In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; Ver. 1. _In the year that Tartan._] A certain commander under Sennacherib, 2Ki 18:17 who came against Ashdod, among other cities of Judah, about the twelfth year of king Hez... [ Continue Reading ]
At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. Ver. 2. _At the same time spake the Lord._] Against Egypt and Ethiopia, whom he had comforted, Isaiah 19:1... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years [for] a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia; Ver. 3. _Like as my servant Isaiah._] Servants are either menial or magisterial. Prophets and preachers are of this latter sort. _ Hath walked naked and bar... [ Continue Reading ]
So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with [their] buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. Ver. 4. _So shall the king of Assyria lead away._] As men used to lead or drive cattle, for so the Hebrew word... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. Ver. 5. _And they shall be afraid and ashamed._] They - that is, as many as confided in them - seeing themselves thus confuted, shall be abashed and terrified (_perterrefient_) at the fall of their confede... [ Continue Reading ]
And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such [is] our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape? Ver. 6. _And the inhabitant of this isle shall say, &c._] Judea, though part of the continent, is here called an isle... [ Continue Reading ]