They were unresponsive to divine discipline (Amos 4:6, 8–11). They did not... Isa 9:14 9:14 head and tail. These figures represent the civil and religious leadership, as explained in ... Isa 9:17 9:17 fatherless and widows. See note 1:16–18. The gravity...
It is also thought to be confirmed by the proper name ’ar’çlî in Genesis 46:16; Numbers 26:17; and the “lion-like men” (’ǎrîçl) of 2 Samuel 23:20; 1 Chronicles 11:22; although all these analogies are very doubtful (cf. ch. Isaiah 33:7). But is it suitable in...
3 Later the Lord explained, “In the same way that my servant Isaiah has walked around in undergarments and barefoot for the past three years, as an object lesson and omen pertaining to Egypt and Cush, 4 so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cu...
impetuous, long, extended course (bâriach, as inIsaiah 43:14, is equivalent to barriach, a noun of the same form as עלּיז, and a different word from berriach, a bolt,Isaiah 15:5). Babylon, on the other hand, is compared...
given to it, the splendour of Carmel and the plain of Sharon; they will see the glory of Jehovah, the splendour of our God." מדבּר ישׂשׂוּם (to be accentuated with tiphchah munach, not with mercha tiphchah) has been correctly explained by Aben-...
In the case of the servant, the onlookers initially judge him guilty because of his suffering but, in some way not explained, they come to understand that his sufferings are for the sins of others. One notes the element of surprise, for such vicarious suffering, in the form described here...