the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Ecclesiasticus 2:15
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SPONSA. Capite nobis vulpes parvulas qu demoliuntur vineas : nam vinea nostra floruit.
et super omnem turrim excelsam,
et super omnem murum munitum,
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Reciprocal: Isaiah 28:18 - when Isaiah 30:25 - upon every high
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall. Which may signify everything that serves to support and defend the antichristian hierarchy, particularly the secular powers. The Targum paraphrases it,
"and upon all that dwell in a high tower, and upon all that reside by a fortified wall.''
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Every high tower - Towers, or fortresses, were erected for defense and protection. They were made on the walls of cities, for places of observation (compare the note at Isaiah 21:5), or in places of strength, to be a refuge for an army, and to be a point from which they might sally out to attack their enemies. They were “high” to afford a defense against being scaled by an enemy, and also that from the top they might look abroad for observation; and also to annoy an enemy from the top, when the foe approached the walls of a city.
Every fenced wall - הומה בצוּרה betsûrâh hômâh. The word “fenced,” בצוּרה betsûrâh, is from בצר bâtsar, to make inaccessible, and hence, to fortify. It denotes a wall that is inaccessible, or strongly fortified. Cities were commonly surrounded by high and strong walls to defend them from enemies. The sense is, God would overturn all their strong places of refuge and defense.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Isaiah 2:15. Isaiah 2:13.
