Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city _where_ David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. Ariel - That Jerusalem is here called by this name is very certain: but the reason of this name, and the meaning of it as applied to Jerusalem, is very obscure and doubtful. Some, with the Chaldee, s... [ Continua a leggere ]
Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. There shall be heaviness and sorrow "There shall be continual mourning and sorrow" - Instead of your present joy and festivity. And it shall be unto me as Ariel "And it shall be unto me as the hear... [ Continua a leggere ]
And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. And I will camp against thee round about "And I will encamp against thee like David" - For כדור caddur, some kind of military engine, כדוד kedavid, like David, is the reading... [ Continua a leggere ]
And thou shalt be brought down, _and_ shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. And thy speech shall be low out of the dust "And from out... [ Continua a leggere ]
Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones _shall be_ as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. The multitude of thy strangers "The multitude of the proud" - For זריך zarayich, thy strangers, read זדים zedim, th... [ Continua a leggere ]
Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.... [ Continua a leggere ]
And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. As a dream - This is the beginning of the comparison, which is pursued and applied in the next verse. Sennacherib and his mig... [ Continua a leggere ]
It shall even be as when an hungry _man_ dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, _he is_ faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fi... [ Continua a leggere ]
Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. Stay yourselves, and wonder - התמהמהו hithmahmehu, go on what-what-whatting, in a state of mental indetermination, till the overflowing scourge take you away. See the note... [ Continua a leggere ]
For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.... [ Continua a leggere ]
And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which _men_ deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it _is_ sealed: I cannot; for it is sealed "I cannot read it; for it is sealed up" - An ancient MS. and the Septuagi... [ Continua a leggere ]
And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.... [ Continua a leggere ]
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near _me_ with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: The Lord "Jehovah" - For אדני Adonai, sixty-three MSS. of Kennicott's, and many of... [ Continua a leggere ]
Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, _even_ a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise _men_ shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent _men_ shall be hid.... [ Continua a leggere ]
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?... [ Continua a leggere ]
Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?... [ Continua a leggere ]
_Is_ it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? And Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field "Ere Lebanon become like Carmel" - A mashal, or proverbial saying, expressing any great revolution of things... [ Continua a leggere ]
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.... [ Continua a leggere ]
The meek also shall increase _their_ joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.... [ Continua a leggere ]
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:... [ Continua a leggere ]
That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. Him that reproveth in the gate "Him that pleaded in the gate" - "They are heard by the treasurer, master of the horse, and other principal officers of the regenc... [ Continua a leggere ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale. Who redeemed Abraham - As God redeemed Abraham from among idolaters and workers of iniquity, so will he redeem those who hear the words of the Book... [ Continua a leggere ]
But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands "For when his children shall see the work of my hands" - For בראותו b... [ Continua a leggere ]
They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831].... [ Continua a leggere ]