Isaiah 9

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:12

With open mouth "On every side" - פה בכל bechol peh , in every corner, in every part of their country, pursuing them to the remotest extremities, and the most retired parts. So the Chaldee אתר בכל bechol athar , in every place. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:14

In one day - Thirteen MSS. of Kennicott and De Rossi read ביום beyond in a day; and another has a rasure in the place of the letter ב beth . read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:17

The Lord "Jehovah" - For אדני Adonai , a great number of MSS. read יהוה Yehovah . read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:18

For wickedness - Wickedness rageth like a fire, destroying and laying waste the nation: but it shall be its own destruction, by bringing down the fire of God's wrath, which shall burn up the briers and the thorns; that is, the wicked themselves. Briers and thorns are an image frequently applied in Scripture, when set on fire, to the rage of the wicked; violent, yet impotent, and of no long continuance. "They are extinct as the fire of thorns," Psalm 118:12 . To the wicked themselves, as... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 9:20

The flesh of his own arm "The flesh of his neighbor" - " Του βραχιονος του αδελφου αυτου , the Septuagint Alexand. Duplex versio, quarum altera legit רעו reo , quae vox extat , Jeremiah 6:21 . Nam רע rea , αδελφος , Genesis 43:33 . Recte ni fallor ." - Secker. I add to this excellent remark, that the Chaldee manifestly reads רעו reo , his neighbor, not זרעו zeroo , his arm; for he renders it by קריביה karibeyh , his neighbor. And Jeremiah has the very same... read more

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