Isaiah 30:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Shall flee; which words are fitly supplied out of the following clause. At the rebuke; either,

1. At his real rebuke, upon his assault or onset; or rather,

2. At his verbal rebuke, upon his mere threats, as fearing that he will proceed from words to blows. Shall ye flee; all of you, how numerous soever. Till ye be left as a beacon, & c.; till you be generally destroyed, and but a few of you left.

Isaiah 30:17

17 One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beaconc upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.