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**merciful** = kind.
**from the evil to come** = from the presence of the calamity.
**evil** = calamity. Hebrew. *ra'a'.* App-44 : i.e. the calamity referred to in [Jeremiah 22:10](../../../kjv/jeremiah/22/10) . See [2 Kings 22:16-20](../../../kjv/2-kings/22/16-20) .

**He:** i.e. the righteous man.
**they:** i.e. the men of grace.
**in** = upon,
**beds** = couches.
**his uprightness** = his straight path.

**sorceress.** See note on [Isaiah 2:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/6) ("soothsayer").

**children** = offspring.
**transgression:** i.e. inborn transgression. Hebrew. *pasha* '. App-44 .
**seed of falsehood** = false seed. Figure of speech *Enallage.*

**with idols** = with the sacred trees: i.e. the *Asherahs.* See App-42 .
**slaying the children.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 18:21](../../../kjv/leviticus/18/21) ); to Molech ([1 Kings 11:7](../../../kjv/1-kings/11/7) . [2 Kings 17:16](../../../kjv/2-kings/17/16) , [2 Kings 17:17](../../../kjv/2-kings/17/17) ); or to Baal ([Jeremiah 19:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/19/5) .[Ezekiel 16:20](../../../kjv/ezekiel/16/20) ; [Ezekiel 23:39](../../../kjv/ezekiel/23/39) . [Hosea 13:1](../../../kjv/hosea/13/1) ).

**the smooth stones, &c.** = the open places. Judah still in the land. None of the things mentioned in verses: [Isaiah 57:5-7](../../../kjv/isaiah/57/5-7) found in Babylonia.
**thy.** This and all the Pronouns in verses: [Isaiah 57:6-8](../../../kjv/isaiah/57/6-8) are Feminine.
**drink offering . . . meat offering.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 29:40](../../../kjv/exodus/29/40) , [Exodus 29:41](../../../kjv/exodus/29/41) , &c. [Numbers 15:1-10](../../../kjv/numbers/15/1-10) ). Compare [1 Kings 12:32](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/32) , [1 Kings 12:33](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/33) .
**I receive comfort.** Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia.*

**remembrance** = symbols.
**where thou sawest it** = a hand thou hast seen: as beckoning.

**the king.** Or, the idol, as in [Isaiah 30:33](../../../kjv/isaiah/30/33) . [1 Kings 11:7](../../../kjv/1-kings/11/7) .
**hell.** Hebrew. *Sheol.* App-35 .

**found . . . hand** = found [by the length of thy journeys] a hand to mouth life.

**for.** Some codices, with two early printed editions, omit "for", and read "and thy works, they will not profit thee".

**criest.** In distress.
**thy companies.** The paramours of [Isaiah 57:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/57/8) .
**wind.** Hebrew. *ruach.* App-9 .
**vanity.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), for vain men. Compare [Psalms 144:4](../../../kjv/psalms/144/4) .[James 4:14](../../../kjv/james/4/14) .
**putteth his trust** = fleeth for refuge to. Hebrew. *hasah.* See App-69 .
**holy.** See note on [Exodus 3:5](../../../kjv/exodus/3/5) .

**Cast ye up** = Make a highway. Figure of speech *Epizeuxis.*

**lofty** = lifted up. Same word as [Isaiah 6:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/6/1) ("exalted One").
**That inhabiteth** = inhabiting.

**souls** = breathing things. Hebrew. *neshamah.* App-16 . See note on [Isaiah 2:22](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/22) ("breath").

**I hid Me.** Compare [Isaiah 45:15](../../../kjv/isaiah/45/15) ; [Isaiah 59:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/59/2) ; [Isaiah 64:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/64/7) .

**lead** = (gently) lead.
**mourners.** See note on "mourn" ([Isaiah 3:26](../../../kjv/isaiah/3/26) ).

**Peace, peace.** Figure of speech *Epizeuxis* , for great emphasis = perfect peace (as in [Isaiah 26:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/26/3) ), or great prosperity.

**wicked** = lawless. Hebrew. *rasha'.* App-44 ,
**the troubled sea** = the sea when tossed.
**when** = for.

**no peace.** Compare [Isaiah 48:22](../../../kjv/isaiah/48/22) .

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