Isaiah 31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 31:7

For in that day ,.... When deliverance shall be wrought; when men shall be convinced of the vanity and insufficiency of their idols to help them, and of their sin in worshipping them; when they shall be brought to repentance for it, and turn to the Lord as an evidence of it: every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold ; with contempt and abhorrence of them, as the word F23 ימאסון a מאס "spernere, reprobare." signifies; every man "his" own idol, and even... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 31:8

Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man ,.... That is, the Assyrian army under Sennacherib their king, which besieged Jerusalem in Hezekiah's time; which, as soon as the people were brought to a sense of their sin, and repentance for it, and cast away their idols as a proof of it, were utterly destroyed; but not in battle, not by the sword of Hezekiah, or any of his valiant generals: and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him ; neither the sword of a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 31:9

And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear ,.... This is said of the king of Assyria, departing in haste from the siege of Jerusalem, to some strong hold in his own country, particularly his strong city Nineveh, for fear of the angel, and destruction following him; nor could he think himself safe, until he had got there. Some render it (and the original will bear it), "and his rock shall pass over for fear" F1 וסלעו ממגור יעבור "et rupes ejus prae pavoro transibit",... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 31

The Jews again reproved for their confidence in Egypt, finely contrasted with their neglect of the power and protection of God, Isaiah 31:1-3 . Deliverance and protection are, notwithstanding, promised, expressed by two similes; the first remarkably lofty and poetical, the latter singularly beautiful and tender, Isaiah 31:4 , Isaiah 31:5 . Exhortation to repentance, joined with the prediction of a more reformed period, Isaiah 31:6 , Isaiah 31:7 . This chapter concludes like the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 31:1

Wo to them that go down to Egypt - This is a reproof to the Israelites for forming an alliance with the Egyptians, and not trusting in the Lord. And stay on horses "Who trust in horses" - For ועל veal , and upon, first twenty MSS. of Kennicott's, thirty of De Rossi's, one of my own, and the Septuagint, Arabic, and Vulgate, read על al , upon, without the conjunction, which disturbs the sense. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 31:2

His words "His word" - דברו debaro , singular, without י yod , two MSS. of Dr. Kennicott's the Septuagint, and Targ. Hieros. דרכיו derachaiv , his ways, is found in one MS. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 31:3

He that helpeth (the Egyptians) shall fall and he that is holpen (the Israelites) shall fall down-together. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 31:4

Like as the lion - This comparison is exactly in the spirit and manner, and very nearly approaching to the expression, of Homer. Βη ρ ' ιμεν, ὡστε λεων ορεσιτροφος, ὁστ ' επιδευηςπ Δηρον εῃ κρειων, κελεται δε ἑ θυμος αγηνωρ,π Μηλων πειρησοντα, και ες πυκινον δομον ελθειν·π Ειπερ γαρ χ ' εὑρῃσι παρ ' αυτοψι βωτορας ανδραςπ Συν κυσι και δουρεσσι φυλασσοντας περι μηλα,π Ου ρα τ ' απειρητος μεμονε σταθμοιο διεσθαι.π Αλλ ' ὁγ ' αῥ η ἡρπαξε... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 31:5

Passing over "Leaping forward" - The generality of interpreters observe in this place an allusion to the deliverance which God vouchsafed to his people when he destroyed the first-born of the Egyptians, and exempted those of the Israelites sojourning among them by a peculiar interposition. The same word is made use of here which is used upon that occasion, and which gave the name to the feast which was instituted in commemoration of that deliverance, פסח pesach . But the difficulty is to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 31:6

Have deeply revolted "Have so deeply engaged in revolt" - All the ancient Versions read תעמיקו taamiku , in the second person, instead of העמיקו heemiku , they have deeply revolted, etc. read more

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