이사야 17:6-11 KRV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 17:6-8

Mercy is here reserved, in a parenthesis, in the midst of judgment, for a remnant that should escape the common ruin of the kingdom of the ten tribes. Though the Assyrians took all the care they could that none should slip out of their net, yet the meek of the earth were hidden in the day of the Lord's anger, and had their lives given them for a prey and made comfortable to them by their retirement to the land of Judah, where they had the liberty of God's courts. 1. They shall be but a small... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 17:9-11

Here the prophet returns to foretel the woeful desolations that should be made in the land of Israel by the army of the Assyrians. 1. That the cities should be deserted. Even the strong cities, which should have protected the country, shall not be able to protect themselves: They shall be as a forsaken bough and an uppermost branch of an old tree, which has gone to decay, is forsaken of its leaves, and appears on the top of the tree, bare, and dry, and dead; so shall their strong cities look... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 17:6

Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it ,.... In Ephraim or Jacob; that is, in the ten tribes, a few of them should escape, a remnant should be saved; comparable, for the smallness of their number, to grapes that are gleaned after the vintage is got in: though Kimchi interprets it of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, who were but few, in comparison of the ten tribes, who were many; and Jarchi explains it of Hezekiah and his company, in the midst of Jerusalem, who were but few; and observes, that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 17:7

At that day shall a man look to his Maker ,.... The one only living and true God, who has made him, and not he himself, nor any other creature; that is, such as are left, as before described, the remnant, according to the election of grace; these shall look to God for help and assistance, for supply, support, and protection; and to Christ particularly, who is the Maker of all things, without whom was not any thing made that is made, for all spiritual blessings; for righteousness and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 17:8

And he shall not took to the altars, the work of his hands ,.... That is, to altars erected to the worship of idols, which are both the works of men's hands, so as to serve at them, and sacrifice upon them. Kimchi observes, that the latter clause is not to be understood as belonging to the former, but as distinct from it, and signifies idols which men have made; otherwise all altars, even the altars of God, were the works of men, which yet it was right to look unto, and offer sacrifice upon;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 17:9

In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch ,.... Meaning the strong cities of Ephraim or Jacob, the ten tribes, which should be forsaken of their inhabitants; having fled from before the enemy, or being slain or carried captive; like a bough of a tree, that is forsaken stripped of its leaves, and an uppermost branch of a tree that is dead and dry, and has nothing on it: which they left ; or "as they left", or "were left": because of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 17:10

Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation ,.... Who had been the author of salvation to them many a time, in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in various instances since; and yet they had forgot his works of mercy and goodness, and had left his worship, and gone after idols; and this was the cause of their cities being forsaken, and becoming a desolation: and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength ; or strong Rock, who had supplied and supported them, protected and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 17:11

In the day shall thou make thy plant to grow ,.... Not that it is in the power of man to make it grow; but the sense is, that all means and methods should be used to make it grow, no cost nor pains should be spared: and in the morning shall thou make thy seed to flourish ; which may denote both diligence in the early care of it, and seeming promising success; and yet all should be in vain, and to no purpose: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief ; or "of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 17:8

The altars, the work of his hands "The altars dedicated to the work of his hands" - The construction of the words, and the meaning of the sentence, in this place are not obvious; all the ancient Versions, and most of the modern, have mistaken it. The word מעשה maaseh , "the work," stands in regimine with מזבחות mizbechoth , "altars," not in opposition to it; it means the, altars of the work of their hand; that is of the idols, which are the work of their hands. Thus Kimchi has... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 17:9

As a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch "the Hivites and the Amorites" - והאמיר החרש hachoresh vehaamir . No one has ever yet been able to make any tolerable sense of these words. The translation of the Septuagint has happily preserved what seems to be the true reading of the text, as it stood in the copies of their time; though the words are now transposed, either in the text or in their Version; οἱ Αμαρῥαιοι και οἱ Ευαιοι , "the Amorites and the Hivites." It is remarkable... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 17:6-8

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 17:9-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 17:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 17:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 17:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 17:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 17:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 17:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 17:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 17:9

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