Isaiah 35:1-10 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 35:9

No lion shall be there ,.... That is, in the way before described; no wicked persons, comparable to lions for their savage and cruel dispositions towards the people of God; for those who have been as such, as Saul before conversion, yet when brought into this way become as tame as lambs. The Targum interprets it of tyrannical kings and princes, "there shall not be there a king doing evil, nor an oppressive governor;' and Jarchi applies it to Nebuchadnezzar, as in Jeremiah 4:7 and the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 35:10

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return ,.... The same with the "redeemed" in Isaiah 35:9 these shall return, or be converted, as the Vulgate Latin version; they are in the same state and condition with other men by nature, but, by virtue of their being ransomed by Christ, they are by the grace of God turned from darkness to light, from the power of Satan unto God; they are returned from the paths in which they had been straying to Christ, the Shepherd and Bishop of souls, in order to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 35:1

Shall be glad - יששום yesusum ; in one MS. the מ mem seems to have been added; and שום sum is upon a rasure in another. None of the ancient versions acknowledge it; it seems to have been a mistake, arising from the next word beginning with the same letter. Seventeen MSS. have ישושום yesusum , both vaus expressed; and five MSS. יששם yesusum , without the vaus . Probably the true reading is, "The wilderness and the dry place shall be glad. "Not for them. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 35:2

Rejoice even with joy and singing "The well-watered plain of Jordan shall also rejoice" - For ורנן veranen , the Septuagint read ירדן yarden , τα ερηνα του Ιορδανου , "the deserts of Jordan." Four MSS. read גלת gulath ; see Joshua 15:19 ; : " Irrigua Jordani ;" Houbigant. גידת gidoth , Ripae Jordani , "the banks of Jordan;" Kennicott. See De S. Poesi Hebr. Praelect. 20 note. Unto it - For לה lah , to it, nine MSS. of Kennicott's and four of De Rossi's read לך... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 35:7

The parched ground "The glowing sand" - שרב sharab ; this word is Arabic, as well as Hebrew, expressing in both languages the same thing, the glowing sandy plain, which in the hot countries at a distance has the appearance of water. It occurs in the Koran, chap. 24: "But as to the unbelievers, their works are like a vapor in a plain, which the thirsty traveler thinketh to be water, until, when he cometh thereto, he findeth it to be nothing. "Mr. Sale's note on this place is, "The Arabic... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 35:8

And a highway - The word ודרך vederech is by mistake added to the first member of the sentence from the beginning of the following member. Sixteen MSS. of Dr. Kennicott's, seven ancient, and two of De Rossi's have it but once; so likewise the Syriac, Septuagint, and Arabic. Err therein - A MS. of Dr. Kennicott's adds בו bo , in it, which seems necessary to the sense, and so the Vulgate, per eam , "by it. "One of De Rossi's has שם sham , there. But it shall be for those... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 35:9

It shall not be found there "Neither shall he be found there" - Three MSS. read ולא velo , adding the conjunction; and so likewise the Septuagint and Vulgate. And four MSS., one ancient, read ימצא yimmatsa , the verb, as it certainly ought to be, in the masculine form. The redeemed shall walk there - גאולים geulim . Those whose forfeited inheritances are brought back by the kinsman, גואל goel , the nearest of kin to the family. This has been considered by all orthodox... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 35:10

The ransomed - פדויי peduyey , from פדה padah , "to redeem by paying a price." Those for whom a price was paid down to redeem them from bondage and death. Sighing shall flee away - אנחה anachah . Never was a sorrowful accent better expressed than in this strong guttural word, an-ach-ah; nearly the same with the Irish in their funeral wailings, och-och-on. The whole nation express all their mournful accents by these three monosyllables. This chapter contains the following... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:1

The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them ; rather, the wilderness , and the dry place , shall be glad . The Church, that has been long wasted and kept under by the wicked, shall, at their destruction, feel a sense of relief, and so of joy. The desert shall rejoice, and blossom. The first result of the joy shall be a putting forth of lovely products. Blossoms, beautiful as the rose or the narcissus (Kay), shall spring up all over the parched ground, and make it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:1-2

Changed circumstances following the return of Divine favor. This, which is expressed in the figures of these verses, may be further illustrated by the experience of David. His "bones waxed old through his roaring all the day long," while God hid his face from him. He sang again the old songs when God "restored unto him the joy of his salvation." "In contrast to the ruin of Edom, the prophet now describes Israel's triumphant march home through the blossoming wilderness" (Matthew Arnold). Two... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 35:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 35:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 35:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 35:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 35:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 35:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 35:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 35:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 35:1-2

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