以賽亞書 18:4 RCUVTS

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 18:4

Isaiah 18:4 . For so the Lord said unto me That is, revealed this thing to me from his secret purposes; I will take my rest While the Assyrian is forming designs for the destruction of my people, I will seem to rest, as if I had no regard for their preservation. The reader will observe, God is said in Scripture to rest, or sit still, when he does not work on the behalf of a person or people; as, on the contrary, he is said to bestir himself when he acts for them. And I will... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 18:1-7

Alliance with Ethiopia refused (18:1-7)Along the upper reaches of the Nile River was the country known as Ethiopia (RSV), Sudan (GNB) or Cush (NIV). It was a land of tall smooth-skinned people, but also a land plagued by swarms of buzzing insects. From this country a group of government representatives came to visit Judah, travelling down the Nile and across to Jerusalem. They apparently hoped to gain Hezekiah’s cooperation in an attack against Assyria. Isaiah sends them back as he had done the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 18:4

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . cloud of dew = summer night mist. Hebrew. 'ab. Not a raincloud, which latter is never seen in harvest. Eight times rendered "thick clouds". read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 18:4

"For thus hath Jehovah said unto me, I will be still, and I will behold in my dwelling place, like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest."The first clause positively identifies the speaker of the message "Go ... etc." as Jehovah through Isaiah, not as any kind of message from the ambassadors. The meaning is clear. God does not need any allies, nor does he need anyone to tell him what the dangers are; he is watching everything very carefully from his dwelling place... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 18:4-6

Isaiah 18:4-6. For so the Lord said, &c.— We have here the divine judgment to be inflicted upon the Assyrian in its due time. The passage is obscure and difficult. The first part of it sets forth, figuratively, Jehovah as it were expecting and in his counsel considering the proper time for the execution of this judgment, while he had determined in himself to refresh the pious among his people with some proofs of his favour. The second part describes the judgment itself. The former part is... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 18:4

4. take . . . rest . . . consider—I will calmly look on and not interpose, while all seems to promise success to the enemy; when figuratively, "the sun's heat" and "the night dews" ripen their "harvest"; but "before" it reaches its maturity I will destroy it (Isaiah 18:5; Ecclesiastes 8:11; Ecclesiastes 8:12). like a clear heat—rather, "at the time of the clear (serene) heat" [MAURER]. upon herbs—answering to "harvest" in the parallel clause. MAURER translates, "in the sunlight" (Job 31:26; Job... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 18:4-7

This message by the Cushite envoys harmonized with what Yahweh had told Isaiah. Yahweh would look from His heavenly dwelling place quietly, like the shimmering heat in summer or the encroaching mist in autumn. These are figures that connote coming judgment.He would prune the nations as a farmer pruned his grapevines and trees, but He would do it before they reached harvest time. In other words, His judging the nations would be perceived as premature. The nations would be so depopulated by this... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 18:1-7

Ethiopia ReassuredIsaiah here addresses the Ethiopians, who, agitated at the advance of the Assyrians west-ward, were sending ambassadors to other states to organise resistance. He foretells the sudden overthrow of the Assyrians, as in Isaiah 10:28-34; Isaiah 14:24-27; Isaiah 17:12-14 and this prophecy should accordingly be grouped with those, as relating to Sennacherib’s great invasion in the reign of Hezekiah,701 b.c.1-3. The Ethiopians need not be anxious, but are bidden, with all nations,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 18:4-5

(4, 5) I will take my rest . . .—The words that follow paint with marvellous vividness the calmness and deliberation of the workings of Divine judgments. God is at once unhasting and unresting. He dwells in His resting-place (i.e., palace or throne), and watches the ripening of the fruit which He is about to gather. While there is a clear heat in sunshine, while there is a dew-cloud in harvest-heat, through all phenomenal changes, He waits still. Then, before the harvest, when the blossom is... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 18:1-7

32CHAPTER 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... read more