George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 17:14
CHAPTER XVII.
Not be. Phacee and Rasin were presently exterminated. --- Spoiled us. The kingdom of Achaz, 4 Kings xvii. 5.
CHAPTER XVII.
Not be. Phacee and Rasin were presently exterminated. --- Spoiled us. The kingdom of Achaz, 4 Kings xvii. 5.
Verse Isaiah 17:14. _HE IS NOT _- "He is no more."] For איננו _einennu_ ten MSS. of Dr. _Kennicott's_, (three ancient,) ten of _De Rossi's_, and two editions, and the _Septuagint, Syriac, Chaldee, Vu...
AT EVENING-TIDE TROUBLE - In the time of evening - that is, in the night. BEFORE THE MORNING HE IS NOT - That is, he is destroyed. This is strikingly descriptive of the destruction of the army of Sen...
CHAPTER 17 The Burden of Damascus and Judgment upon Ephraim 1. _Damascus to be a ruinous heap (Isaiah 17:1)_ 2. _Judgment upon Ephraim (Isaiah 17:4)_ 3. _Woe to the enemies of Israel (Isaiah 17:12) _...
THE OVERTHROW OF ASSYRIA. A brief independent prophecy or oracle not connected with Isaiah 17:1, and probably not with Isaiah 18. Some assign it to the post-exilic period on account of the reference t...
TROUBLE. consternation. HE IS NOT: or, he is no more. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and he is no more"....
The destruction of the Assyrian shall be accomplished between evening and daybreak. The expression denotes a very short space of time, as in Psalms 30:5; Job 27:19; but the destruction of Sennacherib'...
Isaiah 17:12-14. The sudden annihilation of the Assyrians These verses are regarded by some critics as the continuation of ch. Isaiah 17:1-11, by others as the introduction to ch. 18. Since the refer...
WOE TO THE MULTITUDE— We have here the third member of this prophetic discourse, and the first part of the section, concerning the unexpected overthrow of the Assyrians. After the prophet had exhibite...
d. CHAOS TEXT: Isaiah 17:12-14 12 Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters! 13 The nations sh...
And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us. AT EVENING-TIDE TROUBLE; (AND) BEFORE THE MORNING HE...
DISCOMFITURE OF THE ASSYRIANS A short prophecy, in which Isaiah foretells sudden disaster for the Assyrian invaders; it is parallel to Isaiah 14:24,; belongs to the same period. 12-13. The Assyrian...
Specially fulfilled in the destruction of Sennacherib's army (Isaiah 37:36)....
When God acts to defend his people, the result is immediate and total. It is God who is the real ruler of the nations of the world. He will act for the benefit of his people. WOE ~ a very sad cry beca...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 17 GOD WILL PUNISH DAMASCUS AND ISRAEL V1 God gave Isaiah this spec...
לְ עֵ֥ת עֶ֨רֶב֙ וְ הִנֵּ֣ה בַלָּהָ֔ה בְּ
In this section (17-18), we have a prophecy dealing with Damascus and an interlude containing a soliloquy of the prophet. The burden of Damascus Isaiah 17:1) announces its doom. It is evident, however...
And behold at the time of evening (q) trouble; [and] before the morning he [is] not. This [is] the portion of them that plunder us, and the lot of them that rob us. (q) He compares the Assyrians to a...
REFLECTIONS READER! mark the burden of Damascus; and behold, in the history of that people, the final end of all the enemies of God, and of his Christ. Of what avail was the splendour of this kingdom,...
I include the whole under one view, and, besides the general observation to be made upon them as a prophecy, fully accomplished, in after ages, I pray the Reader to make his spiritual reflections upon...
14._And, behold, at evening tide trouble. _The meaning is, “As when a storm has been raised in the _evening, _and soon afterwards allayed, no trace of it is found in the _morning, _so will cheerful pr...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 15, 16, 17, AND 18. In Chapter s 15 and 16 Moab is judged. They are warned that the throne of David shall be established, and the oppressor consumed out of th...
AND BEHOLD AT EVENINGTIDE TROUBLE,.... Or terror a and consternation; which some understand of that which was in the Assyrian army, when the Angel of the Lord destroyed it, taking "evening for night",...
And behold at eveningtide trouble; [and] before the morning he [is] not. This [is] the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us. Ver. 14. _And behold at eventide trouble._] Or,...
_Wo_, &c. “We have here the third member of this prophetic discourse, and the first part of the section concerning the unexpected overthrow of the Assyrians. After the prophet had exhibited the divine...
And behold at evening-tide trouble, horror falling upon the approaching enemies; AND BEFORE THE MORNING HE IS NOT, before ever the day dawns, they are destroyed. THIS IS THE PORTION OF THEM THAT SPOIL...
A Woe upon Israel's Enemies...
12-14 The rage and force of the Assyrians resembled the mighty waters of the sea; but when the God of Israel should rebuke them, they would flee like chaff, or like a rolling thing, before the whirlw...
BEHOLD AT EVENING-TIDE TROUBLE; AND BEFORE THE MORNING HE IS NOT: at even there is a great terror and consternation among God's people, for fear of their enemies; and ere the morning cometh, their ene...
Isaiah 17:14 eventide H6256 H6153 trouble H1091 morning H1242 portion H2506 plunder H8154 (H8802) lot H1486 rob...
A GLIMPSE OF HOPE FOR THE FUTURE (ISAIAH 17:12). Having depicted the dark future for Israel, apart from the remnant, Isaiah now goes on to encourage all of God's people who will listen. No earthly pow...
CONTENTS: The burden of Damascus, foretelling destruction of cities of Syria and Israel. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The God of our salvation is the rock of our strength. It is our forgetfulness of...
Isaiah 17:1. _A ruinous heap._ Tiglath-pileser destroyed it in the support of Ahaz, and carried away the inhabitants. 2 Kings 16:8. Yet it was afterwards rebuilt. Isaiah 17:2. _The cities of Aroer are...
_Behold at evening tide trouble_ THE NIGHT God fights some battles between evening and morning. The black night is the field of war. The darkness fights for God. The night is needed for more than re...
_Woe to the multitude of many people_ A SHORT TRIUMPH These verses read the doom of those that spoil and rob the people of God. If the Syrians and Israelites invade and plunder Judah--if the Assyri...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 17:12 AH draws attention to the NATIONS—mighty, restless, and destructive, but scattered by the mere REBUKE of the sovereign God (see chs....
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 17:1 THE BURDEN OF DAMASCUS. The eye of the prophet travels northwards from Moab, and, passing over Ammon as an enemy of small account, rests once more upon Damascus, already threat...
Now he turns his prophecy against Damascus, which, of course, was the capital of Syria. Now Syria and the Northern Kingdom of Israel had confederated together to stand against Assyria. As Assyria beca...
2 Kings 19:3; 2 Kings 19:35; Ezekiel 39:10; Habakkuk 2:16; Habakku
Behold — At even there is great terror among God's people, for fear of their enemies; and before the morning comes, their enemies are cut off....