ks on Mic. v.
1 [2]); and with regard to [Hebrew: arM nhriM] it is to be remarked
that, in consequence of its many divisions, [Hebrew: arM] loses the
nature of a proper name. The two words, Jehovah Zebaoth, can no more be
immediately connected with each other than Jehovah (which is as perfect
a proper name as ever existed) ever has, or ever can have, the article.
Let us only consider the phrase [Hebrew: alhiM cbavt] in Ps. lxxx. 15,
and elsewhere, where a _status constr._ is out of the question; and,
_further_, the fact that wherever, as in the case under review, Adonai
precedes, the Mazorets have always given to [Hebrew: ihvh] the points
of [Hebrew: alhiM] but never of [Hebrew: alhi]; and let us, _finally_,
consider the far more frequent, full expression, [Hebrew: ihvh alhi
hcbavt] (_e.g._, iii. 13, iv. 13, v. 14), and we shall be convinced,
that even where the [Pg 381] simple [Hebrew: ihvh hcbavt] occurs, not
indeed [Hebrew: alhi] is simply to be supplied (if such were the case,
why is it that [Hebrew: hcbavt] never occurs alone?), but that the
notion of the Lord is to be taken from the preceding designations of
the sovereignty of God. Compare on [Hebrew: cbavt] the remarks in my
Commentary on Ps. xxiv. 10, where those also are refuted who, like
_Maurer_ (in his Comment. on Is. i. 9), maintain that it had simply
become a name of God.--The manifestations of God's omnipotence are,
after the general intimations of it are given, just such as might now
be expected; compare viii. 8. The _Fut. with Vav Conv._ [Hebrew:
vtmvz] does not here denote the Past, "And it melted," but only the
consequence of the preceding action, as continuous as that: "Who
toucheth the earth, and it melteth." A dissolution of the earth is to
be thought of,--similar to that condition in which it was before the
days of creation, and similar to its condition during the great flood.
Such a condition of dissolution takes place also when the earth is
visited by mighty kings desirous of making conquests. "Who toucheth the
earth, and it melteth,"--the truth of these words Israel had _first_ to
learn by sad experience when the wild hosts of Asshur were poured out
over the West of Asia. The passage in Ps. xlvi. 7 is parallel, where it
is said: "The heathen rage, kingdoms are shaken; He uttereth His voice
(which corresponds with, 'Who toucheth the earth,' in the verse before
us), and the earth _melteth_." The [Hebrew: mvz], "to melt," "to
dissolve," signifies,