The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-05-27

make mock at sin i the guilt offering; but
but among the righte- among the UPRIGHT
Gus there is favour" there is good will''S
8: 49, Carved works "Striped clothes of
nne linen OF Egypt" the yarn of Egypt"
III; 70. III Is as sport And so is wisdom to
to fool to do mischief; a man of understand
but a man of under ing"
standing hath wisdom"
IS: 10. 1.-The way of THE wav of the
transgressors is hard. treacherous is ragged"
10: l. Inc preparations The preparations of
In man and the answer t h heart belong to
OF the tongue is from man, but the answer of
the Lord the tongue is from the
Lord"
Fec. 3; IA. "All is van. "All is vanity and
lty and vexation ofIstriving after wind"
spirit"
II: Is, LET us hear the This is the end of the
conclusion OF the whole matter all hath been
matter, ear God, etc. heard, Fear God, ETC."
The Prophetical Books
The revision adheres to the a. V. in the
prose form, except in those cases where
the poetic form and spirit plainly con-
trast with that which precedes and fol-
lows, c. g., the prayer of Jonah and the
sublime ode in the Sd chapter of Ha-
bakkuk, and the whole of the Lamenta-
lions OF jeremiah, which are evidently
OF a lyric character. The division into
is suggested either by the
short titles given the text, as in Isaiah
XXI. IL, ID, where "The burden of
Dumah" and "The burden upon Arabia"
obviously imply the transition to new
theme, or by the internal structure to
other parts where the prophet passes
from one subject to another. The chris
tology OF the o. T. is scarcely changed.
The crucial passage, Isaiah vii. IA,
" Behold a virgin shall conceive and
bear SOL, remains unchanged, except
that the margin suggests, "t the Virgin is
with child and beareth." Isaiah XII. 4,
" The voice of him that crieth in the
wilderness, Prepare We the way of the
Lord, is changed to read "The voice of
one that crleth, prepare ye in the wilder
ness the way of the Lord" tx. 5.
Every battle of the warrior is with con-
fused noise and garments rolled in
blood; but this shall be with burning
and fuel of fire, is changed for the bet
ter, For all the armor of the armed man
IN the tumult, and the garments rolled
IN blood, shall be for burning, for the
fuel OF fire. In the SD chap. the re-
vision removes the confusion of lenses in
VS.. 2, 3, as He shall grow up" when
we shall see him." He is despised and
rejected" The correction of these makes
the description more correct and i'm
presslve, as one continuous picture of
lowliness and rejection. In V. 8, instead
OF we hid as it were our faces from
Him" there is the exacter rendering,
" as one from whom men hide their face;
lie was despised, etc. The difficult Sth
verse, He was taken from prison and
from judgment; and who shall declare
his generation is made palmer by rem
dering, By oppression and Judgment
He was taken away; and who con-
sidereth His generation" In liv. s,
:: In little wrath hid my face from
thee" because " In OVERLOOKING wrath I
hid my face, etc., thus making a stronger
contrast with the kindness mentioned in
the next clause. In V. II the promise to
Zion is not windows of agate" but
"pinnacles of rubies." In lvl. 10, II
the comparison Of Israel rulers to dumb,
indolent, greedy dogs, and to faithless
shepherds, is brought out much more
clearly than in the A. V. The indig-
nant question of Jehovah at offerings
made to idols Qvii. g, Should 1 receive
comfort in these?" is much better ex-
pressed by Shall be appeased for these
things ?" who is this that cometh from
Edom, with dyed garments from Boz
rah, etc, is greatly helped by represent
ting the conqueror as marching"
rather than travelling" in the great
ness of his strength, and by more
vigorous rendering of the last clause of
v. 8, but especially by preserving the
preterite lenses Of the original.