The Land of the Majestic King
a“Where is the scribe?
Where is he who weighs?
Where is he who counts the towers?”
bA people of obscure speech, beyond perception,
Of a1 stammering tongue that you cannot understand.
Your eyes will see bJerusalem, a quiet home,
A tabernacle that will not be taken down;
cNot one of dits stakes will ever be removed,
Nor will any of its cords be broken.
A place of broad rivers and streams,
In which no1 galley with oars will sail,
Nor majestic ships pass by
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Isaiah 33:19
Thou shalt not see a fierce people - Or, rather, ' this fierce and boasting people you shall not see.' They shall not enter the city; but though they are advancing with so much confidence, they shall be suddenly cut, off and destroyed. The word rendered "fierce," ( nô‛âz from yâ‛az ), probably means strong, or wicked. Lowth renders it, ' barbarous people,' as if it were lô‛ēz . Michaelis also adopts this reading by supposing an error in transcribing, a change of the Hebrew letter ( n ) into the Hebrew letter ( l ) . Such a change might have easily occurred, but there is no authority from the manuscripts for making an alteration in the text The word strong, or mighty, agrees well with the connection.
A people of a deeper speech - A people whose language is so deep, that is, so dark, or obscure, that it cannot be understood by you. This refers to the army of the Assyrians, who spoke the Syrian language, which was understood by some of the Jews, but which was unintelligible to the mass (see Isaiah 36:11).
Than thou canst perceive - Than you can understand.
Of a stammering tongue - (see the note at Isaiah 28:11). Margin, ' Ridiculous;' a sense which the Hebrew will bear, but the more appropriate meaning is that of a barbarous, or unintelligible foreign language.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Isaiah 33:19:
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