Isaiah 28:4 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

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 28:4

The hasty fruit before the summer "The early fruit before the summer" - "No sooner doth the boccore , (the early fig), draw near to perfection in the middle or latter end of June, than the kermez or summer fig begins to be formed, though it rarely ripens before August; about which time the same tree frequently throws out a third crop, or the winter fig, as we may call it. This is usually of a much longer shape and darker complexion than the kermez , hanging and ripening upon the tree... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-4

A WARNING TO SAMARIA . The prophet has now east his eagle glance over the whole world and over all time. He has denounced woe upon all the principal nations of the earth (Isaiah 13-23.), glanced at the destruction of the world itself ( Isaiah 24:17-20 ), and sung songs over the establishment of Christ's kingdom, and the ingathering of the nations into it (Isaiah 25-27.). In the present chapter he returns to the condition of things in his own time and among his own people. After a brief... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-6

Condition of Samaria. I. DENUNCIATION OF WOE . The condition of Samaria was like that of Jerusalem. And judgment must first fall upon Samaria, and then upon Jerusalem ( Isaiah 8:6 ; cf. Micah 1:6 ). Drunkenness is named," not as the root of the national evil, but rather as its flower. The appalling thing is that when all is on the point of collapsing, those responsible for the state should be given up to careless self-indulgence" (Cheyne). Samaria is described as the city of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-8

The evil of excess: a sermon on intemperance. The allusion here is to the prevalent baneful vice of intemperance. The evils which are connected with it, and which constitute its condemnation, are such as belong to other kinds of excess, but especially and emphatically to it . I. HONOR IS HUMILIATED BY IT . "The crown of pride is trodden under feet" ( Isaiah 28:1 , Isaiah 28:3 ). The proud city, which was, alas! a city given up to drunkenness, should be brought down to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:4

And the glorious beauty , etc. Translate, And the fading flower of his glorious beauty , which is on the head of the fat valley , shall be like an early fig ( that comes ) before the harvest . Such an "early fig" is a tempting delicacy, devoured as soon as seen (comp. Hosea 9:10 ; Nahum 3:12 ; Jeremiah 24:2 , etc.). The "beauty" of Samaria would tempt the Assyrians to desire it so soon as they saw it, and would rouse an appetite which would be content with nothing less than... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:4

As the hasty fruit before the summer - The word rendered ‘hasty fruit’ (בכוּרה bikûrâh); in Arabic, bokkore; in Spanish, albacore), denotes the “early fig.” this ripens in June; the common fig does not ripen until August. Shaw, in his “Travels,” p. 370, says: ‘No sooner does the “boccore” (the early fig) draw near to perfection in the middle or latter end of June, than the “kermez” or summer fig begins to be formed, though it rarely ripens before August, about which time the same tree... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 28:2-4

Isaiah 28:2-4 . Behold, the Lord hath Namely, at his command, prepared and ready to execute his judgments; a mighty and strong one Shalmaneser, the king of Assyria; which, as a tempest of hail, &c., shall cast down The crown of pride, to the earth, by his hand By the hand of God, which shall strengthen him in this work. The crown, the drunkards, shall be trodden under feet The expression is emphatical; the crown which was upon their own heads shall be trodden under the feet of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-29

28:1-33:24 HEZEKIAH AND THE ASSYRIANSBefore reading Chapters 28-33, readers should be familiar with the historical background found in the introduction under the heading ‘Judah’s new policies under Hezekiah’. Hezekiah reversed the policies of his father Ahaz. Whereas Ahaz sought help from Assyria to oppose Israel and Syria, Hezekiah sought help from Egypt to oppose Assyria. Isaiah opposed both policies alike. Faith in God, not reliance on foreign powers, is Judah’s only hope for survival. The... read more

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 28:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 28:2-4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-29

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