So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun - (Isaiah 45:6; Malachi 1:11.) The result of God's judgments (Isaiah 26:9; Isaiah 66:18-20).
When the enemy shall come in like a flood - (Jeremiah 46:7-8; Revelation 12:15.)
The Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him - from a different Hebrew root х nuwc (H5127), whence comes nocªcaah (H5127)], shall put him to flight; drive him away (Maurer). However, the English version, which takes nasas, to lift up, as the root, is good Hebrew and good sense, and is supported by some Rabbins, and by Buxtorf. Lowth, giving a different sense to the Hebrew for "enemy" ( tsar (H6862)), from that in Isaiah 59:18 (which fact alone is fatal to his view), and a forced meaning to the Hebrew ( ruwach (H7307) Yahweh (H3068)) for "Spirit of the Lord," translates, 'When He shall come as a river straitened in its course, which a mighty wind drives along.' The Vulgate translates, 'When there shall have come, as it were, a violent river, which the Spirit of God impels.' The Septuagint, 'For wrath from the Lord shall come as a violent river: it shall come with fury.' But the Chaldaic, similarly as the English version: 'For enemies causing tribulation shall come as the inundation of the river Euphrates, and they shall be crushed by the Word of the Lord.' And the Syriac, 'When the oppressor shall come as a river, the Spirit of the Lord shall humble him.' The last great enemy, Antichrist, and his last effort, are here alluded to (cf. Daniel 7:26-27; Revelation 19:11-21).