Bible Commentary

Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. Ch. Isa 52:1-2. Here the prophet’s imagination takes a higher flight. The cup of indignation having finally passed from her hands, Jerusalem is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 52:1”

But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over. 23. them that afflict thee ] thy tormentors. The word occurs … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 51:23”

Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God [that] pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, [even] the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: 22. thy Lord the Lord ] thy Lord Jehovah. It is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 51:22”

Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: 21. hear now this ] see ch. Isa 47:8. drunken, but not with wine ] Cf. ch. Isa 29:9. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 21 23. The message of comfort. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges And drunken, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 51:21”

Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God. 20. Thy sons have swooned ] lit. “were shrouded,” a usual oriental metaphor (Amo 8:13; Jon 4:8; Nah 3:11). For the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 51:20”

These two [things] are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee? 19. These two things ] (ch. Isa 47:9), i.e. two kinds of calamities; namely, devastation and destruction on land and city; famine and sword on the inhabitants. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 51:19”

[There is] none to guide her among all the sons [whom] she hath brought forth; neither [is there any] that taketh her by the hand of all the sons [that] she hath brought up. There is none to guide her – The image here is taken from the condition of one who is under the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 51:18”

Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, [and] wrung [them] out. 17 20. The description of Jerusalem’s degradation. The rhythm is that of the qnah, and the resemblances to the book of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 51:17”

And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou [art] my people. 16. I have put my words in thy mouth ] recurring in ch. Isa … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 51:16”

But I [am] the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts [is] his name. 15. that divided the sea &c. ] Render with R.V. which stirreth up (see on Isa 51:4) the sea so that the waves thereof roar (cf. Job 26:12). The idea is parallel with that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 51:15”