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GOD SHALL REBUKE THEM - The word ‘God’ is not here in the
original, but is evidently to be supplied. The word ‘rebuke’ means
that he would disarrange their plans, prevent their success, and
defeat the...
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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)
_...
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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...
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GOD. One.
CHAFF. dried grass.
A ROLLING THING. a _galgal._ See note on Psalms 83:13....
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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...
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The Assyrians shall perish at the rebuke of jehovah. The first clause
of the verse is almost identical with the last words of Isaiah 17:12,
and is wanting in the Peshito and a few Hebr. MSS. It may ha...
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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...
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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...
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The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall
rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the
chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling t...
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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...
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ROLLING THING] RV 'whirling dust': cp. Psalms 83:13....
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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...
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לְאֻמִּ֗ים כִּ שְׁאֹ֞ון מַ֤יִם
רַבִּים֙ יִשָּׁא֔וּן...
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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...
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The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but [God]
shall (p) rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be
chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a
roll...
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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...
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13._The nations shall rush. _Although he appears to follow out that
threatening, which he formerly uttered, yet he begins to comfort
believers by repeating the same statement, as if we should say,
“Th...
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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...
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THE NATIONS SHALL RUSH LIKE THE RUSHING OF MANY WATERS,.... With great
force and noise, and run over the whole land, as the Assyrian army
did, until it came to Jerusalem, and there it stopped; see Isa...
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_The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but [God]
shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as
the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling...
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_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...
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A Woe upon Israel's Enemies...
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The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters, in an
apparently irresistible tidal wave; BUT GOD SHALL REBUKE THEM, AND
THEY SHALL FLEE FAR OFF, rather, it, the threatening tide of
hostility,...
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ROLLING:
Or, thistledown...
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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...
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SHALL REBUKE THEM; not in words, but deeds; shall discomfit and
overthrow them. LIKE A ROLLING THING, which is easily moved by every
slight touch, and much more by a violent wind. Or, _like a wisp_, t...
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Isaiah 17:13 nations H3816 rush H7582 (H8735) rushing H7588 many H7227
waters H4325 rebuke H1605 (H8804) flee...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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Daniel 2:35; Hosea 13:3; Isaiah 10:15; Isaiah 10:16; Isaiah 10:33;...