1. to —rather, "concerning" [GESENIUS], that is, in the person of My beloved, as His representative [VITRINGA]. Isaiah gives a hint of the distinction and yet unity of the Divine Persons (compare He with I, Isaiah 5:2 ; Isaiah 5:3 ). of my beloved —inspired by Him; or else, a tender song [CASTALIO]. By a slight change of reading "a song of His love" [HOUBIGANT]. "The Beloved" is Jehovah, the Second Person, the "Angel" of God the Father, not in His character as incarnate Messiah, but as God of the Jews ( Exodus 23:20 ; Exodus 23:21 ; Exodus 32:34 ; Exodus 33:14 ). vineyard — ( Isaiah 3:14 ; Psalms 80:8 , c.). The Jewish covenant-people, separated from the nations for His glory, as the object of His peculiar care ( Matthew 20:1 Matthew 21:33 ). Jesus Christ in the "vineyard" of the New Testament Church is the same as the Old Testament Angel of the Jewish covenant. fruitful hill —literally, "a horn" ("peak," as the Swiss shreckhorn ) of the son of oil; poetically, for very fruitful. Suggestive of isolation, security, and a sunny aspect. Isaiah alludes plainly to the Song of Solomon ( Song of Solomon 6:3 ; Song of Solomon 8:11 ; Song of Solomon 8:12 ), in the words " His vineyard" and " my Beloved" (compare Isaiah 26:20 ; Isaiah 61:10 ; Song of Solomon 1:4 ; Song of Solomon 4:10 ). The transition from "branch" ( Isaiah 4:2 ) to "vineyard" here is not unnatural. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-2" class="com-number"
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