Isaiah 5:26

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 5:1-30

God’s love and Judah’s response (5:1-30)Judah and Israel together are likened to God’s vineyard. God did everything possible to make it healthy, beautiful and fruitful, and he expected a good harvest of grapes, but the people brought God none of the fruit he expected (5:1-4). He therefore will cease to care for them, so that they might be left to suffer whatever ruin their sin brings upon them. Israel has already been destroyed and Judah will now follow (5-7).Examples of the sins that brought... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 5:26

hiss unto = hiss for (as men call bees). they shall come. Note the Figure of speech Hypotyposis in Isaiah 5:26-30 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 5:26

"And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss for them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly. None shall be weary or stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses hoofs shall be accounted as flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind: their roaring shall be like a lioness, they... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 5:26

Isaiah 5:26. And he will lift up an ensign— That decree of the divine severity, which had been spoken of in general in Isa 5:24 is here explained: particularly God is shewn to be the supreme general or leader of the people which were to come from far to execute his vengeance; they were to assemble at his setting up his ensign as a signal, and at his hissing,—a metaphor taken from bees, (see on chap. Isaiah 7:18.) which by hissing, whistling, or some sound of that kind, used to be drawn out of... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 5:26

26. lift . . . ensign—to call together the hostile nations to execute His judgments on Judea (Isaiah 10:5-7; Isaiah 45:1). But for mercy to it, in Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 18:3. hiss— (Isaiah 18:3- :). Bees were drawn out of their hives by the sound of a flute, or hissing, or whistling (Isaiah 18:3- :). God will collect the nations round Judea like bees (Deuteronomy 1:44; Psalms 118:12). end of the earth—the widely distant subject races of which the Assyrian army was made up (Isaiah 22:6). The... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 5:26

The Judahites had taunted God to act in judgment, and had concluded that because He had not destroyed them, He could not. The prophet now revealed that Yahweh, as sovereign not only over their nation but over all nations, was preparing to call a foreign power to punish them (e.g., Egypt, Assyria, and Babylonia). All He had to do was raise a flag, as in battle to summon troops, or whistle and they would respond swiftly, even though they resided in a remote part of the earth. The Assyrian army... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 5:26-30

3. The coming destruction 5:26-30The two brief sections explaining the reasons for Judah’s judgment (Isaiah 5:13-17; Isaiah 5:24-25) give way to fuller clarification of these reasons here. This section is the climax of Isaiah’s message in chapter 5. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 5:1-30

1-24. Judah, God’s unfruitful vineyard, and the judgment upon it.1. I] i.e. Isaiah. To my] rather, ’for my,’ or ’of my.’ The beloved, as appears later, is Jehovah: cp. our Lord’s parable (Matthew 21:33). The allegory is rhythmical in form: cp. Song of Solomon 8:11-14. 2. Tower] watch-tower: see on Isaiah 1:8.3f. God speaks.7. Judgment] i.e. justice. Oppression] perhaps better, ’bloodshed.’ A cry] i.e. of the oppressed.8-10. Unjust seizure of land resulting in barrenness and want of population.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 5:26

(26) And he will lift up an ensign.—The banner on the summit of a hill indicated the meeting-place of a great army. In this case the armies are thought of as doing the work of Jehovah Sabaoth, and therefore as being summoned by Him. The same image meets us in Isaiah 11:10; Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 13:2; Isaiah 18:3; Isaiah 49:22; Isaiah 62:10.Will hiss unto them.—The verb meets us in a like context in Isaiah 7:18. It seems to describe the sharp shrill whistle which was to the ear what the banner... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 5:1-30

The Return to Christ's Love (Good Friday) Isaiah 5:3-4 Consider the return made to that love of our Redeemer; the return made by the multitudes the return made by His enemies the return made by His special and familiar friends, and, lastly, the return made by the world which He has redeemed. I. What was the Return Made by the Multitudes? the multitudes who had seen His mighty works, who had been for the time so struck and impressed by His words. When they saw Him in the hands of His enemies... read more