Isaiah 5:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: ”

Isaiah 5:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And he will lift up an ensign ... - The idea here is, that the nations of the earth are under his control, and that he can call whom he pleases to execute his purposes. This power over the nation...
Isaiah 5:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he will lift up an ensign (f) to the nations from afar, and will hiss to them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: (f) He will make the Babylonians come ag...
Isaiah 5:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Last Stroke. It is generally agreed that this belongs to Isaiah 9:8 to Isaiah 10:4 , each strophe of which closes with the same refrain as Isaiah 5:25 . Unhappily, except for this closing v...
Isaiah 5:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

hiss unto . hiss for (as men call bees). they shall come. Note the Figure of speech Hypotyposis in Isaiah 5:26-30 .
Isaiah 5:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

26. And he will lift up an ensign to the nations. In this and the following verses he describes the nature of the punishment which the Lord would inflict on his people; namely, that they wer...
Isaiah 5:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: He will - hiss "He will hist" - "The metapho...
Isaiah 5:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And he will lift up an ensign— That decree of the divine severity, which had been spoken of in general in Isaiah 5:24 is here explained: particularly God is shewn to be the supreme general or lea...
Isaiah 5:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: He will lift up an ensign to the nat...
Isaiah 5:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-24. Judah, God's unfruitful vineyard, and the judgment upon it.
Isaiah 5:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And he will lift up an ensign. — The banner on the summit of a hill indicated the meeting-place of a great army. In this case the armies are thought of as doing the work of Jehovah Sabaoth, and the...
Isaiah 5:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER III THE VINEYARD OF THE LORD, OR TRUE PATRIOTISM THE CONSCIENCE OF OUR COUNTRY'S SINS 735 B.C. Isaiah 5:1-30 ; Isaiah 9:8 - Isaiah 10:4 THE prophecy contained in these Chapter s b...
Isaiah 5:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Warning against Pride, Intemperance, and Corruption Isaiah 5:18-30 The wild grapes of Judah are here continued: blind atheism, Isaiah 5:18-20 ; proud self-conceit, Isaiah 5:21 ; drunkenness,...
Isaiah 5:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

With the thought of judgment, and the necessity for it still in mind, the prophet utters his great denunciation. This falls into three parts. The first is a song of accusation. By the simple and fam...
Isaiah 5:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Methinks I would read these verses with a twofold aspect. God had said by the prophet, in a preceding chapter; Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him; while to the wicked, it shall b...
Isaiah 5:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far ,.... Not to the Chaldeans or Babylonians, for they were not nations, but one nation, and were a people near; but to the Romans, who consisted o...
Isaiah 5:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: Ver. 26. And he will lift up an ensign. ]...
Isaiah 5:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And he will lift up an ensign to the nations To call them together for his service. Here that decree of the divine severity, which had been spoken of in general terms in Isaiah 5:24 , is explained...
Isaiah 5:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Denunciations against Sin. B. C. 758. 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords o...
Isaiah 5:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He will lift up an ensign, to call them together for his service, as generals used to do for the raising of armies, to the nations from far; either, 1. To the Assyrians, of whom he speaks more...
Isaiah 5:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Six Woes of God ( Isaiah 5:8-30 ). A series of woes are now declared on the people of Israel because of their various sins. The vineyard had produced smelly grapes, now woe must come on it. Th...
Isaiah 5:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE DOOM OF IMPENITENT ISRAEL Isaiah 5:24-30 . Therefore as the fire devoureth, &c. In this threatening, fulfilled in the utter destruction of Israel by Assyria, we find illustrations of the...
Isaiah 5:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 5:1 . My well-beloved; the Messiah, who certainly was Lord of the Vineyard, and the men of Judah were his pleasant plants. Psalms 80:14-15 ; Ezekiel 17:6 ; Hosea 10:1 ; Matthew 20:1-16...
Isaiah 5:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble Sin brings judgment in its train Let not those expect to live easily that live thus wickedly, for the righteous God wilt take vengeance. Observe--...
Isaiah 5:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 5:1-23 ISRAEL REBUKED BY THE PARABLE OF A VINEYARD . This chapter stands in a certain sense alone, neither closely connected with what precedes nor with what...
Isaiah 5:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Sixfold Woe upon the Jewish Transgressors
Isaiah 5:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 28:49 ; Habakkuk 1:8 ; Isaiah 11:12 ; Isaiah 18:3 ; Isaiah 30:16 ; Isaiah 39:3 ; Isaiah 7:18 ; Jeremiah 4:13 ; Jeremiah 5:15 ; Jeremiah 51:27 ; Joel 2:7 ; Lamentations 4:19 ;...
Isaiah 5:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

An ensign — To call them together for his service. From far — To the Chaldeans; for even Babylon is called a far country, Isaiah 39:3 . And he saith nations, because the Chaldean army was made up...

Isaiah 5:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 5:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 5:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 5:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 5:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 5:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 5:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 5:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 5:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 5:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 5:26 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 5:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 5:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 5:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 5:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 5:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 5:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 5:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 5:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 5:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 5:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 5:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 5:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 5:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 5:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 5:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 5:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes