Isaiah 27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 27:7

Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him ?.... No; the Lord does smite his people by afflictive dispensations of his providence; he smites them in their persons, and families, and estates; see Isaiah 57:17 as he smote Israel, by suffering them to be carried captive, and as the Jews are now smitten by him in their present state; yet not as he smote Pharaoh, with his ten plagues, and him and his host at the Red Sea; or as he smote Sennacherib and his army, by an angel, in one... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 27:8

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it ,.... Or, "when he sendeth it forth" F24 בשלחה "in emittendo eam", Montanus. ; when God sends forth an affliction on his people, or gives it a commission to them, as all are sent by him, he does it with moderation; he proportions it to their strength, and will not suffer them to be afflicted above what they are able to bear; and as, in afflicting, he debates and contends with his people, having a controversy with them, so... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 27:9

By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged ,.... Or "expiated", or "atoned" F1 יכפר "propitiabitur", Pagninus, Montanus; "expiabitur", Piscator. ; not that afflictions are atonements for sin, or give satisfaction to divine justice for it; but they are the means of bringing the Lord's people to a sense of their sins, and to repentance and humiliation for them, and confession of them, and of leading them to the blood and sacrifice of Christ, by which they are expiated and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 27:10

Yet the defenced city shall be desolate ,.... Or "but", or "notwithstanding" F2 כי "sed", Junius & Tremellius, Forerius; "tamen, nihilominus", Calvin. ; though the Lord deals mercifully with his own people, and mixes mercy with their afflictions, and causes them to issue well, and for their good; yet he does not deal so with others, his and their enemies: for by the "defenced city" is not meant Jerusalem, as many interpret it, so Kimchi; nor Samaria, as Aben Ezra; nor literal... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 27:11

When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off ,.... This city is compared to a tree, whose branches are not only gnawed and consumed by cattle, as in the former verse Isaiah 27:10 ; but which, in a hot dry summer, are withered and dried up, and so are easily broken, and are fit for nothing but the fire; hence it follows: the women come and set them on fire ; or "gather" them F6 So Abendana in Miclol Yophi observes, this is the sense some give of the word, taking... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 27:12

And it shall come to pass in that day ,.... When the song will be sung, Isaiah 27:2 when God will appear to have taken particular care of his church, and is about to bring it into a flourishing condition; when its troubles and afflictions will come to an end, with a sanctified use of them; and when the city of Rome will be destroyed, and all the antichristian powers, then will be the conversion of the Jews; for antichrist stands in the way of that work: that the Lord shall beat off ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 27:13

And it shall come to pass in that day ,.... When the Lord is about to do the above things, and in order to it. The Talmudists F11 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 110. 2. Midrash Kohelet. fol. 68. 3. apply this text to the world to come, or times of the Messiah, when the ten tribes shall be returned: that the great trumpet shall be blown ; meaning not the edict or proclamation of Cyrus, but the ministration of the Gospel, called a "trumpet", in allusion to those that were ordered by Moses... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 27

Destruction of the enemies of the Church, Isaiah 27:1 . God's care of his vineyard, Isaiah 27:2-11 . Prosperity of the descendants of Abraham in the latter days, Isaiah 27:12 , Isaiah 27:13 . The subject of this chapter seems to be the nature, the measure, and the design of God's dealings with his people. His judgments inflicted on their great and powerful enemies, Isaiah 27:1 . His constant care and protection of his favorite vineyard, in the form of a dialogue, Isaiah 27:2 ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 27:1

Leviathan - The animals here mentioned seem to be the crocodile, rigid by the stiffness of the backbone, so that he cannot readily turn himself when he pursues his prey; hence the easiest way of escaping from him is by making frequent and short turnings: the serpent or dragon, flexible and winding, which coils himself up in a circular form: and the sea monster, or whale. These are used allegorically, without doubt for great potentates, enemies and persecutors of the people of God: but to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 27:2

Sing ye unto her - לה אנו anu lah . Bishop Lowth translates this, Sing ye a responsive song; and says that ענה anah , to answer, signifies occasionally to sing responsively; and that this mode of singing was frequently practiced among the ancient Hebrews. See De Poes. Sac. Hebrews Prael. xix., at the beginning. This, indeed, was the ancient method of singing in various nations. The song was divided into distinct portions, and the singers sang alternately. There is a fine specimen... read more

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