Isaiah 27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 27:3

Lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day - "I will take care of her by night; and by day I will keep guard over her" - For יפקד פן pen yiphkod , lest any visit it, the Syriac read ואפקד veephkod , and I will visit it. Twenty MSS. of Kennicott's, fourteen of De Rossi's, and two of my own, and six editions read אפקד ephkod , I will visit, in the first person. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 27:4

Fury is not in me "I have no wall" - For חמה chemah , anger, the Septuagint and Syriac read חומה chomah , wall. An ancient MS. has חימה cheimah . For בה bad , in her, two MSS. read בם bam , in them, plural. The vineyard wishes for a wall and a fence of thorns - human strength and protection, (as the Jews were too apt to apply to their powerful neighbors for assistance, and to trust to the shadow of Egypt): Jehovah replies, that this would not avail her, nor defend her... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 27:5

Or "Ah" - For או o I read אוי oi , as it was at first in a MS. The י yod was easily lost, being followed by another י yod . read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 27:6

To take root "From the root" - For ישרש yashresh , I read, with the Syriac, משרש mishshoresh . And for ופרח יציץ yatsits uparach , פרח יציצו yatsitsu parach , joining the ו vau to the first word, and taking that into construction with the first part of the sentence, Israel shall bud forth. I suppose the dialogue to be continued in this verse, which pursues the same image of the allegory, but in the way of metaphor. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 27:9

The groves "And if the groves" - ולא velo . Four MSS., two ancient, of Kennicott's, and one ancient of my own, with the Septuagint; this makes a fuller sense. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 27:10

There shall the calf feed - That is, the king of Egypt, says Kimchi. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 27:11

The boughs thereof "Her boughs" - קציריה ketsireyha , MS. and Vulg.; that is, the boughs of the vineyard, referring still to the subject of the dialogue above. The scarcity of fuel, especially wood, in most parts of the east is so great, that they supply it with every thing capable of burning; cow-dung dried, roots, parings of fruit, withered stalks of herbs and flowers; see Matthew 6:21-30 . Vine-twigs are particularly mentioned as used for fuel in dressing their food, by D'Arvieux;... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 27:12

The channel of the river - The river Sabbation, beyond which the Israelites were carried captive. - Kimchi. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 27:13

The great trumpet shall be blown - Does not this refer to the time spoken of by our Lord, Matthew 24:31 ; : He shall send forth his angels - the preachers of his Gospel with a great sound of a trumpet - the earnest invitation to be saved by Jesus Christ; and shall gather his elect - the Jews, his ancient chosen people, from the four winds - from all parts of the habitable globe in which they have been dispersed. In this prophet there are several predictions relative to the conversion of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 27:1

THE TRIPLE JUDGMENT ON THE POWERS OF DARKNESS . The crowning judgment of all is now briefly described. "In that day"—the day of God's vengeance—when all his other enemies have been put down, Jehovah shall finally visit with his sword three mighty foes, which are described under three figures—the first as "Leviathan, the swift serpent;" the second as "Leviathan, the crooked serpent; "and the third as "the dragon that is in the sea." It has been usual to see in these three... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 27:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 27:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 27:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 27:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 27:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 27:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 27:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 27:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 27:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 27:1

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