Isaiah 28:1-13 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-8

Here, I. The prophet warns the kingdom of the ten tribes of the judgments that were coming upon them for their sins, which were soon after executed by the king of Assyria, who laid their country waste, and carried the people into captivity. Ephraim had his name from fruitfulness, their soil being very fertile and the products of it abundant and the best of the kind; they had a great many fat valleys (Isa. 28:1, 4), and Samaria, which was situated on a hill, was, as it were, on the head of the... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 28:9-13

The prophet here complains of the wretched stupidity of this people, that they were unteachable and made no improvement of the means of grace which they possessed; they still continued as they were, their mistakes not rectified, their hearts not renewed, nor their lives reformed. Observe, I. What it was that their prophets and ministers designed and aimed at. It was to teach them knowledge, the knowledge of God and his will, and to make them understand doctrine, Isa. 28:9. This is God's way of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:1

Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim ,.... Or, "of the drunkards of Ephraim": or, "O crown of pride, O drunkards of Ephraim F12 הוי עטרת גאות שכרי אפרים "vae coronae erectionis ebriorum Ephraimi", Cocceius, Gataker. "; who are both called upon, and a woe denounced against them. Ephraim is put for the ten tribes, who were drunk either in a literal sense, for to the sin of drunkenness were they addicted, Hosea 7:5 , Amos 6:6 . The Jews say F13 T. Bab.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:2

Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one ,.... That is, a powerful king, with a mighty army, meaning Shalmaneser king of Assyria; whom the Lord had at his beck and command, and could use at his pleasure, as his instrument, to bring down the towering pride of Ephraim, and chastise him for his sensuality: which as a tempest of hail ; that beats down herbs and plants, and branches of trees, and men and beasts: and a destroying storm ; which carries all before it, blows down... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:3

The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet. Not only cast down with the hand, but trampled upon with the feet; showing their utter destruction, and the contempt with which they should be used; which, with their character, is repeated, to point out their sins, the cause of it, to denote the certainty of it, and that it might be taken notice of. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:4

And the glorious beauty which is on the head of the fat valley ,.... Meaning the riches and fruitfulness of the ten tribes, and especially of Samaria the head of them: shall be a fading flower ; as before declared, Isaiah 28:1 and here repeated to show the certainty of it, and to awaken their attention to it: and as the hasty fruit before the summer ; the first ripe fruit, that which is ripe before the summer fruits in common are. The Septuagint render it the first ripe fig; and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:5

In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory ,.... Or, "glorious crown" F16 לעטרת צבי "pro corona decora", Piscator. ; surrounding, adorning, and protecting his people; granting them his presence; giving them his grace, and large measures of it; causing them to live soberly, righteously, and godly: this stands opposed to "the crown of pride" before mentioned, and refers to the time when that should be trampled under foot, or when the ten tribes should be carried into... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:6

And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment ,.... That is, as the Lord would give honour and glory to the people in general, so wisdom and prudence, a spirit of judgment and discerning, to the king in particular, who sat on the throne of judgment to do justice, and execute judgment among his subjects: though this need not be restrained to the king, but be applied to all the judges and magistrates in the land, who sat and heard causes and complaints brought before them, for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:7

But they also have erred through wine ,.... Either they that sat in judgment, and turned the battle to the gate, as Jarchi interprets it: or rather, since the Lord was a spirit of judgment and strength to those, the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin in later times are meant, in the latter end of Hezekiah's reign, or in the times of Manasseh, or nearer the Babylonish captivity; these tribes, which professed the true religion, and who had the word, and worship, and ordinances of God among them,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:8

For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness ,.... The one signifies what is spued out of a man's mouth, his stomach being overcharged, and the other his excrements; and both give a just, though nauseous, idea of a drunken man. This vice was very common; men of all ranks and degrees were infected with it, rulers and people; and no wonder that the common people ran into it, when such examples were set them; the tables of the priests, who ate of the holy things in the holy place, and the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-8

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 28:9-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:8

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