MY SERVANT: i.e. Messiah. See note on Isaiah 37:35. MY SOUL. I Myself. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. DELIGHTETH. is well-pleased. PUT. bestowed. MY SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach_ (App-9). Here is the doctrine of the Trinity: (1) The Father, the speaker; (2) My "Servant", the Messiah, the Son; and (3) My S... [ Continue Reading ]
CRY. See the Divine interpretation "strive" (Matthew 12:19).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SMOKING FLAX: i.e. the wick (made of flax) that is burning dim. FLAX. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for the wick made of it. NOT QUENCH: i.e. not put it out, but trim it and make it burn brightly. This was the servant's work. UNTO. in accordance with.... [ Continue Reading ]
FAIL. go out (as. lamp). BE DISCOURAGED. break, or break down. IN. upon. ISLES. maritime countries. The Divine interpretation. "Gentiles" (Matthew 12:18). See note on Isaiah 11:11. WAIT. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 8:12 "stayed"). AND STRETCHED THEM OUT. they that stretched them out. Compa... [ Continue Reading ]
A LIGHT OF THE GENTILES. Quoted in Luke 2:32. Compare Isaiah 49:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO OPEN THE BLIND EYES. Renewing the prophecy of Isaiah 35:5. PRISONERS. See Isaiah 49:9; Isaiah 61:1. SIT. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), for being in. permanent condition.... [ Continue Reading ]
I AM. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 3:15). App-92. WILL. NOT GIVE. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:5). ANOTHER: i.e.. strange god. PRAISE. Hebrew. _lullal._ Not confined to the "former" part of Isaiah, as alleged. See Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 38:18. See App-79.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FORMER THINGS, &C. Referring to his prophecies, among others, concerning Sennacherib, Isaiah 10 and Isaiah 37. NEW THINGS, &C. Thus uniting the predictions of the earlier Chapter s with the so-called "second" part. See App-79.... [ Continue Reading ]
GO FORTH. This is an enlargement of Isaiah 41:15; Isaiah 41:16. Still more so in Revelation 6:2; Revelation 19:11. MIGHTY MAN. Hebrew. _gibbor._ STIR UP. awaken, incite. See note on Song of Solomon 2:7. JEALOUSY. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:6). App-92. CRY... ROAR. Figure of speech _Anthr... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL LEAD. I have led. I WILL LEAD THEM, &C. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, commence this sentence with "And". THESE THINGS, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 31:6). WILL. DO. have. done. AND NOT. and have not.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUST. confide. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69. THAT SAY, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 32:4). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEAR. Note the call to hear in the Structure, corresponding with the call in Isaiah 42:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SERVANT. This is Israel. See the Structures above; and see note on Isaiah 37:35. Not the same "servant" as in Isaiah 42:1. PERFECT. an intimate friend or trusted one. Hebrew. _me'shullam_ (plural of _shalam),_ to be at peace with. Compare 2 Samuel 20:19; Job 22:21.Psalms 7:4. It is from this wor... [ Continue Reading ]
SEEING... OPENING THE EARS. As Israel had done. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 29:1; Deuteronomy 29:2). But Israel was blind and deaf (Isaiah 42:19). Compare Jeremiah 5:21; Jeremiah 6:10; Ezekiel 12:2.Matthew 13:14, &c. HE. Some codices, with Syriac, read "thou" (as in the preceding clause); o... [ Continue Reading ]
HE WILL MAGNIFY THE LAW. Note the correspondence with Isaiah 42:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS IS. PEOPLE. Showing most clearly that Israel is the subject of this member.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO... ? The other "call to hear" emphasized by the Figure of speech _Erotesis_.... [ Continue Reading ]
JACOB... ISRAEL. See notes on Genesis 32:28. Gen 32:43, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRENGTH. strength (for prevailing). Not the same word as in Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 41:10. Hebrew. _'azaz_: i.e. battle that prevailed against Israel.... [ Continue Reading ]