Isaiah 31:6 NIV

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 31:6

Turn = Return. children = sons. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 31:6-7

Isaiah 31:6-7. Turn ye unto him— This address of the prophet to the Jews is both monitory of the duty, without which this divine benefit of protection and deliverance would not be conferred, and prophetical, wherein he teaches, that God would offer to them, and that they would as a nation at that time receive the grace of repentance from idolatry, that they might obtain this blessing agreeably to the laws of divine Providence and grace. The admonition immediately respects the Jews, in... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 31:6

6. The power and love of Jehovah, just mentioned, are the strongest incentives for returning to Him (Ezekiel 16:62; Ezekiel 16:63; Hosea 6:1). ye . . . Israel—The change of person marks that when they return to the Lord, He will address them in more direct terms of communion in the second person; so long as they were revolters, God speaks of them, as more at a distance, in the third person, rather than to them. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 31:6

Many Israelites had been seriously unfaithful to the Lord, and Isaiah appealed to those of them in Judah to return to Him with their heart, not just because he had announced coming judgment. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 31:6-9

Another call for repentance 31:6-9The prophet now called his audience to repent with the prospect of salvation that lay in the future. 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 31:6

(6) Turn ye unto him.—Then, as ever, this was the sum and substance of the prophet’s teaching, conversion; with that, all was hope; without it, all was fear. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 30:6.) 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

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 31:1-9

CHAPTER 31 The Fifth Woe Against Them that Go Down to Egypt 1. The Egyptian Alliance condemned again (Isaiah 31:1-3 ) 2. Jehovah promises to deliver Jerusalem (Isaiah 31:4-9 ) All looks forward towards the future. It is Jerusalem’s glorious future. The Lord will deliver it; He will preserve it (Isaiah 31:5 ). read more