Matthew Poole Commentary - Isaiah 50:3

Matthew Poole Commentary - Isaiah 50:3 - 50:3

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Isaiah 50:3 - 50:3

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50:1 - 50:1
50:2 - 50:2
50:3 - 50:3
50:4 - 50:4
50:5 - 50:5
50:6 - 50:6
50:7 - 50:7
50:8 - 50:8
50:9 - 50:9
50:10 - 50:10
50:11 - 50:11

I clothe the heavens with blackness; or, I will or can clothe &c. What I once did in Egypt, when I drew black curtains before all the heavenly lights, and caused an unparalleled and amazing darkness for three days together, to the great terror of mine enemies, so I can and will do still when it is necessary to save my people. And therefore you have no reason to distrust me.

I make sackcloth their covering; I cover them with thick and dark clouds, black as sackcloth, as is said, Rev_6:12, or as that stuff of which the tents of Kedar were made, Son_1:5. From this and some other expressions it appears that they wore a black sackcloth, which also was most suitable to the state of mourners, by whom it was used.