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Selected Verse: Isaiah 37:22 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 37:22 |
Strong Concordance |
This is the word [01697] which the LORD [03068] hath spoken [01696] concerning him; The virgin [01330], the daughter [01323] of Zion [06726], hath despised [0959] thee, and laughed thee to scorn; [03932] the daughter [01323] of Jerusalem [03389] hath shaken [05128] her head [07218] at thee [0310]. |
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King James |
This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Transition to poetry: in parallelism.
virgin . . . daughter--honorable terms. "Virgin" implies that the city is, as yet, inviolate. "Daughter" is an abstract collective feminine personification of the population, the child of the place denoted (see on Isa 23:10; Isa 1:8). Zion and her inhabitants.
shaken . . . head--in scorn (Psa 22:7; Psa 109:25; Mat 27:39). With us to shake the head is a sign of denial or displeasure; but gestures have different meanings in different countries (Isa 58:9; Eze 25:6; Zep 2:15). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The virgin, the daughter of Zion - Jerusalem (see the note at Isa 1:8; compare the note at Isa 23:12). The parallelism in this and the following verses shows that the poetic form of speech is here introduced.
Hast despised thee - That is, it is secure from thy contemplated attack. The idea is, that Jerusalem would exult over the ineffectual attempts of Sennacherib to take it, and over his complete overthrow.
Hath laughed thee to scorn - Will make thee an object of derision.
Hath shaken her head at thee - This is an indication of contempt and scorn (compare Psa 22:7; Psa 109:25; Jer 18:16; Zep 2:15; Mat 27:39). |
15 This is the rejoicing [05947] city [05892] that dwelt [03427] carelessly [0983], that said [0559] in her heart [03824], I am, and there is none beside [0657] me: how is she become a desolation [08047], a place for beasts [02416] to lie down in [04769]! every one that passeth by [05674] her shall hiss [08319], and wag [05128] his hand [03027].
6 For thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Because thou hast clapped [04222] thine hands [03027], and stamped [07554] with the feet [07272], and rejoiced [08055] in heart [05315] with all thy despite [07589] against the land [0127] of Israel [03478];
9 Then shalt thou call [07121], and the LORD [03068] shall answer [06030]; thou shalt cry [07768], and he shall say [0559], Here I am. If thou take away [05493] from the midst [08432] of thee the yoke [04133], the putting forth [07971] of the finger [0676], and speaking [01696] vanity [0205];
39 And [1161] they that passed by [3899] reviled [987] him [846], wagging [2795] their [846] heads [2776],
25 I became also a reproach [02781] unto them: when they looked [07200] upon me they shaked [05128] their heads [07218].
7 All they that see [07200] me laugh me to scorn [03932]: they shoot out [06358] the lip [08193], they shake [05128] the head [07218], saying,
8 And the daughter [01323] of Zion [06726] is left [03498] as a cottage [05521] in a vineyard [03754], as a lodge [04412] in a garden of cucumbers [04750], as a besieged [05341] city [05892].
10 Pass [05674] through thy land [0776] as a river [02975], O daughter [01323] of Tarshish [08659]: there is no more strength [04206].
39 And [1161] they that passed by [3899] reviled [987] him [846], wagging [2795] their [846] heads [2776],
15 This is the rejoicing [05947] city [05892] that dwelt [03427] carelessly [0983], that said [0559] in her heart [03824], I am, and there is none beside [0657] me: how is she become a desolation [08047], a place for beasts [02416] to lie down in [04769]! every one that passeth by [05674] her shall hiss [08319], and wag [05128] his hand [03027].
16 To make [07760] their land [0776] desolate [08047], and a perpetual [05769] hissing [08292] [08292]; every one that passeth [05674] thereby shall be astonished [08074], and wag [05110] his head [07218].
25 I became also a reproach [02781] unto them: when they looked [07200] upon me they shaked [05128] their heads [07218].
7 All they that see [07200] me laugh me to scorn [03932]: they shoot out [06358] the lip [08193], they shake [05128] the head [07218], saying,
12 And he said [0559], Thou shalt no more [03254] rejoice [05937], O thou oppressed [06231] virgin [01330], daughter [01323] of Zidon [06721]: arise [06965], pass over [05674] to Chittim [03794]; there also shalt thou have no rest [05117].
8 And the daughter [01323] of Zion [06726] is left [03498] as a cottage [05521] in a vineyard [03754], as a lodge [04412] in a garden of cucumbers [04750], as a besieged [05341] city [05892].