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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ... me. The idea here is, that Jehovah would give law to the distant nations by the diffusion of the true religion. IT And I will make my judgment to test for a light. The word judgment here is equivalent to law, or statute, or to the institutions of the true religion. The word here rendered " to rest," S"'? from Si'!, Lowth renders "I will cause to break forth." Noyes renders it; "I will establish." The Vulgate, "requiescet," shall rest. The LXX render it simply, "my judgment for a light of the nation." The word properly means to make afraid, to terrify, to restrain by threats; Isa. Ii. 15 (rendered "divideth"), Job xxvi. 12; then to be afraid, to shrink from fear, and hence to be still, or quiet, as if cowering down from fear. Here it means that he would set firmly his law; he would place it so that it would be established and immovable. 5. My righteousness is near. The 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for 'the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the /i Heb. 1. 11, 12. 2 Pet. 3. 10, 12. word righteousness is used in a great variety of significations. Here it means, probably, the faithful completion of his promises to his people. Lowth. IT My salvation га gane forth. The promise of salvation is gone forth, and already the execution of that purpose is commenced. He would soon deliver his people; he would at no distant period extend salvation to all nations. T And mine arm shall judge the people. That is, shall dispense judgment to them. The arm here is put for himself, as the arm is the instrument by which we execute our purposes. See Notes, on ver. 9. IT The isles shall wait upon me. The distant nations; the heathen lands. See Note ch. xli. 1...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1153060930
- ISBN 13 9781153060936
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages300
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