9. Stay--rather, "Be astounded"; expressing the stupid and amazed
incredulity with which the Jews received Isaiah's announcement.
wonder--The second imperative, as often
(Isa 8:9),
is a threat; the first is a simple declaration of a fact, "Be
astounded, since you choose to be so, at the prophecy, soon you will
be amazed at the sight of the actual event" [MAURER].
cry . . . out . . . cry--rather, "Be ye blinded (since you choose to
be so, though the light shines all round you), and soon ye shall be
blinded" in good earnest to your sorrow
[MAURER],
(Isa 6:9, 10).
not with wine--but with spiritual paralysis
(Isa 51:17, 21).
ye . . . they--The change from speaking to, to speaking of them, intimates that the prophet turns away from them to a greater
distance, because of their stupid unbelief.
JFB.
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