E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 31:8
mighty man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14 . mean man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14 . discomfited = become tributaries. read more
Isaiah 31
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 31:9
pass over. Not the same word as in Isaiah 31:5 (which is pasah). Here, Hebrew. 'abar, to cross over, or retreat. read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 31:1
This chapter might be entitled "More of the Same"; but there are some significant differences. Jehovah appears in this chapter as a lion defending his prey (Jerusalem) against false shepherds; and the idols of the people are discarded as, at last, they "trust in God" when the armies of Sennacherib are actually deployed around the city. As Barnes expressed it: "It is evident that this chapter is composed at about the same time as the preceding, and relates to the same subject."[1] The changes... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 31:2
"Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.""He also is wise ..." (Isaiah 31:2). This is a sarcastic remark, roughly equivalent to this, "Well, perhaps you wise men should remember that God also has some intelligence." Furthermore, God will not have to revise what he says every time the situation changes! "This is intense irony. Wisdom is not wholly confined to... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 31:3
"Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit: and when Jehovah shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together."The New Testament use of the word "flesh" for the lower element in human life does not appear in this passage. "It is the weak and mortal in contrast with the immortal and omnipotent,"[5] which is stressed here.Kelley called this, "One of the truly great... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 31:4
"For thus saith Jehovah unto me, As the Lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Jehovah of hosts come down to fight upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof."Many scholars have had trouble in deciding whether this verse is a threat to Jerusalem, or a promise of deliverance. "The words in the Hebrew here always mean to fight against";[8] and,... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 31:5
"As birds hovering, so will Jehovah of hosts protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver it, he will pass over and deliver it. Turn ye unto him from whom ye have deeply revolted, O children of Israel."This is a renewal of God's promise to protect and preserve Jerusalem from the Assyrians. "Just as the lion will not give up his prey, so Jehovah will not allow the Assyrians to rob him of Jerusalem."[11] Jerusalem would indeed be severely punished, but God had reserved Babylon as the rod he... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 31:7
"For in that day they shall cast away every man his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which their own hands have made unto you for a sin. And the Assyrian shall fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become subject to taskwork.""In that day ..." (Isaiah 31:7). This normally refers to the "last days," or to the times of Messiah's kingdom, or to the eschatalogical affairs of the "end time"; but... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 31:9
"And his rock shall pass away by reason of terror, and his princes shall be dismayed at the ensign, saith Jehovah, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace is in Jerusalem."Cheyne was of the opinion that word "rock" as it appears here must mean "a person."[16] Banes seemed to be just as confident that it referred to certain fortifications by which Sennacherib had protected his line of March (and return) from Egypt, writing: "Perhaps the Assyrian monarch had many such places which he regarded as... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 31:7
every man. Hebrew. 'Ish . App-14 . idols = nothings. read more