Isa 40:22, 42:5, 44:24, 45:12 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 22. As a curtain -"As a thin veil"] "It is usual in the summer season, and upon all occasions when a large company is to be received, to have the court sheltered from heat or inclemency of the weather by a velum , umbrella, or veil, as I shall call it; which being expanded on ropes from one side of the parapet wall to the other, may be folded or unfolded at pleasure. The psalmist seems to allude to some covering of this kind in that beautiful expression of spreading out the heavens like a curtain."- Shaw's Travels, p. 274.

‏ Isaiah 40:22

Verse 22. As a curtain-"As a thin veil"] "It is usual in the summer season, and upon all occasions when a large company is to be received, to have the court sheltered from heat or inclemency of the weather by a velum, umbrella, or veil, as I shall call it; which being expanded on ropes from one side of the parapet wall to the other, may be folded or unfolded at pleasure. The psalmist seems to allude to some covering of this kind in that beautiful expression of spreading out the heavens like a curtain."-Shaw's Travels, p. 274.

‏ Isaiah 42:5

‏ Isaiah 44:24

Verse 24. By myself] Thirteen MSS., six ancient, confirm the reading of the Keri, meittai.

‏ Isaiah 40:22

‏ Isaiah 42:5

‏ Isaiah 44:24

‏ Isaiah 45:12