Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 54:11
11. not comforted—by anyone; none gave her help or comfort. lay . . . with fair colours—rather, "lay . . . in cement of vermilion" [LOWTH]. The Hebrew for "fair colors" means stibium, the paint with which Eastern women painted their eyelids and eyelashes ( :-). The very cement shall be of the most beautiful color ( :-). read more
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 54:11-12
Isaiah 54:11-12. O, thou afflicted, &c.— O, thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, void of comfort; behold, I range thy stones in paint, and found thee upon sapphires: Isaiah 54:12. And I make thy turrets of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and the whole circuit of thy walls of precious stones. The Almighty preserver and protector of the church, here, in elegantly figurative terms, proceeds to assure her of his care towards her, as well in adorning and furnishing her with every spiritual... read more