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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-22

The prophet, having reproved those that made a jest of the word of God, here goes on to reprove those that made a jest of the judgments of God, and set them at defiance; for he is a jealous God, and w 6716 ill not suffer either his ordinances or his providences to be brought into contempt. He addressed himself to the scornful men who ruled in Jerusalem, who were the magistrates of the city, Isa. 28:14. It is bad with a people when their thrones of judgment become the seats of the scornful,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:17

Judgment also will I lay to the line ,.... A metaphor taken from builders, who in building use the line and plummet to carry on their work even and regular, retaining such stones as agree thereunto, and rejecting such as do not; signifying, that in the spiritual building, where Christ is the foundation and cornerstone, such as are built thereon shall continue and grow up regularly into a holy temple; but those that set at nought this precious stone, and build upon the sandy foundation of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:18

And your covenant with death shall be disannulled ,.... Or, "be besmeared" F24 וכפר "Heb. oblinetur", Piscator; "quasi pica illita tabulae literaeque foederis incrustentur, inducantur ac dispereant", Gusset. Comment. Ebr. p. 397. , or daubed over, as the ark was with pitch, Genesis 6:14 where the same word is used as here; so that it shall not be legible, as any writing that is blotted out by ink, or any other liquor, so that it cannot be read; in like manner this their covenant... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:19

From the time that it goeth forth, it shall take you ,.... Or, "as soon as it passeth through" F26 מדי עברו "mox ut pertransierit", Tigurine version. , "it shall take you away"; as soon as it begins to overflow, and as it goes along, it shall make clear work, and carry you away with it; you will not be able to resist it, to withstand its motion, and stop its progress; but will be borne down by it, and carried away with it, either destroyed by it at once, or carried into captivity;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:20

For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it ,.... When a bed is short, a man cannot lie at his full length, and at ease: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it ; when the bedclothes are narrow a man cannot cover himself with them, so as to be warm and comfortable. These proverbial expressions are interpreted by Kimchi of Jerusalem, when besieged by the Assyrian army, when the inhabitants of it were much straitened, distressed, and made... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 28:18

Your covenant with death shall be disannulled "Your covenant with death shall be broken" - For כפר caphar , which seems not to belong to this place, the Chaldee reads תפר taphar , which is approved by Houbigant and Secker. See Jeremiah 33:21 , where the very same phrase is used. See Prelim. Dissert. p. l. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 28:20

For the bed is shorter - A mashal or proverbial saying, the meaning of which is, that they will find all means of defense and protection insufficient to secure them, and cover them from the evils coming upon them. מסך massek , Isaiah 22:8 , the covering, is used for the outworks of defense, the barrier of the country; and here, in the allegorical sense, it means much the same thing. Their beds were only mattresses laid on the floor; and the coverlet a sheet, or in the winter a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-20

The infatuation of sin. In strong, pictorial language the prophet points out— I. THAT SINFUL MEN ACT AS IF THEY COULD AVERT IMPENDING DOOM . They act as if they said, " We have made a covenant with death," etc. Every day the gully and the foolish are living as if they were possessed with a power to wrestle with and overcome approaching doom. The drunkard seems to say, "I will drink, and not be ruined in health;" and the gambler to say, "will stake money, and not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-22

THE REBUKE OF JUDAH 'S NOBLES . The power of the nobles under the later Jewish monarchy is very apparent throughout Isaiah's prophecy. It is they, and not the king, who are always blamed for bad government ( Isaiah 1:10-23 ; Isaiah 3:12-15 , etc.) or errors of policy ( Isaiah 9:15 , Isaiah 9:16 ; Isaiah 22:15-19 , etc.). Isaiah now turns from a denunciation of the priests and prophets, who especially opposed his teaching, to a threatening of the great men who guided the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-22

The judgment prepared for scorner's. "Scorners," in the language of Scripture, are those who set at naught God's prophets, or his messages, or his Holy Word, or his Church, or his ministers. Men delight in such scorn because it seems to them so fine a thing, so grand a thing, so bold, so brave, so heroic. It is a poor thing, comparatively, to exalt one's self against man; it is magnificent to measure one's strength with God's, and enter the lists against him . This may, no doubt, be so... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 28:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 28:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-22

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