Bible Commentaries

comfort

3:10, 35:3,4, 41:10-14,27, 49:13-16, 50:10, 51:3,12, 57:15-19, 60:1-22, 61:1-3, 62:11,12, 65:13,14, 66:10-14, Nehemiah 8:10, Psalms 85:8, Jeremiah 31:10-14, Zephaniah 3:14-17, Zechariah 1:13, 9:9, 2 Corinthians 1:4, 1 Thessalonians 4:18, Hebrews 6:17,18

comfortably

Heb. to the heart.

Genesis 34:3, 2 Chronicles 30:22, Hosea 2:14; *marg:

warfare

or, appointed time.

Psalms 102:13-28, Song of Solomon 2:11-13, Jeremiah 29:11, Daniel 9:2,24-27, 11:35, 12:4,9, Habakkuk 2:3, Acts 1:7, Galatians 4:4, Revelation 6:10,11, 11:15-18

that her iniquity

12:1, 33:24, 43:25, 44:22, 61:7, Psalms 32:1, Jeremiah 31:33,34, 33:8,9, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

double

61:7, Job 42:10-12, Jeremiah 16:18, 17:18, Daniel 9:12, Zechariah 1:15, 9:12, Revelation 18:6

The voice

Matthew 3:1-3, Mark 1:2-5, Luke 3:2-6, John 1:23

Prepare

35:8, 57:14, 62:10,11, Malachi 3:1, 4:5,6, Luke 1:16,17,76,77

make

11:15,16, 43:19, 49:11, Psalms 68:4

valley

42:11,15,16, 1 Samuel 2:8, Psalms 113:7,8, Ezekiel 17:24, 21:26, Luke 1:52,53, Luke 3:5, 18:14

every mountain

2:12-15, Job 40:11-13

and the

42:16, 45:2, Proverbs 2:15

straight

or, a straight place. plain. or, a plain place.

the glory

6:3, 11:9, 35:2, 60:1, Psalms 72:19, 96:6, 102:16, Habakkuk 2:14, Luke 2:10-14, John 1:14, 12:41, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 4:6, Hebrews 1:3, Revelation 21:23

all flesh

49:6, 52:10, 66:16,23, Jeremiah 32:27, Joel 2:28, Zechariah 2:13, Luke 2:32, 3:6, John 17:2, Acts 2:17

for the mouth

1:20, 58:14, Jeremiah 9:12, Micah 4:4

Cry

3, 12:6, 58:1, 61:1,2, Jeremiah 2:2, 31:6, Hosea 5:8

All flesh

37:27, Job 14:2, Psalms 90:5,6, 92:7, 102:11, 103:15,16, James 1:10,11, 1 Peter 1:24

the word

46:10,11, 55:10,11, Psalms 119:89-91, Zechariah 1:6, Matthew 5:18, 24:35, Mark 13:31, John 10:35, 12:34, Romans 3:1-3, 1 Peter 1:25

O Zion, that bringest good tidings

or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion.

41:27, 52:7, Ezra 1:1,2, Luke 24:47, Romans 10:18

get

Judges 9:7, 1 Samuel 26:13,14, 2 Chronicles 13:4

O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings

or, O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem. lift up.

52:8, 58:4, Jeremiah 22:20, Acts 2:14

be not

35:3,4, 51:7,12, Acts 4:13,29, 5:41,42, Ephesians 6:19, Philippians 1:28,29, 1 Peter 3:14

Behold

12:2, 25:9, 1 Timothy 3:16, 1 John 5:20,21

the Lord God

9:6,7, 59:15-21, 60:1-22, Zechariah 2:8-11, Malachi 3:1, John 12:13,15

with strong hand

or, against the strong.

49:24,25, 53:12, Hebrews 2:14, 1 John 3:8

his arm

59:16, Psalms 2:8,9, 66:3, 110:1,2,6, Matthew 28:18, Ephesians 1:20-22, Philippians 2:10,11, Revelation 2:26,27, 17:14, 19:11-16, 20:11

his reward

62:11, Revelation 22:12

his work

or, recompence for his work.

49:4

feed

49:9,10, 63:11, Genesis 49:24, Psalms 23:1-6, 78:71,72, 80:1, Ezekiel 34:12-14, Ezekiel 34:23,31, 37:24, Micah 5:4, John 10:11-16, Hebrews 13:20, 1 Peter 2:25, 1 Peter 5:4, Revelation 7:17

he shall gather

42:3, Genesis 33:13, Ezekiel 34:16, John 21:15-17, 1 Corinthians 3:1,2

shall gently lead

A beautiful image, as Bp. Lowth remarks, expressive of the tender attention of the shepherd to his flock. That the greatest care in driving the cattle, in regard to the dams and their young, was necessary, appears clearly from Jacob's apology to his brother Esau, Ge 33:13; which is set in a still stronger light by the following remarks of Sir J. Chardin: "Their flocks feed down the places of their encampments so quick, by the great numbers that they have, that they are obliged to remove them often, which is very destructive to their flocks, on account of the young ones, who have not strength enough to follow."

are with young

or, give suck.

measured

48:13, Job 11:7-9, 38:4-11, Psalms 102:25,26, 104:2,3, Proverbs 8:26-28, 30:4, Hebrews 1:10-12, Revelation 20:11

measure

Heb. tierce. weighed.

Job 28:25

hath directed

Job 21:22, 36:22,23, Luke 10:22, John 1:13, Romans 11:34, 1 Corinthians 2:16, Ephesians 1:11

his counsellor

Heb. man of his counsel.

instructed him

Heb. made him understand. understanding. Heb. understandings.

1 Corinthians 12:4-6, Colossians 2:3, James 1:17

the nations

22, Job 34:14,15, Jeremiah 10:10

the isles

11:11, 41:5, 59:18, 66:19, Genesis 10:5, Daniel 11:18, Zephaniah 2:11

nor

Psalms 40:6, 50:10-12, Micah 6:6,7, Hebrews 10:5-10

as nothing

Job 25:6, Psalms 62:9, Daniel 4:34,35, 2 Corinthians 12:11

25, 46:5,9, Exodus 8:10, 9:14, 15:11, 20:4, Deuteronomy 33:26, 1 Samuel 2:2, Job 40:9, Psalms 86:8-10, 89:6,8, 113:5, Jeremiah 10:6,16, Micah 7:18, Acts 17:29, Colossians 1:15, Hebrews 1:3

37:18,19, 41:6,7, 44:10-12, 46:6,7, Exodus 32:2-4, Judges 17:4, Psalms 115:4-8, Psalms 135:15,18, Jeremiah 10:3-5,9, Hosea 8:6, Habakkuk 2:18,19

is so impoverished that he hath no oblation

Heb. is poor of oblation. chooseth.

2:8,9, 44:13-19, Jeremiah 10:3,4, Daniel 5:23

shall not

41:7, 46:7, 1 Samuel 5:3,4

27:11, 44:20, 46:8, Psalms 19:1-5, 115:8, Jeremiah 10:8-12, Acts 14:17, Romans 1:19-21,28, 3:1,2

It is he that sitteth

or, Him that sitteth, etc.

19:1, 66:1, Psalms 2:4, 29:10, 68:33

the inhabitants

15,17, Numbers 13:33

stretcheth

42:5, 44:24, 51:13, Job 9:8, 37:18, 38:4-9, Psalms 102:25,26, 104:2, Jeremiah 10:12, Zechariah 12:1, Hebrews 1:10-12

as a curtain

Or, "as a thin veil," as Bp. Lowth renders; which he illustrates by the following passage from Dr. Shaw. "It is usual in the summer season, and upon all occasions when a large company is to be received, to have the court sheltered from heat, or inclemency of the weather by a velum, umbrella, or veil, as I shall call it; which, being expanded on ropes from one end of the parapet to the other, may be folded or unfolded at pleasure. The Psalmist seems to allude to some covering of this kind, in that beautiful expression of spreading out the heavens as a curtain."

19:13,14, 23:9, 24:21,22, Job 12:21, 34:19,20, Psalms 76:12, 107:40, Jeremiah 25:18-27, Luke 1:51,52, Revelation 19:18-20

they shall not be planted

14:21,22, 17:11, 1 Kings 21:21,22, 2 Kings 10:11, Job 15:30-33, 18:16-19, Jeremiah 22:30, Nahum 1:14

he shall also

7, 11:4, 30:33, 37:7, 2 Samuel 22:16, Job 4:9, Haggai 1:9

and the

17:13, 41:16, Job 21:18, Psalms 58:9, Proverbs 1:27, Jeremiah 23:19, Hosea 13:3,15, Zechariah 7:14, 9:14

18, Deuteronomy 4:15-18,33, 5:8

Lift

51:6, Deuteronomy 4:19, Job 31:26-28, Psalms 8:3,4, 19:1

who hath

44:24, 45:7, 48:13, Genesis 2:1,2, Psalms 102:25, 148:3-6, Jeremiah 10:11,12, Colossians 1:16,17

bringeth

Psalms 147:4,5

by the greatness

Psalms 89:11-13, Jeremiah 32:17-19

sayest: Isaiah 49:14, Isaiah 49:15, Isaiah 54:6-8, Isaiah 60:15; 1 Samuel 12:22; Job 3:23; Psalm 31:22, Psalm 77:7-10; Jeremiah 33:24; Ezekiel 37:11; Romans 11:1, Romans 11:2

my judgment: Isaiah 49:4; Job 27:2, Job 34:5; Malachi 2:17; Luke 18:7, Luke 18:8

thou not known

Jeremiah 4:22, Mark 8:17,18, 9:19, 16:14, Luke 24:25, John 14:9, 1 Corinthians 6:3-5,9, 1 Corinthians 6:16,19

the everlasting

57:15, Genesis 21:33, Deuteronomy 33:27, Jeremiah 10:10, Romans 16:26, 1 Timothy 1:17, Hebrews 9:14

the ends

45:22, 59:1, 1 Samuel 2:10, Acts 13:47

fainteth

66:9, Psalms 138:8, John 5:17, Philippians 1:6

no searching

55:8,9, Psalms 139:6, 147:5, Romans 11:33,34, 1 Corinthians 2:16

41:10, Genesis 49:24, Deuteronomy 33:25, Psalms 29:11, Zechariah 10:12, 2 Corinthians 12:9,10, Philippians 4:13, Colossians 1:11, Hebrews 11:34

9:17, 13:18, Psalms 33:16, 34:10, 39:5, Ecclesiastes 9:11, Amos 2:14

they that

8:17, 25:9, 30:18, Psalms 25:3,5,21, 27:14, 37:34, 40:1, 84:7, 92:1,13, Psalms 123:2, Lamentations 3:25,26, Romans 8:25, 1 Thessalonians 1:10

renew

Heb. change.

Judges 16:28, Job 17:9, 33:24-26, Psalms 103:5, 138:3, 2 Corinthians 1:8-10, 2 Corinthians 4:8-10,16, 12:9,10

mount

Exodus 19:4, Psalms 84:7, Song of Solomon 8:5, Zechariah 10:12, Revelation 4:7

not faint

Psalms 27:13, Luke 18:1, 2 Corinthians 4:1,16, Galatians 6:9, Hebrews 12:1, Revelation 2:3