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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 27:3

I the Lord do keep it - There is understood here or implied an introduction; as ‘Yahweh said’ (compare Psalms 121:3-5).I will water it every moment - That is, constantly, as a vinedresser does his vineyard. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 27:2-3

Isaiah 27:2-3 . In that day When these powerful enemies shall be destroyed. Sing ye unto her Hebrew, ענו לה , answer ye her, or say ye to her, namely, to the church of God. A vineyard of red wine “Behold a vineyard,” or, “Thou art a vineyard of red wine,” that is, of the choicest and best wine, which in those parts was red, as appears both from the Scriptures and from heathen authors. I the Lord do keep it, &c. I will protect my church from all her enemies, and supply her... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 27:2-13

Shameful exile and glorious return (27:2-13)From its beginning, Israel was God’s chosen people. God compares the nation to a beautiful vineyard, which he has cared for and guarded continually (2-3). Israel’s enemies are likened to thorns and briars, and unless they repent of their wrongdoing and seek God’s forgiveness, they will suffer a fiery destruction (4-5). Israel, by contrast, will flourish like a giant tree and bring blessing to the whole world (6). Before that can happen, however, God... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 27:3-5

Isaiah 27:3-5. I the Lord do keep it— We have in these verses a fine testimony of the divine grace and clemency towards the church, of God's constant care and continued affection to it. This elegant period contains a declaration of God's gracious purpose toward his church, Isa 27:3 and the reason of it: the declaration of his gracious purpose, considered under the emblem of a vineyard of pure and red wine, comprehends three benefits; the care of it, the watering of it, and the protection of it,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 27:3

3. lest any hurt it—attack it [MAURER]. "Lest aught be wanting in her" [HORSLEY]. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 27:2-11

The future blessing and former discipline of Israel 27:2-11 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 27:3

Yahweh had been its keeper, faithfully meeting its needs and vigilantly warding off its enemies (cf. Isaiah 5:1-4; Psalms 121:4-5; Matthew 21:33; John 10:11-13). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 27:1-13

1. The powers hostile to God’s people are here symbolically represented as monsters. Leviathan the piercing (RV ’swift’) serpent perhaps stands for Assyria, watered by the rapid Tigris, and ’leviathan the crooked serpent’ (RV) for Babylon, whose river was the winding Euphrates. The dragon] crocodile, i.e. Egypt, as in Isaiah 51:9.2. Sing ye, etc.] RV ’a vineyard of wine, sing ye unto it.’ The vineyard is God’s people (Isaiah 5); the song begins at Isaiah 27:3. 4. Who would, etc.] RV ’would that... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 27:3

(3) I the Lord do keep it.—The words imply a distinct reversal of the sentence passed in Isaiah 5:1-7. Instead of abandonment, there is constant care. Instead of the clouds being commanded to give no rain, the vineyard is watered whenever it requires watering. Instead of being wasted by the wild boar or by spoilers, Jehovah tends it both by day and night. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 27:1-13

The Day of the East Wind Isaiah 27:8 I take our text as a poet's thought. Translated, then, I read these meanings in it: Firstly, Our trials are timed. Secondly, Our sufferings are measured. Thirdly, Our lives are compensated. I. Our Trials are Timed. 'He stayeth His rough wind in the day of the east wind.' It is something to know the east wind has its day. To everything under heaven, even the blighting scourge out of the east, there is a time. In its larger aspects we are all agreed on that... read more

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