THE SPIRIT, &C. Quoted in Luke 4:18; Luke 4:19. The speaker id therefore the Messiah. SPIRIT. Hebrew ruach. App-9. THE LORD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. See App-4. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate, omit "Adonai". THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. ANOINTED. Matth... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR. the year of acceptance, or jubilee year (Leviticus 25:9; Leviticus 25:10). We may render:. A year of good-pleasure for Jehovah, [But]. day of vengeance for our God. AND THE DAY OF VENGEANCE. Compare Isaiah 59:17; Isaiah 63:4. This is. notable example of how to rightly divide "th... [ Continue Reading ]
TO APPOINT. to set (as. permanent, irrevocable thing). BEAUTY. ASHES. Note the emphasis put on this by the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_. _pe'er. 'epher_. BEAUTY. an ornament, or nuptial tiara. ASHES: as put on the head, as. sign of mourning (2 Samuel 13:19). SPIRIT OF HEAVINESS. heavy spirit.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUILD. rebuild. Compare Amos 9:11; Amos 9:12.Acts 15:16. WASTES. deserted (cities). DESOLATIONS. places of silence. See note on Isaiah 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRANGERS. foreigners. THE ALIEN. an unknown people.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE SHALL BE NAMED, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 19:6). THE MINISTERS OF OUR GOD. Reference to the technical phrase, common in the Law. See Exodus 28:35.Numbers 16:9; Deuteronomy 10:8; Deuteronomy 17:12, &c. THE GENTILE. nations.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHAME... DOUBLE. Note the Alternation: DOUBLE. "double [honour]". Not as in Isaiah 40:2. See note there. CONFUSION. reproach, or disgrace. everlasting joy. See note on Isaiah 44:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDGMENT. justice. I HATE ROBBERY, &C. Showing that the sacrificial System was in operation at the time when this prophecy was given. DIRECT THEIR WORK. make their recompense. IN TRUTH. See note on Isaiah 10:20. EVERLASTING COVENANT. See note on "ancient", Isaiah 44:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
PEOPLE. peoples.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13 WITH THE ROBE.. special various reading called _Sevir_ (App-84), with some codices, one early printed edition, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read "and with. robe". This necessitates conformity with the Hebrew text: "With the garments of salvation will He, &c, And w... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD* GOD. Adonai Jehovah. This is one of the 134 places where the Sopherlm changed "Jehovah" of the primitive text to "Adonai"; but both words have been retained instead of the one: namely, Jehovah.... [ Continue Reading ]