Isaiah 20:6

And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape? Commentary on the Bible, by Adam Clarke [1831].

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the inhabitant - The dwellers generally. Of this isle - The word אי 'iy “isle” is used here in the sense of “coast, or maritime” coun...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the inhabitant of this (g) isle shall say in that day, Behold, such [is] our expectation, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 20. The Sign of Egypt's Overthrow. The year in which the Assyrian Tartan, or commander-in-chief, came to Ashdod was 711. This city had been...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

isle . sea coast, or coast land. See note on Isaiah 11:11
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. Lo, what is become of our expectation? He calls them expectation, or lurking, because the Jews turned towards them, whenever they wer...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And they shall be afraid, &c.— We have, in these words, the consequence of the divine judgment upon the Egyptians and Cushites; and the scope o...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Egypt's Captivity symbolised This chapter is assigned in the title to the time when Sargon besieged Ashdod (711 b.c.). The Philistine city was at...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isle] RV 'coast-land,' referring especially to Philistia, which had been foremost in the revolt against Assyria. Flee] RV 'fled.'
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XI DRIFTING TO EGYPT 720-705 13. B.C. Isaiah 20:1-6 ; Isaiah 21:1-10 ; Isaiah 38:1-22 ; Isaiah 39:1-8 FROM 720, when chapter 11 ma...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BOOK 3 PROPHECIES FROM THE ACCESSION OF HEZEKIAH TO THE DEATH OF SARGON 727-705 B.C. THE prophecies with which we have been engaged (Chapter s 2...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XVII ISAIAH TO THE FOREIGN NATIONS 736-702 B.C. Isaiah 14:24-32 ; Isaiah 15:1-9 ; Isaiah 16:1-14 ; Isaiah 17:1-14 ; Isaiah 18:1-7...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Yet the prophet sees hope even for Egypt. He describes the process. The result of the judgment will be fear, and in the case of a part of Egypt at le...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It was gracious in the Lord, to explain the meaning of this typical representation, that no misapplication might be made of it. And while the lesson...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS READER! art thou struck with the view of the Prophet becoming a type, as well as a preacher and a prophet in the church of the Lord; and...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the inhabitants of this isle shall say, in that day ,.... Not of Ashdod, Isaiah 20:1 or the isle of Caphtor, Jeremiah 47:4 but the land of I...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such [is] our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of A...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the Lord Who here explains and applies the sign, said, Like as my servant hath walked naked, &c., three years Not constantly, but when he...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings against Egypt. B. C. 713. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Of this isle; of this land, in which the prophet was, and to whose inhabitants these words were uttered. For the title of isles or islands in S...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 20 The Captivity of Egypt and Cush. In around 713 BC, continually encouraged by Egypt under her Cushite rulers, the cities of Philistia re...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And they will be dismayed and ashamed, because of Cush their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. And the inhabitant of this coastland will say in...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 20:1 . Tartan is mentioned as the general-in-chief to Sennacherib, when he summoned Jerusalem. 2 Kings 18:17 . Sargon is supposed to be...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 20:1-23 A PROPHECY AGAINST EGYPT AND ETHIOPIA . The Assyrian inscriptions enable us to date this prophecy with a...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Symbol of Egypt's and Ethiopia's Fall.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the inhabitants of this isle, of the coastal country along the Mediterranean, including Philistia, Phenicia, and the kingdom of Judah, shall say...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Of the country — Of this land, in which the prophet was, and to whose inhabitants, these words were uttered. Such — So vain is our hope placed upon...

⁶ And the inhabitant of this islec shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 20:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 20:6