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<p>fir trees--rather, the cypress.</p>

<p>they--the once subject nations of the whole earth. HOUBIGANT places the stop after &quot;fir trees&quot; (Isa 14:8), &quot;The very fir trees break forth,&quot; &amp;c. But the parallelism is better in English Version.</p>

<p>the fir trees--now left undisturbed. Probably a kind of evergreen.

rejoice at thee-- (Psa 96:12). At thy fall (Psa 35:19, Psa 35:24).

no feller--as formerly, when thou wast in power (Isa 10:34; Isa 37:24).

Hades (the Amenthes of Egypt), the unseen abode of the departed; some of its tenants, once mighty monarchs, are represented by a bold personification as rising from their seats in astonishment at the descent among them of the humbled king of Babylon. This proves, in opposition to WARBURTON [The Divine Legation], that the belief existed among the Jews that there was a Sheol or Hades, in which the &quot;Rephaim&quot; or manes of the departed abode.</p>

<p>said--virtually. Hast thou within thyself?

height--imagery from the Assyrian felling of trees in Lebanon (Isa 14:8; Isa 33:9); figuratively for, &quot;I have carried my victorious army through the regions most difficult of access, to the most remote lands.&quot;

sides--rather, &quot;recesses&quot; [G. V. SMITH].

fir trees--not cypresses, as some translate; pine foliage and cedars are still found on the northwest side of Lebanon [STANLEY].

height of . . . border--In Kg2 19:23, &quot;the lodgings of his borders.&quot; Perhaps on the ascent to the top there was a place of repose or caravansary, which bounded the usual attempts of persons to ascend [BARNES]. Here, simply, &quot;its extreme height.&quot;

forest of . . . Carmel--rather, &quot;its thickest forest.&quot; &quot;Carmel&quot; expresses thick luxuriance (see on Isa 10:18; Isa 29:17).</p>

<p>(Isa 32:15; Isa 55:13).

shittah--rather, the &quot;acacia,&quot; or Egyptian thorn, from which the gum Arabic is obtained [LOWTH].

oil tree--the olive.

fir tree--rather, the &quot;cypress&quot;: grateful by its shade.

pine--GESENIUS translates, &quot;the holm.&quot;

box tree--not the shrub used for bordering flower beds, but [GESENIUS] a kind of cedar, remarkable for the smallness of its cones, and the upward direction of its branches.</p>

<p>thorn--emblem of the wicked (Sa2 23:6; Mic 7:4).

fir tree--the godly (Isa 60:13; Psa 92:12). Compare as to the change wrought, Rom 6:19.

brier--emblem of uncultivation (Isa 5:6).

myrtle--Hebrew, Hedes, from which comes Hedassah, the original name of Esther. Type of the Christian Church; for it is a lowly, though beautiful, fragrant, and evergreen shrub (Psa 92:13-14).

for a name . . . everlasting sign--a perpetual memorial to the glory of Jehovah (Jer 13:11; Jer 33:9).




Next: Isaiah Chapter 56</p>

<p>his mighty men--the Medo-Babylonian generals mighty men attacking Nineveh.

made red--The ancients dyed their bull&#039;s-hide shields red, partly to strike terror into the enemy, chiefly lest the blood from wounds which they might receive should be perceived and give confidence to the foe [CALVIN]. G. V. SMITH conjectures that the reference is to the red reflection of the sun&#039;s rays from shields of bronze or copper, such as are found among the Assyrian remains.

in scarlet--or crimson military tunics (compare Mat 27:28). XENOPHON mentions that the Medes were fond of this color. The Lydians and Tyrians extracted the dye from a particular worm.

chariots . . . with flaming torches--that is, the chariots shall be like flaming torches, their wheels in lightning-like rapidity of rotation flashing light and striking sparks from the stones over which they pass (compare Isa 5:28). English Version supposes a transposition of the Hebrew letters. It is better to translate the Hebrew as it is, &quot;the chariots (shall be furnished) with fire-flashing scythes&quot; (literally, &quot;with the fire,&quot; or glitter, of iron weapons). Iron scythes were fixed at right angles to the axles and turned down, or parallel to it, inserted into the felly of the wheel. The Medes, perhaps, had such chariots, though no traces of them are found in Assyrian remains. On account of the latter fact, it may be better to translate, &quot;the chariots (shall come) with the glitter of steel weapons&quot; [MAURER and G. V. SMITH].

in the day of his preparation--JEHOVAH&#039;S (Isa 13:3). Or, &quot;Medo-Babylonian commander&#039;s day of preparation for the attack&quot; (Nah 2:1). &quot;He&quot; confirms this, and &quot;his&quot; in this verse.

the fir trees--their fir-tree lances.

terribly shaken--branded so as to strike terror. Or, &quot;shall be tremulous with being brandished&quot; [MAURER].</p>

<p>fir tree . . . cedar--if even the cedars (the highest in the state) are not spared, how much less the fir trees (the lowest)!

forest of . . . vintage--As the vines are stripped of their grapes in the vintage (compare Joe 3:13), so the forest of Lebanon &quot;is come down,&quot; stripped of all its beauty. Rather, &quot;the fortified&quot; or &quot;inaccessible forest&quot; [MAURER]; that is, Jerusalem dense with houses as a thick forest is with trees, and &quot;fortified&quot; with a wall around. Compare Mic 3:12, where its desolate state is described as a forest.</p>