Deu 28:49-68, Isa 65:12-15, 66:4-6, 24, Eze 5:2-4, 12, Dan 9:27, Zec 11:6-9 | TSK | STEP | bring a nation.Though the Chaldeans are frequently described under the figure of an eagle, yet these verses especially predict the desolations brought on the Jews by the Romans; who came from a country far more distant than Chaldea; whose conquests were as rapid as the eagle's flight, and whose standard bore this very figure; who spake a language to which the Jews were then entire strangers, being wholly unlike the Hebrew, of which the Chaldee was merely a dialect; whose appearance and victories were terrible; and whose yoke was a yoke of iron; and the havoc which they made tremendous. as the eagle. a nation whose. understand. Heb. hear.

Deuteronomy 28:49-68

bring a nation.Though the Chaldeans are frequently described under the figure of an eagle, yet these verses especially predict the desolations brought on the Jews by the Romans; who came from a country far more distant than Chaldea; whose conquests were as rapid as the eagle's flight, and whose standard bore this very figure; who spake a language to which the Jews were then entire strangers, being wholly unlike the Hebrew, of which the Chaldee was merely a dialect; whose appearance and victories were terrible; and whose yoke was a yoke of iron; and the havoc which they made tremendous.

Nu 24:24; Isa 5:26-30; Jer 5:15-17; Da 6:22,23; 9:26; Hab 1:6,7

Lu 19:43,44

as the eagle.

Jer 4:13; 48:40; 49:22; La 4:19; Eze 17:3,12; Ho 8:1; Mt 24:28

a nation whose.

Jer 5:15; Eze 3:6; 1Co 14:21

understand. Heb. hear.

of fierce countenance. Heb. strong of face.

Pr 7:13; Ec 8:1; *margins

Da 7:7; 8:23

shall not.

2Ch 36:17; Isa 47:6; Ho 13:16; Lu 19:44; 21:23,24

the fruit.

33; Isa 1:7; 62:8

which also.

Le 26:26; Jer 15:13; 17:3; Eze 12:19; Hab 3:16,17

Le 26:25; 2Ki 17:1-6; 18:13; 24:10,11; 25:1-4; Isa 1:7; 62:8

Jer 21:4-7; 37:8; 39:1-3; 52:4-7; Eze 4:1-8; Da 9:26; Zec 12:2; 14:2

Mt 22:7; 24:15,16; Lu 19:43,44; 21:20-24

the fruit.

18,55,57; Le 26:29; 2Ki 6:28,29; Jer 19:9; La 2:20; 4:10

Eze 5:10; Mt 24:19

body. Heb. belly.

his eye.

15:9; Pr 23:6; 28:22; Mt 20:15

and toward.The Roman armies at length besieged, sacked, and utterly desolated Jerusalem: and during this seige, the famine was so extreme, that even rich and delicate persons, both men and women, ate their own children, and concealed the horrible repast, lest others should tear it from them! "Women snatched the food out of the very mouths of their husbands, and sons of their fathers, and (what is most miserable) mothers of their infants." "In every house, if there appeared any semblance of food, a battle ensued, and the dearest friends and relations fought with one another; snatching away the miserable provisions of life." "A woman distinguished by birth and wealth, after she had been plundered by the tyrants (or soldiers) of all her possessions, boiling her own sucking child, ate half of him, and concealing the other half, reserved it for another time!"

13:6; 2Sa 12:3; Mic 7:5

his children.

Ps 103:13; Isa 49:15; Mt 7:9-11; Lu 11:11-13

in the seige.

Jer 5:10; 34:2; 52:6

and delicate.

Isa 3:16; La 4:3-6

her eye shall be evil.

young one. Heb. after-birth. cometh out.

Ge 49:10; Isa 49:15

for she shall.

If thou wilt.

15; Le 26:14,15; Jer 7:9,10,26-28

fear this glorious.

6:13; Ex 3:14,15; 6:2,3; 20:2; 34:5-7; Ne 9:5; Ps 50:7; 72:19; 83:18

Isa 41:10; 42:8; Jer 5:12; Mt 10:28; Heb 10:30,31; 12:28,29

46; 29:20-28; 31:17,18; 32:22,26; 1Ki 9:7-9; 16:3,4; La 1:9,12

La 4:12; Da 9:12; Ho 3:4; Mr 13:19

7:15; Ex 15:26

bring upon thee. Heb. cause to ascend.

few in number.In the seige of Jerusalem there died 1,100,000 persons, and more than 90,000 were carried captive; and, having afterwards provoked the Romans by their crimes and rebellions, they persecuted them nearly to extirpation; to which, if the tens of thousands which were slaughtered year after year in every country be added, it appears wonderful that there were any remains left.

4:27; Le 26:22; 2Ki 13:7; 24:14; Ne 7:4; Isa 1:9; 24:6; Jer 42:2

Jer 52:28-30; Mr 13:20; Ro 9:27-29

as the stars.

10:22; Ne 9:23; Ro 9:27

rejoiced over.

30:9; Isa 62:5; Jer 32:41; Mic 7:18; Zep 3:17; Lu 15:6-10,23,24,32

rejoice over.

Pr 1:26; Isa 1:24; Eze 5:13; 33:11

plucked from.

7:22; *marg:

Jer 12:14,15; 18:7; 24:6; 31:28,40; 42:10; Da 7:8

scatter.

4:27,28; Le 26:33; Ne 1:8; Jer 16:13; 50:17; Eze 11:16,17; Lu 21:24

there thou shalt.

36; Jer 16:13

among.After the conquest of their country by the Romans, Hadrian, by a public decree, ratified by the senate, forbad any Jew to come even within sight of Judea; and hence they were dispersed over every quarter of the globe, where they found no alleviation or respite from misery. In no country are they treated as denizens; all suspect them as enemies, and behave to them as aliens; if they do not, as had been too frequently the case, harass, oppress, and persecute them, even unto death.

shalt thou.

Ge 8:9; Isa 57:21; Eze 5:12-17; 20:32-35; Am 9:4,9,10

the Lord.

Le 26:36; Isa 51:17; Eze 12:18,19; Ho 11:10,11; Hab 3:16; Lu 21:26

failing of eyes.

Le 26:16; Isa 65:14; La 3:65; Mt 24:8; Ro 11:10

67; La 1:13; Heb 10:27; Re 6:15-17

34; Job 7:3,4; Re 9:6

bring thee into Egypt.This verse seems especially to point out an event, which took place subsequently to the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus, and the desolation made by Hadrian. Numbers of the captives were sent by sea into Egypt (as well as into other countries), and sold for slaves at a vile price, and for the meanest offices; and many thousands were left to perish from want; for the multitude was so great, that purchasers could not be found for them all at any price!

17:16; Jer 43:7; 44:12; Ho 8:13; 9:3

there ye shall.

Ex 20:2; Ne 5:8; Es 7:4; Joe 3:3-7; Lu 21:24

Isaiah 65:12-15

will I.

3:25; 10:4; Le 26:25; De 32:25; Jer 18:21; 34:17; Eze 14:17-21

Zep 1:4-6; Mt 22:7

because.

50:2; 66:4; 2Ch 36:15,16; Pr 1:24-33; Jer 7:13; Zec 7:7,11-13

Mt 21:34-43; 22:3; Joh 1:11

did evil.

3; 1:16; Jer 16:17

and did.

66:3,4; Pr 1:29

my servants shall eat.

Ps 34:10; 37:19,20; Mal 3:18; Lu 14:23,24; 16:24,25

my servants shall rejoice.

61:7; 66:5,14; Da 12:2

my servants.

24:14; 52:8,9; Job 29:13; Ps 66:4; Jer 31:7; Jas 5:13

ye shall.

Mt 8:12; 13:42; 22:13; Lu 13:28; Jas 5:1

vexation. Heb. breaking.

ye shall.

Pr 10:7; Jer 29:22; Zec 8:13

my chosen.

9,22

the Lord.

12; 66:15; Mt 21:41; 22:7; 1Th 2:16

his servants.

62:2; Ac 11:26; Ro 9:26; 1Pe 2:9,10

Isaiah 66:4-6

will choose.

1Ki 22:19-23; Ps 81:12; Pr 1:31,32; Mt 24:24; 2Th 2:10-12

delusions. or, devices. will bring.

Pr 10:24

when I called.

50:2; 65:12; Pr 1:24; Jer 7:13; Mt 22:2-7

they did.

65:3; 2Ki 21:2,6

ye that.

2; Pr 13:13; Jer 36:16,23-25

Your.

Ps 38:20; So 1:6; Mt 5:10-12; 10:22; Lu 6:22,23; Joh 9:34

Joh 15:18-20; 16:2; Ac 26:9,10; 1Th 2:15,16; 1Jo 3:13

Let.

5:19

but.

Ac 2:33-47; 2Th 1:6-10; Tit 2:13; Heb 9:28; 1Pe 4:12-14

a voice of the Lord.

34:8; 59:18; 65:5-7; Joe 3:7-16; Am 1:2-2:16

Isaiah 66:24

and look.

16; Ps 58:10,11; Eze 39:9-16; Zec 14:12,18,19; Re 19:17-21

their worm.

14:11; Mr 9:44-49; Re 14:10,11

their fire.

34:10; Mt 3:12

and they.

65:15; Da 12:2; 1Th 2:15,16 CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE BOOK OF ISAIAH. Isaiah has, with singular propriety, been denominated the Evangelical Prophet, on account of the number and variety of his prophecies concerning the advent and character, the ministry and preaching, the sufferings and death, and the extensive and permanent kingdom of the Messiah. So explicit and determinate are his predictions, as well as so numerous, that he seems to speak rather of things past than of events yet future; and he may be rather called an evangelist than a prophet. Though later critics, especially those on the continent, have expended much labour and learning in order to rob the prophet of his title; yet no one, whose mind is unprejudiced, can be at a loss in applying select portions of these prophecies to the mission and character of Jesus Christ, and to the events in his history which they are cited to illustrate by the sacred writers of the New Testament. In fact, his prophecies concerning the Messiah seem almost to anticipate the Gospel history; so clearly do they predict his Divine character. (Compare ch. 7:14 with Mat. 1:18-23, and Luke 1:27-35; ch. 6:; 9:6; 35:4; 40:5, 9, 19; 42: 6-8; 61:1, with Lu. 4:18; ch. 62:11; 63:1-4;) his miracles, (ch. 35:5, 6;) his peculiar character and virtues, (ch. 11:2, 3; 40:11; 43:1-3;) his rejection, (Compare ch. 6:9-12 with Mar. 13:14; ch. 7:14, 15; 53:3;) his sufferings for our sins, (ch. 50:6; 53:4-11;) his death and burial, (ch. 53:8, 9;) his victory over death, (ch. 25:8; 53:10, 12;) his final glory, (ch. 49:7, 22, 33; 52:13-15; 53:4, 5;) and the establishment, increase, and perfection of his kingdom, (ch. 2:2-4; 9:2, 7; 11:4-10; 16:5; 29:18-24; 32:1; 40:4, 5; 42:4; 46:13; 49:9-13; 51:3-6; 53:6-10; 55:1-3; 59:16-21; 60:; 61:1-5; 65:25;) each specifically pointed out, and pourtrayed with the most striking and discriminating characters. It is impossible, indeed, to reflect on these, and on the whole chain of his illustrious prophecies, and not be sensible that they furnish the most incontestable evidence in support of Christianity. The style of Isaiah has been universally admired as the most perfect model of elegance and sublimity; and as distinguished for all the magnificence, and for all the sweetness of the Hebrew language.

Ezekiel 5:2-4

shalt burn.

12; Jer 9:21,22; 15:2; 24:10; 38:2

the city.

4:1-8

I will draw.

12; 12:14; Le 26:33; Jer 9:16; Am 9:2,3

a few.

2Ki 25:12; Jer 39:10; 40:6; 52:16; Mt 7:14; Lu 13:23,24; 1Pe 4:18

skirts. Heb. wings.

take.

2Ki 25:25; Jer 41:1-44:30; 52:30

shall a fire.

Jer 4:4; 48:45

Ezekiel 5:12

third part of.

2; 6:12; Jer 15:2; 21:9; Zec 13:7-9

and I will scatter.

2,10; 6:8; Jer 9:16; Zec 7:14

and I will draw.This was particularly fulfilled in the destruction of those who retired to Egypt; and has been remarkably verified in the many persecutions and miseries which the Jews have suffered at different times, in the various countries into which they are dispersed.

2; 12:14; Le 26:33; De 28:65; Jer 42:16,17,22; 43:10,11; 44:27

Am 9:4