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**Cry aloud** = Hebrew "call with the throat": i.e. deep down as in the oriental throat. It denotes not a wild cry, but solemnity with restraint. transgression = rebellion. Hebrew. *pasha'* App-44 .
**the house of Jacob.** See note on [Isaiah 2:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/6) .

**forsook.** See note on [Isaiah 1:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/4) .
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.*
**justice** = righteousness. Compare Ex. 21-23.

**Wherefore . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.*
**afflicted our soul.** Reference to Pentateuch. This is a strictly Levitical technical expression ([Leviticus 16:29](../../../kjv/leviticus/16/29) , [Leviticus 16:31](../../../kjv/leviticus/16/31) ; [Leviticus 23:27](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/27) , [Leviticus 23:32](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/32) .[Numbers 29:7](../../../kjv/numbers/29/7); [Numbers 29:7](../../../kjv/numbers/29/7) ). This shows that the People were not in exile as alleged, but in the Land. See also the references to other observances below ([Isaiah 58:13](../../../kjv/isaiah/58/13) ). Note that in [Isaiah 58](../../../kjv/isaiah/58) and [Isaiah 59](../../../kjv/isaiah/59) we have the reference to the Day of Atonement; in [Isaiah 60](../../../kjv/isaiah/60) and [Isaiah 61](../../../kjv/isaiah/61) , to the Sabbatical and Jubilee years. [Isaiah 60](../../../kjv/isaiah/60) refers to the feast of Tabernacles with its "ingathering" (verses: [Isaiah 58:3-5](../../../kjv/isaiah/58/3-5) , [Isaiah 58:13](../../../kjv/isaiah/58/13) ), which followed the Day of Atonement ([Leviticus 23:27](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/27) , [Leviticus 23:34](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/34) ).
**soul.** Hebrew. *nephesh.* App-13 . Some codices, with one early printed edition, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "souls" (plural)
**Behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.*

**ye fast.** Referring to Day of Atonement, which was still observed; and in the Land, not in exile, as alleged.
**wickedness** = lawlessness. Hebrew. *rasha'* App-44 .
**ye shall not.** Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "and ye shall not".
**to make** = if ye would make.

**chosen.** See note on [Isaiah 1:29](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/29) .
**a man.** Hebrew. *adam* . App-14 .
**soul.** Hebrew. *nephesh* . App-13 .
**bulrush.** See note on [Isaiah 9:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/9/14) .
**the Lord.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .

**bands** = pangs. See note on [Psalms 73:4](../../../kjv/psalms/73/4) .

**to deal** = to break. The technical term for giving or partaking of food, as in [Luke 24:30](../../../kjv/luke/24/30) , [Luke 24:35](../../../kjv/luke/24/35) .[Acts 2:42](../../../kjv/acts/2/42) , [Acts 2:46](../../../kjv/acts/2/46) ; [Acts 20:7](../../../kjv/acts/20/7) , [Acts 20:11](../../../kjv/acts/20/11) ; Act 27:36 . [1 Corinthians 10:16](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/10/16) ; [1 Corinthians 11:24](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/11/24) . Compare [Job 42:11](../../../kjv/job/42/11) .[Lamentations 4:4](../../../kjv/lamentations/4/4) .[Ezekiel 18:7](../../../kjv/ezekiel/18/7) ; [Ezekiel 24:17](../../../kjv/ezekiel/24/17) . [Hosea 9:4](../../../kjv/hosea/9/4) .
**bread.** Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Species), for all kinds of food.
**poor.** Hebrew. *'anah.* See note on [Proverbs 6:11](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/11) .
**hide not.** Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "do not thou hide".
**thine own flesh.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 29:14](../../../kjv/genesis/29/14) ).

**thine health.** Hebrew thy healing. Referring to the healing of wounds.
**be** = bring up.
**rereward** = rearguard. Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 14:19](../../../kjv/exodus/14/19) , [Exodus 14:20](../../../kjv/exodus/14/20) ). Compare [Isaiah 52:12](../../../kjv/isaiah/52/12) .

**cry.** In distress.

**draw out thy soul.** Some codices, with Syriac, read "give out thy bread".
**be.** Supply Ellipsis (of verb "become"). Or, we have the Figure of speech *Oxymoron* . See App-6 .

**guide** = (gently) guide.
**drought.** Hebrew droughts (plural of majesty) = great drought.
**make fat** = invigorate.

**build** = rebuild. This is still future.
**to dwell in:** or, leading home.

**thy foot.** Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "thy feet" (plural)
**from the sabbath.** Reference to Pentateuch, as in [Isaiah 56:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/56/2) .
**pleasure.** Some codices, with three early printed editions, read "pleasures" (pl).
**holy.** See note on [Exodus 3:5](../../../kjv/exodus/3/5) .
**thine own words** = vain words: or, keep making talk,

**delight thyself** = revel.
**cause thee to ride, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 32:13](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/13) ; [Deuteronomy 33:29](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/33/29) ).

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