Isaiah 32:10 - Exposition

Many days and years shall ye be troubled ; rather, in a year and days ; i.e. "in less than two years." The object of the prophet is not to fix the duration of the trouble, but to mark the time of its commencement (comp. Isaiah 29:1 ). Shall ye be troubled ; rather, shall ye tremble , or shudder (so Deuteronomy 2:25 ; Psalms 77:18 ; Psalms 99:1 ; Isaiah 5:25 ; Isaiah 64:2 ; Jeremiah 33:9 , etc.). Ye careless women ; rather, ye confident ones . The word is different from that employed in Isaiah 32:9 and Isaiah 32:11 . The vintage shall fail ; literally, has failed— "the perfect of prophetic certitude" (Cheyne). Some critics understand a literal failure, or destruction, of the vintage through the invasion of the Assyrians. Others suggest a refer-once to Isaiah 5:4-7 . The vineyard of the Lord (Judah) has utterly failed to bring forth grapes—there is no ingathering—therefore destruction shall fall upon it.