Isaiah 27:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. ”

Isaiah 27:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In measure ... - This verse in our translation is exceedingly obscure, and indeed almost unintelligible. Nor is it much more intelligible in Lowth, or in Noyes; in the Vulgate, or the Septuagint....
Isaiah 27:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

In (h) measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. (h) That is, you will not destroy the root of your Church, though the branche...
Isaiah 27:8 - 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 27:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

In measure . By measure. Referring to the smiting of Israel, as being in limited measure. Hebrew. seah . App-51. (11), (5). when it shooteth forth . when Thou didst send it forth (i.e. the stroke...
Isaiah 27:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. In measure. This is the second proof of the divine compassion towards all the elect, whom he chastises for this purpose, that they may not perish; and, by mitigating the punishments which...
Isaiah 27:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
Isaiah 27:8 - 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 27:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. In measure - Hebrew, bªca'cª'aah ( H5432 ), a contraction for bª-ce'a...
Isaiah 27:8 - 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 27:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In measure... — Literally, with the force of iteration, with measure and measure. The verse continues the thought of the preceding. The word for “measure” is strictly definite: the seah, or thi...
Isaiah 27:8 - 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 27:8 - 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 27:8 - 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 27:8 - 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 27:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

TROUBLES DIVINELY ADAPTED ‘He stayeth His rough wind in the day of the east wind.’ Isaiah 27:8 Two somewhat distinct meanings may be attached to these words. They may mean that two evil wind...
Isaiah 27:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it ,.... Or, "when he sendeth it forth" x; when God sends forth an affliction on his people, or gives it a commission to them, as all are se...
Isaiah 27:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. Ver. 8. In measure. ] Heb., Modio i.e., exigua mensura, in a small mea...
Isaiah 27:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In measure when it shooteth forth Rather, In measure when thou sendest it forth , as בסאסאה בשׁלחה, may be properly rendered. The words seem to be addressed by the prophet to God, and to signify t...
Isaiah 27:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Correction and Compassion. B. C. 718. 7 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that sm...
Isaiah 27:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

In measure; with moderation, in certain proportions which God meteth out and fitteth to their strength. When it shooteth forth ; when the vine shooteth forth its luxuriant branches, he, like the v...
Isaiah 27:8 - 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 27:8 - 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 27:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 27:8 Two somewhat distinct meanings may be attached to these words. They may mean that two evil winds cannot blow in full force together. If they blow together, there is a chastening of the...
Isaiah 27:8 - 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 27:8 - 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 27:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

He stayeth His rough wind in the day of the east wind The rough wind stayed Here we are taught two things: that God permits calamities to come upon man, but that He restrains them in moderation...
Isaiah 27:8 - 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 27:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Gathering of the Church
Isaiah 27:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:13 ; 1 Peter 1:6 ; Ezekiel 19:12 ; Hosea 11:7-9 ; Hosea 13:15 ; Hosea 4:1 ; Hosea 6:1 ; Hosea 6:2 ; Isaiah 1:18-20 ; Isaiah 1:5 ; Isaiah 10:12 ; Isaiah 10:5 ; Isaiah 10:...
Isaiah 27:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

In measure — With moderation. When — When the vine shooteth forth its luxuriant branches, he cuts them off, but so as not to destroy the vine. Contend — God is said to contend with men, when he exe...

Isaiah 27:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 27:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 27:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 27:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 27:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 27:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 27:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 27:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 27:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 27:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 27:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 27:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 27:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 27:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 27:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 27:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 27:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 27:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 27:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 27:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 27:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 27:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 27:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 27:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 27:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 27:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 27:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 27:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 27:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 27:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes