ISAIAH CHAPTER 31 The folly and punishment of trust in Egypt, ISAIAH 31:1. God will fight for Jerusalem, ISAIAH 31:4,5, if they will turn unto him, ISAIAH 31:6,7. The fall of Assyria, ISAIAH 31:8,9. THAT GO DOWN TO EGYPT FOR HELP; as the Jews did, contrary to God's command, DEUTERONOMY 17:16. AND ST... [ Continue Reading ]
HE ALSO IS WISE: you think you are wise, and act wisely in engaging the Egyptians, who are a wise and warlike people, to help. you; but God is not inferior to them in wisdom nor in strength, but much their superior; and therefore you have done foolishly and wickedly in prefer. ring them before him.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE MEN, AND NOT GOD; and therefore utterly unable to defend you, either without or against my will. THEIR HORSES FLESH; weak and frail, as that word signifies, PSALMS 78:39 HEBREWS 5:7, and elsewhere. NOT SPIRIT; not like spiritual substances, such as the angels, who are immortal, and invisible by... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR; or, _but_; or, _nevertheless_, as this particle is elsewhere used, as hath been proved before. Although you have done evil in sending to Egypt for help, and they shall not be able to help you; yet the Lord himself will, of his own grace, and for the glory of his own name, give you that help and... [ Continue Reading ]
AS BIRDS FLYING; which come from above, and so cannot be kept off; which fly swiftly, and engage themselves Valiantly and resolutely, when they perceive that their young ones are in eminent danger. He seems to allude, and to oppose this, to those boasting expressions of the Assyrian, ISAIAH 10:14: c... [ Continue Reading ]
TURN YE UNTO HIM; let the consideration of this gracious promise engage you to repent of your carnal policies, in seeking and trusting to Egypt for help, and sincerely to return to God. THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL; either, 1. The Israelites, strictly so called, who are now utterly destroyed for their ap... [ Continue Reading ]
For when the Assyrian shall invade your land, you shall find the vanity of those idols to which you have trusted; and therefore shall cast them away with indignation, and be forced to seek to me for help. So this is added as an argument to persuade them to practise his counsel of turning to God. Whi... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN; when you have cast away your idols, and seriously sought to me for help; both which things were performed by Hezekiah. WITH THE SWORD, NOT OF A MIGHTY MAN; AND THE SWORD, NOT OF A MEAN MAN; by the sword, not of any man, either mean or mighty, but of an angel. FROM THE SWORD; from, or for fear... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL PASS OVER TO HIS STRONG HOLD; Sennacherib shall flee away, with all speed, from Jerusalem, to his strong city of Nineveh, ISAIAH 37:37. Or, as it is in the margin, and as the words lie in the Hebrew text, _his rock_ (i.e. his strength, the greatest champions of his army, to whom he trusted)... [ Continue Reading ]