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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 31:1-9

Egypt cannot save Judah (31:1-9)Isaiah again condemns the Judeans for relying on Egypt instead of on God. The Judeans think they are wise, but actually they are foolish. Real wisdom rests with God, and he knows best how to overthrow Assyria. As for Egypt, it will be defeated, and when it falls, Judah also will fall (31:1-3).Judah should learn to trust in God. A lion is not terrified by the shouts of shepherds, and God is not terrified by the threats of the Assyrians. He will protect Jerusalem... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 31:4

prey = live prey. multitude = crowd. the LORD of hosts. See note on Isaiah 1:9 and 1 Samuel 1:3 . for: or, over. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 31:4

"For thus saith Jehovah unto me, As the Lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Jehovah of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof."Many scholars have had trouble in deciding whether this verse is a threat to Jerusalem, or a promise of deliverance. "The words in the Hebrew here always mean to fight against";[8] and,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 31:4

Isaiah 31:4. For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, &c.— For thus hath Jehovah spoken by me, &c. Isaiah 31:5. As birds hovering [over their young], so will the Lord of Hosts defend Jerusalem, defending and delivering it, protecting and rescuing it. Men of a carnal worldly mind, who understood not the secret ways of God, often inferred against his promises delivered by the prophets, that, in certain cases, they waited in vain for the divine help: groaning under the Assyrian yoke, they... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 31:4

4. (Isaiah 42:13; Hosea 11:10). roaring on—"growling over" his prey. abase himself—be disheartened or frightened. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 31:1-5

Imminent disaster and later deliverance 31:1-5The first five verses constitute a prologue to this "woe" and deal with imminent disaster followed by later deliverance."Without any particular break in the thought Isaiah continues his denunciation of those who look to Egypt for aid." [Note: Young, 2:373.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 31:4-5

The Lord had told Isaiah that He would be as a lion and as a bird to Judah. As a lion attacks its prey with focused purposefulness, He would decimate the Judahites, and the shouts of the Egyptian shepherds that the Judahites had hired to protect them would not scare Him off. As a bird that protects its young from other animals, the Lord would protect Judah from its predator, Assyria (cf. Exodus 12)."He who protects is He who is strong as a lion to accomplish His purposes." [Note: Young, 2:379.] read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 31:1-9

1-5. Judah should trust not in Egypt, but in Jehovah. 6-9. The wonderful deliverance from the Assyrian.1. See Isaiah 30:16. 2. Somewhat sarcastic; Jehovah is wise, as well as the politicians of Judah. Evil] i.e. calamity. 5. Flying] i.e. hovering over the nest to protect it. Passing over] an allusion to the Passover, the same word being used.6. The children, etc.] RV ’ye have deeply revolted, O children of Israel.’8. The Assyrian’s fall will be brought about by no human agency. For the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 31:4

(4) Like as the lion . . .—The similitude is note worthy, as for its fulness and vividness, so also for the fact that the lion is made the symbol, not of destruction, but protection. As the king of beasts stands haughtily defiant over the prey which he has made his own against the shepherds who seek to rob him of it, so will Jehovah, in His character as the Lord of hosts, refuse to surrender Jerusalem, His peculiar possession, to the armies of the Assyrians. (Comp. Homer, Il., 18:161.)To fight... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 31:1-9

CHAPTER XIVTHREE TRUTHS ABOUT GODABOUT 702 B.C.Isaiah 31:1-9CHAPTER 31, which forms an appendage to chapters 29 and 30, can scarcely be reckoned among the more important prophecies of Isaiah. It is a repetition of the principles which the prophet has already proclaimed in connection with the faithless intrigues of Judah for an alliance with Egypt, and it was published at a time when the statesmen of Judah were further involved in these intrigues, when events were moving faster, and the prophet... read more