Isaiah 18:7 KJV

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Isaiah 18:7

I do not presume to say as much, but I am inclined to think, that what is said in this verse, is meant to shadow forth the glorious revenue of everlasting praise, which poor sinners, of every description and character, shall offer, when brought to the Lord, in a way of grace and salvation. They are here spoken of as scattered and peeled. And who more so than souls brought under conviction, until brought into a state of salvation in Jesus? And as the subject of woe in this chapter is to the land... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Isaiah 18:7

Sion. Egypt shall send presents to the Lord, 2 Paralipomenon xxxii. 23. (Calmet) read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 18:1-7

Prophecy against Ethiopia. v. 1. Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, the land of Cush in the upper reaches of the Nile, the land of whirring wings, where tropical insects are found in great numbers, v. 2. that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, traversing the waters of that far country, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, light and fleet boats made of the papyrus-reed, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 18:7

ג) THE SALVATION THAT ETHIPIA EXPECTS IN THE DISTANT FUTUREIsaiah 18:77 In that time shall 21the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts22Of a people 23 24scattered and peeled,And from a people terrible 25from their beginning hitherto;A nation 26meted out and trodden under foot,Whose land the rivers have spoiled,To the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount Zion.TEXTUAL AND GRAMMATICALOnly עַם and מֵעָם present difficulty.——It is ungrammatical to supply the preposition before... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 18:1-7

This is the second of the prophet's soliloquies, and is of the nature of a proclamation to certain ambassadors who are charged to return to their people and to wait for Jehovah. This charge is delivered because Jehovah has declared that He is waiting, watching, and preparing, that at the right moment He will act in judgment, and the issue will be the subjugation of the opposing peoples. read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 18:1-7

Analysis of Isaiah 18:1-7 . a Ah, the land of the whirring of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Cush, which sends messengers by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters. “Go you swift messengers to a people tall and smooth (or ‘spread out and ready for action’), to a people terrible from their beginning onwards, a nation which metes out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide” (Isaiah 18:1-2). b “All you inhabitants of the world, and you dwellers on the earth, when an... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 18:1-7

Isaiah 18. Isaiah Discourages the Schemes of Ethiopia.— This chapter is probably connected with the policy of the Egyptian alliance so frequently denounced by Isaiah in 29– 31. Here the negotiations seem to be in the initial stage, and the courteous language of Isaiah agrees best with the view that at present he did not regard the alliance as within the range of practical politics. The land of Ethiopia is described, with special reference to the swarms of flies. Its rivers are the Blue and... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 18:7

In that day; which is to be taken largely and indefinitely, as it is frequently in the prophets, as we have already seen, and shall more fully see hereafter. At or after that time, when the judgment threatened in the foregoing verses shall be fully and completely executed, whereby that people will be awakened to repentance. A people; the people of whom I am speaking shall present and offer themselves and their sacrifices unto the true God. He speaks of their conversion to God and Christ by the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Isaiah 18:1-7

Chapter 18Now in chapter 18, there are those that see the United States in chapter 18, but it is rather far-fetched and I am sorry that my mind can't stretch that far. I cannot see the United States in chapter 18.Woe to the land shadowing with wings ( Isaiah 18:1 ),And they point out that on the top of the American flag there's an eagle with wings. So "shadowing with wings."which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia ( Isaiah 18:1 ):And, of course, we are beyond the rivers of Ethiopia.That sendeth... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 18:1-7

Isaiah 18:1 . Woe to the land shadowing with wings ranges of inaccessible mountains called the mountains of the moon, and those to the east between the Nile and the Red sea. The Nile divided amidst those mountains. Beyond the rivers of Ethiopia; that is, the southern streams and branches of the Nile, which run into the centre of Cush or Ethiopia. We must confess that the language here is very obscure, and the innumerable glosses given to the figures of this verse, is full proof of that... read more