Adam Clarke Commentary - Isaiah 59:15

Adam Clarke Commentary - Isaiah 59:15 - 59:15

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Isaiah 59:15 - 59:15

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59:2 - 59:2
59:3 - 59:3
59:4 - 59:4
59:8 - 59:8
59:10 - 59:10
59:11 - 59:11
59:14 - 59:14
59:15 - 59:15
59:16 - 59:16
59:17 - 59:17
59:18 - 59:18
59:19 - 59:19
59:20 - 59:20
59:21 - 59:21

And the Lord saw it “And Jehovah saw it” - This third line of the stanza appears manifestly to me to be imperfect by the loss of a phrase. The reader will perhaps more perfectly conceive my idea of the matter if I endeavor to supply the supposed defect, I imagine it might have stood originally in this manner: -

לו ויחר יהוה וירא

lo veyachar Yehovah vaiyar

משפט אין כי בעיניו וירע

mishpat ein ki beeyinaiv veyera

“And Jehovah saw it, and he was wroth;

And it displeased him, that there was no judgment.”

We have had already many examples of mistakes of omission; this, if it be such, is very ancient, being prior to all the versions. - L.