Isaiah 28:18-20

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 28:1-29

Isaiah 28:1 . The crown of pride. Sebaste, the ancient Samaria, is situated on a long mount of an oval figure, having first a fruitful valley, and then a circle of hills running round about it. Maundrell, p. 58. The city is beautifully situated on the top of a round hill, surrounded immediately by a rich valley, and a circle of other hills beyond it, which first suggested the idea of a chaplet, or wreath of flowers, worn on their heads on occasions of festivity. This expressed “a crown of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 28:14-22

Isaiah 28:14-22Hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful menIsaiah’s responseThe prophet replies that when the storm does sweep over the land, as it assuredly will, these “refuges of lies” will prove no shelter to their builders; they have been tried by the plummet of honesty and righteousness and found to be so out of line that they must come down: but meanwhile, nay, from of old, Jehovah has Himself founded a really serviceable house for His people, namely, the ancient constitution and polity of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 28:20

Isaiah 28:20For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on itThe short bed and the narrow coveringThe Jewish beds were only mattresses, laid on the floor; and the cover was s sheet, or carpet, laid over it, in which the person wrapped himself.In this adage, there is an allusion to the condition of one who, being weary and inclined to rest, goes to bed, that he may get refreshing repose. Having betaken himself to a bed that is too short for him, and having got a covering that is... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 28:18

Isa 28:18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. Ver. 18. And your covenant with death shall be disannulled. ] See Isaiah 28:15 . God shall shoot at such with an arrow suddenly; Psa 64:7 and when they shall say, Peace and safety, then shall sudden destruction come upon them, as travail upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape. 1Th 5:3 They... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 28:19

Isa 28:19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only [to] understand the report. Ver. 19. From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you. ] This was opposed to their fond conceit of impunity, or at least immunity, for a long season; Isa 28:15 the most secure are soonest surprised. And it shall be a vexation, &c. ] Vexatio dabit intellectum, Luther, after the Vulgate, rendereth... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 28:20

Isa 28:20 For the bed is shorter than that [a man] can stretch himself [on it]: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself [in it]. Ver. 20. For the bed is short. ] Here the prophet seemeth to some to threaten them for their lectulorum luxus Amo 6:4 their beds of ivory, whereon, when well whittled, they once stretched themselves at full length, and slept out their drunkenness; but when brought to Babylon, the case should be otherwise with them. Diodate saith that these are... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 28:18

your covenant: Isaiah 7:7, Isaiah 8:10, Jeremiah 44:28, Ezekiel 17:15, Zechariah 1:6 shall be disannulled: For kuppar Houbigant, Archbp. Secker, and Bp. Lowth, would read tuppar; but the former may well have the sense ascribed to it here, as it signifies in Chaldee and Syriac, abstersit, diluit, abolevit. when: Isaiah 2:15, Isaiah 8:8, Jeremiah 47:2, Daniel 8:9-1 Chronicles :, Daniel 9:26, Daniel 9:27, Daniel 11:40, Revelation 12:15, Revelation 17:15 trodden down by it: Heb. a treading down... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 28:19

the time: Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 10:6, 2 Kings 17:6, 2 Kings 18:13, Ezekiel 21:19-Isaiah : and it: Isaiah 33:7, Isaiah 36:22, Isaiah 37:3, 1 Samuel 3:11, 2 Kings 21:12, Jeremiah 19:3, Daniel 7:28, Daniel 8:27, Habakkuk 3:16, Luke 21:25, Luke 21:26 to understand the report: or, when he shall make you to understand doctrine Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:20 - vexation Job 1:18 - there came Job 41:9 - shall Isaiah 28:21 - his strange Jeremiah 6:24 - We have Ezekiel 21:7 - For the Zephaniah 3:5 -... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 28:20

the bed: Isaiah 57:12, Isaiah 57:13, Isaiah 59:5, Isaiah 59:6, Isaiah 64:6, Isaiah 66:3-Joshua :, Jeremiah 7:8-2 Samuel :, Romans 9:30-Jonah :, 1 Corinthians 1:18-Obadiah : Reciprocal: Genesis 3:7 - and they Isaiah 8:8 - Immanuel Isaiah 30:1 - cover Malachi 2:16 - covereth read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 28:19

From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.Pass over — It shall not only come to you, but it shall abide upon you; and when it hath passed over you, it shall return again to you, morning after morning; and shall follow you day and night, without giving you the least respite.The report — So dreadful shall the judgment be, that it shall strike you with horror, when... read more

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