IN THAT DAY: i.e. the period of judgment foretold in Isaiah 26:21. LEVIATHAN. Three great aquatic animals are here mentioned: probably referring to Israel's three great enemies: Assyria (with Nineveh, on the Tigris); Babylon (on the Euphrates); and Egypt (on the Nile); with Satan himself behind the... [ Continue Reading ]
SING: or, answer. RED WINE. Hebrew. _chemer._ App-27. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, and Septuagint, read _chemed,_ pleasant, or lovely.... [ Continue Reading ]
FURY. Hebrew. _chemah =_ heat, wrath, displeasure. NOT IN ME: i.e. not now. There was in the other song (Isaiah 5:5): but now, "in that day", all wrath will have gone. BRIERS AND THORNS: i.e. the _internal_ enemies of the vineyard (as the wild beasts are the external enemies). These are now the ob... [ Continue Reading ]
OR: i.e. if such enemies wish to avert My wrath, let them make peace with Me. MY STRENGTH. Me, as. refuge or protection.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL CAUSE, &C. This verse is not an "addendum". or "irrelevant", or "an illegible gap". It is necessary in order to give us the subject of the song, which is reserved till this verse. The symbol is to tell us that Israel is the vineyard (Compare Isaiah 27:12). See the Structure on the previous... [ Continue Reading ]
AS, &C.. according to the stroke of those, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN MEASURE. By measure. Referring to the smiting of Israel, as being in limited measure. Hebrew. _seah_. App-51. (11), (5). WHEN IT SHOOTETH FORTH. when Thou didst send it forth (i.e. the stroke of Isaiah 27:7). THOU WILT DEBATE WITH IT. Thou wilt curb it (i.e. the stroke of Isaiah 27:7). Hebrew. _... [ Continue Reading ]
BY THIS. In this way. INIQUITY. Hebrew. _avah_. App-44. PURGED. covered: i.e. atoned for. Hebrew. _kaphar_. See note on Exodus 29:33. THIS IS ALL THE FRUIT. all this is the fruit or result. SIN. Hebrew. _chata_ '. App-44. THE ALTAR. [all] altars. AS. no better than. IN SUNDER. to pieces. THE... [ Continue Reading ]
YET. For. FORSAKEN. See note on Isaiah 1:4. CONSUME. devour.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BOUGHS, &C.. her harvest drieth up. THEY. Feminine., i.e. the "stones" of Isaiah 27:9. BROKEN OFF. broken, or destroyed.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THAT DAY: verses: Isaiah 27:12; Isaiah 27:13 refer to Israel, as verses: Isaiah 27:7; Isaiah 27:10 refer to Israel's enemies. BEAT OFF: i.e. as olives from. tree. "beat off [his fruit]": i.e. gather the sons of Israel. CHANNEL. flood. RIVER: i.e. the Euphrates. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
READY TO PERISH. So the end will be like the beginning. See Deuteronomy 26:5. HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5. MOUNT. mountain. HASTY FRUIT. early fig [becomes]. EATETH IT UP. swalloweth it.... [ Continue Reading ]