Chapter L: Part 50

[3] "I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors
righteousness."--_Arnold._

FOURTH PROPHECY.--CHAP. LXI.

_The Glory of the Office is Committed to the Servant of Jehovah._

1. The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is over me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to bring glad tidings to sufferers;[1] hath sent me to bind up broken-hearted ones, to proclaim liberty to those led captive, and emancipation to the fettered; 2. to proclaim a year of grace from Jehovah, and a day of vengeance from our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3. to put upon the mourners of Zion, to give them a head-dress[2] for ashes, oil of joy for mourning, a wrapper of renown for an expiring spirit, that they may be called terebinths of righteousness, a planting of Jehovah for glorification.

4. And they will build up wastes of the olden time, raise up desolations of the forefathers, and renew desolate cities, desolations of former generations. 5. And strangers stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners become your ploughmen and vinedressers. 6. But ye will be called priests of Jehovah; Servants of our God, will men say to you: ye will eat the riches of the nations, and pride yourselves in their glory.

7. Instead of shame ye shall have double, and (instead) of insult they rejoice at their portion: thus in their land[3] they will possess double; everlasting joy will they have. 8. For I, Jehovah, love right, hate robbery in wickedness;[4] and give them their reward in faithfulness, and conclude an everlasting covenant with them. 9. And their family will be known among the nations, and their offspring in the midst of the nations: all who see them will recognise them, for they are a family that Jehovah hath blessed.

10. Joyfully I rejoice in Jehovah; my soul shall be joyful in my God, that He hath given me garments of salvation to put on, hath wrapped me in the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom who wears the turban like a priest, and as a bride who puts on her jewellery. 11. For like the land which brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden which causes the things sown in it to sprout up; so the Lord Jehovah bringeth righteousness to sprouting and renown before all nations.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] "The afflicted."--_Cheney, Jones, Arnold._ "The
"poor."--_Birks._

[2] "A coronet."--_Kay, Cheney._ "A diadem."--_Strachey._

"To appoint unto the mourners of Zion,
_Yea,_ to give unto them ornament instead of ashes,
The oil of praise instead of a desponding spirit."--_Jones._

[3] "In their own land."--_Kay._

[4] "That which is wasted in wickedness."--_Kay._ "Things torn
away unjustly."--_Cheyne._ "Robbery in
burnt-offering."--_Birks._ "Robbery and wrong."--_Arnold,
Strachey._

FIFTH PROPHECY.--CHAP. LXII.

_The Gradual Extension of the Glory of Jerusalem._

1. For Zion's sake I shall not be silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I shall not rest, till her righteousness breaks forth like morning brightness, and her salvation like a blazing torch. 2. And nations will see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory; and men will call thee by a new name which the mouth of the Lord will determine. 3. And thou wilt be an adorning coronet in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the lap[1] of thy God. 4. Men will no more call thee "Forsaken One;" and thy land they will not more call "Desert;" but men will name thee "My delight in her," and thy home "Married one:" for Jehovah hath delight in thee, and thy land is married. 5. For the young man marrieth the maiden, thy children will marry thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth in the bride, thy God will rejoice in thee.

6. Upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, have I stationed watchmen; all the day and all the night continually they are not silent. O ye who remember Jehovah,[2] leave yourselves not rest! 7. And give Him no rest, till He raise up, and till He set Jerusalem for a praise in the earth.

8. Jehovah hath sworn by His right hand, and by His powerful arm, Surely I no more give thy corn for food to thine enemies; and foreigners will not drink thy must, for which thou hast laboured hard. 9. No, they that gather it in shall eat it, and praise Jehovah; and they that store it, shall drink it in the courts of My sanctuary.

10. Go forth, go forth through the gates, clear the way of the people. Cast up, Cast up the road, clean it of stones; lift up a banner above the nations![3] 11. Behold, Jehovah hath caused tidings to sound to the end of the earth. Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompence before Him. 12. And men will call them the holy people, the redeemed of Jehovah; and men will call thee, Striven after, A city that will not be forsaken.[4]

FOOTNOTES:

[1] "In the open palm."--_Kay._

[2] "Ye that are the Lord's remembrancers, keep not
silence."--_Arnold, Birks._

[3] "A standard for the peoples."--_Kay._

[4] And thou shalt be called, "Sought out, City not
forsaken."--_Cheyne._

SIXTH PROPHECY.--CHAP. LXIII. 1-6.

_Judgment upon Edom, and upon the Whole World That is Hostile to the Church._

1. Who is this that cometh from Edom, in deep red clothes from Bozrah? This, glorious in His apparel, bending to and fro in the fulness of His strength?[1]

I am He that speaketh in righteousness, mighty to aid.

2. Whence the red in Thine apparel, and Thy clothes like those of a wine-presser?

3. I have trodden the wine-trough alone, and of the nations no one was with Me: and I trode them in My wrath, and trampled them down in My fury; and their life-sap spirted upon My clothes, and all My raiment was stained. 4. For a day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redemption was come. 5. And I looked round, and there was no helper; and I wondered there was no supporter: then Mine own arm helped Me; and My fury, it became My support. 6. And I trode down nations in My wrath, and made them drunk in My fury, and made their life-blood run down to the earth.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] "Tosseth His head in the fulness of His
strength."--_Cheyne._ "Confident in the greatness of His
strength."--_R. E. B._

THE THREE CLOSING PROPHECIES.

FIRST CLOSING PROPHECY.--CHAP. LXIII. 7-LXIV.

_Thanksgiving, Confession, and Supplication of the Church of the Captivity._

7. I will celebrate the mercies of Jehovah, the praises of Jehovah,[2] as is seemly for all that Jehovah hath shown us, and the great goodness towards the house of Israel, which He hath shown them according to His pity, and the riches of His mercies. 8. He said, They are my people, children who will not lie;[3] and He became their Saviour. 9. In all their affliction, He was afflicted,[4] and the Angel of His face brought them salvation. In His love and in His pity He redeemed them, and lifted them up, and bare them all the days of the olden time.

10. But they resisted and vexed His Holy Spirit: then He turned to be their enemy; He made war upon them. 11. Then His people remembered the days of the olden time, of Moses: Where is He who brought them up out of the see with the shepherd of His flock? Where is He who put the Spirit of His holiness in the midst of them; 12. who caused the arm of His majesty to go at the right of Moses; who split the waters before them, to make Himself an everlasting name; 13. who caused them to pass through abysses of the deep, like the horse upon the plain, without their stumbling? 14. Like the cattle which goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of Jehovah brought them to rest: thus hast Thou led Thy people, to make Thyself a majestic name.

15. Look from heaven and see, from the habitation of Thy holiness and majesty! Where is Thy zeal and Thy display of might? The pressure of Thy bowels and Thy compassions are restrained towards me. 16. For Thou art our Father; for Abraham is ignorant of us, and Israel knoweth us not.[5] Thou, O Jehovah, art our Father; our Redeemer is from olden time Thy name. 17. O Jehovah, why leadest Thou us astray from Thy ways, hardenest our heart, so as not to fear Thee? Return for Thy servants' sake, the tribes of Thine inheritance. 18. For a little time Thy holy people was in possession. Our adversaries have trodden down Thy sanctuary. 19. We have become such as He who is from everlasting has not ruled over, upon whom Thy name was not called. LXIV.--1. O that Thou wouldst rend the heavens, come down, the mountains would shake before Thy countenance;--2. (wouldst come down) as fire kindles brushwood, fire causes water to boil; to make known Thy name to Thine adversaries, that the heathen may tremble before Thy face! 3. When Thou doest terrible things which we hoped not for; wouldst come down, (and) mountains shake before Thy countenance![1]

4. For from olden times men have not heard, nor perceived, nor hath an eye seen, a God beside Thee, who acted on behalf of him that waiteth for Him. 5. Thou didst meet him that rejoiceth to work righteousness, when they remembered Thee in Thy ways.

Behold, Thou, Thou art enraged, and we stood as sinners there; already have we been long in this state, and shall we be saved?[2] 6. We became like the unclean thing, and all our virtues like a garment soiled with blood; and we all faded away together like the leaves; and our iniquities, like the storm, they carried us away. 7. And there was no one who called upon Thy name, who aroused himself to lay firm hold of Thee: for Thou hadst hidden Thy face from us, and didst melt us into the hand of our transgressions.[3]

8. And now, O Jehovah, Thou art our Father: we are the clay, and Thou our Maker;[4] and we are all the work of Thy hand. 9. Be not extremely angry, O Jehovah, and remember not the transgression for ever! Behold, consider, we beseech Thee, we are Thy people.

10. The cities of Thy holiness have become a pasture-ground; Zion has become a pasture-ground, Jerusalem a desert. 11. The house of our holiness and of our adorning, where our fathers praised Thee, is given up to the fire, and everything that was our delight given up to devastation. 12. Wilt Thou restrain Thyself in spite of this, O Jehovah, be silent, and leave us to suffer the utmost?

FOOTNOTES:

[2] "Jehovah's loving-kindness will I celebrate, Jehovah's
deeds of renown."--_Cheyne._

[3] "Deal falsely."--_Kay._ "Play the liar."--_Cheyne._

[4] "In all their adversity He was no adversary; but the angel
of His presence saved them."--_Kay, Jones._ "In all their
affliction, His was the conflict, and," &c.--_Birks._ "In
all their distress, He was distressed."--_Cheyne._ "In all
their affliction, He was afflicted."--_R. E. B., and
others._

[5] "Abraham taketh no notice of us, and Israel does not
recognise us."--_Cheyne._

[1] "When Thou didst terrible things, which we looked not for,
Thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at Thy
presence."--_Birks._ "To make Thy name known to Thine
adversaries, so that nations trembled before Thee, while
Thou didst terrible things which we hoped not for: [that
Thou didst come down, that the mountains shook at Thy
presence] yea, from old men have not heard," &c.--_Cheyne,_
who adopts the suggestion that the words in brackets have
been repeated by accident from ver. 1. "The passage gains
greatly by their removal."

[2] "Behold, Thou wast wroth, and we were guilty: in those is
continuance, and we shall be saved."--_Kay._ "Yes, Thou
hast been wroth, and we have sinned, and still by these are
we preserved from of old."--_Birks._ "Behold, Thou art
wroth (for we have sinned) with Thy people
continually!--and shall we be saved?"--_Arnold._ "Behold,
Thou wast wroth when we sinned; [Thou wast] against them of
old, and shall we be saved?"--_Jones._ "Behold Thou wast
wroth, and we sinned; * * * and we went astray."--_Cheyne._

[3] "And hast delivered us into the hand of our
iniquities."--_Cheyne._ "And Thou causest us to perish by
our iniquities."--_R. E. B._

[4] "Our fashioner."--_Cheyne._

SECOND CLOSING PROPHECY.--CHAP. LXV.

_Jehovah's Answer to the Church's Prayer._

1. I was discernible to those who did not inquire, discoverable by those who did not seek Me.[1] I said, "Here am I, Here am I," to a nation where My name was not called. 2. I spread out My hands all the day to a refractory people, who walked in the way that was not good, after their own thoughts. 3. The people that continually provoketh Me by defying Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens, and burning incense upon the tiles; 4. who sit in the graves, and spend the night in closed places; to eat the flesh of swine, and broken pieces of abominations is in their dishes; 5. who say, Stop! come not too near Me; for I am holy to thee; they are a smoke in My nose, a fire blazing continually.

6. Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silence without having recompensed, and I will recompense into their bosom. 7. Your offences, and the offences of your fathers together, saith Jehovah, that they have burned incense upon the mountains, and insulted Me upon the hills, and I measure their reward first of all into their bosom.

8. Thus saith Jehovah, As when the must is found in the cluster, men say, Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing within it, so will I do for the sake of My servants, that I may not destroy the whole. 9. And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and an heir of My mountains out of Judah, and My chosen ones shall inherit it, and My servants shall dwell there. 10. And the plain of Sharon becomes a meadow for flocks, and the valley of Achor a resting-place for oxen, for My people that asketh for Me.

11. And ye, who are enemies to Jehovah, O ye that are unmindful of My holy mountain, who prepare a table for Gad, and fill up mixed drink for the goddess of destiny,--12. I have destined you to the sword, and ye will bow down to the slaughter, because I have called, and ye have not replied, I have spoken, and ye have not heard; and ye did evil in Mine eyes, and ye chose that which I did not like.

13. Therefore thus saith the Lord, Jehovah: Behold My servants will eat, but ye will hunger; behold My servants will drink, but ye will thirst; behold My servants will rejoice, but ye will be put to shame; 14. behold My servants will exult for delight of heart, but ye will cry for anguish of heart, and ye will lament for brokenness of spirit. 15. And ye will leave your name for a curse to My chosen ones, and the Lord, Jehovah, will slay thee; by His servants He will call by another name, 16. so that whosoever blesseth himself in them and will bless himself by the God of truthfulness,[2] and whosoever sweareth in the land will swear by the God of truthfulness,[3] because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they have vanished from Mine eyes.

17. For behold I create a new heaven and a new earth; and men will not remember the first, nor do they come to any one's mind. 18. No, be ye joyful and exult for ever at that which I create; for behold I turn Jerusalem into exulting, and her people into joy. 19. And I shall exult over Jerusalem, and be joyous over My people, and the voice of weeping and screaming will be heard in her no more. 20. And there shall be no more come thence a suckling of a few days, and an old man who has not lived out all his days; for the youth in it will die as one a hundred years old, and the sinner be smitten with a curse as one a hundred years old.[4]

21. And they will build houses and inhabit them, and plant vineyards and enjoy the fruit thereof. 22. They will not build and another inhabit, nor plant and another enjoy; for like the days of trees are the days of My people, and My chosen ones will consume the work of their hands. 23. They will not weary themselves in vain, nor bring forth for sudden disaster; for they are a family of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring are left to them.

24. And it will come to pass: before they call, I will answer; they are still speaking, and I already hear. 25. Wolf and lamb then feed together, and the lion eats chopped straw like the ox, and the serpent--dust is its bread. They will neither do harm nor destroy in all My holy mountain, saith Jehovah.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] "I am sought of them who asked not [of Me]; I am found [of
them] that sought Me not."--_Jones, R. E. B._ "I gave ear
to them that asked not for Me."--_Arnold._ "I have offered
answers to those who have not asked; I have been as hard to
those who have not sought Me."--_Cheyne._

[2] "By the God of the AMEN."--_Cheyne, Kay._

[3] Duplicate reference to note 2, immediately above.

[4] "For he that dieth a hundred years old shall die a youth;
and he that falleth short of a hundred years shall be held
accursed."--_Jones._ "There shall no more be any from
thence, infant of days or old man, that shall not have
fulfilled his days."--_Kay._

THIRD CLOSING PROPHECY.--CHAP. LXVI.

_Exclusion of Scorners from the Coming Salvation._

1. Thus saith Jehovah: The heaven is My throne, and the earth My footstool. What kind of house is it that ye would build Me, and what kind of place for My rest? 2. My hand hath made all these things; then all these things arose, saith Jehovah; and at such persons do I look, at the miserable and broken-hearted, and him that trembleth at My word.[1] 3. He that slaughtereth the ox is the slayer of a man; he that sacrificeth the sheep is a strangler of dogs; he that offereth a meat offering, it is swine's blood; he that causeth incense to rise up in smoke, blesseth idols. As they have chosen their ways, and their soul cherisheth pleasure in their abominations; 4. so will I choose their ill-treatments,[2] and bring their terrors upon them, because I called and no one replied, I spake and they did not hear, and they did evil in Mine eyes, and chose that in which I took no pleasure.

5. Hear ye the word of Jehovah, ye that tremble at His word: your brethren that hate you, that thrust you from them for My name's sake, say, "Let Jehovah get honour, that we may see your joy;" they will be put to shame.

6. Sound of tumult from the city! Sound from the temple! Sound of Jehovah, who repays His enemies with punishment.

7. Before she travailed she brought forth; before pains came upon her, she was delivered of a boy. 8. Who hath heard such a thing? Who hath seen anything like it? Are men delivered of a land in one day? Or is a nation begotten at once? For Zion hath travailed, yea, hath brought forth her children. 9. Should I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith Jehovah; or should I, who cause to bring forth, shut up? saith thy God.

10. Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and exult over her, all ye that love her; be ye delightfully glad with her, all ye that mourn over her, 11. that ye may suck and be satisfied with the breast of her consolations, that ye may sip and delight yourselves in the abundance of her glory. 12. For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I guide peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like an overflowing stream, that ye may suck; ye shall be borne upon arms, and fondled upon knees. 13. Like a man whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you, and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 14. And ye will see, and your heart will be joyful, and your bones will flourish like young herbage; and thus does the hand of Jehovah make itself known to His servants, and fiercely does He treat His enemies. 15. For behold Jehovah, in the fire will He come, and His chariots are like the whirlwind, to pay out His wrath in burning of fire. 16. For in the midst of fire Jehovah holds judgment, and in the midst of His sword with all flesh; and great will be the multitude pierced through by Jehovah. 17. They that consecrate themselves and purify themselves for the gardens behind one in the midst, who eat swine's flesh and abomination and the field mouse--they all come to an end together, saith Jehovah. 18. And I, their works and their thoughts--it comes to pass that all nations and tongues are gathered together, that they come and see My glory.[3]

19. And I set a sign upon them, and send away those that have escaped from them to the Gentiles, to Tarshish, Phûl and Lûd, to the stretchers of the bow, Tubal and Javan--the distant islands that have not heard My fame and have not seen My glory, and they will proclaim My glory among the Gentiles. 20. And they will bring your brethren out of all heathen nations, a sacrifice for Jehovah, upon horses and upon chariots, and upon litters, and upon mules, and upon dromedaries, to My holy mountain, to Jerusalem, saith Jehovah, as the children of Israel bring the meat-offering in a clean vessel to the house of Jehovah. 21. And I will also add some of them to the priests, to the Levites, saith Jehovah. 22. For as the new heaven and the new earth, which I am about to make, continue before Me, saith Jehovah, so will your family and your name continue. 23. And it will come to pass, from new moon to new moon, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh will come, to worship before Me, saith Jehovah. 24. And they go out and look at the corpses of the men that have rebelled against Me, for their worm will not die, and their fire will not be quenched, and they become an abomination to all flesh.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] "But to this will I look, even to him that is poor, and
contrite in spirit, and trembleth at My word."--_Birks._
"Afflicted, and crushed in spirit."--_Cheyne._ "Meek and of
a contrite spirit."--_Arnold._

[2] "Freaks of fortune."--_Cheyne._ "I also will choose to mock
them."--_Arnold, Strachey._

[3] "But [I will punish] their works and their thoughts;
[behold the time] is come that I gather all nations and
tongues, and they shall come and see My glory."--_Cheyne._
_Arnold_ treats the words: "For I know their works and
their thoughts," as the completion of a paragraph, and
commences the next paragraph: "It shall come, that I will
gather all nations," &c.

CALKINS.[1]

CHAPS. LII. 13-LIII.

I.

13. Behold my Servant shall prosper,
He shall rise up, and be extolled, and stand triumphantly
exalted.
14. Even as many were shocked at Him
(His countenance was so marred as to be no more that of
a man,
His form no more that of sons of men!)
15. So shall He sprinkle many nations.
The kings shall shut their mouths before Him;
For what had not been told them they shall see,
And what they never heard they shall consider.

II.

1. Who hath believed our report?
And to whom is Jehovah's arm revealed?
2. For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a sprout out of dry ground.
He hath no form nor comeliness that we should look up to Him,
No beauty that we should take pleasure in Him.
3. He is despised and rejected of men,
A man of sorrows, well acquainted with sickness;
And like one hiding his face before us,
He was despised and we esteemed Him not.
4. And yet it was our own sickness that He bore,
And our sorrows that He loaded upon Himself.
But we supposed He was punished,
Smitten of God and tormented!
5. Oh, no! He was wounded for our transgressions,
Bruised for our iniquities,
Chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And with His stripes we are made whole.
6. All we like sheep have gone astray,
We have turned every one to his own way,
And Jehovah made the guilt of us all to meet upon Him.
7. He was oppressed, and yet He humbled Himself,
And He opened not His mouth, like a lamb that is brought
to the slaughter,
And as a sheep is dumb before her shearers,
So He opened not His mouth.
8. He was dragged to punishment by violence, and yet by
process of law;
And who of the men of His generation took it to heart,
That He was cut off from the land of the living,
That the stroke for my people's transgression fell upon Him!
9. They appointed Him His grave with criminals
(Still He was with a rich man in His death!).
Although He had done no wrong,
Neither was any deceit in His mouth.
10. And yet it pleased Jehovah to bruise Him;
He laid sickness upon Him.
But when He has made over His soul as a sin-offering,
He shall see offspring; He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of Jehovah shall prosper in His hands!

III.

11. Free from the travail of His soul,
He shall see and be satisfied.
By His knowledge shall my righteous Servant make many righteous,
Because He shall bear their iniquities.
12. Therefore will I give Him the great as a portion,
And He shall distribute the strong as spoil.
For He hath poured out His soul unto death,
And He was numbered with transgressors,
While He was bearing the sin of many
And was making intercession for the transgressors.

FOOTNOTE:

[1] Dickinson's Theological Quarterly, vol. iv. pp. 19-30:
_Article,_ "The Great Messianic Prophecy," by the Rev.
Wolcott Calkins, D.D.

URWICK.

THE SERVANT OF JEHOVAH.[1]--CHAP LII. 13-LIII. 12.

LII.--13. Behold! My Servant shall deal prudently, He shall be exalted, and extolled, and be very high. 14. As many were astonied, so marred more than any man: His visage and His form more than the sons of men. 15. So shall He sprinkle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths at Him, for that which hath not been told them shall they see, and that which they had not heard shall they understand.

LIII.--1. Who hath believed our report? and the arm of the Lord to whom hath it been revealed? 2. For He grew up as a tender plant before Him, and as a root out of a dry ground. He hath no form nor comeliness that we should regard Him, and no beauty that we should desire Him. 3. He was despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And there was, as it were, the hiding of the face from Him. He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

4. Surely our griefs HE hath bore, and our sorrows HE hath carried them; yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5. But HE was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of OUR peace (or, our peace, chastisement) was upon HIM; and with His stripes we are healed. 6. All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way, and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

7. He was oppressed, and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; as the lamb to the slaughter, He was brought; and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth. 8. He was taken from prison and from judgment, and who considereth His generation? For He was cut off out of the land of the living; for the transgression of my people was He stricken. 9. And they made His grave with the wicked, and with the rich in His death, though He had done no violence, neither was there deceit in His mouth. 10. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He hath put Him to grief.

When Thou shalt make His soul an offering for guilt (or, a guilt-offering), He shall see (His) seed, He shall prolong (His) days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. 11. Because of the travail of His soul He shall be satisfied; by His knowledge shall My Righteous Servant justify the many, for their iniquities He shall bear. 12. Therefore will I divide Him a portion in the many [_i.e.,_ the many shall be the portion allotted to Him], and with the strong shall He divide the spoil; for in that He poured out His soul unto the death, and was numbered with the transgressors, He Himself bare the sin of the many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] The Servant of Jehovah. A Commentary, Grammatical and
Critical, upon Isaiah lii. 13-liii. 12. By William Urwick,
M.A., Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark.

END OF VOL. I.

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- Index of Subjects, throughout: dashes used as ditto marks have
been removed.

- Index of Subjects, page vii. (numbered 7 originally), capitalize
"That" in "Book That Will Bear Testing, A;" capitalize "A" in
"Church, The Christian, A Continuation of the Jewish;" capitalize
"Their" in "Children of Babylon, Their Doom;" change the page
number for outline "The Discipline of Sin" from 292 to 291; and
capitalize "Its" in "Drink and Its Woes."

- Index of Subjects, page viii. (numbered 8 originaly), add a second
outline "False Refuges" at page 488; add outline "Great
Deliverance, A" at page 437; capitalize "Be" in "Hallowed Be Thy
Name;" capitalize "Art" in "In Whom Art Thou Trusting;" capitalize
"His" in "Isaiah, His Interview with Ahaz," "Isaiah, His Vision of
the King and His Kingdom," "Isaiah, His Vision of God," and
"Isaiah, His Vision of the Last Days;" capitalize "The" in
"Isaiah, The Evangelical Prophet" and change the page from 3 to 1;
capitalize "Its" in "Language, Its Influence on Character;"
capitalize "Life" in "Life, The Shortening of" and capitalize
"Instead" in "Lip Service Instead of Heart Worship."

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"The" in "National Peace, The Gift of God;" correct "Needless
Strifes" to "Needless Stripes;" change the page number for outline
"Nobility and Security" from 483 to 492; capitalize "Their" in
"Oppressed and Their Relief, The;" capitalize second "Our" in "Our
Trust and Our Test" and change the page from 364 to 304;
capitalize "The" in "Peace, The Work of Righteousness;" change the
page number for outline "Spreading the Letter before the Lord"
from 486 to 494; capitalize "To" and "Be" in "Things To Be
Considered;" and capitalize "But" in "Threatened But Safe."

- Index of Authors, page x. (numbered 10 originally), correct
"Archdeacou Bather" to "Archdeacon Bather" and change page number
446 to 445; for R. A. Bertram, change 221 to 220; for R. W.
Forrest, change 134 to 133; insert "Griffin, E." at page 348; for
Robert Hall, change 345 to 344; R. Macculloch, change 122 to 121;
for A. Maclaren, change 328 to 348, and add a link to his second
outline on page 348.

- Index of Authors, page xi. (numbered 11 originally), change
"M'Auslane" to "McAuslane;" for W. Manning, insert a reference to
page 241; insert "Monks, Richard" at page 433; insert "Monod,
Horace" at page 434; for Thomas Neave, change 106 to 105; insert
"Smith, George" at pages 224 and 252; for Dr. Talmage, change 311
to 310; for Samuel Thodey, change 332 to 333. In the list of
Times, Seasons, and Occasions, update a Missionary Sermon from 319
to 318 and a Peace Society Sermon from 229 to 228.

- The list of Texts is not in the original.

- On page 1, capitalize "Kings" in "Chronicles of the Kings of
Judah."

- On page 4, in "An Appeal and an Argument," point III has two
subpoints numbered "2." Change the second one to "3."

- The break between pages 4 and 5 is in the word "between":
be|tween. In this and all subsequent similar cases, the whole word
was moved to the earlier page.

- On page 5, in the text of footnote 4 (denoted δ originally),
insert a missing period into "St Austin."

- The break between pages 7 and 8 is in the word "tendency":
ten|dency.

- On page 8, in the text of footnote 1 (denoted ɑ originally),
apply Reverential Capitalization (RC) to "Love" in the phrase
"thrice holy God, whose name is Love."

- On page 12, a printing issue mars the copy from which this
transcription is made. The line in question is: "TXey do answer
the end" with the "X" representing an issue; transcribed as "They."

- On page 16, at the end of the outline "Moral Obduracy," there is a
reference to "(Rev. i. 9, 11, 21)." Changed to Revelation ii.,
because Revelation i. has only 20 verses.

- On page 17, in the text of footnote 2 (denoted β originally),
second column, fourth line, change "tays" to "stays" in "poison of
the physic stays in the body also." In the next paragraph, apply
RC to "Providence." In outline "Needless Stripes," in the second
paragraph, apply RC to "Divine" and "the Gospel."

- On page 19, in outline "Total Depravity," in the first paragraph,
apply RC to "Divine grace."

- On page 20, in outline "God's Reluctance to Punish," in footnote 3
(denoted ɣ originally), the final sentence is "Mercy is not for
them that sin and fear not, but for them that fear and sin not
God's mercy is a holy mercy; where it pardons, it heals." This was
broken into two sentences by inserting a period after "fear and
sin not."

- On page 21, in outline "The Summons to Jerusalem," two subpoints
of point I. 1 were formatted inconsistently. Set the word "In" of
point "(1)" in Italics to match the corresponding word of point
"(2)."

- The break between pages 22 and 23 is in the word "spending":
spend|ing.

- On page 23, in outline "Rejected Sacrifices," in the first
paragraph, apply RC to "Divine appointment" and "Divine worship."
In the second paragraph, apply RC to "Divine appointment."

- On page 24, same outline, in the "Judaism and its ritual"
paragraph, remove the second "the" from "assemble in the sanctuary
on the Sunday."

- On page 29, in outline "God Oppressed," in point I, change the
reference for the effect upon David of Nathan's parable from
"2 Sam. xii. 8" to "2 Sam. xii. 5."

- The break between pages 29 and 30 is between the point number and
the start of the sentence, 4.|_That_. The transcriber moved the
first word of the sentence to the earlier page to avoid the
separation.

- On page 31, "God Oppressed," footnote 2 (denoted β originally),
apply RC to "Divine commands."

- On page 32, in outline "Worthless Husks," change the text of point
I from "ritualism without spontaneity" to "ritualism without
spirituality" per Errata.

- On page 33, after outline "Worthless Husks," text for two
footnotes appears but the outline has only one footnote anchor.
Add an anchor for the second footnote at the end of the outline.

- On page 37, in outline "Moral Ablution," in point I. 1, augment
the reference "Hab. i. 13" with "Prov. xxxi. 10-31" regarding the
virtuous woman.

- On page 38, same outline, in footnote 2 (denoted β originally),
apply RC to "the Gospel."

- On page 44, capitalize "Their" in outline title "The Oppressed and
Their Relief."

- The break between pages 46 and 47 is in the middle of a scripture
reference: James i.|27. Move the verse number to the earlier page
to keep it with the chapter number.

- On page 48, outline "God's Gracious Invitation to Sinners," in
point II, apply RC to "He is willing to hear." In footnote 1
(denoted ɑ originally), insert closing double quotes after
"crimson."

- On page 49, in outline "Cleansing for the Vilest," in point I 3,
in the "As the uniform" sentence, insert a comma after the first
of the three numbered points.

- On page 50, in footnote 3 for outline "Comfort for the
Desponding," (denoted ɣ originally), change "tea s" to "tears" in
the phrase "though he cannot shed tea s."

- On page 55, outline "Self-Scrutiny in God's Presence," includes a
reference to "1 Chron. xx. 13." Because that chapter has only 8
verses, updated to 1 Chron. xxi. 13.

- On page 56, change the reference for the passage for outline
"Sinners Self-destroyed" from "i. 19" to "i. 19-20."

- On page 57, same outline, remove a redundant second anchor to the
one footnote from the end of the outline. Change the reference for
the passage for outline "The Certainty of the Destruction of the
Impenitent" from "i. 19" to "i. 20." In point II, apply RC to "the
Gospel."

- On page 63, in outline "The Purpose of Punishment," change
"Ghengis Khan" to "Genghis Khan." The original text of the
footnote 1 (denoted ɑ originally) is printed as two paragraphs.
Because the outline includes two footnote anchors, a second
footnote was created with the second paragraph.

- On page 65, in outline "The Divine Idea of Redemption," the
original shows a second set of Roman-numbered points as subpoints
of point III. Change the Roman numerals to Arabic and the bold
type to Italic.

- On page 67, in outline "Forsaking the Lord," in point I change
"transcendant" to "transcendent." Subpoints of points II and III
were shown as Arabic numerals within parentheses. Remove the
parentheses for consistency with other outlines. In the quoted
scripture for outline "The Doom of the Apostates," correct "oaks
which ye have denied" to "oaks which ye have desired."

- On page 68, same outline, in point I, change "Every man's God is
what he lives for" to make "god" lower case. Insert closing double
quotes after "covetousness is idolatry." In point IV, change
"there is a day appointing" to "appointed."

- On page 69, same outline, in footnote 3 (designated ɣ originally),
capitalize "Tow" and "Spark" to set the name of the subsequent
outline in title case. Thanks to Dr. Ron Lawler for his help with
the Hebrew text transcription. In outline "The Tow and the Spark,"
points in the introductory paragraph are marked with Arabic
numerals in parentheses. Remove the parentheses for consistency
with other outlines.

- On page 73, in outline "The Future Triumphs of the Gospel," the
Roman numeral I is not bold while the subsequent text is bold.
Bold the numeral for consistency. The subpoints of point II were
marked by Arabic numerals in parentheses. Remove the parentheses
for consistency with other outlines.

- The break between pages 73 and 74 is in the word "moisture":
mois|ture.

- On page 77, in outline "A Terrible Picture," at the end of point
IV, change the question mark to a period. In point V, change
"Ritualistic" to lower case.

- On page 78, in outline "God's People Forsaken," insert the period
at the end of point II 2.

- On page 79, same outline, in footnote 1 (denoted ɑ originally),
apply RC to "while He stops the mouth." In outline "Forsaken of
God," in point I, apply RC to "Divine withdrawals," and remove
parentheses from the Arabic numbers on the subpoints of points I
and II.

- On page 80, in outline "The Material and the Moral," in point II,
insert a comma after the introductory phrase "In the absence of
this moral restraint."

- The break between pages 81 and 82 is in the word "without":
with|out.

- On page 83, in outline "The Great Dethronement," in point IV,
supply a missing period after the sentence "Custom and fashion
have wrought in the same direction."

- The break between pages 83 and 84 is in the word "experience":
ex|perience.

- On page 84, in outline "Lessons from a National Bereavement," in
point II, correct "politicans" to "politicians," and "there
rivalries" to "their rivalries."

- On page 86, in outline "National Greatness," in point IV, remove
the parentheses from the Arabic numerals marking subpoints.

- On page 88, in outline "Shameless Sinners," the subpoints of point
II 2 were marked by Arabic numerals; parentheses have been added
for consistency with other outlines. Later, a printing issue in
Application, point 2,

the moral sense of #he community is
being raised. Evil a# #re our days, the
testimony is conclusiv# #hat the former
days were not better, but worse. 3. As

was transcribed as ". . . the moral sense of the community is
being raised. Evil as are our days, the testimony is conclusive
that the former days . . . ."

- On page 94, in outline "Blind Leaders," in footnote 3 (originally
denoted ɣ), insert the reference Matt. vi. 23 after the quotation
of the passage.

- On page 95, in outline "Oppression of the Poor," in the
Application, point 2, apply RC to "His creatures."

- On page 96, in outline "The Pleader and the Judge," in point II 1,
add a period to end the second sentence. In point II 3, apply
bold formatting to the closing quote mark.

- On page 99, in outline "The Desolating and Disorganizing Power of
War," in the scripture quotation, correct "We will at our own
bread" to "We will eat."

- On page 101, in outline "The Divine Ideal of Israel Realised,"
change "Seventy-second Psalm" to "seventy-second."

- On page 102, same outline, in point V, insert the reference
2 Cor. i. 20 after the quotation of the passage.

- On page 105, in outline "The Parable of the Vineyard," in point I,
change "The Privileges conferred" to "The privileges."

- On page 108, in outline "Great Privileges," near the end of point
II, change "He will not demand from Him" to "from him" because the
object of the sentence is the servant.

- On page 109, in outline "Divine Disappointments," in the first
paragraph, in the second and third sentences, change the words
"god," "he," and "him" to lower case because they refer to a
counterfeit deity.

- On page 110, same outline, point II, correct "anthromorphological"
to "anthropomorphological."

- On page 111, in outline "A Sad Canticle," in point I, capitalize
"Similitude" to match the capitalization of the other points.

- On page 113, in outline "On the Advantage," a printing issue in
point II,

not only of himself, but of beings dear
## and dependent upon him, has been
#riven into some town to add to the
misery, its debasement, and its discon-

was transcribed as ". . . dear to and dependent upon him, has been
driven into some town . . . ." In the final sentence, add closing
quote to the phrase "common Father."

- On page 113, in outline "Wild Grapes," in point I, in the text
"Note, 1," change the comma after the 1 to a period, to match the
other points in the list. In point 2 of this list, remove the
comma between the second "&c." and the footnote anchor.

- On page 114, same outline, in point V, correct "humility nd
desire" to "and." In point VI, correct "sensual usts" to "lusts"
and "(ver. 22, 23)" to "(vers. 22, 23)." In the concluding
paragraph, correct "wall hereof" to "wall thereof."

- On page 116, in outline "Sensuality," change point II from
"Follies" to "Its Follies" for consistency with the other three
points.

- On page 120, in outline "Death and the Grave," change the
subpoints of Roman I from Roman numerals to Arabic numerals for
consistency with other outlines.

- On page 121, same outline, change the subpoints of Roman II from
Roman numerals to Arabic numerals for consistency with other
outlines. In footnote 1 (denoted ɑ originally), first paragraph,
correct "Meshach" to "Meshech;" second paragraph, change "has
flattered" to "hath flattered."

- On page 122, change the credit for outline "Cords of Vanity" from
"Maculloch" to "Macculloch," for consistency with the Index of
Authors.

- On page 123, in outline "Influence of Language," in footnote 1
(denoted ɑ originally), correct "Sylla" to "Sulla."

- On page 125, capitalize "Using" in the outline title "The Sin of
Using Wrong Names."

- On page 125, in outline "Self-Conceit," in footnote 1 (denoted ɑ
originally), in line three of the Butler poem, change "use to
bear" to "used to bear."

- On page 126, in outline "The Woe of the Drunkard," change
"drunkard's" in point I to lower case.

- On page 127, capitalize "Its" in the title of outline "Drink and
Its Woes."

- On page 129, in outline "The Doom of Despisers," add a closing
double quotes at the end of point III 3.

- On page 132, in outine "Cords and Cart-Ropes," in footnote 1
(denoted ɑ originally), add the names of target outlines so this
cross reference is useful in the plain text file.

- On page 133, in outline "The Prophet's Call," in footnote 2
(denoted β originaly), apply RC to "Divine power."

- On page 136, in outline "Revelations of God," footnote 1 (denoted
ɑ originally), in the description of the laver, after the
statement of its capacity, remove an extraneous comma from "its
brim wrought." Apply RC to "Divine King of Israel." In the next
paragraph, correct "vail" to "veil." In footnote 3 (denoted ɣ
originally), change "D. P. I." to "P. D."

- On page 137, in outline "Isaiah's Vision," in point V, apply RC to
"Divine origin."

- On page 139, in outline "The Seraphim," in the final paragraph of
footnote 1 (denoted ɑ originally), correct "from the alter" to
"altar."

- On page 140, capitalize "Their" in the outline title "The Seraphim
and Their Song." In point II 1, correct "Isa. xi. 26" to "Isa.
xi. 2-6."

- On page 141, same outline, in point III 1, change "voice of Him"
to "voice of him," referring to an angel. In footnote 3 (denoted ɣ
originally), change "Host of Heaven" to "host of heaven" and
"Hosts of God" to "hosts."

- On page 142, same outline, same footnote, change "Host of Heaven"
to "host of heaven" (twice). In outline "A Sight of God," in point
II, apply RC to "Divine purity." In point III, apply RC to "Divine
cleansing."

- On page 143, same outline, in footnote 1 (denoted ɑ originally),
remove opening double quotes from the beginning of the paragraph.
Correct "Holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts" to "Holy, holy, holy."

- On page 144, in outline "Volunteer Service," in point II 1,
capitalize "By" at the beginning of the sentence. In point II 2,
correct "Rev. 1. 17" to "Rev. i. 17." In point III, add a period
after "Josh" in the scripture reference. In outline "Messengers
Wanted," in point I, apply RC to "Divine perplexity."

- On page 146, in outline "The Rejection of Divine Truth," apply RC
to "Divine message."

- On page 148, same outline, at the end of footnote 3 (denoted ɣ
originally) correct "D. P. Q." to "P. D." In outline "The
Duration," in paragraph 4, apply RC to "Divine purposes."

- On page 149, same outline, in footnote 3 (denoted ɣ originally),
insert the reference Isa. lxv.%8 after the quotation of the
passage.

- On page 151, in outline "Purposes and Panics," point I introduces
a subpoint 1 at "In forming our plans . . ." Remove the number
because it is alone.

- On page 152, in outline "Isaiah's Interview," in point III, apply
RC to "Divine purposes." In footnote 2 (denoted β originally),
apply RC to "Divine mercy."

- On page 153, in outline "A Threefold Counsel," in point I, apply
RC to "Divinely-provided."

- On page 154, the title to outline "Heedfulness" was set with extra
space between each letter. This may be known as _"gesperrt"_ or
_"sperrsatz."_ In German literature, this may indicate emphasis.
In the credit at the end of the outline, insert a comma between
the name of the book and the volume indicator.

- On page 156, in outline "Stability though Faith," in point I,
apply RC to "Divine declarations." In point II 1, apply RC to
"places Him before us." In point II 2, change "firstfruits" to
"first-fruits." Run in the text at point III 1 rather than
starting a new paragraph. Remove an extraneous right parenthesis
from the credit at the end of the outline.

- The break between pages 157 and 158 is in the word "determining":
deter|mining.

- On page 158, in outline "Irreligious Piety," remove quotation
marks around opening scripture quotation. An ink smudge in the
second paragraph,

fessedly for the excellent reason that
too great a disparity in age betXXXen
man and wife is not desirablXXXut
really because the suitor is not suffi-

was transcribed as ". . . for the excellent reason that too great a
disparity in age between man and wife is not desirable but really
because the suitor is not sufficiently wealthy."

- On page 160, in outline "Trials of the Divine Patience," in point
I, apply RC to "this Book."

- On page 162, in outline "The Virgin's Son," in the eighth
paragraph, capitalize "King of Judah." In the tenth paragraph,
change "lovingkindnesses" to "loving-kindnesses."

- On page 165, in outline "Immanuel," point I 2 (1) includes a
reference to Prov. xxix. 30, which does not exist. It could be a
typesetter's error for Prov. viii. 29-30.

- On page 166, same outline, in point III 2, change "His Deity" to
"deity." In outline "The Great Object," correct the reference from
"vii. 15" to "vii. 16."

- On page 167, same outline, in point 1, apply RC to "God's Word."

- On page 168, in outline "Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz," in point III,
apply RC to "Divine direction."

- On page 170, in outline "The Stream Rejected," in the first
sentence, correct "Rezim" to "Rezin" twice.

- On page 171, sane outine, in footnote 2 (denoted β originally),
insert a period after "village of Werai." Insert "of" into "on
both sides of its course."

- On page 173, in outline "Biblical Politicians," in the second
sentence, apply RC to "Divine principles."

- On page 174, same outline, in point III, apply RC to "Divine
scrutiny." In footnote 1 (denoted ɑ originally), change "His Name"
to "His name." In footnote 3 (denoted ɣ originally), insert
closing double quotes after the second "kesher."

- On page 175, capitalize "Our" twice in outline title "God Our
Refuge, or Our Ruin."

- On page 177, in outline "The Stone of Stumbling," in point 2,
change "Gal. v. 28, 29" to "Gal. iii. 28, 29." Correct a word
broken across lines without a hyphen: dis|gust.

- The break between pages 177 and 178 comes within a unit that style
indicates should not be broken. "but--I.|Let." The whole unit has
been moved to the earlier page.

- On page 178, in outline "Waiting on the Lord," in point I 2, apply
RC to "hides Himself."

- On page 179, same outline, in footnote 1 (originaly denoted ɑ),
update the title of the outline cited in the second volume of
Isaiah commentary from THE HIDDEN THINGS OF GOD to THE CONCEALMENT
OF GOD. In outline "Penitential Waiting," correct "Ps. xxxvii. 14"
to "Ps. xxvii. 14." The title of outline "Necromancy" was set with
extra space between the letters.

- On page 180, same outline, add a comma to the credit between the
author's degree and the title of his book. In outline "The Law and
the Testimony," in the second paragraph, insert a period after the
word "Intelligently" and insert a period after the Arabic numeral
1 for consistency with the succeeding numbered points.

- On page 181, same outline, in footnote 1 (denoted ɑ originally),
capitalize "Divines" in "Westminster Assembly of Divines." Insert
an opening quotation mark at the beginning of the second and third
paragraphs in the lengthy quotation from the Westminster Assembly
Confession of Faith.

- The break between pages 181 and 182 is in the word "irrespective":
irrespec|tive.

- On page 183, in outline "The Remedy," point IV opens a quotation
but does not close it. Insert closing quotation marks after
"expectation." Apply RC to "direction is Divine."

- On page 184, the title of outline "The Joy of Harvest" is set with
extra space between the letters. In point I, move the first
footnote anchor from the beginning of the second sentence to the
end of the first sentence.

- On page 185, in outline "The Titles," in point I 3, insert closing
quotes at the end of the sentence.