Isaiah 27:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? ”

Isaiah 27:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote them? - Has God punished his people in the same manner and to the same extent as he has their enemies? It is implied by this question that he had...
Isaiah 27:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hath he smitten (g) him, as he smote those that smote him? [or] is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? (g) He shows that God punishes his in mercy, and his enemies in...
Isaiah 27:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Israel's Gentle Chastisement and the Terms on which it may be Pardoned. This is an insertion out of connexion with the context, and it does not itself hang well together. The writer asks, Has Yahwe...
Isaiah 27:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

as, &c. . according to the stroke of those, &c.
Isaiah 27:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. Hath he smitten him? (202) He confirms the former statement, and shews that, even in chastisements, there are certain and manifest proofs of the goodness and mercy of God; for while the...
Isaiah 27:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?
Isaiah 27:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He shall cause them, &c.— Or, In times to come, Jacob shall take root: Israel, &c. Isaiah 27:7 . Hath he smitten him according to the stroke of those that smote him? &c. Isaiah 27...
Isaiah 27:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? Hath he smitten him, (Israel) as he smote those (enemies)...
Isaiah 27:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. The powers hostile to God's people are here symbolically represented as monsters. Leviathan the piercing (RV 'swift') serpent perhaps stands for Assyria, watered by the rapid Tigris, and 'le...
Isaiah 27:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hath he smitten him... — The pronouns are left in the English Version somewhat obscure, but the use of capitals makes the meaning plain: “Hath He (Jehovah) smitten him (Israel) as He smote thos...
Isaiah 27:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXIX GOD'S POOR DATE UNCERTAIN Isaiah 25:1-12 ; Isaiah 26:1-21 ; Isaiah 27:1-13 WE have seen that no more than the faintest gleam of historical reflection brightens the obscurity of...
Isaiah 27:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Care for His Vineyard Isaiah 27:1-13 Throughout these Chapter s we must remember that the doom of Babylon and the restoration of God's people are symbolical of other events, for which the...
Isaiah 27:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This circle of prophecy ends with a message which describes the process toward ultimate restoration, and announces its certainty. The way to restoration is the way of judgment, and this the prophet f...
Isaiah 27:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

All these are so many different expressions, to intimate that the Lord's mercy to his people is all of grace, and not for their deserts. The Lord watcheth over them for good; but it is for the exalta...
Isaiah 27:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him ?.... No; the Lord does smite his people by afflictive dispensations of his providence; he smites them in their persons, and families, and estat...
Isaiah 27:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? [or] is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? Ver. 7. Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? ] N...
Isaiah 27:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hath he smitten him Namely, Jacob; as he smote those that smote him? The question implies a denial. He hath not so smitten him. He hath not dealt so severely with his people as he hath with their...
Isaiah 27:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Correction and Compassion. B. C. 718. 7 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that sm...
Isaiah 27:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? the question implies a denial; he hath not so smitten him, to wit, Jacob. He hath not dealt so severely with his people as he hath dealt with...
Isaiah 27:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Yahweh Has Had Compassion On His People, For Even In The Past He Has Not Treated Israel As Badly As They Deserved ( Isaiah 27:7-9 ). Yahweh has not smitten His people as severely as He has smitten...
Isaiah 27:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE AFFLICTIONS OF GOD’S PEOPLE Isaiah 27:7-9 . Hath He smitten him as He smote his smiter, or was he slain as his slayers were slain? In exact measure, when dismissing her, Thou didst contend wit...
Isaiah 27:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 27:1 . In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, That is to say, he will punish those who are like leviathan; the proudest, t...
Isaiah 27:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 27:1 . In that day the Lord shall punish leviathan. It would seem that the Assyrian and Chaldean empire are here intended. See on Job 41:1 ; Amos 9:13 . The desolations mentioned in the t...
Isaiah 27:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 27:1 THE TRIPLE JUDGMENT ON THE POWERS OF DARKNESS . The crowning judgment of all is now briefly described. "In that day"—the day of God's vengeance—when al...
Isaiah 27:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hath He, Jehovah, in His visitation of mercy, smitten him, Israel, His people, as He smote those that smote him? literally, "with the stroke of his smiter," after the manner of the enemies who ve...
Isaiah 27:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 2:31-35 ; Isaiah 10:20-25 ; Isaiah 14:22 ; Isaiah 14:23 ; Isaiah 17:14 ; Isaiah 17:3 ; Jeremiah 30:11-16 ; Jeremiah 50:33 ; Jeremiah 50:34 ; Jeremiah 50:40 ; Jeremiah 51:24 ; Nahum...
Isaiah 27:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hath he — He hath not dealt so severely with his people, as he hath dealt with their enemies, whom he hath utterly destroyed. Of them — Of those who were slain by God on the behalf of Israel.

Isaiah 27:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 27:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 27:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 27:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 27:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 27:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 27:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 27:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 27:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 27:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 27:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 27:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 27:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 27:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 27:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 27:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 27:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 27:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 27:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 27:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 27:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 27:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 27:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 27:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 27:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 27:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 27:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes