Isa 63:9 | JFB | STEP | 9. he was afflicted — English Version reads the Hebrew as the Keri ( Margin ), does, "There was affliction to Him. " But the Chetib (text) reads, "There was no affliction" (the change in Hebrew being only of one letter); that is, "In all their affliction there was no (utterly overwhelming) affliction" [GESENIUS ]; or, for " Hardly had an affliction befallen them, when the angel of His presence saved them" [MAURER ]; or, as best suits the parallelism, "In all their straits there was no straitness in His goodness to them" [HOUBIGANT ], ( ). angel of his presence —literally, "of His face," that is, who stands before Him continually; Messiah ( ), language applicable to no creature ( ). bare them

Isaiah 63:9

9. he was afflicted—English Version reads the Hebrew as the Keri (Margin), does, "There was affliction to Him." But the Chetib (text) reads, "There was no affliction" (the change in Hebrew being only of one letter); that is, "In all their affliction there was no (utterly overwhelming) affliction" [GESENIUS]; or, for "Hardly had an affliction befallen them, when the angel of His presence saved them" [MAURER]; or, as best suits the parallelism, "In all their straits there was no straitness in His goodness to them" [HOUBIGANT], (Jud 10:16; Mic 2:7; 2Co 6:12).

angel of his presence—literally, "of His face," that is, who stands before Him continually; Messiah (Ex 14:19; 23:20, 21; Pr 8:30), language applicable to no creature (Ex 32:34; 33:2, 14; Nu 20:16; Mal 3:1).

bare them— (Isa 46:3, 4; 40:11; Ex 19:4; De 32:11, 12).