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**Thus saith the LORD.** See App-82 .
**The heaven, &c** ***.*** Quoted in [Acts 7:49](../../../kjv/acts/7/49) . Compare [1 Kings 8:27](../../../kjv/1-kings/8/27) . [2 Chronicles 6:18](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/6/18) .
**the** = this. Hebrew. *zeh* .
**ye:** i.e. the future builders of the house.
**the place of My rest:** i.e. rest in satisfaction. The Temple was for sacrifice and atonement ([2 Chronicles 2:6](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/2/6) ), not for dwelling. Compare [Acts 7:48](../../../kjv/acts/7/48) .

**saith the LORD** = [is] Jehovah's oracle.
**poor** = wretched, or lowly, Hebrew. *'ani.* See note on "poverty", [Proverbs 6:11](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/11) .
**trembleth at** = careth anxiously for. Compare [Isaiah 66:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/66/5) .

**cut off** = breaketh.
**oblation** = gift, or meal offering. Hebrew. *minchah* .
**swine's blood.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 14:8](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/14/8) . [Leviticus 11:7](../../../kjv/leviticus/11/7) ). Compare [Isaiah 65:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/65/4) .
**burneth incense** = maketh a memorial of frankincense. Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 2:2](../../../kjv/leviticus/2/2) ). App-92 .
**chosen.** See note on [Isaiah 1:29](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/29) .
**their soul** = they. Note the Introversion beginning with the last clause of [Isaiah 66:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/66/3) , and including [Isaiah 66:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/66/4) , They delight, &c. I also will choose, &c. When I called, &c. When I spake, &c. They chose, &c. I delighted not.

**did** = have done.

**A voice, &c.** Compare [Zechariah 12:3-6](../../../kjv/zechariah/12/3-6) ; [Zechariah 14:3](../../../kjv/zechariah/14/3) . Compare [Isaiah 42:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/42/14) .
**rendereth recompence.** Compare [Isaiah 65:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/65/6) .

**she brought forth.** This is the birth of the new nation. These are the "birth pangs" (or "sorrows") of [Matthew 24:8](../../../kjv/matthew/24/8) . In [Revelation 12:1](../../../kjv/revelation/12/1) , [Revelation 12:2](../../../kjv/revelation/12/2) we have one part of the type in the person of Messiah. Here is the other part of the type
**a man child** = a male, as in [Revelation 12:5](../../../kjv/revelation/12/5) .

**who.** Some codices, with four early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "and who".
**a nation:** i.e. the righteous nation of [Isaiah 26:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/26/2) . Referred to in [Isaiah 66:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/66/7) . [Matthew 21:43](../../../kjv/matthew/21/43) .
**at once** = at a stroke.
**children** = sons.

**saith thy God.** See note on [Isaiah 1:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/11) .

**Rejoice ye with Jerusalem.** The promises, of [Isaiah 1:27](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/27) ; [Isaiah 2:1-5](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/1-5) , are now at length to be fulfilled.
**mourn.** As for one lost, or dead. See note on [Isaiah 3:26](../../../kjv/isaiah/3/26) .

**Gentiles** = nations.
**then shall ye suck.** The promises of [Isaiah 49:22](../../../kjv/isaiah/49/22) and [Isaiah 60:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/60/4) are again renewed.

**man.** Hebrew. *'ish* . App-14 .
**in Jerusalem.** Not in the Church. Compare [Isaiah 1:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/1) .

**when ye see this** = as soon as ye see this.

**a11 flesh.** Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of the Part), for all mankind.

**gardens.** Compare [Isaiah 1:29](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/29) , and [Isaiah 65:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/65/3) .
**tree:** i.e. the *Asherah* .
**tree, &c.** See notes on next page.
**abomination.** Hebrew. *shakaz.* Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 7:2](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/2) ). Occurs in Isaiah only here; Leviticus thirteen times ([Isaiah 7:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/7/2) ; [Isaiah 11:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/9) , [Isaiah 11:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/11) , [Isaiah 11:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/11) , [Isaiah 11:13](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/13) , [Isaiah 11:13](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/13) , Isa 11:20 , Isa 11:23 , Isa 11:41 , Isa 11:42 , Isa 11:43 ; Isa 20:25 ); and [Ezekiel 8:10](../../../kjv/ezekiel/8/10) . Not the same word as in [Isaiah 65:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/65/4) . App-92 .
**mouse.** Reference to Pentateuch, where it is forbidden ([Leviticus 11:29](../../../kjv/leviticus/11/29) ). App-92 . Elsewhere, only in [1 Samuel 6:4](../../../kjv/1-samuel/6/4) , [1 Samuel 6:6](../../../kjv/1-samuel/6/6) , 1Sa 6:11 , [1 Samuel 6:18](../../../kjv/1-samuel/6/18) .
**be consumed** = come to an end.

**thoughts** = devices.
**I will gather.** Compare [Joel 3:2](../../../kjv/joel/3/2) .[Zephaniah 3:8](../../../kjv/zephaniah/3/8) .
**sign.** See note on [Isaiah 7:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/7/11)
**send:** as missionaries.
**those that escape:** i.e. the remnant of saved Israel
**Tarshish.** put for the far west.
**Pul. Lud** = Phut. Lud, put for African peoples. They are mentioned together, as serving in the Egyptian armies ([Ezekiel 30:5](../../../kjv/ezekiel/30/5) ).
**Tubal** = the Scythian tribes.
**Javan** . Put for the Greeks settled in Asia Minor.
**isles** = maritime countries. See note on [Isaiah 11:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/11/11) .

**shall bring.** Not into the Church, but back to the Holy Land.
**an offering** = a gift offering. Hebrew. *minchah.* App-43 .
**swift beasts:** carriages, as required by the Structure of [Isaiah 66:20](../../../kjv/isaiah/66/20) : q | horses. x | in chariots and litters. q | upon mules. r | in carriages. "Swift beasts" is Hebrew. *kirkaroth* , from *karar,* to move in a circle; hence, may mean (like English *car)* any vehicle on wheels. It is never used of animals. There is nothing to suggest *"* swaying furnaces", as suggested by some, to mean "locomotives".
**holy.** See note On [Exodus 3:5](../../../kjv/exodus/3/5) .
**as** = according as.
**bring an offering, &c.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 2](../../../kjv/leviticus/2) , &c.) App-92 .

**them** . i.e. Israel.
**priests and for Levites.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 17:9](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/17/9) ). See notes on [Ezekiel 43:19](../../../kjv/ezekiel/43/19) ; [Ezekiel 44:10](../../../kjv/ezekiel/44/10) , [Ezekiel 44:13](../../../kjv/ezekiel/44/13) , [Ezekiel 44:15](../../../kjv/ezekiel/44/15) . App-92 .
**priests.** Thus completing the fulfilment of [Exodus 19:6](../../../kjv/exodus/19/6) .
**and.** Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read this "and" in the text.

**new heavens, &c.** See note on [Isaiah 65:17](../../../kjv/isaiah/65/17) .

**new moon. sabbath.** Reference to Pentateuch. and the law concerning them ([Numbers 10:10](../../../kjv/numbers/10/10) ; [Numbers 28:11-15](../../../kjv/numbers/28/11-15) ). App-92 . Compare [Psalms 81:3](../../../kjv/psalms/81/3) , [Psalms 81:4](../../../kjv/psalms/81/4) .
**before Me.** Reference to Pentateuch, implying centralized worship, as in [Exodus 20:3](../../../kjv/exodus/20/3) , [Exodus 20:5](../../../kjv/exodus/20/5) .[Deuteronomy 26:3](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/26/3) , [Deuteronomy 26:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/26/5) . App-92 . Compare [Isaiah 1:12](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/12) .

**men.** Hebrew, plural of *'Enosh.* App-14 .
**transgressed.** Hebrew. *pasha'.* App-44 .
**their worm.** Quoted in [Mark 9:44](../../../kjv/mark/9/44) . Referred by our Lord to Gehenna, of which the fires in the valley of Hinnom were an illustration. Hebrew. *tola',* the maggot bred from putrid substances. See [Exodus 16:20](../../../kjv/exodus/16/20) . [Deuteronomy 28:39](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/39) . [Job 25:6](../../../kjv/job/25/6) (second word). [Psalms 22:6](../../../kjv/psalms/22/6) . Psa 14:11 (second word); [Isaiah 41:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/41/14) ; [Isaiah 66:24](../../../kjv/isaiah/66/24) ; and [Jonah 4:7](../../../kjv/jonah/4/7) , which are all the occurrences of *tola'* in O.T. In the synagogue use, [Isaiah 66:23](../../../kjv/isaiah/66/23) is repeated after [Isaiah 66:24](../../../kjv/isaiah/66/24) , so that the book may end with comfort. Compare end of Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Malachi.
**an abhorring.** The Hebrew occurs only here.
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