Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 5:26

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26. lift . . . ensign —to call together the hostile nations to execute His judgments on Judea ( Isaiah 10:5-7 ; Isaiah 45:1 ). But for mercy to it, in Isaiah 11:12 ; Isaiah 18:3 . hiss — ( Isaiah 18:3- : ). Bees were drawn out of their hives by the sound of a flute, or hissing, or whistling ( Isaiah 18:3- : ). God will collect the nations round Judea like bees ( Deuteronomy 1:44 ; Psalms 118:12 ). end of the earth —the widely distant subject races of which the Assyrian army was made up ( Isaiah 22:6 ). The ulterior fulfilment took place in the siege under Roman Titus. Compare "end of the earth" ( Deuteronomy 28:49 , c.). So the pronoun is singular in the Hebrew, for "them," "their," "whose" (him, his, &c.), Isaiah 5:26-29 referring to some particular nation and person [HORSLEY]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-27" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-isa-5-007

절 (explains)

bible-text/isa-5-26

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological