Isaiah 31:6-7 ESV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 31:6-9

This explains the foregoing promise of the deliverance of Jerusalem; she shall be fitted for deliverance, and then it shall be wrought for her; for in that method God delivers. I. Jerusalem shall be reformed, and so she shall be delivered from her enemies within her walls, Isa. 31:6, 7. Here is, 1. A gracious call to repentance. This was the Lord's voice crying in the city, the voice of the rod, the voice of the sword, and the voice of the prophets interpreting the judgment: ?Turn you, O turn... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 31:6

Turn ye unto him ,.... From the Egyptians, to whom they sought for help, unto the Lord, they had neglected; from evil ways and practices, idolatry and impiety, by repentance and reformation; to the true worship of God, to his word and ordinances, statutes and commands. The Targum is, "turn to the law;' which they had rejected and broken. These are the words of the prophet, a call of his to the people to repentance, to which they might be induced by the gracious declaration of the Lord... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 31:7

For in that day ,.... When deliverance shall be wrought; when men shall be convinced of the vanity and insufficiency of their idols to help them, and of their sin in worshipping them; when they shall be brought to repentance for it, and turn to the Lord as an evidence of it: every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold ; with contempt and abhorrence of them, as the word F23 ימאסון a מאס "spernere, reprobare." signifies; every man "his" own idol, and even... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 31:6

Have deeply revolted "Have so deeply engaged in revolt" - All the ancient Versions read תעמיקו taamiku , in the second person, instead of העמיקו heemiku , they have deeply revolted, etc. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 31:7

Which your own hands have made unto you for a sin "The sin, which their own hands have made" - The construction of the word חטא chet , sin , in this place is not easy. The Septuagint have omitted it: MSS. Pachom. and 1. D. 2 and Cod. Marchal. in margine , supply the omission by the word ἁμαρτιαν , sin, or ἁμαρτημα , said to be from Aquila's Version, which I have followed. The learned Professor Schroeder, Institut. Ling. Hebrews p. 298, makes it to be in regimine with ידיכם ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 31:4-6

Similes of the nature and power of Jehovah. I. THE LION . He is pictured watching over the holy city, the "peculiar treasure," the invisible Sanctuary of the religion and the people, as a lion over its prey, in the presence of threatening shepherds. "As from a carcase herdsmen strive in vain To scare a tawny lion, hunger-pinch'd; Ev'n so th' Ajaces, mail-clad warriors, faird The son of Priam from the corse to scare." ('Iliad,' 18.161.) It is a fine image—found twice in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 31:4-9

A PROMISE OF PROTECTION , AND OF THE DISCOMFITURE OF ASSYRIA . In the promise of protection ( Isaiah 31:4 , Isaiah 31:5 ) there is nothing new but the imagery, which is of remarkable beauty. The promise is followed by a brief exhortation ( Isaiah 31:6 , Isaiah 31:7 ); and then the discomfiture of Assyria is declared in the plainest terms, and her flight before the avenging sword of God ( Isaiah 31:8 , Isaiah 31:9 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 31:6

Turn ye unto him . Then, at any rate, if not before, turn to him who will have delivered you from so great a peril. "Turn to him, O children of Israel, from whom men have so deeply revolted." The third person is used instead of the second, out of tenderness, not to hurt their feelings by mingling with promise an open rebuke. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 31:6

Turning to God in giving up sin. Connect with Isaiah 31:7 . Here is indicated one essential characteristic of a genuine conversion or reformation. Two kinds of " turning " are suggested. I. TURNING TO GOD AS A VOICELESS SENTIMENT . Merely good sentiments, revivalistic emotions, gushing fervors, temporary excitements, have no voice that can reach to God. II. TURNING TO GOD SPEAKING THROUGH ACTS . Putting away idols—God can hear that. He knows what that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 31:6-7

Deep disloyalty. The children of Israel had "deeply revolted" from God by preferring Egyptian cavalry to the defense of almighty power. This preference of the human and the material to the Divine is only too common everywhere. I. THE DISLOYAL ATTITUDE OF MANKIND TOWARDS GOD . Mankind is in revolt against the Divine rule. We have all said in our hearts, "We will not have this One to reign over us." 1. God righteously claims our allegiance—the homage of our hearts, the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 31:6-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 31:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 31:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 31:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 31:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 31:4-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 31:4-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 31:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 31:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 31:6-7

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