Isaiah
Verse 1. Amen. He approves of God’s judgments ( Bible.) against Jerusalem. Worthington.
EXPLANATIONS
Isaiah 25
Historical chapter commentary
Isaiah
Verse 2. City; Jerusalem, or rather Babylon, (Calmet. 21. Calmet.) or every city ( Bible.) in the world. Menochius.—Strangers: the temples of idols.
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Verse 3. People; the Chaldees, or their conquerors.
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Verse 4. Poor; Juda, whom Nabuchodonosor’s fury could not exterminate.
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Verse 5. Away. Cyrus ( Calmet.) shall reduce Babylon the great. Bible.
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Verse 6. Mountain of Sion, a figure of the Church, and of heaven. The Jews shall feast: yea, some of all nations shall partake of the blessed Eucharist, and obtain heaven. The expressions are too grand for a corruptible feast. Calmet.—Wine. Lit. “of vintage,” ( Bible.) on which occasion great rejoicings were made. Hesiod. Hercul. 297.—Prot. “of wines on the lees.” Bible.—In the East, the wines were very thick. Psalms 75:9. Calmet.—On the rejection of the Jews, the Gentiles were converted. Worthington.
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Verse 7. Tied. He will open their eyes to the truth of the gospel. They shall be no longer as criminals, expecting death, or mourning.
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Verse 8. Ever. Hebrew “he shall swallow up death in victory.” 1 Corinthians 15:54. Christ, by dying, conquered death, and rescued us from its power, if we do not voluntarily subject ourselves to it again. This was faintly represented by the liberation of the captives.
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Verse 10. Mountain: the Church. Calmet.—Moab. That is, the reprobate, whose eternal punishment, from which they can no way escape, is described under these figures. Challoner.—The Machabees probably executed this vengeance on Moab. 1 Maccabees 5:6.
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Verse 11. Hands. All his exertions and fury will prove useless. Bible.—Moab shall lie prostrate.
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literally, fat things