Isaiah 27:7-8 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 27:7-13

Here is the prophet again singing of mercy and judgment, not, as before, judgment to the enemies and mercy to the church, but judgment to the church and mercy mixed with that judgment. I. Here is judgment threatened even to Jacob and Israel. They shall blossom and bud (Isa. 27:6), but, 1. They shall be smitten and slain (Isa. 27:7), some of them shall. If God find any thing amiss among them, he will lay them under the tokens of his displeasure for it. Judgment shall begin at the house of God,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 27:7

Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him ?.... No; the Lord does smite his people by afflictive dispensations of his providence; he smites them in their persons, and families, and estates; see Isaiah 57:17 as he smote Israel, by suffering them to be carried captive, and as the Jews are now smitten by him in their present state; yet not as he smote Pharaoh, with his ten plagues, and him and his host at the Red Sea; or as he smote Sennacherib and his army, by an angel, in one... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 27:8

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it ,.... Or, "when he sendeth it forth" F24 בשלחה "in emittendo eam", Montanus. ; when God sends forth an affliction on his people, or gives it a commission to them, as all are sent by him, he does it with moderation; he proportions it to their strength, and will not suffer them to be afflicted above what they are able to bear; and as, in afflicting, he debates and contends with his people, having a controversy with them, so... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 27:1-11

God's treatment of the rebellious and the righteous. Amid the different and difficult interpretations and the numerous and dubious applications given to these verses, we may discern some truths respecting God's treatment of human character. I. HIS TREATMENT OF THE WICKED . 1. The sharpness of his instruments . He punishes with "a sore and great and strong sword" ( Isaiah 27:1 ) He "whets his glitter-nag sword ( Deuteronomy 32:41 ). Out of the mouth of the Son of God... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 27:1-13

In that day. We have here a general picture of the events which precede the condition of the inauguration of a new era. I. THE FIGHT WITH THE MONSTER OR MONSTERS . We cannot enter into the subject of this symbolism, in reference to which, in the absence of definite information, so much of fanciful interpretation has gathered. We cannot refer the serpent or the dragon to the storm-cloud, or lightning, as some have done; nor historically to Egypt and Assyria. Something much... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 27:7

Hath he smitten him ; etc.? i.e. "Has God smitten Judah, as he '(God) smote Judah's smiters?" Judah's chief smiters were Assyria and Babylon. The judgments upon them would be more severe than that upon Judah. They would be destroyed; Judah would be taken captive, and restored. Them that are slain by him ; rather, them that slew him (so Lowth, Ewald, Knobel, and Mr. Cheyne). But, to obtain this meaning, the pointing of the present text must be altered. The law of parallelism seems,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 27:7-8

The moderation of God's chastisements. All God's doings are "with measure." At the creation he "weighed the hills in a balance" ( Isaiah 40:12 ), "made a weight for the winds," and" weighed the waters by measure" ( Job 28:25 ). He sets one thing against another, "looks to the end of the earth," and "seeth under the whole heaven" ( Job 28:24 ). There is nothing hasty, rash, or inconsiderate in his doings. He is a law to himself; and the perfect harmony of his own nature necessarily... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 27:7-9

Judgments and chastisements. These verses set forth two modes of apprehending the afflictions and sorrows of life, and help us in estimating the distinction between the modes. We may say that it sets forth God's ways with the enemies of Israel, and God's ways with Israel. I. THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN JUDGMENTS AND CHASTISEMENTS . In a sense we may say that judgments are ends in themselves, and chastisements are means to a higher end. Then has God two ways of dealing with men?... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 27:7-11

THE COMING JUDGMENT UPON JUDAH A CHASTISEMENT IN WHICH MERCY IS BLENDED WITH JUSTICE . A coming judgment upon Judah has been one of the main subjects of Isaiah's prophecy from the beginning. It has been included in the catalogue of "burdens" (see Isaiah 22:1-25 .). It will have to be one of the prophet's main subjects to the end of his "book." Hence he may at any time recur to it, as he does now, without special reason or excuse. In this place the special aspect... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 27:8

Our translators have entirely mistaken the meaning of this verse. The proper rendering is, In measure , when thou puttest her away , thou wilt contend with her ; he sighed with his keen breath in the day of the east wind . "In measure" means "with forbearance and moderation"—the punishment being carefully adjusted to the degree of the offence. God was about to "put Judah away"—to banish her into a far country; but still he would refrain himself—he would "not suffer his whole... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 27:7-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 27:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 27:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 27:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 27:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 27:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 27:7-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 27:7-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 27:7-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 27:8

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