At the noise of the tumult, which the angel shall make in destroying the army. The people; those of the army who escaped that stroke. The nations; the people of divers nations, which made up his army. read more
Chapter 33Now chapter 33 begins with a warning to the Assyrians.Woe unto thee that spoilest, and you have not been spoiled; you that deal treacherously, you've not been dealt treacherously with! ( Isaiah 33:1 )The Assyrians were extremely treacherous people. They often would mutilate their prisoners of war. Physically mutilate them. They would pull out their tongues. They would gouge out their eyes. They would physically mutilate their prisoners of war. They were extremely cruel. History... read more
Isaiah 33:1 . Woe to thee, thou spoiler, who hast not been spoiled; And thou plunderer, who hast not been plundered. When thou hast ceased to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; When thou art weary of plundering, they shall plunder thee. LOWTH. Here is a very remarkable sentence against Assyria, in four striking forms. The apostrophes are full of beauty, and the figures most impressive. the connection between the crimes and the punishment being of long continuance, the sentence is against the... read more
Isa 33:3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. Ver. 3. At the noise of the tumult the people fled, ] i.e., The Assyrian soldiers shall flee at the coming of the angel, with a hurry noise in the air for greater terror; a but he shall give them their passport. This their confidence was the fruit of prayer. At the lifting up of thyself. ] If God do but "arise" only, "his enemies shall be scattered; and all that hate him shall flee... read more
Isaiah 10:13, Isaiah 10:14, Isaiah 10:32-Nahum :, Isaiah 17:12-2 Chronicles :, Isaiah 37:11-Job :, Isaiah 37:29-Zephaniah :, Psalms 46:6 Reciprocal: Numbers 16:34 - fled Psalms 68:1 - God arise read more
At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered.The noise — Which the angel shall make in destroying the army.The people — Those of the army, who escaped that stroke.The nations — The people of divers nations, which made up this army. read more
3, 4. The prophet is not left in doubt. He sees the answer. The deliverance is yet future, but he sees it as if it were past, or now transpiring. At the noise of the tumult the people (Assyrian) fled; at the lifting up of thyself Words figuratively expressing the silent power of Jehovah in destroying the enemy. See Isaiah 37:36-37. A demonstration of thunder and great noise from the heavens is unnecessarily assumed by some. Your spoil That of the destroyed and routed armies. Shall be... read more
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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 33:1-24
Isaiah 33. Denunciation of the Treacherous Foe. Zion’ s Extremity, Yahweh’ s Opportunity.— If Isaiah’ s, the date is apparently 701, and the situation presupposed is Sennacherib’ s demand for unconditional surrender of Jerusalem after he had received an enormous tribute from Hezekiah. This breach of faith would cause the weeping of the ambassadors ( Isaiah 33:7). But the chapter is now usually regarded as post-exilic. The parallels in language are with late Psalms, and the list of... read more