イザヤ書 17:12 JC

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 17:12

people = peoples. noise = booming, or roaring. rushing. Note the Figure of speech Repetitio ( App-6 ), for emphasis. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 17:12

"Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters! The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm. At eventide, behold, terror; and before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that despoil us, and the lot of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 17:12-14

Isaiah 17:12-14. Woe to the multitude— We have here the third member of this prophetic discourse, and the first part of the section, concerning the unexpected overthrow of the Assyrians. After the prophet had exhibited the divine judgment upon the Syrians and Ephraimites, he immediately beholds the Assyrians themselves, after they had destroyed both these states; that is to say, eight years afterwards, advancing against the Jews, that they might oppress and subject to them their state also: but... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 17:12

12. Woe . . . multitude—rather, "Ho (Hark)! a noise of," c. The prophet in vision perceives the vast and mixed Assyrian hosts (Hebrew, "many peoples," see on :-): on the hills of Judah (so "mountains," :-): but at the "rebuke" of God, they shall "flee as chaff." to the rushing . . . that make—rather, "the roaring . . . roareth" (compare Isaiah 8:7 Jeremiah 6:23). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 17:12-14

Many warriors would descend on Israel like the waves of the sea, but they would quickly dissipate because the Lord would rebuke them. They would disappear like dust before a strong wind. The terror that would be so strong would vanish overnight. God also gave such a deliverance to Judah when Sennacherib the Assyrian attacked Jerusalem (cf. Isaiah 37:36), but that is not in view here. The fact that Isaiah did not mention a particular nation as the enemy, suggests that he had more in mind than... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 17:12-14

Discomfiture of the AssyriansA short prophecy, in which Isaiah foretells sudden disaster for the Assyrian invaders; it is parallel to Isaiah 14:24-27,; belongs to the same period.12-13. The Assyrian hosts advance against Judah, but are suddenly dispersed in a single night.12. Read, ’Ah, the uproar of many peoples, which roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing,’ etc. Many people] The Assyrian army was recruited from many nations.13. Rolling thing] RV ’whirling dust’: cp. Psalms 83:13.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 17:12

(12) Woe to the multitude of many people.—The three Isaiah 17:12-14 stand as an isolated fragment, probably placed here as beginning like Isaiah 18:1. They may have been connected with the progress of Sennacherib’s army. In the “rushing of mighty waters” to describe the march of an army we have a parallel to Isaiah 8:7-8. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 17:1-14

Through the Material to the Spiritual Isaiah 17:2 It will not appear to be so. Appearance, indeed, will be on the other side. But we are to judge by the harvest, by the end, and not by the appearances. Sometimes it would seem as if the devil reigned. He has everything his own way; he imagines evil, and brings his device to pass; and we say, 'Why should we trouble about God, and of what good is it to pray? He does not trouble us, He does not answer, He does not care for us.' But the Lord has... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 17:1-14

2CHAPTER XVIIISAIAH TO THE FOREIGN NATIONS736-702 B.C.Isaiah 14:24-32; Isaiah 15:1-9; Isaiah 16:1-14; Isaiah 17:1-14; Isaiah 18:1-7; Isaiah 19:1-25; Isaiah 20:1-6; Isaiah 21:1-17; Isaiah 23:1-18THE centre of the Book of Isaiah (chapters 13 to 23) is occupied by a number of long and short prophecies which are a fertile source of perplexity to the conscientious reader of the Bible. With the exhilaration of one who traverses plain roads and beholds vast prospects, he has passed through the opening... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 17:1-14

CHAPTER 17 The Burden of Damascus and Judgment upon Ephraim 1. Damascus to be a ruinous heap (Isaiah 17:1-3 ) 2. Judgment upon Ephraim (Isaiah 17:4-11 ) 3. Woe to the enemies of Israel (Isaiah 17:12-14 ) Damascus was the ancient city of Syria, mentioned for the first time in Genesis 15:1-21 . Syria and Ephraim had made common cause against the house of David. Tiglath-pileser, King of Assyria, executed the judgment upon Damascus and made of it a ruinous heap. But the judgment is also... read more