John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 2:13
And upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up ,.... That is, upon the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication with Babylon, and will join with the beast and false prophet in making war with the Lamb. So the Targum, Jarchi, and Kimchi, interpret it of the kings of the nations, mighty and strong: and upon all the oaks of Bashan ; nobles, princes, governors of provinces, as the same writers explain the words, oaks being inferior to cedars: the day of the Lord... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 2:10-22
The prophet here goes on to show what a desolation would be brought upon their land when God should have forsaken them. This may refer particularly to their destruction by the Chaldeans first, and afterwards by the Romans, or it may have a general respect to the method God takes to awaken and humble proud sinners, and to put them out of conceit with that which they delighted in and depended on more than God. We are here told that sooner or later God will find out a way, I. To startle and... read more