Adam Clarke Commentary - Isaiah 29:5

Adam Clarke Commentary - Isaiah 29:5 - 29:5

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Isaiah 29:5 - 29:5

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

29:1 - 29:1
29:2 - 29:2
29:3 - 29:3
29:4 - 29:4
29:5 - 29:5
29:7 - 29:7
29:9 - 29:9
29:11 - 29:11
29:13 - 29:13
29:17 - 29:17
29:21 - 29:21
29:22 - 29:22
29:23 - 29:23

The multitude of thy strangers “The multitude of the proud” - For זריך zarayich, thy strangers, read זדים zedim, the proud, according to the Septuagint; parallel to and synonymous with עריצים aritsim, the terrible, in the next line: the ר resh was at first ד daleth in a MS. See note on Isa 25:2.

The fifth, sixth, and seventh verses contain an admirable description of the destruction of Sennacherib’s army, with a beautiful variety of the most expressive and sublime images: perhaps more adapted to show the greatness, the suddenness, and horror of the event, than the means and manner by which it was effected. Compare Isa 30:30-33.