Verse 1
For Zion"s sake, &c. Not fulfilled, therefore, in the Gospel dispensation: for Zion is still trodden down of the Gentiles (Luke 21:24).
I. Here we have Messiah"s intercession for Israel. See "B", p. 1007.
rest. Compare verses: Isaiah 62:6, Isaiah 62:7.
Verse 2
the Gentiles = nations.
called by a new name. As Abraham was (Genesis 17:5), and Jacob (Genesis 32:28).
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
name = expressly name, or specify.
Verse 3
crown = bridal crown. Hebrew. "atarah, as in Isaiah 28:5. 2 Samuel 12:30. Song of Solomon 3:11.
glory = beauty.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
Verse 4
Forsaken. Hebrew. Azubah. From azab. See note on Isaiah 1:4.
Desolate. Hebrew. Shemamah. See note on Isaiah 1:7.
Hephzi-bah, which synchronized with this prophecy. See note on 2 Kings 21:1.
Beulah. Hebrew. Be"ulah = married. See note above. Note the Alternation in this verse.
Verse 5
thy sons marry thee. Note the Figure of speech Catachresis (App-6). See note on marry, below.
marry = own, or possess. Hebrew. ba"al = to become an owner, or husband of a wife. See Isaiah 62:4.
Verse 6
day nor night. Hebrew all the day and all the night.
ye that make mention of = ye that remind.
Verse 7
rest = silence, as in Isaiah 62:6.
Verse 8
sworn. Figure of speech Deesis. App-6.
right hand . . . arm. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
I will no more give, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:30, Deuteronomy 28:31, &c). App-92.
stranger = foreigner.
wine. Hebrew. tirosh. App-27.
Verse 9
gathered it = gathered it in. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 20:6; Deuteronomy 28:30). Compare Jeremiah 31:5. App-92.
praise the LORD. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 14:23, Deuteronomy 14:26; Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteronomy 16:14). See note on "shall not" (Isaiah 13:10).
brought it together = gathered it out. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 12:12). App-92.
the courts of My holiness = My holy courts.
Verse 10
the People. In Isaiah 40:3 the way is to be "prepared" for Messiah: here, for His People.
cast up, cast up the highway. Compare Figures of speech Epizeuxis and Polyptoton. App-6. See note on "highway" (Isaiah 7:3).
Verse 11
Behold. Figure of speech. Asterismos. App-6.
world. Hebrew earth. Hebrew. "eretz.
work = recompense.
Verse 12
holy. See note on Exodus 3:5.
Sought out. Hebrew. Derushah.
not forsaken. Hebrew. L"o-Ne"ezabah.