Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Therefore my people shall know - The word lachen , occurring the second time in this verse, seems to be repeated by mistake. It has no force nor emphasis as a repetition; it only embarrasses the construction and the sense. It was not in the copies from which the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate were translated; it was not in the copy of the Septuagint from which the Arabic was translated; but in the Aldine and Complutensian editions is repeated; probably so corrected, in order to make it conformable with the Hebrew text.
I am he that Moth speak "I am he, Jehovah, that promised" - For hu , the Bodleian MS. and another have , Jehovah ; "For I am Jehovah that promised;" and another ancient MS. adds Jehovah after hu . The addition of Jehovah seems to be right in consequence of what was said in the preceding line, "My people shall know my name."
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