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Mr . fffylh&e ' * Rernarks on Isaiah v& .- : vr . 6 , 7 , ' • < - No . III . IN my former remarks , ( pp . 21—24 and pp . 94—97 9 ) upon the celebrated prophecy contained in Isaiah ix . 6 , 7 , I endeavoured , first , to
resolve the chronological difficulty which had prevented its application to King Hezekiah . I then suggested what appeared to me the most probable translation of the passage , and intimated an intention to point out , on some future occasion , the circumstances which
appeared to confine the application of it exclusively to Hezekiah . In fulfilling this intention , I am aware that I shall have no very easy task to accomplish ; but I am encouraged to proceed by the hope of throwing some light upon a subject which , in my opinion , has hitherto been involved in great
obscurity . The following is Lowth's introductory outline of the subject of this prophecy . " The confederacy of Retsin , King of Syria , and Pekah , King of Israel , against the kingdom of Judah , was
formed in the time of Jotham ; and ^ perhaps , the effects of it were felt in the latter part of his reign : see Q , Kings xv . 37 , and note on chap . i . 7—9 . However , in the very beginning of the reign of Ahaz , they jointly invaded Judah with a powerful army , and threatened to destroy , or to dethrone ,
the House of David . The king and royal family being in the utmost consternation on receiving advices of their designs , Isaiah is sent to them to support and comfort them in their present distress , b y assuring them , that God would make good his promises to David and his House . This makes
the subject of this , and the following , and the beginning of the ninth chapters ; in which there are many and great difficulties . " Taking this to be , on the whole , a fair representation of the circumstances
under which the prophecy was delivered , I proceed to examine that part of it which it is my present intention to illustrate ; and , in doing this , I must entreat the reader to go back with me to the beginning of the chapter .
The people that walked in darkness , have seen a great light : they that dwell in the land of the shadow
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tjfcdeaih , Upon them kith thelight shinedM iretf . 2 . The darkne $ 3 here Hfrentioiied' is supposed by Grotius ta represent the dangers with which Jerusalem was threatened by its enemies , and the light , the unexpected
deliverance which took place on the destruction of Sennacherib ' s army * " Populus Hierosolymitanus in gra- * vissimis cons titut us periculis , quad tenebrarum nomine appellant Hebreeh Exper ietu f egregiam liberationem , caeso Divinitus Sennacherilxi tana
valido exercitu . " cc Thoic hast multiplied the nation , and not increased the joy i they joy before thee , according to the joy in harvest , and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil : " ver . 3 . Lowth sub *
stitutes 17 for the negative particle & }?* on the authority of eleven manuscripts and the Keri , and Dodson adopts this amended reading : " Thou hast multiplied the nation : thou hast increased their joy : " the joy occasioned by the miraculous overthrow of Sennache *
rib ' s army . ** For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden , and the staff of his shoulder , the rod of his oppressor , as in the day of Midian : " ver . 4 . Whatever may be thought of the phrases , " walked in darkness / ' and ** have seen a great light , * ' and of the
application of that pare of the prophecy in an accommodated sense , ( Mai . iv . 15 , 16 , ) to the blessings diffused by the gospel , there can be no doubt , I think , as to the meaning of such expressions as " the yoke of his burden , " * ' the staff of his shoulder /* and " the rod
of his oppressor . " It was obviously the intention of the prophet to point out the dangers which threatened the Jewish nation at that particular period , and the manner in which it was to be delivered from those dangers .
" For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise , and garments rolled in blood : but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire .- " ver . 5 . These words are thus paraphrased by Grotius : " Aliae clades hostium
solent parari multo labore multoque sanguine ; haec ver 6 similis erit incendio subit 6 consumenti . Ptanfc eniir * subitft , sine tumultu , sine vulnere , sine Hebrseorum labore aut periculo , ab angelo extincti sunt AssynL Nulla flamma tain celeriter eos oecidere potuisset . " Other defeats are usually
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Mr . Wfdlac&d Remarksonftaiahix . 6 7 * 22 $
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1824, page 223, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2523/page/31/
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