I WILL EXALT THEE,. WILL PRAISE THY NAME. In Hebrew three words, two making the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ (App-6); not for. "play on words", but for solemn emphasis, to attract our attention. Hebrew. _'aromimka_, _'odeh shimka_. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 15:2). App-92. WONDERFUL THINGS.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRANGERS. foreigners. See note on Isaiah 5:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRENGTH. stronghold. POOR. Hebrew. _dal_. impoverished, reduced. See note on "poverty" Proverbs 6:11. WHEN THE BLAST OF THE TERRIBLE ONES IS. for the blast of the terrible ones [is], &c. BLAST. Hebrew. _ruach_ (App-9), as in Isaiah 37:7; Exodus 15:8; 2 Kings 19:7. BRANCH. triumphal song. BROUGH... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD OF HOSTS. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3. PEOPLE. the peoples. A FEAST. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_ in this verse:. feast (Hebrew. _mishteh)_ of fat things (Hebrew. _shemanim)_,. feast of (Hebrew. _mishteh)_ wines on the lees (Hebrew. _shemarim)_. of fat things (Hebrew. _shemanim)_... [ Continue Reading ]
DESTROY. swallow up, as in Isaiah 25:8. THIS MOUNTAIN: i.e. Zion (Isaiah 2:1; Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 24:23). CAST. covered. PEOPLE. the peoples.... [ Continue Reading ]
SWALLOW UP. Same word as "destroy" (Isaiah 25:7), so as to cause. thing to disappear and be no more. Compare Numbers 16:30; Psalms 69:15; Psalms 106:17; Jonah 1:17. IN VICTORY. Hebrew. _nezah_. for ever. Occurs in Isaiah 13:20; Isaiah 28:28; Isaiah 33:20;... [ Continue Reading ]
WE HAVE WAITED. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 49:18.)... [ Continue Reading ]
MOAB. AS STRAW. FOR THE DUNGHILL. Note the Figure of speech _Homoeopropheron_ (App-6). Moab. _mathben_, _beMo Madmenah_. which occurs only here, is used to complete the Figure of speech _Homoeopropheron_. See above. TRODDEN DOWN. beaten to pieces by treading. FOR THE DUNGHILL. in Madmenah, as in I... [ Continue Reading ]
SPREAD FORTH HIS HANDS. In the East all swimmers swim "hand over hand", and beat the water with loud noise. Parallel with the beating of straw in Isaiah 25:10. Compare Isaiah 63. AS=ACCORDING AS. spoils. devices, or artifices.... [ Continue Reading ]
BRING DOWN, LAY LOW, AND BRING TO THE GROUND. Note the Figure of speech _Synonymia_, to emphasize the certainty and reality of what had been expressed by the Figure of speech _Simile_ in verses: Isaiah 25:10; Isaiah 25:11.... [ Continue Reading ]