...Nevertheless the dim' ness shall not be such as was in her ' vexation, when at the first he light' ly afflicted the land of Zebulun and ' the land of Naphtali,...sea, beyond Jordan, ' in Galilee of the nations." The first thing here to be done, is to separate from the first verse of chapter ix the following clause—...

...(Jehovah) afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of N,ij'htali ; but then he will honour the land by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee, of the nations. The people that walk in darkness behold a great light."* Another interval succeeds, and another prophet beholds this...

...brighter, and then ere long we shall be able to adopt the language'of Isaiah : — "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light ; they that dwell in the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined." August 25, and the two following sabbaths, preached...

...for to come. 8. That he should begin to jrublish the Gosjtel in GALILEE. PROPHECY. — Isa. in. 1,2. In Galilee of the nations, the people that walked in darkness have seen a great light. FULFILMENT Matt. iv. 12. 17. Now when Jesus heard that John was cast into prison,...

...intimated by the prophet Isaiah : " Nevertheless, the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of...walked in darkness have seen a great light ; they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined." Isaiah, ix. 1, 2. This...

...honor." Naphtali, into contempt; " Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of...the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations." —Isaiah ix. 1. The transfer, in this version, of the last clause, from the sixth chapter of Hosea...

...her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulon and the land of Nephthali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the...the sea, beyond Jordan in Galilee of the nations." tion at a part of the verse where there is not so much as a comma, and thereby cuts off every thing...

...when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulon, and the land of Naphtali, and afterwards did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan in Galilee of the nations. 2. The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow...

...afflicted the land of Zebulon and the land of Nephthali, and afterward did more grievously afJlict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan in Galilee of the nations." fion at a part of the verse where there is not so much as a comma, and thereby cuts off every thing...

...that is, as he will collect from the preceding verse, the land of Zebulun and the land of Napthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. He will moreover notice, that the scene of the Messiah's labours should be laid partly in Jerusalem...