The Pulpit Commentary — Isaiah — Volume 2 — Section 470

(Ps. xxxii. 8), and" burned with heat" (Job Jehovah " is spoken of also in eh. :nvii. 1 x.xx. 30). Now they shall enjoy a, time of and xx.xiv. 5, 6 (comp. Rev. xix. 15, 21). refreshing from the Lord. New life shall Will the Lord plead with a.11 flesh ; rather, enter them, oncl health and growth shall will the Lo-rrljudge all flesh (comp. Jer. xxv. follow. The nation she.II be rejuvenated, 31, where the same phrase occurs). and "flourish " in more than its pristine Ver. 17.-They that sanctify . . . them- strength. The hand of the Lord. shall be Btllves in the gardens (comp. eh. i. 29; !xv. known; or recog-nizerl, both in this mercirul 3; and seo the comment on the latter treatment of his servants, and also in the passage). Behind one tree in the midst ; indignation with which he will visit his literally, l,ehind one in the mid,t. It seems enemies. This last clause conveniently in- quite impossible that" one" can mean" ono. troduces the followiug "theophany" (vers. tree," when no tree has been mentioned, 15-18). and gardens do not necessarily contain trees. Vere. 15-18.-TE!EVENGEANCE wmcuGoD The marginal rendering, " one after another," is also impossible. The "one WILL TAKE ON ws ENEMIES. A signal out- in the midst" must have been either a pouring of God's vengeance upon his enemies hierophant who directed the ceremonies precedes the settlement of the Church in its (Gesenius, Hitzig, Knobel, Delitzsch), or final glorious conditiou, both in Isaiah and an image of a deity (Scaliger, Voss, Grotius, in the Revelation of St. John (see eh. xxxiv., Le.garde, Cheyne). In the latter case, we xxxv., and Rev. xix.-xxi.). The wicked must suppose that the worshippers hacl a scruple about mentioning the deity's name, have to be removed before the righteous and were accustomed to call him " one," or can be established in peace. Here the " a certain one" ( comp. Herod., ii. 171 ). agencies employed against the wicked are Isaiah adopts their usage. Eating swine's " fire" and "sword" - fh-e pointing (as fiesh (comp. eh. !xv. 4). And the abomina- Delitzsch remarks) to destructive occurrences tion. The word is used generically of all the "abominable things" forbic!tlen to be of nature, and the sword to destructive eaten in Lev. xi. 4-30, as the camel, the occurrences of history. God himself is re- coney, the he.re, the eagle, the vulture, the presented as guiding and directing both ferret, the chameleon, the lizard, etc. The agencies, to the punishment or- the ungodly mouse. Probubly the jerboa (see Lev. xi. and the relief of those who trust in him. 20). Ver. 18.-For I know their works. There Ver. )5.-Behold, the Lord will come with is no ve1·b in the Hebrew text, from which fire. "Fire" is a usual accompaniment of something has evidently fallen out. l\Ir. a" theophe.ny." God descended on Sinai " in Cheyne au pplies, " I will punish; " Gratz, :fire" (Exod. xix. 18), 11.lld led the Israelites "I have seen." "I know" is supported by through tho wilderness by the pillar of the the Targums, the Syrinc Version, several ma- cloud and of :fire (Exod. xiii. 21, 22), and nuscripts of the Septuagint, e.ncl the authori- :filled the tabernacle with e. glory as of fire (Exod. xl. R4), and "answered David from ties of Sno.diye., Vitringa, and Gesenius. And heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offer- their thoughts; i.e. I know, not only their works, but even the thoughts from which ing" (1 Chron. xxi. 26), and in the same the works proceeded. It shall come ; i.e. way answered Solomon (i Chron. vii. I) and "the time shall come." (l?or the full phrase, Elijah (1 Kings xviii. 38). Isniah almost see J er. Ii. 33; Ezek. vii. 7, 12.) All nation.a always describes a theophe.ny as e." coming and tongues. This expression has Leen com- with :fire" (see eh. x. I 6-18; xxvii. 4; pared with De.niel's "kiuclrecls nncl nations xxix. 6; xxx. 27, 30; xxxiii. 12, 14, etc.). and languages" (iii. 4, 7, 29; iv. 1; v. Tho agency of fire in the judgment that 19, eto.), nnd has been regarded as n sign will m·ertnke the wicked simultaneously ot' lute 11uthorsl:ip. But "nations" and with Christ's second coming, nppears in 2 "tongues" o.re coupled together in Seri pture Those. i. 8; 2 Pet. iii. 7-10. With bis as eo.l'ly as Genesis (x. 5, 20). They shall chariots ( comp. Ps. Ix viii. 17; Hab. iii. 8). oome, and see my glory; i. e. "see the glory "Che.riots," in tho plnrn.l, may be regarded that I shall get 1no upon my enemies" (vors. as symbolizing the "hosts" of naturnl and 15-17). supernatural forces that Guel has at his command (Cheyne). Like a whirlwind. Vere. 19-2•1.-TRE F1~AL CONDITION OP The whirring of tho wheels of chariots, their THE CHURCH OF TUE REDEEl!En ON EARTH. noise, the swiftness of their pace, and tho When the enemies of Go,! hnve beon con- destruction that they co.use, make this simile sumed, there shnll go out from the Church most appropriate. To render bis anger ; or, t.o ezpend his anger-to vent it. missionaries, who sho.11 convert the distant Ver. 16.-Byftre and by bis sword (see the Gentiles, and unite them, and the Jews who Introductory pe.ragroph). The "sword of dwell e.mong them, into a single boli1 of  488 THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET !SAtAH. [OH. LXVI. 1-24.