이사야 28:16-22 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:16-22

The judgments of God. When human folly has gone to so great a length ( Isaiah 28:15 ), it may look out for the coming of Divine judgment; for this cannot be long delayed. And when we look we find— I. THE SEVERITY OF GOD 'S VISITATION . 1. It will correspond closely with man ' s guilt , as if measured with line and plummet ( Isaiah 28:17 ); it will be broad as its breadth, deep as its depth, enlarged to its magnitude; more severe as men's guilt is more wanton, most... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:17

Judgment also will I lay to the line, said righteousness to the plummet ; rather, justice also will I set for my rule , and righteousness for my plumb-line ; i.e. I will execute justice and judgment on the earth with all strictness and exactness. The scorners had implied that, by their clever devices, they would escape the judgment of God ( Isaiah 28:15 ). The hail (comp. Isaiah 28:2 ). The storm of Assyrian invasion will overwhelm Egypt, which is a "refuge of lies," false and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:18

And your covenant with death shall be disannulled ; or, wiped out . The entire clever arrangement, by which they thought to avert the danger from themselves and from Judaea, shall come to naught. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. As the prophet continues, his metaphor becomes still more mixed. "Treading down" was so familiar an expression for destroying, that, perhaps, its literal sense was overlooked (comp. Isaiah 5:5 ; Isaiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:19

From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you ; rather, as often as it passes along , it shall take you away ; i.e. as often as the flood of Assyrian invasion sweeps through Palestine, it shall thin the population by death and captivity. We know of at least eight passages of the flood through Judaea—one under Sargon, two under Sennacherib, three or four under Esarhaddon, and two under Asshur-bani-pal. There may have been more. Morning by morning ; i.e. frequently—time after... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:20

For the bed , etc. We have a proverb, "As a man makes his bed, so must he lie in it ." The Jews will have made themselves a bed in which they can have no comfort or ease, and consequently no rest. But they will only have themselves to blame for it. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:20

Man's inability to order his own life. This verse is very possibly a popular proverb, which suggested a condition of painful uneasiness. Matthew Henry gives, briefly and suggestively, its meaning as used here by Isaiah, and as applicable to us: "Those that do not build upon Christ as their Foundation, but rest in a righteousness of their own, will prove in the end thus to have deceived themselves; they never can be easy, safe, or warm; the led is too short, the covering is too narrow."... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:21

The Lord shall rise up as in Mount Perazim . The "Mount Perazim" of this passage is probably the same as the "Baal-Perazim" of 1 Chronicles 14:11 , where David completely defeated the Philistines by the Divine help. This victory is connected with another over the same nation in the valley of Gibeon ( 1 Chronicles 14:13-16 ). Now, however, God was to be on the side of the enemies of his people, who were to suffer as the Philistines had suffered in the olden time. This punishment of Ida... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:22

Be ye not mockers . As they had shown themselves previously ( Isaiah 28:9 , Isaiah 28:10 ). Lest your bands be made strong ; or, lest your fetters grow strong . The prophet views Judah as still, to some extent, an Assyrian dependency, held in light bonds; and warns his countrymen that an attempt to break the light bonds may result in Assyria's making them stronger and heavier. A consumption … determined upon the whole earth ; rather, a consummation (comp. Isaiah 10:22 , ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:16

Therefore thus saith the Lord - God. This verse is introductory to the solemn threatening which follows. Its design seems to be this. The prophet was about to utter an awful threatening of the judgment of God upon the nation. It might be supposed, perhaps, that the intention was completely to sweep them, and destroy them - that the threatened calamity would remove every vestige of the Jewish people and of the true religion together. To meet this supposition, God says that this should not occur.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:17

Judgment also will I lay to the line - The sense of this is, I will judge them according to the exact rule of law, as an architect frames everything according to the rule which he uses. In other words, there shall be no mercy intermingled. The line is used by a carpenter for measuring; the plummet consists of a piece of lead attached to a string, and is also used by carpenters to obtain a perpendicular line. A carpenter works exactly according to the lines which are thus indicated, or his frame... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:16-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:17

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