Tuesday, September 15, 2009

War With The Lamb

Isaiah 2
13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,

This is a verse about kings, nobles, princes, governors of provinces and their war with the Lamb....

More From Isaiah 2
17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.

Something I've noticed about trying to understand the Bible: much of the content needed to understand the simple, plain meaning of many passages exist only outside the Bible. Such information usually includes Hebrew history, interpretation, culture and customs. For this passage, I read it a number of time and knew, this is one of those passages I would never figure out without some help.

For help, I usually refer to John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. And, with that comes information from theTargum, Jarchi (Rashi), Kimchi, Maimonides and Aben Ezra. Google John Gill, for the story of how he came to possess such a great repository of Hebrew knowledge.

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