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lamb. tribute lamb.
to the ruler. of the ruler: i.e. Judah, as Mesha king of Moab had done (2 Kings 3:4).
Sela. Now Petra (so called by the Romans) in Mount Seir, near Mount Hor (2 Kings 14:7).
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Isaiah 16:2 open_in_new
cast out, &c.. a forsaken nest.
be. become.
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Take counsel. Bring advice. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "Bring thou counsel".
execute judgment. perform an arbitrator's duty. Hebrew. pelilah. Occurs only here. Some codices, with seven early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac and Vulgate, read "execute thou".
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Let Mine outcasts, &c. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "Let the outcasts", &c.
dwell. sojourn. Compare 1 Samuel 22:3; 1 Samuel 22:4.
the spoiler: i.e. Sennacherib.
extortioner. Hebrew. muz. Occurs only here.
oppressors. treaders down. Hebrew. ramas. Occurs only here.
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in mercy. The burden goes beyond the immediate future to the ultimate future.
mercy. lovingkindness, or grace.
in truth. See note on Isaiah 10:20.
hasting righteousness. prompt in equity. Compare Isaiah 46:13.
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We. Compare Isaiah 6:8; Genesis 1:26.
his lies shall not be so. his resources do not correspond.
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Isaiah 16:7 open_in_new
Kir-hareseth. Some codices read "Kir-harasheth".
stricken. worn away. Hebrew. naka'. Occurs only here.
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the fields. [as to] the fields. Compare Deuteronomy 32:32; 2 Kings 23:4.Jeremiah 31:40 (feminine).
Heshbon. Compare Isaiah 15:4.
languish. he [Moab] hath enfeebled.
and. supply [as to] and omit the colon.
the vine of Sibmah. Sibmah's vine.
lords. Probably plural of Majesty for "great lord of the nations",. title claimed by the kings of Assyria.
heathen. nations.
Jazer. Probably Beit Zer'ah, on the east of Jordan (Numbers 32:1.Joshua 13:25. Jos 21:39. 2 Samuel 24:5; 1 Chronicles 6:81; 1 Chronicles 26:31.Jeremiah 48:32; Jeremiah 48:32).
wandered through: or, strayed into.
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Isaiah 16:9 open_in_new
water thee. make thee drunk.
Elealeh. See note on Isaiah 15:4.
the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. on thy summer fruits and thy harvest. war-cry hath fallen,
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Isaiah 16:10 open_in_new
plentiful. fruitful.
wine. Hebrew. yayin. App-27.
presses. wine-vat. Hebrew. yekeb, not gaih. See note on Isaiah 5:2.
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Isaiah 16:11 open_in_new
sound. make. plaintive sound. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia. Hebrew v'kirbi Kir.
Kir-haresh. See note on Isaiah 15:1.
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Isaiah 16:12 open_in_new
on. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "unto": weary with climbing up to. Compare Isaiah 15:2.
prevail. obtain anything.
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Within. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "about".
three years. From the death of Ahaz.
contemned. brought low.
small. few.
feeble. small.