king' is explained as referring to the Messiah.

Is. xxiv . 23 is Messianically applied in the curious passage in Bemidbar R. quoted under

Gen. xxii. 18; also in Bemidbar R. 13 (ed. Warsh. p. 51 a ).

The remarkable promise in Is. xxv. 8 is applied to the times of the Messiah in the Talmud

(Moed Q. 28 b), and in that most ancient commentary Siphra, (Yalkut i. p. 190 d applies

the passage to the world to come). But the most remarkable interpretation is that whic h

occurs in connection with Is. lx. 1 (Yalkut ii. 56 c, line 16 from the bottom), where the

passage (Is. xxv . 8) is after an expostulation on the part of Satan with regard to the

Messiah, applied to the casting into Gehenna of Satan and of the Gentiles. See also our

remarks on Ex. xii. 2. In Debar. R. 2, Isaiah xxv. 8 is applied to the destruction of the

Jetser ha-Ra and the abolishing of death in Messianic days; in Shem. R. 30 to the time of

the Messiah.

Verse 9. Tanchuma on Deuteronomy opens with a record of how God would work all the

miracles, which He had shown in the wilderness, in a fuller manner for Zion in the latter

days, the last passage quoted in that section being Is. x x v . 9. (Tanchuma on Deut. ed.

Warsh. p. 99 a, line 5 from the bottom).

Of Is. xxvi. 19 there is Messianic application in the Midrash on Ecclesiastes i. 7.

Of Is. xxvii. 10 Shem. R. 1, and Tanchuma on Exod. ii. 5 (ed. Warsh. p. 64 b ) remark that,

like Moses, the Messiah, Who would deliver His own from the worshippers of false gods,

should be brought up with the latter in the land.

Verse 13 is quoted in the Talmud (Rosh. haSh. 11 b) in connection with the future

deliverance. So also in Yalkut, i. p. 217 d, and Pirqé de R. El. c. 31.

Is. xxviii. 5 is thus paraphrased in the Targum: 'At that time shall the Messiah of the Lord

of hosts be a crown of joy.'

Is. xxviii. 16 the Targum apparently applies to the Messiah. At least, so Rashi (on the

passage) understands it.

Is. xxx . 18 is Messianically applied in Sanh 97 b ; verse 15 Jer. Taan. i. 1.

The expression in Is. xxx. 19, 'he shall be very gracious unto thee,' is applied to the merits

of the Messiah in Yalkut on Zeph. iii. 8 (p. 84 c).

On verse 25 see our remarks on Gen. xviii. 4.

Verse 26 is applied to Messianic times in the Talmud (Pes. 68 a, and Sanh. 91 b), and

similarly in Pirqé de R. El. 51, and Shemoth R. 50. So also in Ber. R. 12. see our remarks

on Gen. ii. 4.