Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled. (continued)
COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH
25. For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger, in their destruction.
25. Sed adhuc paululum, et consumabitur (vel, consumetur) furor et indignatio mea, in abolitione eorum.
26. And the Lord of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him, according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
26. Et excitabit Iehova exercituum contra eum flagellum, secundum caedem Madian in rupe Oreb; et virga ejus super mare, levabitque eam in via AEgypti.
27. And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the annointing.
27. Et accidet in die illa, ut auferatur onus ejus ab humero tuo, et jugum ejus a cervice tua; et dissipabitur jugum a facie unctionis.
28. He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:
28. Venit in Aiath, transiit in Migron, in Michmas reponet vasa tua. 29. They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
29. Transierunt vadum, in Gaeba pernoctaverunt hospitio; territa est Rama; Gibaea Saulis fugit.
30. Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim; cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
30. Hinni voce tua filia Gallim, fac audire Laisam paupercula Anathoth. 31. Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
31. Mota est Madmena; incolae Gebim collegerunt se. 32. As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
32. Adhuc dies: cum in Nob interquiescet, agitabit manum suam versus montem filiae Sion, collem Ierusalem.
33. Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
33. Ecce, Dominus Iehova exercituum amputabit ramum cum terrore, (vel, potenter,) et procerae staturae excidentur, et sublimia humiliabunter.
34. And he shall cut down the thickets of the forests with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
34. Et resecabit condensa sylvae ferro, et Libanus violenter cadet.
1. Woe to them that decree. He now attacks the people more closely, as he did in the first and second chapters, to make them feel that they are justly afflicted; for men never acknowledge that they are justly punished till