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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-22

The prophet, having reproved those that made a jest of the word of God, here goes on to reprove those that made a jest of the judgments of God, and set them at defiance; for he is a jealous God, and w 6716 ill not suffer either his ordinances or his providences to be brought into contempt. He addressed himself to the scornful men who ruled in Jerusalem, who were the magistrates of the city, Isa. 28:14. It is bad with a people when their thrones of judgment become the seats of the scornful,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:18

And your covenant with death shall be disannulled ,.... Or, "be besmeared" F24 וכפר "Heb. oblinetur", Piscator; "quasi pica illita tabulae literaeque foederis incrustentur, inducantur ac dispereant", Gusset. Comment. Ebr. p. 397. , or daubed over, as the ark was with pitch, Genesis 6:14 where the same word is used as here; so that it shall not be legible, as any writing that is blotted out by ink, or any other liquor, so that it cannot be read; in like manner this their covenant... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:19

From the time that it goeth forth, it shall take you ,.... Or, "as soon as it passeth through" F26 מדי עברו "mox ut pertransierit", Tigurine version. , "it shall take you away"; as soon as it begins to overflow, and as it goes along, it shall make clear work, and carry you away with it; you will not be able to resist it, to withstand its motion, and stop its progress; but will be borne down by it, and carried away with it, either destroyed by it at once, or carried into captivity;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:20

For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it ,.... When a bed is short, a man cannot lie at his full length, and at ease: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it ; when the bedclothes are narrow a man cannot cover himself with them, so as to be warm and comfortable. These proverbial expressions are interpreted by Kimchi of Jerusalem, when besieged by the Assyrian army, when the inhabitants of it were much straitened, distressed, and made... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:21

For the Lord shall rise up as in Mount Perazim ,.... Where the Lord broke forth on David's enemies the Philistines, as the breach of waters; see Isaiah 28:17 and destroyed them, from whence the place had the name of Baalperazim, 2 Samuel 5:20 . The Targum is, "for as the mountain which moved when the glory of the Lord was revealed in the days of Uzziah the king;' referring to the earthquake in his time, Amos 1:1 , he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon ; Josephus Ben... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:22

Now therefore be ye not mockers ,.... At the words of the prophets, and the judgments denounced by them, which is very common, when they are deferred, and not immediately executed: this was the case before the destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, and one cause of it, 2 Chronicles 36:16 and also by the Romans; see Acts 13:41 , lest your bands be made strong ; punishment become heavier, and more grievous; and so the Syriac version renders it; as prisoners that attempt to make... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 28:18

Your covenant with death shall be disannulled "Your covenant with death shall be broken" - For כפר caphar , which seems not to belong to this place, the Chaldee reads תפר taphar , which is approved by Houbigant and Secker. See Jeremiah 33:21 , where the very same phrase is used. See Prelim. Dissert. p. l. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 28:20

For the bed is shorter - A mashal or proverbial saying, the meaning of which is, that they will find all means of defense and protection insufficient to secure them, and cover them from the evils coming upon them. מסך massek , Isaiah 22:8 , the covering, is used for the outworks of defense, the barrier of the country; and here, in the allegorical sense, it means much the same thing. Their beds were only mattresses laid on the floor; and the coverlet a sheet, or in the winter a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 28:21

As in Mount Perazim - כהר kehar ; but בהר bahar , In the mount, is the reading of two of Kennicott's, one of De Rossi's, and one of my own MSS. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 28:22

The Lord God - יהוה אדני Adonai Jehovah . Adonai is omitted by four of Kennicott's MSS., and in the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 28:14-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 28:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 28:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 28:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 28:22

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