Chapter 17:
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Isaiah 17
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Syria and Israel threatened. (1-11) The woe of Israel's
enemies. (12-14)
Verses 1-11 Sin
desolates cities. It is strange that great conquerors should take pride in being
enemies to mankind; but it is better that flocks should lie down there, than
that they should harbour any in open rebellion against God and holiness. The
strong holds of Israel, the kingdom of the ten tribes, will be brought to ruin.
Those who are partakers in sin, are justly made partakers in ruin. The people
had, by sins, made themselves ripe for ruin; and their glory was as quickly cut
down and taken away by the enemy, as the corn is out of the field by the
husbandman. Mercy is reserved in the midst of judgment, for a remnant. But very
few shall be marked to be saved. Only here and there one was left behind. But
they shall be a remnant made holy. The few that are saved were awakened to
return to God. They shall acknowledge his hand in all events; they shall give
him the glory due to his name. To bring us to this, is the design of his
providence, as he is our Maker; and the work of his grace, as he is the Holy One
of Israel. They shall look off from their idols, the creatures of their own
fancy. We have reason to account those afflictions happy, which part between us
and our sins. The God of our salvation is the Rock of our strength; and our
forgetfulness and unmindfulness of him are at the bottom of all sin. The
pleasant plants, and shoots from a foreign soil, are expressions for strange and
idolatrous worship, and the vile practices connected therewith. Diligence would
be used to promote the growth of these strange slips, but all in vain. See the
evil and danger of sin, and its certain consequences.
Verses 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 whirlwind. In the evening Jerusalem would be in
trouble, because of the powerful invader, but before morning his army would be
nearly cut off. Happy are those who remember God as their salvation, and rely on
his power and grace. The trouble of the believers, and the prosperity of their
enemies, will be equally short; while the joy of the former, and the destruction
of those that hate and spoil them, shall last for ever.
Chapter 17:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Song of Solomon Jeremiah
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