Isaiah 14:1

CHAPTER XIV

Deliverance of Israel from captivity, which shall follow the

downfall of the great Babylonish empire, 1, 2.

Triumphant ode or song of the children of Jacob, for the signal

manifestation of Divine vengeance against their oppressors,

3-23.

Prophecy against the Assyrians, 24, 25.

Certainty of the prophecy, and immutability of the Divine

counsels, 26, 27.

Palestine severely threatened, 28-31.

God shall establish Zion in these troublous times, 32.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIV

Verse Isaiah 14:1. And will yet choose Israel.] That is, will still regard Israel as his chosen people; however he may seem to desert them, by giving them up to their enemies, and scattering them among the nations. Judah is sometimes called Israel; see Ezekiel 13:16; Malachi 1:1; Malachi 2:11: but the name of Jacob and of Israel, used apparently with design in this place, each of which names includes the twelve tribes, and the other circumstances mentioned in this and the next verse, which did not in any complete sense accompany the return from the captivity of Babylon, seem to intimate that this whole prophecy extends its views beyond that event.