Bible Commentary

And behold at eveningtide trouble; [and] before the morning he [is] not. This [is] the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us. 14. The destruction of the Assyrian shall be accomplished between evening and daybreak. The expression denotes a very short space of time, as in Psa 30:5; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 17:14”

The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but [God] shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. 13. The Assyrians shall perish at the rebuke of jehovah. The first clause … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 17:13”

Woe to the multitude of many people, [which] make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, [that] make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! 12. ‘Isaiah on his “watch-tower” hears, and we seem to hear with him, the ocean-like roar of the advancing Assyrian hosts’ (Cheyne). … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 17:12”

In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: [but] the harvest [shall be] a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. 11. The verse reads: In the day when thou plantest thou makest it to grow, and in the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 17:11”

Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: 10. God of thy salvation ] The only occasion on which this important term (Heb. yesha‘) is used by Isaiah, although it … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 17:10”

In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation. 9. his strong cities ] cf. Isa 17:10, the “Rock of thy strength.” as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch ] Rather, if the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 17:9”

And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect [that] which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images. 8. the work of his hands that which his fingers have made ] phrases used of idols in ch. Isa 2:8; Isa 2:20, Isa 31:7. the altars … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 17:8”

At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. 7. look to his Maker ] cf. Isa 22:11. “Look to,” i.e. regard with trust and veneration. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 7, 8. These verses do not necessarily point … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 17:7”

Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two [or] three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four [or] five in the outermost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel. 6. Yet gleaning grapes olive tree ] Render (cf. R.V.) And gleanings shall be … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 17:6”

And it shall be as when the harvest man gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim. 5. The succeeding pictures are exceedingly graphic, an evidence of Isaiah’s intense interest in rural life. The reaper gathers the stalks of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Isaiah 17:5”