.e. the day of Shebna's overthrow. This would be the day of Eliakim's exaltation. THE NAIL: which Shebna thought himself to be, but which Jehovah declared Eliakim to be. REMOVED. CUT DOWN. FALL. CUT OFF. Referring to verses: Isaiah 22:17. Figur... [ Continue Reading ]