--- title: "Bullinger" description: "Hearken. Note the call to hear. See Structure, above. are = were. hole of the pit = the hollow of the quarry. Look = Look well: as in Isaiah 51:1 . Fi" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/isaiah/51" --- **Hearken.** Note the call to hear. See Structure, above. **are** = were. **hole of the pit** = the hollow of the quarry. **Look** = Look well: as in [Isaiah 51:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/51/1) . Figure of speech *Hermeneia* , by which [Isaiah 51:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/51/2) interprets [Isaiah 51:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/51/1) . **Abraham . . . Sarah.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 12](../../../kjv/genesis/12) , &c.; [Genesis 24:36](../../../kjv/genesis/24/36) ). **alone.** Compare [Ezekiel 33:24](../../../kjv/ezekiel/33/24) .[Malachi 2:15](../../../kjv/malachi/2/15) . **waste places.** Compare [Isaiah 40:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/40/1) ; [Isaiah 49:13](../../../kjv/isaiah/49/13) . **like Eden.** Reference to Pentateuch, ([Genesis 2](../../../kjv/genesis/2) and [Genesis 3](../../../kjv/genesis/3) ). App-92 . Elsewhere, only here; [Joel 2:3](../../../kjv/joel/2/3) ; and six times in Ezekiel. **like the garden of the LORD.** This is a quotation from [Genesis 13:10](../../../kjv/genesis/13/10) . App-92 . **melody** = music or Psalmody. **law:** i.e. the law of Moses, which was Jehovah's revealed instruction. Compare Ma [Isaiah 1:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/4) , [Isaiah 1:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/4) , **make . . . to rest** = establish. **the people** = peoples. **isles = maritime countries.** See note on [Isaiah 11:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/11) . **wait.** Compare [Isaiah 42:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/42/4) ; [Isaiah 60:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/60/9) . **trust** = hope. Hebrew. *yahal.* App-69 . Not the same word as in [Isaiah 50:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/50/10) . **shall** = will have. **in like manner** = so. There is no ancient authority for "as a gnat", as some render it. **know** = take note of. **men** = mortal men. **Awake.** Same word as in [Isaiah 52:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/52/1) . Not the same as in [Isaiah 51:17](../../../kjv/isaiah/51/17) . Note the Figure of speech *Epizeuxis* (for emphasis). **arm** . Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia.* **Bahab** = Egypt. Compare [Psalms 87:4](../../../kjv/psalms/87/4) ; [Psalms 89:10](../../../kjv/psalms/89/10) . **dragon** = crocodile. **dried the sea.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 14:29](../../../kjv/exodus/14/29) ). ransomed = redeemed (by price, or blood). Hebrew. *ga'al.* Compare [Exodus 6:6](../../../kjv/exodus/6/6) . **redeemed** = redeemed (by power). Hebrew. *padah.* See note on [Exodus 13:13](../../../kjv/exodus/13/13) . **come with singing.** Compare [Isaiah 35:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/35/10) . **mourning** = sighing. See notes on [Isaiah 21:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/21/2) . **man.** Hebrew. *'adam.* App-14 . **stretched forth the heavens.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 1](../../../kjv/genesis/1) and [Genesis 2](../../../kjv/genesis/2) ). **as if he were.** A special reading called *Sevir* ( App-34 ), with some codices, two early printed editions, and Syriac, read "who was": referring doubtless to the Antichrist's effort in "the great tribulation". **divided the sea.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 14:21](../../../kjv/exodus/14/21) ). **The LORD of hosts.** See note on [1 Samuel 1:3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/3) . **put My words in thy mouth.** See note on [Isaiah 50:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/50/4) ("that I should know"). Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 18:18](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/18/18) ). App-92 . **that:** i.e. in order that. **Awake** = Rouse thee. Not the same form as in [Isaiah 51:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/51/9) with [Isaiah 52:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/52/1) . **Thy sons have fainted.** Note the *Alternation* in this verse. Thus: "fainted at the head", &c, and "they lie as a wild bull", &c. **wine.** Hebrew. *yayin.* App-27 . **thy LORD the LORD** = thy Adonim Jehovah. See App-4 . **Behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* **no more drink it again.** All this refers therefore to the final restoration of Israel. **thy soul** = thee. 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