Isaiah 27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 27:9

By this - This verse states the whole design of the punishment of the Jews. They were taken away from their temple, their city, and their land; they were removed from the groves and altars of idolatry by which they had been so often led into sin; and the design was to preserve them henceforward from relapsing into their accustomed idolatry.The iniquity of Jacob - The sin of the Jewish people, and particularly their tendency to idolatry, which was their easily besetting sin.Be purged - (see the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 27:10

Yet the defensed city - Gesenius supposes that this means Jerusalem. So Calvin and Piscator understand it. Others understand it of Samaria, others of Babylon (as Vitringa, Rosenmuller, and Grotius), and others of cities in general, denoting those in Judea, or in other places. To me it seems plain that Babylon is referred to. The whole description seems to require this; and especially the fact that this song is supposed to be sung after the return from captivity to celebrate their deliverance.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 27:11

When the boughs thereof are withered - This is a further description of the desolation which would come upon Babylon. The idea is, that Babylon would be forsaken until the trees should grow and decay, and the branches should fall to be collected for burning. That is, the desolation should be entire, undisturbed, and long continued The idea of the desolation is, therefore, in this verse carried forward, and a new circumstance is introduced to make it more graphic and striking. Lowth, however,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 27:12

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off - The word which is used here (חבט châbaṭ) means properly “to beat off with a stick,” as fruit from a tree Deuteronomy 20:20. It also means to beat out grain with a stick Judges 6:11; Ruth 2:17 The word which is rendered in the other member of the sentence, ‘shall be gathered’ (לקט lâqaṭ), is applied to the act of “collecting” fruit after it has been beaten from a tree, or grain after it has been threshed. The use of these... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 27:13

The great trumpet shall be blown - This verse is designed to describe in another mode the same fact as that stated in Isaiah 27:12, that Yahweh would re-collect his scattered people. The figure is derived from the trumpet which was blown to assemble a people for war (Grotius); or from the blowing of the trumpet on occasion of the great feasts and festivals of the Jews (Vitringa). The idea is, that God would summon the scattered people to return to their own land. The “way” in which this was... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 27

A.M. 3292. B.C. 712. “The subject of this chapter,” says Bishop Lowth, “seems to be the nature, the measure, and the design of God’s dealings with his people.” We have his judgments inflicted on their great and powerful enemies, Isaiah 27:1 . His constant care and protection of his favourite vineyard, Isaiah 27:2-6 . The moderation with which the severity of his judgments had been and is tempered, Isaiah 27:7 , Isaiah 27:8 . The end and design of them, to recover his church from idolatry,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 27:1

Isaiah 27:1. In that day, &c. This verse, which Bishop Lowth considers as being connected with the last two verses of the preceding chapter, is translated by him as follows: “In that day shall Jehovah punish with his sword; his well-tempered, and great, and strong sword; Leviathan the rigid serpent, and Leviathan the winding serpent: and shall slay the monster that is in the sea.” And he observes, “The animals here mentioned seem to be, the crocodile, rigid, by the stiffness of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 27:2-3

Isaiah 27:2-3 . In that day When these powerful enemies shall be destroyed. Sing ye unto her Hebrew, ענו לה , answer ye her, or say ye to her, namely, to the church of God. A vineyard of red wine “Behold a vineyard,” or, “Thou art a vineyard of red wine,” that is, of the choicest and best wine, which in those parts was red, as appears both from the Scriptures and from heathen authors. I the Lord do keep it, &c. I will protect my church from all her enemies, and supply her... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 27:4-5

Isaiah 27:4-5. Fury is not in me Namely, against my vineyard or my people; I have been displeased with them, and have chastized them, but I am not implacable toward them, and resolved utterly to destroy them, as their enemies are. Who would set the briers and thorns against me, &c. Yet if any hypocrite in the church, false professor, or wilful sinner, shall offer to contend with me, he shall feel the effects of my fury. Or, more largely, thus: “Though fury doth not belong to me, and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 27:6

Isaiah 27:6. He shall cause them of Jacob to take root To be firmly settled in their possessions. The words may be rendered, In times to come he shall cause Jacob to take root. Israel shall blossom and bud Shall revive and flourish. The metaphor of a vine is still pursued, and these expressions signify the increase of the Jewish people, after their return from their captivity in Babylon. And fill the face of the world with fruit Their posterity shall be so numerous that their own land... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 27:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 27:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 27:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 27:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 27:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 27

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 27:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 27:2-3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 27:4-5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 27:6

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