Isaiah 59:1
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ HAND. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ NOT SHORTENED. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 11:23). Compare Isaiah 50:2. The phrase occurs nowhere else in the O.T.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ HAND. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ NOT SHORTENED. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 11:23). Compare Isaiah 50:2. The phrase occurs nowhere else in the O.T.... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITIES. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44. Same word as in verses: Isaiah 59:3; Isaiah 59:12. Not the same as in verses: Isaiah 59:6; Isaiah 59:7. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. SINS. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44. HAVE HID HIS FACE. Compare Isaiah 45:15; Isaiah 54:8; Isaiah 57:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
DEFILED. Hebrew. _ga'al, to redeem,_ put for _ga'al, to pollute,_ here, and Ezra 2:62.Nehemiah 7:64.Lamentations 4:14.Daniel 1:8; Daniel 1:8; Zephaniah 3:1.Malachi 1:7; Malachi 1:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
CALLETH FOR JUSTICE. sueth in righteousness. FOR TRUTH. in truth. TRUST. confide. Hebrew. _b_. _t_. _h_. App-69. VANITY. confusion. Hebrew. _tohu,_ as in Genesis 1:2 ("without form"). See note on Isaiah 24:10. LIES. vanity. INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'aven._ App-44. Same word as in verses: Isa 59:59, Is... [ Continue Reading ]
COCKATRICE. adders', or vipers'. See note on Isaiah 11:8. EGGS... WEB. Note the _Alternation_ in verses: Isaiah 5:6. WEAVE. See note on Isaiah 19:9. VIPER. Occurs in Isaiah only here, and in the "former" portion (Isaiah 30:6). See App-79.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEIR FEET. They. Feet being put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), for the whole person. Quoted in Romans 3:15; Romans 3:16. EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. INNOCENT BLOOD. Reference to Pentateuch. Only here in Isaiah; five times in Deuteronomy (Isaiah 19:10; Isaiah 19:13; Isaiah 19:21; I... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WAY, &C. See Romans 3:17. JUDGMENT. righteousness.... [ Continue Reading ]
JUSTICE. righteousness. Same as "judgment", Isaiah 59:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
WE GROPE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:29). Idea the same, but word different. The word in Deuteronomy is the same as in Genesis 27:12; Genesis 27:22; Genesis 31:34; Genesis 31:37; Exodus 10:21.Job 5:14; Job 12:25. The word in Isaiah occurs nowhere else. App-92. NIGHT. Heb [ Continue Reading ]
TRANSGRESSIONS. Hebrew. _pasha'._ App-44. SINS. Hebrew. _chata'._ App-44. Note that these three words occur together in Leviticus 16:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUTH FAILETH. the truth is found missing, MAKETH HIMSELF. PREY: i.e. is liable to be despoiled, or outlawed. Rashi says, "is considered mad", as Authorized Version margin... [ Continue Reading ]
ARM. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_ (App-6). Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for the power put forth by it.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE PUT ON. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_. Note that all the armour is for defense. BREASTPLATE. a coat of mail. OF VENGEANCE FOR CLOTHING. of avenging for clothing. Compare Isaiah 61:2; Isaiah 63:4. The Oxf. Gesenius explains it as "of Jehovah as champion of Israel" (p. 528 b). ZEAL. jealous... [ Continue Reading ]
ISLANDS. maritime countries. See note on Isaiah 11:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENEMY. Hebrew. _tzar,_ as in Isaiah 59:18. LIKE. FLOOD. like the flood: the Nile in its overflow. SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. LIFT UP. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_. STANDARD: or, banner. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 17:15). Hebrew. _nasas_. App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE. REDEEMER. a Redeemer: i.e. the Messiah. Quoted in Romans 11:26; Romans 11:27, showing that the fullness of the Gentiles must be the fullness of the Gentile times. TO. for: i.e. on behalf of. See note on Romans 11:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR EVER. This coming deliverance for Israel will be final, and cannot therefore as yet have taken place.... [ Continue Reading ]