Isaiah 5:28 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: ”

Isaiah 5:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whose arrows are sharp - Bows and arrows were the common instruments of fighting at a distance. Arrows were, of course, made sharp, and usually pointed with iron, for the purpose of penetrating t...
Isaiah 5:28 - 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 5:28 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

28. Their arrows will be sharp. He means that they will be provided with necessary weapons. The custom alluded to is that which existed among the Assyrians and other eastern nations, who fre...
Isaiah 5:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: Their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint "The hoofs of th...
Isaiah 5:28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

None shall be weary, &c.— We have in these verses a description of the quality of the forces which should come against Jerusalem; their vigour, activity, and diligence: Isaiah 5:27 their mili...
Isaiah 5:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: All their bows bent - ready for battle. Their horses' h...
Isaiah 5:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-24. Judah, God's unfruitful vineyard, and the judgment upon it.
Isaiah 5:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(27-29) None shall be weary ... — The three verses paint the progress of the invading army. Unresting, unhasting, in perfect order, they march onward. They do not loosen their girdle for repose. The...
Isaiah 5:28 - 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 5:28 - 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 5:28 - 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 5:28 - 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 5:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Whose arrows [are] sharp, and all their bows bent ,.... Ready to shoot their arrows upon any occasion; and which being sharp, penetrated deep, and were deadly. This includes all kind of warlike inst...
Isaiah 5:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Whose arrows [are] sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: Ver. 28. Whose arrows are sharp. ] Or, Sharpened, sc., to...
Isaiah 5:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

None , &c. In these verses the prophet describes the quality of the forces which should come against Jerusalem; their vigour, activity, and diligence, Isaiah 5:27 ; their military expedition, r...
Isaiah 5:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Denunciations against Sin. B. C. 758. 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords o...
Isaiah 5:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; who are every way furnished and ready for my work, waiting only for my command. Their horses hoofs shall be counted like flint, because they shall...
Isaiah 5:28 - 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 5:28 - 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 5:28 - 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 5:28 - 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 5:28 - 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 5:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Sixfold Woe upon the Jewish Transgressors
Isaiah 5:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 21:9-11 ; Jeremiah 47:3 ; Jeremiah 5:16 ; Judges 5:22 ; Micah 4:13 ; Nahum 2:3 ; Nahum 2:4 ; Nahum 3:2 ; Psalms 120:4 ; Psalms 45:5
Isaiah 5:28 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bent — Who are every way furnished and ready for my work, waiting only for my command. Flint — Because they shall not be broken or battered by the length or stonyness and ruggedness of the way. Whi...

Isaiah 5:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 5:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 5:28 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 5:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 5:28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 5:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 5:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 5:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 5:28 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 5:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 5:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 5:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 5:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 5:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 5:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 5:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 5:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 5:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 5:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 5:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 5:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 5:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 5:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 5:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 5:28 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes