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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 28:2

Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, [which] as a tempest of hail [and] a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.

Ver. 2. Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and a strong one,] viz., Shalmaneser, king of Assyria. For whereas Ephraim might say, Who is there that can or dare pull off the flower of our goodly gallantry? God answereth that he hath at hand one that can do it, and do it with a turn of a hand, with little ado.

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See also Isaiah 28:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 28:2. _BEHOLD THE LORD HATH A MIGHTY AND STRONG ONE_ - "Behold the mighty one, the exceedingly strong one"] אמץ לאדני _ammits_ _ladonai, fortis Domino_, i.e., _fortissimmus_, a Hebraism....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BEHOLD, THE LORD HATH A MIGHTY AND STRONG ONE - The Hebrew of this passage is, ‘Lo! there is to the Lord (לאדני _la'donāy_) mighty and strong.’ Lowth renders it, ‘Behold the mighty one, the exceedin...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. THE SIX WOES OF THE PROPHET, JUDGMENT RUINS AND RESTORATION GLORIES TO COME (28-35) CHAPTER 28 The First Woe and the Message of Assurance 1. _Ephraim addressed (Isaiah 28:1)_ 2. _Jerusalem equall...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 28. In Isaiah 28:1 Isaiah predicts the speedy overthrow of Samaria. The date is therefore not later than the year in which Samaria fell (Isaiah 7:22). Apparently it was uttered before the siege...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HATH. MIGHTY AND STRONG ONE. hath. mighty one, immensely strong: i.e. Assyria (2 Kings 17:5; 2 Kings 17:6). CAST DOWN. cast [Ephraim] down....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    (33) This important group of discourses is the chief monument of Isaiah's activity in the early years of Sennacherib's reign. The negotiations with Egypt which preceded the revolt of 701 form the his...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The reason for the woe of Isaiah 28:1. Render: BEHOLD JEHOVAH HATH A MIGHTY AND STRONG ONE, LIKE A TEMPEST OF HAIL, A DESTROYING STORM; LIKE A FLOW OF MIGHTY OVERFLOWING WATERS, WHICH CASTS DOWN TO TH...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BEHOLD, THE LORD, &C.— The punishment upon Ephraim is contained in these verses, and consists of three gradations; the _first_ in the second verse; the meaning whereof literally is, that God has ready...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    V. EMANCIPATION NOT FROM EGYPT Chapter S 28 - 35 A. FOUNDATION THAT IS FIRM, Chapter S 28-29 1. STUPIDITY TEXT: Isaiah 28:1-13 1 Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fa...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. STRONG ONE -...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    28:2 might. (a-34) Lit. 'hand.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    A MIGHTY.. ONE] viz. the Assyrian, Jehovah's agent....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This chapter must be assigned (Isaiah 28:1) to a date prior to the capture of Samaria by the Assyrians (722 b.c.) and fall of the northern kingdom. 1-6. Samaria's luxury and self-indulgence pave the...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The ‘enemy’ refers to the *Assyrians....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE LORD HATH A MIGHTY AND STRONG ONE... — The Hebrew may be either neuter, as in the LXX. and Targum, or masculine, as in the Authorised Version. In either case it refers to the King of Assyria as th...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    הִנֵּ֨ה חָזָ֤ק וְ אַמִּץ֙ לַֽ אדֹנָ֔י כְּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    BOOK 3 PROPHECIES FROM THE ACCESSION OF HEZEKIAH TO THE DEATH OF SARGON 727-705 B.C. THE prophecies with which we have been engaged (Chapter s 2-10:4) fall either before or during the great Assyrian...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here begins the third and last circle of the first division of the book. It consists of a series of prophecies concerning the chosen people and the world. In this chapter we have a graphic revelation...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and (c) strong one, [which] as a tempest of hail [and] a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. (c) He s...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _The Lord. By his instrument, Salmanasar. (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "behold the strong one, and the mighty to the Lord, as," &c. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "behold the Lord's fury....as," &c. (Haydock)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    We shall find the best illustration of the things here spoken by reading with it the prophecy of Hosea who had delivered the greater part of his prophecy somewhat about fifty years before this part of...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    2._Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one. _This may refer to the Assyrians, as if he had said, that they will be ready at God’s command to fight under his authority, as soon as they shall be c...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Chapter 28 sets before us the first elements of these final scenes in the history of this wonderful people. The scourge comes from the north. Ephraim is invaded as by an overflowing torrent, by a temp...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BEHOLD, THE LORD HATH A MIGHTY AND STRONG ONE,.... That is, a powerful king, with a mighty army, meaning Shalmaneser king of Assyria; whom the Lord had at his beck and command, and could use at his pl...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Behold, the Lord hath_ Namely, at his command, prepared and ready to execute his judgments; _a mighty and strong one_ Shalmaneser, the king of Assyria; _which, as a tempest of hail, &c., shall cast d...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    CONCERNING SAMARIA AND JERUSALEM. Chapter s 28 to 33 in the Book of Isaiah contain a cycle of prophecies and proclamations concerning the relation of Judah to Assyria in the time of King Hezekiah. Aha...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, namely, the Assyrian conqueror, WHICH AS A TEMPEST OF HAIL AND A DESTROYING STORM, a shower of destruction, AS A FLOOD OF MIGHTY WATERS OVERFLOWING, SHAL...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-4 What men are proud of, be it ever so mean, is to them as a crown; but pride is the forerunner of destruction. How foolishly drunkards act! Those who are overcome with wine are overcome by Satan;...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE LORD HATH, to wit, at his command, prepared and ready to execute his judgments, A MIGHTY AND STRONG ONE; the king of Assyria. SHALL CAST DOWN; understand it, the crown of pride; or _them_, the dru...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 28:2 Lord H136 mighty H2389 one H533 tempest H2230 hail H1259 destroying H6986 storm H8178 flood H2230 mighty...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FIRST WOE. THE COMING JUDGMENT ON EPHRAIM BECAUSE OF ITS PARLOUS CONDITION (ISAIAH 28:1). Here Israel is depicted as a drunken festival king, proudly wearing a garland of faded flowers, while sad...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Woe of Ephriam due to drunkenness. Prediction of Assyrian captivity of Ephriam. Ephriam's fate a warning to Judah. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The glorious beauty and the plenty of the lan...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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. _Maun...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Woe to the crown of pride Chapter twenty-eight is the first of a great group of representative discourses, chaps._ 28-32, all dealing with the relation of Judah to Assyria, and all enforcing the sam...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 28:1 God’s Sovereign Word Spoken into the World: “Ah!” God controls history (chs. Isaiah 28:1), moving events toward final judgment and salvation (chs.

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 28:2 ONE WHO IS MIGHTY AND STRONG. Assyria. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    ENGLAND’S CRYING SIN Isaiah 28:1. _Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, &c.,_ [1102] [1102] See pages 116 and 127. Ephraim one of the most important of the tribes. It occupied som...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    SECTION VII. RENEWED DENUNCIATIONS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH (CH. 28-31.) EXPOSITION ISAIAH 28:1 A WARNING TO SAMARIA. The prophet has now east his eagle glance

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Chapter 28. Now the prophet turns to the local present issues. He is now... he's gone off down the road to the end of things. Now he comes back and he begins to speak of the Northern Kingdom, the majo...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ezekiel 13:11; Ezekiel 30:10; Ezekiel 30:11; Isaiah 25:4; Isaiah 27:1

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    A strong one — The king of Assyria. Shall cast down — The crown of pride. The hand — By the hand of God, which shall strengthen him in this work....

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