Isaiah 59:5-6 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eats of their eggs dies… The meaning seems to be that the persons spoken of brood over and bring to maturity projects of wickedness, whose effects are almost equally fatal to those who acquiesce in them and to those who oppose them. "He that eateth of their eggs," i.e. either he who enters into their schemes or he who is their victim. "That which is crushed breaketh out into a viper." Should one try to stamp out one of their diabolical plans, its deadly nature will only be the more clearly manifested. Ver. 6 is the development of the second image of ver. 5, the point of comparison being the uselessness for any good social end of the schemes devised by the ungodly. (Prof. J. Skinner, . D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. |
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