Bible Commentary

The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet: 3. The verb shall be trodden is in the plural number. Apparently the prophet intended to include in its subject both the images of Isa 28:1; but his thoughts were diverted by the other figure which is developed in Isa 28:4. In … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 28:3”

Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, [which] as a tempest of hail [and] a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. 2. The reason for the woe of Isa 28:1. Render: Behold Jehovah hath a mighty and strong one, like a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 28:2”

Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty [is] a fading flower, which [are] on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! 1. In a single image of great beauty the prophet describes the picturesque situation of the city, the tone of its … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 28:1”

And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. 13. the ( a) great trumpet … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 27:13”

And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. 12. the Lord shall beat off Egypt ] Rather: Jehovah shall thresh out from the corn-ears … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 27:12”

When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, [and] set them on fire: for it [is] a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will show them no favor. 11. women come, and set them on … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 27:11”

Yet the defensed city [shall be] desolate, [and] the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. 10. Yet the defenced city ] Render with R.V.: For the defenced city is solitary, an habitation deserted (lit. “expelled”) and forsaken, &c. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 27:10”

By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this [is] all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. 9. The condition of restoration and forgiveness. Therefore points back … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 27:9”

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. 8. A very difficult verse. The first word in the Hebr. is supposed to be a contracted reduplication of h (the third part of an ephah); hence “by seah and seah” = … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 27:8”

Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? [or] is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? 7. For the thought cf. Jer 10:24-25. The interrogations imply, of course, a negative answer; Jehovah has not smitten Israel as He has those that smote it. In the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 27:7”