The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. 5. hath opened mine ear ] The phrase used of the imparting of a prophetic communication in 1Sa 9:15 (cf. Psa 40:6, different verbs). and I was not rebellious &c. ] a circumstantial clause (“I being not rebellious” &c.). … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 50:5”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 50:4
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to [him that is] weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. 4, 5. The relation of the Servant to Jehovah is that of a favourite … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 50:4”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 50:3
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. 3. Comp. Exo 10:21 with blackness ] with murky storm-clouds. The word, which occurs only here, denotes (like sackcloth in the next clause) the garb of mourning. Cf. Rev 6:12. The strophe ends somewhat abruptly, and the thought is perhaps incomplete. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 50:3”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 50:2
Wherefore, when I came, [was there] no man? when I called, [was there] none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because [there is] no … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 50:2”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 50:1
Thus saith the LORD, Where [is] the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors [is it] to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. Isa 50:1-3. The third oracle meets another doubt … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 50:1”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 49:26
And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD [am] thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. 26. I will feed them that? &c. ] Better: I … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 49:26”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 49:25
But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. 25. Read For instead of But, and later in the verse but instead of for. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 49:25”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 49:24
Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? 24. from the mighty ] from a hero. the lawful captive ] lit. the captivity (= captives) of a righteous one. This is the only sense that the phrase will properly bear; all the attempts to construe it otherwise are futile. Many … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 49:24”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 49:23
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with [their] face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. 23. thy nursing … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 49:23”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 49:22
Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in [their] arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon [their] shoulders. 22, 23. The first of the three short oracles describes the restoration of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 49:22”