The Pulpit Commentary — Isaiah — Volume 2 — Section 429

redeemed them. The "redemption" of this Nii.gelba.ch, Delitzsch, Knobel, 11,nd Mr. pe.see.ge ie proho.bly th"t from the bondage Cheyoo are in favonr of the people; Bishop of Egypt (Exod. vi. 6; xv. 13; Deut. vii. H, Lowth a.nd Dr. Kay of God. The reflec- eto.), which belonged to "the do.ye of old"- tions which follow (vers. ll-13) seem not the spiritual redemption from the bond• certainly most appropriate to the people, or o.ge of sin, which wo.s reserved for the time to the prophet speaking in their name. of the Meseiah. Having "redeemed" them, Where is he that brought them up out of i.e. delivered them out of the hnnd of the the seal i.e. " the Red Se11," ( comp. eh. li. Egyptians, and thcreby,ae itwore,purchaeed 10). Whnt has become of the protecting them to be hie own, he bare them-" carried God who then delivered them? With the them on englee' wings" (Exod. xix. 4), and shepherd of his :flock; or, shepherds, ac,,ord- brought them safely through the wilderness ing to another reading. The "shepherd" to Palestine (comp. Deut. xxxii. 10-12). might be either Moses, or" the angel of hie Ver. 10.-But they rebelled. The rebel- face" (ver. 9). The "shepherds "-if tha.t lions of Israel against God commenced in reBding be preJ'erred-'-must be Moses, ARron, the wilderness. They rebelled at Sinai, when 11,nd perhaps Miriam (Micah vi. 4). Where they set up tlie golden calf; at Meriba.h he th11,t put his Holy Spirit within him l (Numb. xx. 24); at Shittim, when they con- The " him" of this pa.ssage undoubtedly sorted with the daughters of Moab (Numb. refers to" the people" ( Rosenmiiller, Knobel, xxv. 6). Under the Judges, their conduct Delitzsch, Ka.y, Cheyne). God gave to the we.a one long rebellion (Judg. ii. 11; iii. 7, people in the wilderness '' his good Spirit 12; iv. I; vi. 1; viii. 33; x. 6; xiii. 1). to instruct them" (Neh. ix. 20), and gui,le They rebelled in Samuel's time by asking for them (Hag. ii. 4, 5), and govern them a king (1 Sam. viii. 5, 19, 20). The ten (Numb. xi. 17). tribes rebelled under Jeroboam, and set up Ver.12.-That led them by the right hand the idolatry of the co.Ives at Dan and Bethel. of Moses with his glorious arm ; rather, that Worse tdolatriee followed, and in two cen- ca'IJ.8ed his glorious arm to attend at Moses' turies and a ha.If had reached suoh a height, right hand-ready (a.a Dr. Weir says) to tha.t God was provoked to " remove Israel grasp him if he should etnmble. Dividing out of hie sight" (2 Kings xvii. 23). Judah the water before them; literally, clea1Jing remained, but "rebelled" under Manasseh, the waters before their face (comp. Exod. xiv. Jehoiakim, Jehoiachio, and Zedekiah, 21). To make himself au everlasting name " transgressing very much after all the (see Exod. xv. 11-16). It was one of the abominations of the heathen, and polluting main purposes of the entire series of miracles the very house of the Lord at Jerusalem" wrought in Egypt," that God's Name might (2 Chron. xxxvi. 14). These rebellions be declared throughout all the earth" (Exod. &gainst God vexed his Holy Spirit-" pro- ix. 16). voked him," " grieved him," " moved the Ver. 14.-As a beast goeth down. into the Holy One in Israel" (Pa. lxxviii. 40, 41 ; valley. Bishop Lowth's version seems the ovi. 43). Therefore he was turned to be best," As the herd descendeth to the valley." their enemy (comp, Jer. xxx. 14; Lam. ii. Israel's passage through the Sinaitic penin- 4, 5). Judah had "filled up the meosure of sula into Cane.an fa compared to tl1e move- her iniquities," had gone on " until there ment of a herd of cattle from its summer was no remedy" (2 Ohron. xxxvi. 16). God's pastures in the mountains to the valley at indignt1tiou was therefore poured out upon their base, where for a time it rests. So her without let or stint. "Be cut oft' in his God gave his people, after their many trio.Is, fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he drew "rest" in Canaan (Heb. iii. 11-18). So back his right hand from before the enemy; didst thou lead thy people. " So " refers, not he burned ngainst Jacob like a flaming fire, to the last simile only, but to the entire which devoureth round about. He bent his description contained in vers. 11-1-l. To bow like an enemy; he stood with his right make thyself a glorious name (comp. vcr. h11,nd as an adversary, and slew o.11 that were 12, nnd see also Ezek. x:nvi. 21-23; Mai pleasant in the tabernacle of the daughter i. 11). of Zion ; he poured out his fury like fire. The Lord was o.s an enemy" (Lam. ii. 3-5). Vere. 15-19.-A PIU.YEI!. FOR DELIVER- He fought ag11,inst them; rathel', he liimself ANCE FROM SIN A.ND SUFFERING. From fought against them. God himself, though thanksgiving and confession, the people they w~re "his people," yet fought agniust betake themselves to prayer, and beseech them nnd fo1· tho Chnldreans in thnt lino.I God to look down from heaven once more, struggle. He '' go.ve the city into the hand to ho.ve compassion on them, to acknowledge of the King of Babylon" (Jer. xxxiv. 2). Ver. 11.-Then he remembered the days them, nnd to save them alike from themselves of old. It is questioned ,oho remembered, (ver. 17) aud from their adversaries (vers. Godor his people. Geeenius, Hitzig, Ewald, 18, 19). " It is difficult to overrate the  THE DOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAR. [on. t:t.Itt. 1-19,