Isaiah 31:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it. ”

Isaiah 31:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As birds flying - This is another comparison indicating substantially the same thing as the former, that Yahweh would protect Jerusalem. The idea here is, that He would do it in the same manner a...
Isaiah 31:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 31. The Folly of Reliance on Egypt. Jerusalem will be Protected, and Assyria Overthrown. vv. Isaiah 31:6 f. seems to be an interpolation. Isaiah 31:4 f . creates serious difficulties....
Isaiah 31:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

As birds flying. As birds hovering [covering and protecting their nest with their wings], so will, &c. The Figure of speech Ellipsis is to be thus supplied. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteron...
Isaiah 31:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. As birds that fly. This is the second comparison, by which the Prophet shews how great care the Lord takes of us, and how earnestly he is bent on making us happy. It is taken from birds...
Isaiah 31:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 905 GOD THE PROTECTOR OF HIS PEOPLE Isaiah 31:4-5 . Thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called...
Isaiah 31:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it . Passing over "Leaping forward" - The generality of interprete...
Isaiah 31:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it. As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusal...
Isaiah 31:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-5. Judah should trust not in Egypt, but in Jehovah. 6-9. The wonderful deliverance from the Assyrian.
Isaiah 31:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

As birds flying... — The picture that follows (Æschylean, as the former was Homeric; see “Æsch. Agam. 49-54, though there the point is the wailing of the parent birds over the plundered nest) is,...
Isaiah 31:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XIV THREE TRUTHS ABOUT GOD ABOUT 702 B.C. Isaiah 31:1-9 CHAPTER 31, which forms an appendage to Chapter s 29 and 30, can scarcely be reckoned among the more important prophecies of Is...
Isaiah 31:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Nobler Future for the Nation Isaiah 31:1-9 ; Isaiah 32:1-8 Isaiah continues to denounce the contemplated alliance with Egypt. His compatriots put their trust in horses and chariots, and refu...
Isaiah 31:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The prophet again denounces the alliance with Egypt. He declares that the sin of it is a false trust consequent on the chosen people tuning their back on Jehovah. The folly of it is manifest in the f...
Isaiah 31:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here the Lord condescends to make use of two beautiful similitudes, to point out his watchfulness over his people. The strength of the lion, and the solicitude of the bird, are brought in view in pro...
Isaiah 31:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem ,.... As the preceding metaphor expresses the mighty power of God, this his tenderness and affection, as well as his speed and swiftness i...
Isaiah 31:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver [it; and] passing over he will preserve it. Ver. 5. As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts. ] This i...
Isaiah 31:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For , or but or, nevertheless, thus hath the Lord spoken That is, although you have done evil in sending to Egypt for help, and they will not be able to help you, yet the Lord will of his own gr...
Isaiah 31:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confidence in Egypt Reproved. B. C. 720. 1 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; a...
Isaiah 31:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As birds flying; which come from above, and so cannot be kept off; which fly swiftly, and engage themselves Valiantly and resolutely, when they perceive that their young ones are in eminent danger....
Isaiah 31:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

In The End It Is Yahweh Who Will Deliver His People ( Isaiah 31:4-9 ). Isaiah points out that God is not afraid of the rantings of Assyria. Rather He will come to act on behalf of His people as He...
Isaiah 31:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 31:1 . Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help. This was a sin in open defiance of the law. Deuteronomy 28:68 . It was a great revolt of unbelief, because it distrusted the Lord, and al...
Isaiah 31:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

As birds flying Three pictures of one reality I. THE VERY STRIKING AND BEAUTIFUL PICTURES. There are three of them. 1. “As birds flying,” &c. The original shows that it is the mother-bir...
Isaiah 31:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 31:1-23 A FURTHER WARNING AGAINST SEEKING THE ALLIANCE OF EGYPT . This prophecy seems to be quite independent of the last ( Isaiah 30:1-23 ). It may have be...
Isaiah 31:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

As birds flying, fluttering over a brood of fledglings, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem, hovering over its inhabitants with anxious care; defending also He will deliver it, and passing...
Isaiah 31:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:11 ; Exodus 12:27 ; Exodus 19:4 ; Isaiah 10:14 ; Psalms 37:40 ; Psalms 46:5 ; Psalms 91:4
Isaiah 31:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

As birds — Which come from above, and so cannot be kept off; which fly swiftly, and engage resolutely, when their young ones are in danger. Passing over — The destroying angel shall pass over Jerus...

Isaiah 31:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 31:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 31:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 31:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 31:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Isaiah 31:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 31:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 31:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 31:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 31:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 31:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 31:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 31:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 31:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 31:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 31:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 31:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 31:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 31:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 31:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 31:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 31:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 31:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 31:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 31:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes