Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 18:4

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4. take . . . rest . . . consider —I will calmly look on and not interpose, while all seems to promise success to the enemy; when figuratively, "the sun's heat" and "the night dews" ripen their "harvest"; but "before" it reaches its maturity I will destroy it ( Isaiah 18:5 ; Ecclesiastes 8:11 ; Ecclesiastes 8:12 ). like a clear heat —rather, "at the time of the clear (serene) heat" [MAURER]. upon herbs —answering to "harvest" in the parallel clause. MAURER translates, "in the sunlight" ( Job 31:26 ; Job 37:21 ; Habakkuk 3:4 ). like . . . dew —rather, "at the time of the dew cloud." God's "silence" is mistaken by the ungodly for consent; His delay in taking vengeance for forgetfulness ( Psalms 50:21 ); so it shall be before the vengeance which in the last day shall usher in the restoration of the Jews ( Isaiah 34:1-8 ; Isaiah 57:11 , end of the verse, Isaiah 57:11- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-5" class="com-number"

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