Commentary for Isaiah 5:25
עַל־כֵּ֡ן חָרָה֩ אַף־יְהוָ֨ה בְּעַמּ֜וֹ וַיֵּ֣ט יָד֧וֹ עָלָ֣יו וַיַּכֵּ֗הוּ וַֽיִּרְגְּזוּ֙ הֶֽהָרִ֔ים וַתְּהִ֧י נִבְלָתָ֛ם כַּסּוּחָ֖ה בְּקֶ֣רֶב חוּצ֑וֹת בְּכָל־זֹאת֙ לֹא־שָׁ֣ב אַפּ֔וֹ וְע֖וֹד יָד֥וֹ נְטוּיָֽה׃
Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against His people, And He hath stretched forth His hand against them, and hath smitten them, And the hills did tremble, And their carcasses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.
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therefore [i.e.,] because of these deeds of theirs.
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Therefore. For having forsaken His law.
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and the mountains have quaked [This is symbolic of] their kings and their princes.
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And the hills did tremble, in consequence of the heavy blow.
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like spittle Heb. כַּסּוּחָה, like spittle and vomit, which is expelled (נִיסָח) from a person’s body, which is repugnant. In the language of the Rabbis, it is called סְחִי and so (Lamentations 3:45): “Loathsome and rejected.”
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כסוחה Cast away;36A. V., Torn. the כ is radical; comp. כסוחה thrown down37A. V., Cut down. (Ps. 80:17). These two words are various forms of the same root.38כַּסּוּחָה is an adjective, כְּסוּחָה is participle passive Kal.
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in the midst of the streets So they will be loathsome among the nations.
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with all this that has come upon them.
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and His hand is still outstretched to harm them.
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His anger has not turned back They have not been rectified with their deeds to cause His anger to turn back.
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