Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 29:9
Stay yourselves, and wonder; pause upon it, and you will see cause to wonder at the stupidity of this people, of which he is now about to speak. He directeth his speech, either to the religious part of the people, or to those particular persons who heard him when he delivered this prophecy. Cry ye out, and cry; cry out again and again, either in way of supplication for them; or rather through astonishment and horror. Or, they take pleasure or sport themselves, (as this word most commonly... read more
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 29:8
His soul is empty; his appetite or desire (as the soul is taken, Psalms 41:4; Psalms 78:18, and elsewhere) is unsatisfied. Or, his stomach or body (as the soul is used, Psalms 16:10) is empty. So shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against Mount Zion; no less unsatisfied and unsatiable shall the enemies of the Jews be, with all the cruelties which they have committed against you; and they shall be always thirsting after more of your blood, as if they had never tasted any of... read more