CRY ALOUD. Hebrew "call with the throat": i.e. deep down as in the oriental throat. It denotes not. wild cry, but solemnity with restraint. transgression. rebellion. Hebrew. _pasha'_ App-44. THE HOUSE OF JACOB. See note on Isaiah 2:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
FORSOOK. See note on Isaiah 1:4. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ JUSTICE. righteousness. Compare Ex. 21-23.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ AFFLICTED OUR SOUL. Reference to Pentateuch. This is. strictly Levitical technical expression (Leviticus 16:29; Leviticus 16:31; Leviticus 23:27; Leviticus 23:32.Numbers 29:7; Numbers 29:7). This shows that the People were not in exile as alleged, but in t... [ Continue Reading ]
YE FAST. Referring to Day of Atonement, which was still observed; and in the Land, not in exile, as alleged. WICKEDNESS. lawlessness. Hebrew. _rasha'_ App-44. YE SHALL NOT. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "and ye shall not". TO MAKE. if ye would make.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHOSEN. See note on Isaiah 1:29. A MAN. Hebrew. _adam_. App-14. SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh_. App-13. BULRUSH. See note on Isaiah 9:14. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
BANDS. pangs. See note on Psalms 73:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO DEAL. to break. The technical term for giving or partaking of food, as in Luke 24:30; Luke 24:35.Acts 2:42; Acts 2:46; Acts 20:7; Acts 20:11. Act 27:36. 1 Corinthians 10:16; 1 Corinthians 11:24. Compare Job 42:11. [ Continue Reading ]
THINE HEALTH. Hebrew thy healing. Referring to the healing of wounds. BE. bring up. REREWARD. rearguard. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 14:19; Exodus 14:20). Compare Isaiah 52:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
CRY. In distress.... [ Continue Reading ]
DRAW OUT THY SOUL. Some codices, with Syriac, read "give out thy bread". BE. Supply Ellipsis (of verb "become"). Or, we have the Figure of speech _Oxymoron_. See App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
GUIDE. (gently) guide. DROUGHT. Hebrew droughts (plural of majesty). great drought. MAKE FAT. invigorate.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUILD. rebuild. This is still future. TO DWELL IN: or, leading home.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY FOOT. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "thy feet" (plural) FROM THE SABBATH. Reference to Pentateuch, as in Isaiah 56:2. PLEASURE. Some codices, with three early printed editions, read "pleasures" (pl). HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5. THINE OWN WORDS. vain words: or, keep mak... [ Continue Reading ]
DELIGHT THYSELF. revel. CAUSE THEE TO RIDE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:13; Deuteronomy 33:29).... [ Continue Reading ]