isaiah-28:13-14-esv

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-22

THE REBUKE OF JUDAH 'S NOBLES . The power of the nobles under the later Jewish monarchy is very apparent throughout Isaiah's prophecy. It is they, and not the king, who are always blamed for bad government ( Isaiah 1:10-23 ; Isaiah 3:12-15 , etc.) or errors of policy ( Isaiah 9:15 , Isaiah 9:16 ; Isaiah 22:15-19 , etc.). Isaiah now turns from a denunciation of the priests and prophets, who especially opposed his teaching, to a threatening of the great men who guided the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-22

The judgment prepared for scorner's. "Scorners," in the language of Scripture, are those who set at naught God's prophets, or his messages, or his Holy Word, or his Church, or his ministers. Men delight in such scorn because it seems to them so fine a thing, so grand a thing, so bold, so brave, so heroic. It is a poor thing, comparatively, to exalt one's self against man; it is magnificent to measure one's strength with God's, and enter the lists against him . This may, no doubt, be so... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-22

Jehovah pronounces judgment. The rulers or politicians are addressed. They are stigmatized as " men of scorn" (cf. Isaiah 28:22 ; Isaiah 29:20 ; Hosea 7:5 ). The scornful or scoffing habit implies excessive self-confidence on the one hand, on the other contempt of religion and of God. But "be not deceived; God is not mocked." "It has been commonly found," says Calvin, "in almost every age, that the common people, though they are distinguished by unrestrained fierceness and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:13

But the word of the Lord was unto them - Or, rather, but the word of Yahweh “shall be” unto them. This refers to the mode in which God said He would instruct them in a foreign land. They had complained Isaiah 28:9-10 that his instructions had been like a short lesson constantly repeated, as we instruct children. God here says that it should be as they said it was - they would be carried away to a distant land, and long abide among strangers; they would have ample time there to acquire... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:14

Wherefore ... - This verse commences a direct address to the scoffing and scornful nation, which is continued to the close of Isaiah 28:22. It is addressed particularly to the rulers in Jerusalem, as being the leaders in crime, and as being eminently deserving of the wrath of God.Ye scornful men - Ye who despise and reproach God and his message; who fancy yourselves to be secure, and mock at the threatened judgments of the Almighty. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 28:13

Isaiah 28:13 . But the word of the Lord was unto them, &c. The sense of the passage thus rendered, may be, that they spake of God’s word with scorn and contempt, repeating the prophet’s words, (which are as peculiar in sound, as they are strong and expressive in sense, קקו לקו קו לקו צו לצו צו לצו , tzav latzav, tzav latzav, kav lakav, kav lakav,) in a scoffing manner, and with a ridiculous tone of voice; as if they had said, It seems the prophet takes us to be mere children, that need... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 28:14-15

Isaiah 28:14-15. Wherefore hear, ye scornful men Who make a mock at sin, and at God’s word and threatenings, and who doubt not that by your crafty counsels, and human efforts, you shall escape God’s judgments; who have said In your hearts; we have made a covenant with death, &c. We are as safe from death and hell, or the grave, (as the word שׁאול here means,) as if they had entered into covenant with us, that they would not invade us. “To be in covenant with any thing, is a... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-29

28:1-33:24 HEZEKIAH AND THE ASSYRIANSBefore reading Chapters 28-33, readers should be familiar with the historical background found in the introduction under the heading ‘Judah’s new policies under Hezekiah’. Hezekiah reversed the policies of his father Ahaz. Whereas Ahaz sought help from Assyria to oppose Israel and Syria, Hezekiah sought help from Egypt to oppose Assyria. Isaiah opposed both policies alike. Faith in God, not reliance on foreign powers, is Judah’s only hope for survival. The... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 28:13

was = became. Giving back to the scoffers their own words (from Isaiah 28:10 ) in the form of a threatening. might = may. fall backward, &c. Note the Figure of speech Synonymia , by which the similar words are heaped together to impress on them the solemnity and certainty of the judgment. taken = caught. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 28:14

"Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem: Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto me; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:"Practically all scholars suppose that Isaiah here does not mean that the leaders of Jerusalem actually spoke such words as these, but that their actions,... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 28:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 28:14-15

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-29

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 28:13

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 28:14

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