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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the people = peoples. burnings of lime: i.e. fuel for limekilns. thorns cut up. These are the common fuel used in limekilns in Palestine.

Verse 12

ye: i.e. the heathen. what I have done: i.e. in the destruction of Sennacherib's army.

Verse 13

fearfulness = trembling. Hebrew. r e 'adah. Only here in Isaiah; and elsewhere, only in <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=job+4:14">Job 4:14</a> .<a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=ps+2:11">Psalms 2:11</a> ; <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=ps+48:6">Psalms 48:6</a> . surprised = seized. Who . . . ? who . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis . The answer implied being the negative. among = for.

Verse 14

He, &amp;c. This is not the answer to <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=isa+33:14">Isaiah 33:14</a> , but the subject of the Promise in <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=isa+33:16">Isaiah 33:16</a> , "He. shall dwell on high". Hence it is emphatic. Reference to Pentateuch (<a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=de+10:17">Deuteronomy 10:17</a> ; <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=de+16:19">Deuteronomy 16:19</a> ; <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=de+27:25">Deuteronomy 27:25</a> ). hearing of = listening to. blood = murderers. Figure of speech Metalepsis (of Subject), by which "blood" is first put for bloodshedding, and, secondly, bloodshedding put for those who shed it.

Verse 15

the king. See <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=isa+33:22">Isaiah 33:22</a> . far off = far stretching.

Verse 17

scribe. = the counter. receiver = the weigher. he that counted, &amp;c. Referring to Sennacherib's besieging army.

Verse 18

fierce, &amp;c. Reference to Pentateuch (<a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=de+28:49">Deuteronomy 28:49</a> , <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=de+28:50">Deuteronomy 28:50</a> ). stammering = jabbering. tongue. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for the language spoken by it.

Verse 19

Look = Gaze. the city. Figure of speech Polyonymia. solemnities = festal-days. Reference to Pentateuch, where the word frequently occurs (compare <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=le+23:0">Leviticus 23:0</a> .<a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=nu+15:0">Numbers 15:0</a> , &amp;c). tabernacle = tent. Hebrew. 'ohel. App-40 .

Verse 20

gallant = mighty, or noble.

Verse 21

the lame take the prey. Referring to the spoil taken from the dead of the Assyrian host. See <a target="_blank" href="/passage/?search=2ki+19:35">2 Kings 19:35</a> .

Isaiah 33

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 33:12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 33:13

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 33:14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 33:15

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 33:17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 33:18

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 33:19

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 33:20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 33:21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 33:23

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