Bible Commentary

The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man. 8. The highways lie waste ceaseth ] cf. Jdg 5:6. he hath broken the covenant ] See on Isa 33:7. he hath despised the cities ] For ‘rm (cities) Duhm proposes to read … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 33:8”

Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. 7. their valiant ones ] This word is hopelessly obscure. It is usually translated “God’s lions,” i.e. ‘picked warriors, each as fierce as a lion and as invincible as his God’ (Cheyne: see on Isa 29:1, and cf. 2Sa 23:20; 1Ch … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 33:7”

And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, [and] strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD [is] his treasure. 6. The verse is difficult and may be construed in several ways. We might either render “and the stability of thy times shall be a store of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge” (virtually … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 33:6”

The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness. 5. judgment and righteousness can mean nothing else than personal and civic virtues in the inhabitants of the city. Isaiah could not have written thus of the Jerusalem he knew (cf. Isa 1:21); if he is the author … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 33:5”

And your spoil shall be gathered [like] the gathering of the caterpillar: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them. 4. like the gathering of the caterpillar ] i.e. “as the caterpillar gathers.” The last word (meaning “devourer”) is one of many names for the locust. It is sometimes taken … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 33:4”

At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. 3. At the noise of the tumult ] the convulsions which attend the manifestation of Jehovah. The phrase is found in 1Ki 18:41 of a rain storm, and in Isa 13:4 of a multitudinous host. Fuente: … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 33:3”

O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. 2. The nation’s prayer to Jehovah. The writer seems to make himself the spokesman of the community, a thing which Isaiah rarely does (see Isa 32:15); nowhere, as here, in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 33:2”

Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou [wast] not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; [and] when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. 1. The enemy is described by epithets which recur … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 33:1”

Blessed [are] ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth [thither] the feet of the ox and the ass. 20. The prophet apostrophises the happy agricultural population of the renovated land of Israel. The sentiment may be in part due to his own delight in the avocations of the husbandman, but it has to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 32:20”

When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. 19. The verse reads: And it shall hail at the falling of the forest, and in lowliness shall the city be laid low. According to most commentators the “forest” is a symbol for Assyria, as in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 32:19”