Isa 34, 63:1-6, Jer 49:17, Lam 4:21, Eze 25, Eze 35 | TSK | STEP | The judgments wherewith God revenges his church. The desolation of her enemies. The certainty of the prophecy. Come.This and the following chapter, as Bp. Lowth observes, form one distinct prophecy; an entire, regular, and beautiful poem, consisting of two parts; the first containing a denunciation of Divine vengeance against the enemies of the people or church of God; the second describing the flourishing state of that church consequent upon those judgments. The event foretold is represented as of the highest importance, and of universal concern; all nations are called upon to attend to the declaration of it; and the wrath of God is denounced against all the nations who had provoked to anger the Defender of the cause of Zion. By a figure frequently occurring in the prophetical writings, the cities and people mentioned here, who were remarkably distinguished as the enemies of the people of God, are put for those enemies in general. let the. all that is therein. Heb. the fulness thereof.

Isaiah 34

1 The judgments wherewith God revenges his church.

11 The desolation of her enemies.

16 The certainty of the prophecy.

Come.This and the following chapter, as Bp. Lowth observes, form one distinct prophecy; an entire, regular, and beautiful poem, consisting of two parts; the first containing a denunciation of Divine vengeance against the enemies of the people or church of God; the second describing the flourishing state of that church consequent upon those judgments. The event foretold is represented as of the highest importance, and of universal concern; all nations are called upon to attend to the declaration of it; and the wrath of God is denounced against all the nations who had provoked to anger the Defender of the cause of Zion. By a figure frequently occurring in the prophetical writings, the cities and people mentioned here, who were remarkably distinguished as the enemies of the people of God, are put for those enemies in general.

18:3; 33:13; 41:1; 43:9; 49:1; Jud 5:3,31; Ps 49:1,2; 50:1; 96:10

Mr 16:15,16; Re 2:7

let the.

1:2; De 4:26; 32:1; Jer 22:29; Mic 6:1,2

all that is therein. Heb. the fulness thereof.

Ps 24:1; 1Co 10:26

the indignation.

24:1-23; Jer 25:15-29; Joe 3:9-14; Am 1:1-2:16; Zep 3:8

Zec 14:3,12-16; Ro 1:18; Re 6:12-17; 14:15-20; 19:15-21; 20:9,15

and his.

30:27-30; Na 1:2-6

slain.

14:19,20; 2Ki 9:35-37; Jer 8:1,2; 22:19; Eze 39:4,11; Joe 2:20

and the mountains.

7; Eze 32:5,6; Re 14:20; 16:3,4

all the.

13:10; 14:12; Ps 102:25,26; Jer 4:23,24; Eze 32:7,8; Joe 2:30,31

Joe 3:15; Mt 24:29,35; Mr 13:24,25; Ac 2:19,20; 2Pe 3:7-12

Re 6:13,14; 8:12; 20:11

my sword.

De 32:14,42; Ps 17:13; Jer 46:10; 47:6; Eze 21:3-5,9-11; Zep 2:12

Re 1:16

upon Idumea.

63:1; Ps 137:7; Jer 49:7-22; Eze 25:12-14; Am 1:11,12; Ob 1:1-9

Mal 1:4

the people.

De 27:15-26; 29:18-21; Mt 25:41; 1Co 16:22; Ga 3:10; 2Pe 2:14

filled.

63:3; Jer 49:13; Eze 21:4,5,10

the fast.

De 32:14

the Lord hath.

5; 63:1; Jer 50:27; 51:40; Eze 39:17-20; Zep 1:7; Re 19:17,18

unicorns. or, rhinoceroses.

Nu 23:22; 24:8; De 33:17; Job 39:9,10; Ps 92:10

the bullocks.

Ps 68:30; Jer 46:21; 50:11,27

soaked. or, drunken.

26:21; 35:4; 49:26; 59:17,18; 61:2; 63:4; De 32:35,41-43; Ps 94:1

Jer 46:10; Mic 6:1; Lu 18:7; Ro 2:5,8,9; 2Th 1:6-10; Re 6:10,11

Re 18:20; 19:2

Ge 19:28; De 29:23; Job 18:15; Ps 11:6; Lu 17:29; Jude 1:7; Re 19:20

Re 21:8

shall not.

1:31; 66:24; Jer 7:20; Eze 20:47,48; Mr 9:43-48

the smoke.

Re 14:10,11; 18:18; 19:3

from.

13:20; Eze 29:11; Mal 1:3,4

cormorant. or, pelican.

13:20-22; 14:23; Zep 2:14; Re 18:2,21-23

stretch.

2Sa 8:2; 2Ki 21:13; La 2:8; Mal 1:3,4

call.

3:6-8; Ec 10:16,17

nothing.

41:24; 1Co 8:4; 13:2; 2Co 12:11

thorns.

32:13,14; Ho 9:6; Zep 2:9

an habitation.

13:21,22; 35:7; Jer 9:11; 10:22; 49:33; 50:39,40; 51:37; Mal 1:3

Re 18:2,20-24

owls. or, ostriches. Heb. daughters of the owl.

The wild beasts of the desert. Heb. Ziim.

13:21; *marg:

the wild beasts of the island. Heb. Ijim.

13:22; *marg:

screech owl. or, night-monster.

Seek.

30:8; De 31:21; Jos 1:8; Pr 23:12; Da 10:21; Am 3:7; Mal 3:16

Joh 5:39; 10:35; 2Pe 1:19; Mt 5:18; Lu 21:33

my mouth.

Ge 6:17; Ps 33:6,9

he hath cast.

Jos 18:8; Ps 78:55; Ac 13:19; 17:26

they shall.

10; 13:20-22

Isaiah 63:1-6

1 Christ shews who he is,

2 what his victory over his enemies,

7 and what his mercy toward his church.

10 In his just wrath he remembers his free mercy.

15 The church, in her prayer,

17 and complaint, professes her faith.

is this.

Ps 24:7-10; So 3:6; 6:10; 8:5; Mt 21:10

from Edom.

34:5,6; Ps 137:7

dyed.

2,3; 9:5; Re 19:13

Bozrah.

Am 1:11,12

glorious. Heb. decked. travelling.

Ps 45:3,4; Re 11:17,18

speak.

45:19,23; Nu 23:19

mighty.

Joh 10:28-30; Heb 7:25; 1Pe 1:5; Jude 1:24,25

trodden.

25:10; La 1:15; Mal 4:3; Re 14:19,20; 19:13-15

and of the people.The very remarkable passage contained in the first six verses of this chapter seems in a manner detached from the rest, and to stand by itself; containing a prophetical representation of the victories of the Messiah over the enemies of his church, here designated by the names of Edom and Bozrah. Though, as Bp. Lowth observes, this prophecy must have its accomplishment, there is no necessity for supposing that it has been already accomplished. There are prophecies which intimate a great slaughter of the enemies of God and his people, which remain to be fulfilled: those in Eze ch. 38, and Re ch. 20 are called Gog and Magog. This prophecy of Isaiah may possibly refer to the same, or the like event.

and trample.

6; 34:2-5; 2Ki 9:33; Eze 38:18-22; Mic 7:10; Zec 10:5

34:8; 35:4; 61:2; Jer 51:6; Zec 3:8; Lu 21:22; Re 6:9-17; 11:13

Re 18:20

looked.

3; 41:28; 50:2; 59:16; Joh 16:32

mine own.

40:10; 51:9; 52:10; Ps 44:3; 98:1; Ho 1:7; 1Co 1:24; Heb 2:14,15

my fury.

59:16-18

make.

2,3; 49:26; 51:21-23; Job 21:20; Ps 60:3; 75:8; Jer 25:16,17,26,27

La 3:15; Re 14:10; 16:6,19; 18:3-6

I will bring.

25:10-12; 26:5,6; Re 18:21

Jeremiah 49:17

Edom.

13; Isa 34:9-15; Eze 25:13; 35:7,15

every.

18:16; 50:13

shall hiss.

51:37; 1Ki 9:8; 2Ch 7:20,21; La 2:15,16; Mic 6:16; Zep 2:15

Lamentations 4:21

be glad.

Ps 83:3-12; 137:7; Ec 11:9; Eze 25:6,8; 26:2; 35:11-15; Ob 1:10-16

the land.

Ge 36:28; Job 1:1

the cup.

Isa 34:1-17; 63:1-6; Jer 25:15-29; 49:12; Eze 25:12-14; 35:3-9

Am 1:11; Ob 1:1,10-14; Mal 1:2-4

and shalt.

2Ch 28:19; Mic 1:11; Re 16:15

Ezekiel 25

1 God's vengeance, for their insolency against the Jews, upon the Ammonites;

8 upon Moab and Seir;

12 upon Edom;

15 and upon the Philistines.

thy face.

6:2; 20:46; 21:2; 35:2

the Ammonites.

21:28-32; Ge 19:38; Jer 9:25,26; 25:21; 27:3; 49:1-6; Am 1:13-15

Zep 2:8-11

thou saidst.

6,8; 26:2-21; 35:10-15; 36:2; Ps 70:2,3; Pr 17:5; 24:17,18

La 2:21,22; 4:21; Mic 7:8

men. Heb. children.

Jud 6:3,33; 7:12; 8:10; 1Ki 4:30Josephus expressly states, that five years after the destruction of Jerusalem, Nebuchadnezzar turned his arms against the Ammonites and Moabites, and entirely subjugated them; and it is probable, that the Arabs, and other nations east of Judah, then took possession of their cities, and enjoyed the fruits of their land. The country of Moab and Ammon is now inhabited by the Bedouin Arabs; where they pasture their flocks, and, no doubt, make the ruins of Rabbah, their one proud capital, "a stable for camels," and other cattle. See Note on 2 Sa 12:26.

of the east.

Ge 29:1; Nu 23:7; Isa 41:2

they shall eat.

Le 26:16; De 28:33,51; Jud 6:3-6; Isa 1:7; 32:8,9; 65:22

Rabbah.

21:20

Rabbath.

2Sa 12:26

a stable.

Isa 17:2; 32:14; Zep 2:14,15

and ye.

8; 24:24; 26:6; 30:8; 35:9; 38:23; Ps 83:18; Isa 37:20

thou hast.

Job 27:23; 34:37; Jer 48:27; La 2:15; Na 3:19; Zep 2:15

hands. Heb. hand. stamped.

6:11

feet. Heb. foot. rejoiced.

15; 35:15; 36:5; Ne 4:3,4; *marg:

Pr 24:17; Ob 1:12; Zep 2:8,10

heart. Heb. soul.

I will stretch.

13,16; 14:9; 35:3; Zep 1:4

and will.

Jer 49:2; Am 1:14

a spoil. or, meat.

Moab.

Nu 24:17; Ps 83:4-8; Isa 15:1-16:14; 25:10; Jer 25:21; 48:1-47

Am 2:1-3; Zep 2:8-11

Seir.

12-14; 35:1-15; De 2:5; Isa 34:1-17; 63:1-6; Jer 27:3; 49:7-22

Am 2:11,12; Ob 1:1-9

the house.

Isa 10:9-11; 36:18-20

side. or, shoulder. Beth-jeshimoth.

Jos 13:20

Baal-meon.

Nu 32:37,38; Jos 13:17,19; Jer 48:23

the men.

with the Ammonites. or, against the children of Ammon.

2-7

may.

21:32; Ps 83:3-6; Isa 23:16

I will.

17; 5:8,10,15; 11:9; 16:41; 30:14,19; 39:21; Ps 9:16; 149:7; Jude 1:15

upon.

Jer 9:25,26; 25:21; 48:1-47

and they.

5; 35:15

Because.

8; 35:1-15; 2Ch 28:17,18; Ps 137:7; Jer 49:7-22

taking vengeance. Heb. revenging, revengement.

Ge 27:41,42; Am 1:11,12; Ob 1:10-16

I will also.

7,16; Isa 34:1-17; 63:1-6; La 4:21,22; Mal 1:3,4

and will.

14:8,13,17,19-21; 29:8; Ge 6:7; Jer 7:20

Teman.

Ge 36:11; Jer 49:7,20; Ob 1:9; Hab 3:3

of Dedan shall fall by the sword. or, shall fall by thesword unto Dedan.

Jer 25:23; 49:8

by the hand.This was fulfilled by the Maccabees, who not only entirely subjugated them, but obliged them to receive circumcision.

Ge 27:29; Isa 11:14; 63:1-6; Jer 49:2

and they shall know.

De 32:35,36; Ps 58:10,11; Na 1:2-4; Heb 10:30,31; Re 6:16,17

Because.

6,12; Isa 14:29-31; Jer 25:20; 47:1-7; Joe 3:4-21; Zep 2:4-7

Am 1:6-8; Zec 9:5-8

dealt.

2Ch 28:18; Ps 83:7; Isa 9:12

to destroy.

Jud 14:1-16:31; 1Sa 4:1-6:21; 13:1-14:52; 17:1-58; 21:1-15

2Sa 8:1-18; 1Ch 7:21

for the old hatred. or, with perpetual hatred.

I will stretch.These predictions against the Philistines, Edomites, and others, seem to have been fulfilled by by Nebuchadnezzar during the siege of Tyre. Berosus states that he subdued Syria, Arabia, Phoenicia, and Egypt; and now their very names have no existence, except in history.

7,13

Cherethims.

1Sa 30:14; 2Sa 15:18; Zep 2:4,5-15

Cherethites. and destroy.

Jer 47:4

sea coasts. or, haven of the sea.

I will.

11; 5:15

vengeance. Heb. vengeances. they shall.

5,11,14; 6:7; Ps 9:16

Ezekiel 35

1 The judgment of mount Seir for their hatred of Israel, and insulting over their distress.

21:1; 22:1; 34:1; 2Pe 1:21

set.

6:2; 20:46; 21:2; 25:2; Isa 50:7; Eph 6:19

mount.

25:8; Ge 32:3; 36:8,9; De 2:5; Jos 24:4; 2Ch 20:10,22,23; 25:11-14

and prophesy.

25:12-14; 32:29; Ps 83:3-18; Isa 34:1-17; 63:1-6; Jer 9:25,26

Jer 49:7-22; La 4:21,22; Am 1:11,12; Ob 1:1,10-14

I am.

5:8; 21:3; 29:3,10; Jer 21:13; Na 2:13; 3:5

and I will stretch.

6:14; Jer 6:12; 15:6; 51:25

most desolate. Heb. desolation and desolation.

7; 5:15

lay.

9; 6:6; Joe 3:19; Mal 1:3,4

and thou.

9,12; 6:7; Ex 9:14; 14:4

thou hast had.

12; 25:12; Ge 27:41,42; Ps 137:7; Am 1:11; Ob 1:10-16

perpetual hatred. or, hatred of old.

25:15

shed the blood of. Heb. poured out. force. Heb. hands.

Jer 18:21

in the.

21:25,29; Ps 137:7; Da 9:24; Ob 1:11

I will.

Ps 109:16; Isa 63:2-6; Ob 1:15; Mt 7:2; Re 16:5-7; 18:6,24; 19:2,3

sith.

Ps 109:17

most desolate. Heb. desolation and desolation.

3,9; 33:28; *marg:

passeth.

29:11; Jud 5:6,7; 2Ch 15:5,6

31:12; 32:4,5; 39:4,5; Isa 34:2-7

I will make.After being subdued by Nebuchadnezzar, about five years after the destruction of Jerusalem, many of the Edomites, during the Babylonian captivity, being driven from their ancient habitation by the Nabatheans, seized upon the south-western part of Judea; but afterwards they were conquered by Hyrcanus, and reduced to the necessity of embracing the Jewish religion; and at last became either incorporated with that nation, or swallowed up and lost among the Nabathean Arabs, so that the very name was abolished and disused about the end of the first century after Christ. Their country is now barren; and their cities, even Bozra and Petra, totally demolished and in ruins.

perpetual.

4; 25:13; Jer 49:17,18; Zep 2:9; Mal 1:3,4

and ye.

6:7; 7:4,9; 36:11

thou hast.

36:5; Ps 83:4-12; Jer 49:1; Ob 1:13

whereas. or, though.

48:35; Ps 48:1-3; 76:1; 132:13,14; Isa 12:6; 31:9; Zep 3:15; Zec 2:5

I will even.

Ps 137:7; Am 1:11; Mt 7:2; Jas 2:13

and I.

Ps 9:16; 73:17,18