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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:14

Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail ,.... The former of these is afterwards interpreted of "the ancient and honourable", men in high places, civil magistrates, judges, governors, and elders of the people, the king as supreme, and all subordinate officers; and so the Targum, "the Lord will destroy from Israel the prince and the ruler;' and the latter is interpreted of the false prophet. The people of Israel are compared to a beast with a tail, being so sadly... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:15

The ancient and honourable, he is the head ,.... The elder in office, not in age; and who, on account of his office, dignity, and riches, is honoured by men, is of a venerable countenance himself, and is reverenced when seen and looked upon by others, and received by persons with pleasure and cheerfulness; as the phrase used signifies. The Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, "who admire", or "have" men's "persons in admiration"; which is the character Jude gives of false teachers, ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:16

For the leaders of this people cause them to err ,.... Or, "who bless this people", as the Septuagint and Arabic versions; and so the Targum, "who praise this people;' that call them blessed, pronounce them happy, see Malachi 3:15 and promise them happiness, both in this world and that to come, though guilty of notorious sins, and live a vicious course of life; and so harden them in their iniquities, and cause them to wander more and more from the way of truth and righteousness; and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:17

Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men ,.... Take no delight and pleasure in them; but, on the contrary, detest and abhor them, and so destroy them, being depraved and corrupted by the bad instructions and examples of their parents: neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows ; who are objects of pity and compassion; yet these being wicked, as well as the fathers of the one, and the husbands of the other, shall be no more spared than they have been; so that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:6

The government shall be upon his shoulder - That is, the ensign of government; the scepter, the sword, the key, or the like, which was borne upon or hung from the shoulder. See note on Isaiah 22:22 . And his name shall be called - גבור אל El gibbor , the prevailing or conquering God. The everlasting Father "The Father of the everlasting age" - Or עד אבי Abi ad , the Father of eternity. The Septuagint have μεγαλης βουλης Αγγελος , "the Messenger of the Great Counsel." But... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:7

Of the increase - In the common Hebrew Bibles, and in many MSS., this word is written with the close or final ם למרבה . But in twelve of Kennicott's MSS., and twelve of De Rossi's, it is written with the open מ mem ; but here it is supposed to contain mysteries, viz., that Jerusalem shall be shut up, closed, and confined, till the days of the Messiah. This is an illustrious prophecy of the incarnation of Christ, with an enumeration of those characters in which he stands most nearly... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:8

Lord "Jehovah" - For אדני Adonai , thirty MSS. of Kennicott's, and many of De Rossi's, and three editions, read יהוה Yehovah . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:9

Pride and stoutness of heart "Carry themselves haughtily" - וידעו veyadeu , "and they shall know;" so ours and the Versions in general. But what is it that they shall know? The verb stands destitute of its object; and the sense is imperfect. The Chaldee is the only one, as far as I can find, that expresses it otherwise. He renders the verb in this place by ואתרברבו veithrabrabu , "they exalt themselves, or carry themselves haughtily; the same word by which he renders גבהו gabehu ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:10

The bricks - "The eastern bricks," says Sir John Chardin, (see Harmer's Observ. I., p. 176), "are only clay well moistened with water, and mixed with straw, and dried in the sun." So that their walls are commonly no better than our mud walls; see Maundrell, p. 124. That straw was a necessary part in the composition of this sort of bricks, to make the parts of the clay adhere together, appears from Exodus 5. These bricks are properly opposed to hewn stone, so greatly superior in beauty and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:11

The adversaries of Rezin against him "The princes of Retsin against him" - For צרי tsarey , enemies, Houbigant, by conjecture, reads שרי sarey , princes; which is confirmed by thirty of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., (two ancient), one of my own, ancient; and nine more have צ tsaddi , upon a rasure, and therefore had probably at first שרי sarey . The princes of Retsin, the late ally of Israel, that is, the Syrians, expressly named in the next verse, shall now be excited... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 9:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:11

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