Isaiah 63:1-6
THE DIVINE WARRIOR 1.The prophet asks who is this warrior coming from Edom? The Warrior replies, He is the Divine Deliverer.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DIVINE WARRIOR 1.The prophet asks who is this warrior coming from Edom? The Warrior replies, He is the Divine Deliverer.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GLORIOUS FUTURE OF THE JEWISH RACE This concluding group of Chapter s is chiefly distinguished by glowing pictures of the future of Jerusalem, when the Jews shall be restored to their land again. A glorious restoration is promised (Isaiah 60:1; Isaiah 61:4; Isaiah 61:10), all nations are tobe me... [ Continue Reading ]
TRAVELLING] lit. 'bending,' denoting movement in marching (RV). IN RIGHTEOUSNESS] i.e. in faithfulness to promises. SPEAK, etc.] cp. Isaiah 45:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
The prophet asks why is His raiment red? 3-6. The Warrior explains, He is returning from vengeance upon the enemies of His people.... [ Continue Reading ]
The WINEPRESS is the symbol of slaughter in battle (Joel 3:13; Revelation 14:18). ALONE, etc.] i.e. no human agent assisted. PEOPLE] RV 'peoples.' I WILL TREAD, etc.] RV 'trod.. trampled.. is sprinkled.. have stained.'... [ Continue Reading ]
_Is_] RV 'was.' YEAR] see Isaiah 61:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
The absence of human aid (Isaiah 63:3) further emphasised (Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 59:16).... [ Continue Reading ]
WILL TREAD.. MAKE] RV 'trod.. made.' PEOPLE] RV 'peoples.' The divine vengeance falls upon the nations in general, but upon Edom in particular (Isaiah 63:1), the prophet fixing his thoughts upon this nation because of the long-remembered hostility of Edom in the day of Jerusalem's calamity (see pref... [ Continue Reading ]
8. LIE] RV 'deal falsely.'... [ Continue Reading ]
HE WAS AFFLICTED] so Heb. traditional reading, meaning that He felt His people's pains as His own (Judges 10:16). But Heb. written text 'he was no adversary' (RM), but, on the contrary, their deliverer. THE ANGEL] see Exodus 23:20; Exodus 32:34; Exodus 33:2. BARE THEM] see Deuteronomy 1:31; Deutero... [ Continue Reading ]
Cp. Psalms 78:40.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE (ISRAEL) REMEMBERED] The thought of past mercies evoked penitence (Psalms 78:35). SHEPHERD] RV 'shepherds.' WITHIN HIM] i.e. Israel, e.g. Exodus 35:31; Numbers 11:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'That caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses.' ARM] see Isaiah 51:9 (also in connexion with the exodus).... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE WILDERNESS] i.e. in a grassy plain.... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'As the cattle that go down.' This refers to the settlement in Canaan.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRENGTH] RV 'mighty acts.' SOUNDING OF THY BOWELS] stands for sympathetic pity (Isaiah 16:11). Read, 'the sounding.. and thy mercies toward me are restrained.'... [ Continue Reading ]
The patriarchs might disown their descendants, but Jehovah's love is sure. The thought is similar to Isaiah 49:15. The passage is remarkable as one of the very few in OT. where God is addressed as Father (Isaiah 64:8). 17F. A bold expostulation. HARDENED, etc.] Have their sins caused God to give the... [ Continue Reading ]
A LITTLE WHILE] whereas Jehovah had promised them an everlasting inheritance!... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'We are become as they over whom thou never barest rule; as they that were not called' etc.... [ Continue Reading ]