Isa 30:18-25 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 18. And therefore will he be exalted -"Even for this shall he expect in silence"] For yarum, he shall be exalted , which belongs not to this place, Houbigant reads yadum, he shall be silent : and so it seems to be in a MS. Another MS. instead of it reads yashub, he shall return . The mistakes occasioned by the similitude of the letters daleth and resh are very frequent, as the reader may have already observed.

‏ Isaiah 30:18-25

Verse 18. And therefore will he be exalted-"Even for this shall he expect in silence"] For yarum, he shall be exalted, which belongs not to this place, Houbigant reads yadum, he shall be silent: and so it seems to be in a MS. Another MS. instead of it reads yashub, he shall return. The mistakes occasioned by the similitude of the letters daleth and resh are very frequent, as the reader may have already observed.

Verse 19. For the people shall dwell in Zion-"When a holy people shall dwell in Sion"] λαοςσγιος, Septuagint; am kadosh. The word kadosh, lost out of the text, but happily supplied by the Septuagint, clears up the sense, otherwise extremely obscure. When the rest of the cities of the land were taken by the king of Assyria, Zion was preserved, and all that were in it.

Thou shalt weep no more-"Thou shalt implore him with weeping"] The negative particle lo is not acknowledged by the Septuagint. It may perhaps have been written by mistake for lo, to him, of which there are many examples.

Verse 20. Though the Lord-"Though JEHOVAH"] For Adonai, sixteen MSS. and three editions have Yehovah, many of De Rossi's have the same reading; all my own have Yehovah.

Verse 21. When ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left-"Turn not aside, to the right or to the left."] The Syriac, Chaldee, and Vulgate, translate as if, instead of ki-vechi, they read lo-velo.

Verse 22. Ye shall defile-"Ye shall treat as defiled"] The very prohibition of Moses, De 7:25, only thrown out of the prose into the poetical form: "The graven images of their gods ye shall burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or the gold that is on them; nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is an abomination to JEHOVAH thy God."

Verse 25. When the towers fall-"When the mighty fall."]

migdalim, μεγαλους, Sym.; μεγαλυνομενους, Aquila; rabrebin, Chald.; all signifying mighty sizes.