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**Woe.** The fifth of the six Woes. The Structure, above, will make this section quite clear, and show that the verses are not "out of place", or "disarranged".
**that spoilest** = thou plunderer.
**dealest treacherously** = thou traitor.

**arm.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause) for the strength and defense put forth by it.
**every morning:** i.e. continually.

**the people** = peoples.
**the nations** = nations.

**caterpiller** = locusts.
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**is** = that [is].

**Behold.** Figure of speech. *Asterismos* . App-6 .
**the ambassadors.** Note the Figure of speech. *Asyndeton* ( App-6 ), inIsa 33:7-12.

**highways.** See note on [Isaiah 7:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/7/3) .
**lie waste** = are desolate. See note on [Isaiah 1:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/7) .
**wayfaring man** = he that walketh along the path. See note on "path", [Isaiah 2:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/3) .
**man** = mortal. Hebrew. *'enosh.* App-14

**hewn down** = withered.
**shake off.** Hebrew. *na'ar.* A rare word. Occurs twice in the "former" portion (here, and [Isaiah 33:15](../../../kjv/isaiah/33/15) ), and once in the "latter" portion ([Isaiah 52:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/52/2) ). App-79 .

**saith the LORD** = may Jehovah say. See note on [Isaiah 1:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/11) .

**breath, as fire** = breath as a fire. Hebrew. *ruach.*

**the people** = peoples.
**burnings of lime:** i.e. fuel for limekilns.
**thorns cut up.** These are the common fuel used in limekilns in Palestine.

**ye:** i.e. the heathen.
**what I have done:** i.e. in the destruction of Sennacherib's army.

**fearfulness** = trembling. Hebrew. *r* e *'adah.* Only here in Isaiah; and elsewhere, only in [Job 4:14](../../../kjv/job/4/14) .[Psalms 2:11](../../../kjv/psalms/2/11) ; [Psalms 48:6](../../../kjv/psalms/48/6) .
**surprised** = seized.
**Who . . . ? who . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis* . The answer implied being the negative.
**among** = for.

**He, &c.** This is not the answer to [Isaiah 33:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/33/14) , but the subject of the Promise in [Isaiah 33:16](../../../kjv/isaiah/33/16) , "He. shall dwell on high". Hence it is emphatic. Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 10:17](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/10/17) ; [Deuteronomy 16:19](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/16/19) ; [Deuteronomy 27:25](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/27/25) ).
**hearing of** = listening to.
**blood** = murderers. Figure of speech *Metalepsis* (of Subject), by which "blood" is first put for bloodshedding, and, secondly, bloodshedding put for those who shed it.

**the king.** See [Isaiah 33:22](../../../kjv/isaiah/33/22) .
**far off** = far stretching.

**scribe.** = the counter.
**receiver** = the weigher.
**he that counted, &c.** Referring to Sennacherib's besieging army.

**fierce, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 28:49](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/49) , [Deuteronomy 28:50](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/50) ).
**stammering** = jabbering.
**tongue.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), for the language spoken by it.

**Look** = Gaze.
**the city.** Figure of speech *Polyonymia.*
**solemnities** = festal-days. Reference to Pentateuch, where the word frequently occurs (compare [Leviticus 23](../../../kjv/leviticus/23) .[Numbers 15](../../../kjv/numbers/15) , &c).
**tabernacle** = tent. Hebrew. *'ohel.* App-40 .

**gallant** = mighty, or noble.

**the lame take the prey.** Referring to the spoil taken from the dead of the Assyrian host. See [2 Kings 19:35](../../../kjv/2-kings/19/35) .

**forgiven their iniquity.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 23:21](../../../kjv/exodus/23/21) ; [Exodus 32:32](../../../kjv/exodus/32/32) .[Numbers 14:19](../../../kjv/numbers/14/19); [Numbers 14:19](../../../kjv/numbers/14/19) ).

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