Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 31:5

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 31:5 - 31:5

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 31:5 - 31:5

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

31:1 - 31:1
31:2 - 31:2
31:3 - 31:3
31:4 - 31:4
31:5 - 31:5
31:6 - 31:6
31:7 - 31:7
31:8 - 31:8
31:9 - 31:9

As in the image of “the lion,” the point of comparison is the fearless might of Jehovah; so in that of the birds, it is His solicitous affection (Deu 32:11; Psa 91:4; Mat 23:37).

flying - Rather, “which defend” their young with their wings; “to fly” is a secondary meaning of the Hebrew word [Maurer]. “Hovering over” to protect their young [G. V. Smith].

passing over - as the destroying angel passing over, so as to spare the blood-marked houses of the Israelites on the first passover (Exo 12:13, Exo 12:23, Exo 12:27). He passed, or leaped forward [Lowth], to destroy the enemy and to spare His people.