- Bible
- Isaiah
- Chapter 58
- Verse 1
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
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Gill's Exposition
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet,.... These words are directed to the prophet; and so the Targum expresses it,
"O prophet, cry with thy throat;''
and so it is in the…
Barnes' Notes
Cry aloud - Margin, ‘With the throat;’ that is, says Gesenius, with open throat, with full voice coming from the throat and breast; while one who speaks low uses only the lips and tongue 1Sa 1:13. The…
Adam Clarke
Cry aloud, spare not - Never was a louder cry against the hypocrisy, nor a more cutting reproof of the wickedness, of a people professing a national established religion, having all the forms of…
When our Lord Jesus promised to send the Comforter he added, When he shall come he shall convince (Joh 16:7, Joh 16:8); for conviction must prepare for comfort, and must also separate between the…
Cambridge Bible
Cry aloud lit. Cry with the throat, with the full power of the voice.
shew my people their transgression &c.] The function of the true prophet as distinguished from the false; see Mic 3:8, a verse…
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