As the livestock that go down into the valley, Yahweh’s Spirit caused them to rest. So you led your people to make yourself a glorious name.
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As the livestock that go down into the valley, Yahweh’s Spirit caused them to rest. So you led your people to make yourself a glorious name.
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As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
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As the cattle that go down into the valley, the spirit of the LORD caused them to rest; so didst Thou lead Thy people, to make Thyself a glorious name.'
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Passages linked to Isaiah 63:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 63:12 Who caused his glorious arm to be at Moses’ right hand? Who divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
- Joshua 23:1 After many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years,
- Hebrews 4:8-11 For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day. There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his. Let’s therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.
- Numbers 14:21 but in very deed—as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with Yahweh’s glory—
- Joshua 22:4 Now Yahweh your God has given rest to your brothers, as he spoke to them. Therefore now return and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan.
- 2 Samuel 7:23 What one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make himself a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your people, whom you redeemed to yourself out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
- 1 Chronicles 29:13 Now therefore, our God, we thank you, and praise your glorious name.
- Nehemiah 9:5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting! Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise!
- Luke 2:14 “Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”
- Ephesians 1:6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,
- Ephesians 1:12 to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 63:14 As a beast goeth down into the…
Isa 63:14 As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
Ver. 14. As a beast goeth down into the valley,] i.e., Gently and leisurely, {a} according to that known saying -
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“ Ascendente tuo, vel descendente caballo,
Vox ait ista, Fave; vox ait illa, Cave. ”
The Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest.] Or, Led them until he brought them to rest. - scil., in the promised land.
To make thyself a glorious name,] q.d., So thou mayest do again, if thou please to show mercy unto us. Name is here put for fame or renown.
{a} Leniter et commode.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain As a beast goeth down into the valley; a…
As a beast goeth down into the valley; a laden beast goeth warily and gently down the hill: or, as a beast goeth down to the valley for grass, that being a mountainous country: or
going down for going along; so the word is used Isa 38:8; noting the evenness of their passage; or alluding to their going down from the shore into that great channel (as the coming out of it is called a going up, Isa 63:11) now made through the sea, orderly, and composedly, not like the Gadarenes’ swine, through consternation, ready to break their necks for haste.
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The Spirit of the Lord, i.e. the Lord himself,
caused him to rest; led them easily, that they should not be over-travelled, or fall down, or come to any injury through weariness; thus Jeremiah expresseth it, Jer 31:2, and thus God gave them rest from their enemies, drowning of them in the sea, and in their safe conduct, that they could not annoy or disturb them, leading them till he found them a place for resting; the word for leading and resting being much of a like notion, Zec 10:6; pointing at their several rests by the way, Num 10:33; or it may be read by way of interrogation, as all the foregoing words, and be the close of that inquiry, And where is the Spirit that caused them to rest? or he led them to Canaan, the place of their rest; so called Deu 12:9; Psa 95:11.
So didst thou lead: the prophet here by an apostrophe doth only repeat the words in the name of the Jews that he had spake before, Isa 63:12; q.d. As thou didst then, so mayst thou do again if thou pleasest.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain As a beast goeth down into the valley,.... Softly…
As a beast goeth down into the valley,.... Softly and gently, especially when laden; which may have some respect to the descent of the Israelites into the sea, into which they entered without any fear and dread, and without any hurry and precipitation, though Pharaoh's host was behind them; or rather, "as a beast goes along a valley", or "plain" (c); with ease, and without any interruption, so passed the Israelites through the sea. Thus the Targum renders it,
"as a beast goes, or is led, in a plain;''
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so the word is used in Isa 38:8, and elsewhere:
the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest; or gently led him, that is, Israel; he walked on through the sea, with as much facility, and as little danger, as a beast walks on in a valley, or a horse in a plain. Some understand this of leading Israel through the wilderness, where often resting places were found for them, and at last they were brought to the land of rest, Canaan, and settled there:
so didst thou lead thy people; both through the sea, and through the wilderness, in a like easy, safe, and gentle manner:
to make thyself a glorious name; among the nations of the world, as he did by this amazing appearance of his for Israel; and it is hoped by those, whose words these are, he would do the like again, and get himself immortal glory.
(c) "sicut jumentum quod in campo, vel valle, vel planitie, graditur", Gataker.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The valley - A laden beast goeth warily and…
The valley - A laden beast goeth warily and gently down the hill. Rest - Led them easily, that they should not be over-travelled, or fall down, through weariness; thus Jeremiah expresses it, Jer. xxxi, 2, and thus God gave them rest from their enemies, drowning them in the sea, and in their safe conduct, that they could not annoy or disturb them, leading them 'till he found them a place for resting; the word for leading, and resting, being much of a like notion, Zech x, 6, pointing at their several rests by the way, Num. x, 33, or it may be read by way of interrogation, as all the foregoing words, and be the close of that enquiry, And where is the spirit, that caused then to rest? Or, he led them to Canaan the place of their rest.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 14. The Spirit of the Lord caused him…
Verse 14. The Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest - "The Spirit of JEHOVAH conducted them."] For תניחנו tenichennu, caused him to rest, the Septuagint have ὡδηγησεν αυτους, conducted them; they read תנחם tanchem. The Syriac, Chaldee, and Vulgate read תנחנו tanchennu, conducted him. Two MSS. have the word without the י yod in the middle. See Clarke on Isa 63:13.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain As a beast that goeth down into the valley…
As a beast that goeth down into the valley - As a herd of cattle in the heat of the day descends into the shady glen in order to find rest. In the vale, streams of water usually flow. By those streams and fountains trees grow luxuriantly, and these furnish a cool and refreshing shade. The cattle, therefore, in the heat of the day, naturally descend from the hills, where there are no fountains and streams, and where they are exposed to an intense sun, to seek refreshment in the shade of the valley. The figure here is that of resting in safety after exposure; and there are few more poetic and beautiful images of comfort than that furnished by cattle lying quietly and safely in the cool shade of a well-watered vale. This image would be much more striking in the intense heat of an Oriental climate than it is with us. Harmer (Obs. i. 168ff) supposes that the allusion here is to the custom prevailing still among the Arabs, when attacked by enemies, of withdrawing with their herds and flocks to some sequestered vale in the deserts, where they find safety. The idea, according to him, is, that Israel lay thus safely encamped in the wilderness; that they, with their flocks and herds and riches, were suffered to remain unattacked by the king of Egypt; and that this was a state of grateful repose, like that which a herd feels after having been closely pursued by an enemy, when it finds a safe retreat in some quiet vale. But it seems to me that the idea first suggested is the most correct - as it is, undoubtedly the most poetical and beautiful of a herd of cattle leaving the hills, and seeking a cooling shade and quiet retreat in a well-watered vale. Such repose, such calm, gentle, undisturbed rest, God gave his people. Such he gives them now, amidst sultry suns and storms, as they pass through the world.
The Spirit of the Lord - (See the note at Isa 63:10).
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So didst thou lead - That is, dividing the sea, delivering them from their foes, and leading them calmly and securely on to the land of rest. So now, amidst dangers seen and unseen, God leads his people on toward heaven. He removes the obstacles in their way; he subdues their foes; he ‘makes them to lie down in green pastures, and leads them beside the still waters’ Psa 23:2; and he bears them forward to a world of perfect peace.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain As a beast . . . rest--image from a…
As a beast . . . rest--image from a herd led "down" from the hills to a fertile and well-watered "valley" (Psa 23:2); so God's Spirit "caused Israel to rest" in the promised land after their weary wanderings.
to make . . . name--(So Isa 63:12; Sa2 7:23).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 14, 15. As a beast — Collectively for a…
14, 15. As a beast — Collectively for a herd of cattle or flock of sheep.
Goeth down into the valley — That is, to luxuriant feeding places, and for rest.
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So didst thou lead thy people — In a general way all through their history.
Look down from heaven — Isa_57:15. A metaphor, as in the reference designating the infinite grandeur of Deity, not his locality.
Where is thy zeal — Thy former zeal for thy people — thy might once shown so often by their deliverances.
Sounding of thy bowels — Organs of the chest, deemed the seat of compassionate emotions, which, when intense, caused a stirring and a sound. Isa_16:11. The whole importunate appeal for new blessings is made on the ground that God, in olden time, was full of compassion toward Israel, as just stated, Isa_63:13.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 14. As the cattle that go down into the…
14. As the cattle that go down into the valley (R.V.). It is doubtful whether this clause does not continue Isa_63:13, adding a second image of the security with which Israel went down into the depths of the sea. It has certainly a more forcible sense in that connexion than if taken as an illustration of the words which follow. The only difficulty is that these words may seem too short to stand alone.
caused him to rest] i.e. brought him (the nation) to the resting-place, the Promised Land (Exo_33:14; Deu_12:9; Jos_1:13 &c.). The ancient versions read, less suitably, “led him.”
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so didst thou lead &c.] Summarising the previous description and concluding the retrospect.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain As a beast goeth down into the valley. Bishop…
As a beast goeth down into the valley. Bishop Lowth"s version seems the best," As the herd descendeth to the valley." Israel"s passage through the Sinaitic peninsula into Canaan is compared to tile movement of a herd of cattle from its summer pastures in the mountains to the valley at their base, where for a time it rests. So God gave his people, after their many trials, "rest" in Canaan. (Heb_3:11-18) So didst thou lead thy people. "So" refers, not to the last simile only, but to the entire description contained in vers. 11-14. To make thyself a glorious name. (comp. ver. 12, and see also Eze_36:21-23 Mal_1:2)
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As the cattle that go down into the valley ... rest
This image pictures cattle going into a valley where there is green grass and water and emphasizes that God led the people of Israel and took care of them. (See: Simile)
to make yourself a name of praise
Here "name of praise" refers to honor and one's reputation. AT: "to make sure you have an honored reputation for yourself" (See: Metonymy)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 63:14 God gave his people rest after he brought…
63:14 God gave his people rest after he brought them into the Promised Land (see 63:9; Josh 1:13; 22:4; 23:1).
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