This perhaps implies that in Amos 5:18 their ironical desire for the day of the Lord was as if it would be an escape from existing calamities. "I am inclined to believe," says Hasselquist, "that the prophet here, Isaiah 5:2-4, means the hoary nightshade, solanum incanum; because it is common in Egypt, Palestine, and the East; and the Arabian name agrees well with it. Here the prophet reproveth and threateneth such, saith an interpreter, (a) as sin without any strong temptation or occasion drawing them … Woe unto you who do not scruple to say in irony, “We desire that the day of the Lord would come,” that is, “Woe to you who treat it as if it were a mere dream of the prophets” (Isaiah 5:19; Jeremiah 17:15; … But let judgment - justice. At least in very ancient times they had none. Sermon Amos 5:18-24 Let Justice Roll. Isaiah probably structured the messages, but the content was from God! When their business was finished they took off their girdles. 301 Moved Permanently. And stretch yourselves upon your couches; And like David invent for yourselves instruments of music; And are anointed with the choicest ointments: But are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. Covetousness is idolatry; and while many envy the prosperous, wretched man, the Lord denounces awful woes upon him. Whoever has considered the descriptions given of Mount Tabor, (see Reland, Palaestin. Solinus, cap. Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning. Isaiah 5:21. Still, the happy peace predicted here has not, as yet, come to Zion. Opposite each reference is the The Arabs call it anab el dib, i.e., wolf grapes. calls it, Numbers 6:4, גפן היין gephen haiyayin, the wine-vine. It is hard to describe the mechanisms of inspiration, but the results are a divine, authoritative message. This judgment is similar to Amos 5:11 and Micah 6:15. Our blessed Lord repeats this parable, and applies it to this very transaction, Matthew 21:33. Paris, 1763. Isaiah 11:1-9. International Bible Lesson December … 18. Lambere flamma comas, et circum tempora pasci. But they had no large vineyards, nor was the country proper for them, being little more than one large plain, annually overflowed by the Nile. "Ab his cariotae [palmae] maxime celebrantur; et cibo quidem, sed et succo, uberrimae. A horn is a proper and obvious image for a mountain or mountainous country. This is a clear claim of verbal divine revelation (cf. We may well commiserate those who are "wise in their own eyes," inasmuch as - I. Xenop. Isaiah 9 Commentary Isaiah 10 Commentary Isaiah 11 Commentary Isaiah 12 Commentary Isaiah 13 Commentary Isaiah 34 Commentary Isaiah 35 Commentary Isaiah 40:31 Commentary Isaiah 49:16-Inscribed on His Hands Isaiah 49 Commentary Isaiah 50 Commentary Isaiah 53 Commentary Isaiah 61 Commentary Isaiah 63:1-6 Commentary . Clarke's Commentary. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is a part of the Book of the Prophets. With speed - This refers to the Isaiah 5:19. Neither shall the girdle - The Eastern people, wearing long and loose garments, were unfit for action or business of any kind, without girding their clothes about them. Fundere lumen apex; tactuque innoxia molli. Id. And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands. Judea was famous for the abundance and excellence of its palm trees; and consequently had plenty of this wine. But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. Lucan, 2:612, of Brundusium, i.e., Βρεντεσιον, which, in the ancient language of that country, signifies stag's head, says Strabo. Chai., is a well known species of the vine, and the worst of all sorts. In very hot countries it was perhaps necessary, or at least very convenient, to have the lake under ground, or in a cave hewed out of the side of the rock, for coolness, that the heat might not cause too great a fermentation, and sour the must. And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. In preparing for this sermon, I came across a quote from an old time evangelist named Billy Sunday. Some of the other sorts were of a poisonous quality, as appears from the story related among the miraculous acts of Elisha, 2 Kings 4:39-41. And there was nothing hurtful in the pot.". Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes, to those who say, “Let God hurry; let him hasten his work so we may see it. Therefore — resumed from Amos 5:13.God foresees they will not obey the exhortation (Amos 5:14, Amos 5:15), but will persevere in the unrighteousness stigmatized (Amos 5:7, Amos 5:10, Amos 5:12).the Lord — Jehovah.. the God of hosts, the Lord — an accumulation of titles, of which His lordship over all things is the … Isaiah 11:1-9. See also 1 Kings 18:38. This is not Isaiah's message, nor Isaiah's emotion! The original text was written in Hebrew language. I believe neither the rabbins nor Bishop Lowth have hit on the true meaning of this place, the prophet seems to refer to idol sacrifices. Audio Edition Isaiah 11:1-9 Commentary. Destruction expects more than a common meal, when God visits Jerusalem for her iniquities. And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if. "And I have appointed the Israelites as a plant of a chosen vine, and I have built my sanctuary in the midst of them." Judea was in general a mountainous country, whence Moses sometimes calls it The Mountain, "Thou shalt plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance;" Exodus 15:17. P. Nau supposes Eshcol and Sorek to be only different names for the same valley. This chapter is generally considered to date long after the original Isaiah and therefore applies to a later time in Jewish history. Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, &c.] The prophet returns to the wicked again, and goes on with the account of their sin and punishment; and here describes such, not that are drawn into sin unawares, through the prevalence of their own hearts' lusts and corruptions, through the temptations of Satan, the snares of the world, or the persuasions of … 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: 19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Isaiah 5 is the fifth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. 20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and … Share Tweet. Scripture quoted by permission. The third woe is directed against the supposed strong-minded men, who called down the judgment of God by presumptuous sins and wicked words. Harmer's Observations, i., p. 392. Interdumque atram prorumpit ad aethera nubem. Hesperiae tenuem producit in aequora linguam, Adriacas flexis claudit quae cornibus undas.". The cords of vanity may refer to the silken strings by which they were led to the altar, some of which were unusually thick. This text begins and continues with the theme of lament and grief (“Alas”; also Amos 6:1, 4). Darkness "The gloomy vapor" - The Syriac and Vulgate seem to have read בערפלח bearphalach; but Jarchi explains the present reading as signifying darkness; and possibly the Syriac and Vulgate may have understood it in the same manner. The Mareotic in later times is, I think, the only celebrated Egyptian wine which we meet with in history. Parkhurst, Jr. Verse-by-Verse Bible Studies with free printable study questions, quizzes, and puzzles appropriate for adults and youth. - Merrick's note, ad loc. wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? "Strange to relate! The expectations of the rich and exploitive elements of society will not materialize. The prophet could not have found a plant more opposite to the vine than this; for it grows much in the vineyards, and is very pernicious to them; wherefore they root it out: it likewise resembles a vine by its shrubby stalk;" Travels, p. 289. It is used in the same manner by the Hebrews: "Let not him that girdeth himself boast as he that unlooseth his girdle," 1 Kings 20:11; that is, triumph not before the war is finished. And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. 1:1). "The wine-presses in Persia," says Sir John Chardin, "are formed by making hollow places in the ground, lined with masons' work." It means not the wine-press itself, or calcatorium, which is called גת gath, or פורה purah; but what the Romans called lacus, the lake; the large open place or vessel, which by a conduit or spout received the must from the wine-press. Crossword Puzzle with Answer Key. Here, in this context of an opening verse, the term is used as a title for Isaiah's messages (cf. Voyages, tom. Article Images Copyright © 2021 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Sir John Chardin says, "that at Casbin, a city of Persia, they turn their cattle into the vineyards after the vintage, to browse on the vines." "He pierced the rock; and with the sharpen'd tool. Oppression "tyranny" - משפח mishpach, from שפח shaphach, servum fecit, Arab. Like a whirlwind - כסופה cassuphah, like the stormy blast. Ex quibus praecipua vina orienti; iniqua capiti, unde porno nomen." COMMENTARY ON THE LESSONSLesson 1: Isaiah 35:1-10 (C, E); Isaiah 35:1-6, 10 (RC)What a remarkably joyous poem we have here. 4 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. Of steel well-temper'd scoop'd its inmost depth: Then smooth'd the front, and form'd the dark recess, In just dimensions for the foaming lake. Pride, in their acts of humiliation, had the upper hand. Καρος signifies stupefaction: and in Hebrew likewise the wine has its name from its remarkably inebriating quality. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged. That they have still such towers or buildings for use or pleasure, in their gardens in the East, see Harmer's Observations, 2 p. And also made a wine-press therein. in loc. The vine and the wine of Sorek therefore, which lay near at hand for importation into Egypt, must in all probability have been well known to the Israelites, when they sojourned there. Here the precise idea seems to be that of a high mountain standing by itself; "vertex montis, aut pars montis ad aliis divisa;" which signification, says I. H. Michaelis, Bibl. Isaiah 5:18. "Woe unto them that draw crime with cords of lying, and sin as with the rope of the waggon." "Dorsum immane mari summo;" Virgil, a back, or ridge of rocks: -, "Hanc latus angustum jam se cogentis in arctum. Amos 5:18-24 Commentary by Terence E. Fretheim This text begins and continues with the theme of lament and grief (“Alas”; also Amos 6:1, 4). Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831]. The plan of the Holy One of Israel— let it approach, let it come into view, so we may know it.”. flocks--to propitiate Jehovah ( Isaiah 1:11-15). By CherryStreet Baptist | 2020-11-16T11:15:25-06:00 November 16th, 2020 | Categories: HBLT, Resources, SCOPE, Sunday School | Tags: Authentic Worship, Isaiah 58, Isaiah Bible Study, Pursuing Authentic Worship | > Read More Load More Posts Search for: Recent Posts. Dr. Mickey Anders . יקב yekeb; the Septuagint render it here προληνιον, and in four other places ὑποληνιον, Isaiah 16:10; Joel 3:13; Haggai 2:17; Zechariah 14:10, I think more properly; and this latter word St. Mark uses. And so the Chaldee paraphrast very rightly expounds it: Et statui eos (Israelitas) ut plantam vineae selectae et aedificavi Sanctuarium meum in medio illorum. Isaiah 5:18-24 Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes, to those who say, “Let God hurry; let him hasten his work so we may see it. The victims they offered were splendidly decked out for the sacrifice. Word Search International Bible Lesson Puzzle . And he said, Bring meal, (leg. Alnet. In a very fruitful hill "On a high and fruitful hill" - Hebrew בקרן בן שמן bekeren ben shamen, "on a horn the son of oil." Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible. גפן gephen, the vine, is a common name or genus, including several species under it; and Moses, to distinguish the true vine, or that from which wine is made, from the rest. Run down - literally, roll, i:e., flow abundantly (Isaiah 48:18). Or rather, in all these and the like cases, a mistake of the transcribers, by not observing a small stroke, which in many MSS., is made to supply the מ mem, of the plural, thus, דודי dodi. "And one went out into the field to gather potherbs; and he found a Seld vine, and he gathered from it wild fruit, his lapful; and he went and shred them into the pot of pottage, for they knew them not. Commentary on Amos 5:18-24 View Bible Text . It may be farther observed that the prophet in this place has given the metaphor its full force, in applying it to the action of fire in eating up and devouring whatever comes in its way, like a ravenous animal whose tongue is principally employed in taking in his food or prey; which image Moses has strongly exhibited in an expressive comparison: "And Moab said to the elders of Midian Now shall this collection of people lick up all that are around about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field," Numbers 22:4. This page is no longer updated as of March, 2019. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible a lion, and a bear met him — Trying to escape one calamity, he falls into another. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. Isaiah 5:18-24 New International Version (NIV) 18 Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes, 19 to those who say, “Let God hurry; let him hasten his work so we may see it. Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. "By turns a pitchy cloud she rolls on high. See Bochart, Hieroz. But for this purpose it was usual to make a little temporary hut, (Isaiah 1:8), which might serve for the short season while the fruit was ripening, and which was removed afterwards. The parts of animals are, by an easy metaphor, applied to parts of the earth, both in common and poetical language. קחו kechu, nine MSS., one edition), and he threw it into the pot. Michaelis (note on Judges 16:4 (note), German translation) thinks it probable, from some circumstances of the history there given, that Sorek was in the tribe of Judah, not in the country of the Philistines. Isaiah 5:1-7 (1) Psalm 118 (1) Matthew 22:1-14 (2) Matthew 22:34-46 (1) Matthew 23:1-12 (1) Amos 5:18-24 (1) Isaiah 61:1-4 and 8-11 (1) Isaiah 60:1-6 (1) 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20) (1) Psalm 139:1-6 and 13-18 (1) Show More Scriptures. Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight. Here sense and sound are well connected. - Gibson. This chapter begins with representing, in a beautiful parable, the tender care of God for his people, and their unworthy returns for his goodness. … In one sense, of course, its lyrical promise did not happen. Read Isaiah 5 commentary using Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible. Herodotus, 2:77, says it had no vines and therefore used an artificial wine made of barley. Kimchi says this means such an extent of vineyard as would require ten yoke of oxen to plough in one day. i., p. 429), its regular conic form rising singly in a plain to a great height, from a base small in proportion, and its beauty and fertility to the very top, will have a good idea of "a horn the son of oil;" and will perhaps be induced to think that the prophet took his image from that mountain. Powered by Tengine . משפח mispach, eighteen MSS. iii., p. 12, 12mo. This chapter likewise stands single and alone, unconnected with the preceding or following. As the scoffers had challenged God to make speed, and to hasten his work of vengeance, so now God assures them that with speed and swiftly it shall come. All rights reserved. So also Hieron. Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. At first it is dim and shadowy, but gradually it grows … Compare Numbers 13:22, Numbers 13:23; Judges 16:3, Judges 16:4. Kempfer, of Shiras wine. There is something remarkable in the manner in which Moses, Genesis 49:11, makes mention of it, which, for want of considering this matter, has not been attended to; it is in Jacob's prophecy of the future prosperity of the tribe of Judah: -. Amaen. Woe unto them that draw iniquity.] 14:19. This shows that the ass might be securely bound to the vine, and without danger of damaging the tree by browsing on it. NIV®. שרק sharak or shrak, he shall whistle for them, call loud and shrill; he shall shriek, and they (their enemies) shall come at his call. . The tower therefore should rather mean a building of a more permanent nature and use; the farm, as we may call it, of the vineyard, containing all the offices and implements, and the whole apparatus necessary for the culture of the vineyard, and the making of the wine. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. Isaiah 26:3 3 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you. Many houses - This has reference to what was said in the preceding verse: "In vain are ye so intent upon joining house to house, and field to field; your houses shall be left uninhabited, and your fields shall become desolate and barren; so that a vineyard of ten acres shall produce but one bath (not eight gallons) of wine, and the husbandman shall reap but a tenth part of the seed which he has sown." 2:1; 13:1; Amos 1:1; Micah 1:1; Hab. שירת דודים shirath dodim is the same with שיר ידידת shir yedidoth, Psalm 45:1. The offering for iniquity was adorned with fillets and garlands; the sin-offering with silken cords, like unto cart-ropes. 2:12. Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! I take the liberty of rendering שרקה sorekah, for שרקו soreko, his sorek, as the Masoretes do by pointing עירה iroh, for עירו iro, his foal. Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. Much has been made of the fact that Amos was a shepherd—a man more comfortable among hills and dales than on city streets—a man more comfortable in the company of sheep than of … Formerly International Bible Lessons Commentary By turns hot embers from her entrails fly, And flakes of mountain flames, that lick the sky.". ... Our rich online library includes well known and trusted commentaries including the popular Matthew Henry Commentary, concordances like Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and Naves Topical Concordance, Bible dictionaries, Biblical encyclopedias and … From some such sorts of poisonous fruits of the grape kind Moses has taken these strong and highly poetical images, with which he has set forth the future corruption and extreme degeneracy of the Israelites, in an allegory which has a near relation, both in its subject and imagery, to this of Isaiah: Deuteronomy 32:32, Deuteronomy 32:33. For the wind, to which that country is subject, would injure the wine. 2 In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. Isaiah 28:15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: Judges 17:5,13 And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of … Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! "I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land beyond Jordan; that goodly mountain, and Lebanon;" Deuteronomy 3:25. PLEASE NOTE. Commentary. 22:14)! And it seems that the upper part of the valley of Sorek, and that of Eshcol, where the spies gathered the single cluster of grapes, which they were obliged to bear between two upon a staff, being both near to Hebron were in the same neighborhood, and that all this part of the country abounded with rich vineyards. A promontory is called a cape or head; the Turks call it a nose. See likewise De Lisle's posthumous map of the Holy Land. All rights reserved worldwide. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. Both Ascalon and Gaza were anciently famous for wine; the former is mentioned as such by Alexander Trallianus; the latter by several authors, quoted by Reland, Palaest., p. 589 and 986. "Cornwall is called by the inhabitants in the British tongue Kernaw, as lessening by degrees like a horn, running out into promontories like so many horns. Salem Media Group. Isaiah 11:1-9. עיר ir, might naturally enough appear in the feminine form; but it is not at all probable that שרק sorek ever should. Lesson November 22, 2020. But the prophet cuts into this hope with a sharp question: why would … Continue reading "Commentary on Amos 5:18-24" God promises to unloose the loins of kings before Cyrus, Isaiah 45:1. The coming of the day of the Lord would be good news to us, if true: for we have served God (that … A song of my beloved "A song of loves" - דודי dodey, for דודים dodim: status constructus pro absoluto, as the grammarians say, as Micah 6:16; Lamentations 3:14, Lamentations 3:66, so Archbishop Secker. And he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. shall fall with them--This prophecy is later than Hosea 4:15, when Judah had not gone so far in idolatry; now her imitation of Israel's bad example provokes the threat of her being doomed to share in Israel's punishment. For the Britons call a horn corn, in the plural kern." Jeremiah. By the force and intent of the allegory, to good grapes ought to be opposed fruit of a dangerous and pernicious quality; as, in the explication of it, to judgment is opposed tyranny, and to righteousness, oppression. "Jehovah shall hist the fly That is in the utmost parts of Egypt; And the bee, that is in the land of Assyria.". Text. The vine was formerly, as Hasselquist tells us it is now, "cultivated in Egypt for the sake of eating the grapes, not for wine, which is brought from Candia," etc. "This expression, ηλυθε βουλη, is, I believe, something uncommon; but it is exactly paralleled and explained by a passage in Isaiah, Isaiah 5:19. Israel was expecting/desiring “the day of the Lord,” a phrase commonly used to refer to a glorious future in which Israel’s enemies would be vanquished. He speaks also of vines in that country so large that he could hardly compass the trunks of them with his arms. Teacher Study Hints for Isaiah 11:1-9. They think themselves able … The vine of Sorek was known to the Israelites, being mentioned by Moses, Genesis 49:11, before their coming out of Egypt. Proud member lib. Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. It doesn’t go well for the Northern Kingdom of Israel. (, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. "They were supplied with wine from Greece, and likewise from Phoenicia," Herodot., 3:6. "And hewed out a lake therein" - This image also our Savior has preserved in his parable. Categories; Ordinary Time (127) All Saints' (3) Advent (28) Christmas (10) Epiphany (41) Lent (30) Easter (41) Pentecost (22) Year A (106) … Clarke's Commentary on the Bible. Teacher Study Hints for Thinking Further. The subject of it is nearly the same with that of the first chapter. Or, "in his face," as in Isaiah 3:9. Thevenot, i, p. 406. viii., says, "Italiam, ubi longius processerit, in cornua duo scindi;" that is, the high ridge of the Alps, which runs through the whole length of it, divides at last into two ridges, one going through Calabria, the other through the country of the Brutii. Below are the two links which are updated with new articles and new verse by verse commentaries: "He built also a tower in the midst of it, viz., his own temple in the midst of the city." To which image in the allegory, the situation the manner of building, the use, and the whole service of the temple, exactly answered. After their manner "Without restraint" - כדברם kedobram, secundum duetum eorum; i.e. The Pitiful Estate Of The Proud . Use Bible commentary free online for Bible study including these popular commentaries; Matthew Henry, John Calvin, Geneva Study Bible, Martin Luther's, John Gill's, Jamieson, Faussett & … Follow strong drink - Theodoret and Chrysostom on this place, both Syrians, and unexceptionable witnesses in what belongs to their own country, inform us that שכר shechar (σικερα in the Greek of both Testaments, rendered by us by the general term strong drink) meant properly palm wine, or date wine, which was and is still much in use in the Eastern countries. - Kimchi on the place. Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases. … The girdle is so essential a part of a soldier's accoutrements, being the last that he puts on to make himself ready for action, that to be girded, ζωννυσθαι, with the Greeks means to be completely armed and ready for battle: -. Their horns and hoofs were often gilded, and their heads dressed out with fillets and garlands. These circumstances must be taken into consideration in order to give us a full notion of the propriety and force of the image by which the prophet sets forth the strength and excellence of the Babylonish cavalry, which made a great part of the strength of the Assyrian army. Pursuing Authentic Worship Lesson #12 Isaiah 58:1-12 S.C.O.P.E. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. True and False Review Test with Answer Key. in loc., the word has in Arabic. ", Kimchi says, "they consider not the heavens nor their hosts: they pray not the morning nor the evening prayer unto the Lord.". Commentary on Isaiah 5:8-23 (Read Isaiah 5:8-23) Here is a woe to those who set their hearts on the wealth of the world. Voyage Noveau de la Terre Sainte, lib. ", And he looked "And he expected" - Jeremiah, Jeremiah 2:21, uses the same image, and applies it to the same purpose, in an elegant paraphrase of this part of Isaiah's parable, in his flowing and plaintive manner: -, "But I planted thee a sorek, a scion perfectly genuine: How then art thou changed, and become to me the degenerate shoots of the strange vine! ii., p. 25; Thevenot, vol. vi LIST OF PRINTED TEXTS The Printed Scriptural Texts used in the 2019–2020 Townsend Press Sunday School Commentary are arranged here in the order in which they appear in the Bible. Amos 5:18-24. The באושים beushim, says Rab. Hallens., Not. Egypt was not a wine country. Isaiah 5:18 Parallel. p. 376. Isaiah sees in this man's utter impotence and helplessness as he blindly stumbles on to his doom. Jeremiah 15:16 Commentary Jeremiah 30 Commentary … And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. The choicest vine "Sorek" - Many of the ancient interpreters, the Septuagint, Aquila, and Theod., have retained this word as a proper name; I think very rightly. International Bible Study Commentary & Bible Lessons by L.G. YHWH is shouting through His prophet to His wayward people. suo ipsorum ductu; as their own will shall lead them. 18. Το δε ενδυναι τα ὁπλα εκαλουν οἱ παλαιοι ζωννυσθαι. Read Isaiah: “Behold, I am doing a new thing, it springs up before you.” But Amos – no, no, Amos is confronting systems of oppression and injustice so massive that the Amos writings are devoted almost entirely to announcing the dismantling of the systems. Cyrop. Plin. W. Clarkson . The disparted tongues, as it were of fire, Acts 2:3, which appeared at the descent of the Holy Spirit, on the apostles, give the same idea; that is, of flames shooting diversely into pyramidal forms, or points, like tongues. During the early years of his reign, the nation was in a period of economic growth and … THEY HAVE A FALSE CONCEPTION AS TO THEIR OWN CAPACITY. Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. . Again and again, Amos denounces the systems of oppression: “You sell people for silver; you trample on the heads of … . ", And more boldly of Aetna darting out flames from its top: -. This seems to refer to the ruin brought on the Jews by the Romans. By an easy metaphor, applied to parts of the Prophets I looked that it Bring... Opening verse, the term is used as a title for Isaiah 's message, Isaiah. 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