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**I am found, &c.** Quoted in [Romans 10:20](../../../kjv/romans/10/20) , [Romans 10:21](../../../kjv/romans/10/21) .
**Behold Me.** Figure of speech *Epizeuxis.* See note on [Isaiah 24:16](../../../kjv/isaiah/24/16) .
**a nation that was not called by My name.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 32:21](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/21) ), and to the Dispensation of the Acts.

**good** = right. Compare [Psalms 36:4](../../../kjv/psalms/36/4) .

**provoketh Me to anger.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 32:21](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/21) , the same word, though not the same form). App-92 .
**that sacrificeth in gardens.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 17:5](../../../kjv/leviticus/17/5) ).
**upon altars of brick** = upon the bricks: i.e. not on the golden altar of incense.

**graves** = tombs. Hebrew. *keber.* App-35 .
**monuments** = secret places. Probably in heathen temples.
**eat swine's flesh.** Reference to Pentateuch, where this was forbidden ([Leviticus 11:7](../../../kjv/leviticus/11/7) . [Deuteronomy 14:8](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/14/8) ). App-92 . Bones of swine were found at Gezer. See note on [1 Kings 9:15](../../../kjv/1-kings/9/15) .
**broth.** The reference is to a sacrificial feast of unclean food.
**abominable things.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 7:18](../../../kjv/leviticus/7/18) ; [Leviticus 19:7](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/7) ). The Hebrew word ( *piggul* ) is found only in [Ezekiel 4:14](../../../kjv/ezekiel/4/14) , beside these passages. App-92 .

**it is written.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 32:35](../../../kjv/exodus/32/35) .[Leviticus 26](../../../kjv/leviticus/26) . [Deuteronomy 32](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32) ).
**will recompense, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 32:35](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/35) , the same word, and is unique in its occurrence). App-92 .

**iniquities.** Hebrew. *'avah.* App-44 .

**Thus saith the LORD.** Note the frequent occurrence of this expression in predicting these new things.
**As** = According as.
**new wine.** Hebrew. *tirosh* . App-27 . Here is further reference to the new Israel. See notes on [Isaiah 65:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/65/1) .
**My servants' sake.** Some codices, with one early printed edition, and Septuagint, read "servant's (singular): i.e. Messiah (see note on [Isaiah 37:35](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/35) ): = "for the sake of My servant".

**a seed.** A further reference to the new Israel of [Isaiah 26:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/26/2) ; [Isaiah 66:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/66/7) , [Isaiah 66:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/66/8) . [Matthew 21:43](../../../kjv/matthew/21/43) .

**Sharon.** See note on [Isaiah 33:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/33/9) . valley of Achor. As in [Hosea 2:15](../../../kjv/hosea/2/15) . The only two references to the history of [Joshua 7](../../../kjv/joshua/7) .

**that troop.** Hebrew Gad, the well-known Syrian god of "Fate".
**furnish the drink offering** = fill up the
**mixed wine.** Hebrew. *mimsak.* App-27 . Compare [Jeremiah 7:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/7/18) .
**that number.** Hebrew. *m'ni.* Same as the god *Manu* (= Destiny) of the Assyrian inscriptions.

**number** = destroy. Hebrew. *manithi.* Figure of speech *Paronomasia* , with the name of the god, *Meni.*

**Behold, &c.** Figure of speech *Asterismos* ( App-6 ), for emphasis. Figure of speech *Symploke.* [Luke 6:25](../../../kjv/luke/6/25) refers to the period prophesied here.
**My servants.** Refers to the new Israel of [Isaiah 26:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/26/2) ; [Isaiah 66:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/66/7) , [Isaiah 66:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/66/8) . [Matthew 21:43](../../../kjv/matthew/21/43) .

**vexation** = breaking.
**spirit.** Hebrew. *ruach.* App-9 .

**by another name:** i.e. Hephzi-bah. See [Isaiah 62:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/62/4) .

**That** = So that.
**he who blesseth, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 22:18](../../../kjv/genesis/22/18) ; [Genesis 26:4](../../../kjv/genesis/26/4) ).
**truth** = faithfulness. Compare [2 Corinthians 1:20](../../../kjv/2-corinthians/1/20) .
**shall swear, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 6:13](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/6/13) ).

**new heavens, &c.** : i.e. new, in respect to the old. Not the "new" of [2 Peter 3:13](../../../kjv/2-peter/3/13) , or [Revelation 21:1](../../../kjv/revelation/21/1) . Note the contrast of this with the only two references to the history of [Revelation 21](../../../kjv/revelation/21) :
[Isaiah 65](../../../kjv/isaiah/65) **.**
*Name* , Jerusalem (Hephzi'bah, [Isaiah 65:18](../../../kjv/isaiah/65/18) )
*Position* , on mountain ([Isaiah 65:25](../../../kjv/isaiah/65/25) ).
*Privileges* , [Isaiah 65:18-20](../../../kjv/isaiah/65/18-20) .
*Character* , sinners there ([Isaiah 65:20](../../../kjv/isaiah/65/20) ).
*Character* , prayer ([Isaiah 65:24](../../../kjv/isaiah/65/24) ).
*Employment* , labour, planting, building ([Isaiah 65:21](../../../kjv/isaiah/65/21) ).
****
**[Revelation 21](../../../kjv/revelation/21)** **.**
New Jerusalem ([Revelation 21:2](../../../kjv/revelation/21/2) ) ;
"great", "holy" ([Revelation 21:10](../../../kjv/revelation/21/10) ).
out of heaven ([Revelation 21:2](../../../kjv/revelation/21/2) ).
[Revelation 21:4](../../../kjv/revelation/21/4)
no sinners ([Revelation 21:27](../../../kjv/revelation/21/27) ).
no temple ([Revelation 21:22](../../../kjv/revelation/21/22) ).
already built by God ([Revelation 21:12-25](../../../kjv/revelation/21/12-25) ; [Revelation 22:3-5](../../../kjv/revelation/22/3-5) ).

**for ever.** Chaldee Targum renders it "in the world of worlds": i.e. the most glorious world.

**no more heard.** Therefore not the restoration of Ezra-Nehemiah, or the Church of God now.

**There.** Some codices read "And there".
**of days:** i.e. of a few days.
**child shall die** = youth may die: i.e. neither early death, nor premature decay.
**accursed** = cut off. Compare [Psalms 101:8](../../../kjv/psalms/101/8) .

**they shall build, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26:16](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/16) . [Deuteronomy 28:41](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/41) ).

**elect** = chosen.

**They shall not labour in vain.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 28:41](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/41) , reversed). Compare [Leviticus 26:16](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/16) . App-92 .

**before they call, &c.** A reference to [Isaiah 30:19](../../../kjv/isaiah/30/19) . The blessing of Messiah ([Psalms 21:3](../../../kjv/psalms/21/3) ) now extended to the new Israel.

**wolf, &c.** As in [Isaiah 11:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/6) , [Isaiah 11:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/7) , [Isaiah 11:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/9) , which is Millennial, not eternal.
**together** = as one. Hebrew ' *echad* . Same word as "one" in [Deuteronomy 6:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/6/4) , i.e. one of others. Occurs in former part of Isaiah ([Isaiah 4:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/4/1) ; [Isaiah 5:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/5/10) ; [Isaiah 6:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/6/2) , [Isaiah 6:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/6/6) ; [Isaiah 9:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/9/14) ; [Isaiah 10:17](../../../kjv/isaiah/10/17) ; [Isaiah 19:18](../../../kjv/isaiah/19/18) , &c.); and, in the latter part ([Isaiah 47:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/47/9) ; [Isaiah 51:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/51/2) , &c.) See App-79 .
**dust.** Never was the serpent's food. It is used as a powerful Figure of Speech, or Idiom, as in [Psalms 72:9](../../../kjv/psalms/72/9) Compare [Proverbs 20:17](../../../kjv/proverbs/20/17) .
**the serpent's, &c.** = as for the serpent, dust shall be his food: i.e. the Old Serpent ([Revelation 20:2](../../../kjv/revelation/20/2) ), who brought in all the sin and misery to the world and to Israel, will then be bound ([Revelation 20:1-3](../../../kjv/revelation/20/1-3) ), and he will lick the dust, the symbol of his humiliation, disappointment, and defeat. Referring to the Figures of speech used in [Genesis 3:14](../../../kjv/genesis/3/14) . See App-19 .
**in all My holy mountain.** See note on [Isaiah 11:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/9) .

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