イザヤ書 28:17-20 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-22

Jehovah pronounces judgment. The rulers or politicians are addressed. They are stigmatized as " men of scorn" (cf. Isaiah 28:22 ; Isaiah 29:20 ; Hosea 7:5 ). The scornful or scoffing habit implies excessive self-confidence on the one hand, on the other contempt of religion and of God. But "be not deceived; God is not mocked." "It has been commonly found," says Calvin, "in almost every age, that the common people, though they are distinguished by unrestrained fierceness and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:16-22

The judgments of God. When human folly has gone to so great a length ( Isaiah 28:15 ), it may look out for the coming of Divine judgment; for this cannot be long delayed. And when we look we find— I. THE SEVERITY OF GOD 'S VISITATION . 1. It will correspond closely with man ' s guilt , as if measured with line and plummet ( Isaiah 28:17 ); it will be broad as its breadth, deep as its depth, enlarged to its magnitude; more severe as men's guilt is more wanton, most... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:17

Judgment also will I lay to the line, said righteousness to the plummet ; rather, justice also will I set for my rule , and righteousness for my plumb-line ; i.e. I will execute justice and judgment on the earth with all strictness and exactness. The scorners had implied that, by their clever devices, they would escape the judgment of God ( Isaiah 28:15 ). The hail (comp. Isaiah 28:2 ). The storm of Assyrian invasion will overwhelm Egypt, which is a "refuge of lies," false and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:18

And your covenant with death shall be disannulled ; or, wiped out . The entire clever arrangement, by which they thought to avert the danger from themselves and from Judaea, shall come to naught. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. As the prophet continues, his metaphor becomes still more mixed. "Treading down" was so familiar an expression for destroying, that, perhaps, its literal sense was overlooked (comp. Isaiah 5:5 ; Isaiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:19

From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you ; rather, as often as it passes along , it shall take you away ; i.e. as often as the flood of Assyrian invasion sweeps through Palestine, it shall thin the population by death and captivity. We know of at least eight passages of the flood through Judaea—one under Sargon, two under Sennacherib, three or four under Esarhaddon, and two under Asshur-bani-pal. There may have been more. Morning by morning ; i.e. frequently—time after... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:20

For the bed , etc. We have a proverb, "As a man makes his bed, so must he lie in it ." The Jews will have made themselves a bed in which they can have no comfort or ease, and consequently no rest. But they will only have themselves to blame for it. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:20

Man's inability to order his own life. This verse is very possibly a popular proverb, which suggested a condition of painful uneasiness. Matthew Henry gives, briefly and suggestively, its meaning as used here by Isaiah, and as applicable to us: "Those that do not build upon Christ as their Foundation, but rest in a righteousness of their own, will prove in the end thus to have deceived themselves; they never can be easy, safe, or warm; the led is too short, the covering is too narrow."... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:17

Judgment also will I lay to the line - The sense of this is, I will judge them according to the exact rule of law, as an architect frames everything according to the rule which he uses. In other words, there shall be no mercy intermingled. The line is used by a carpenter for measuring; the plummet consists of a piece of lead attached to a string, and is also used by carpenters to obtain a perpendicular line. A carpenter works exactly according to the lines which are thus indicated, or his frame... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:18

And your covenant with death - (see the note at Isaiah 28:15).Shall be disannulled - The word rendered ‘shall be disannulled,’ (וכפר vekupar from כפר kâphar), properly means “to cover, overlay;” then to pardon, forgive; then to make atonement, to expiate. It has the idea of blotting out, forgiving, and obliterating - because a writing in wax was obliterated or “covered” by passing the “stylus” over it. Hence, also, the idea of abolishing, or rendering nought, which is the idea here. “When the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:19

From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you - It shall not delay, or be hindered, or put back. As soon as the judgment is sent forth from God it shall come upon you.For morning by morning - Continually; without intermission. It shall be like floods and tempests that have no intermission; that are repeated every day, and continued every night, until everything is swept before them.And it shall be a vexation - It shall be an object of alarm, of agitation, of distress - זועה zevâ‛âh from... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:16-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:19

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