Matthew Poole Commentary - Isaiah 31:5

Matthew Poole Commentary - Isaiah 31:5 - 31:5

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Isaiah 31:5 - 31:5

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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 birds flying; which come from above, and so cannot be kept off; which fly swiftly, and engage themselves Valiantly and resolutely, when they perceive that their young ones are in eminent danger. He seems to allude, and to oppose this, to those boasting expressions of the Assyrian, Isa_10:14: compare Deu_32:11,12 Mt 23:37.

Passing over; the destroying angel shall pass over Jerusalem untouched, and shall fall upon the Assyrians. He seems to allude to the history of God’s passing over and sparing the houses of the Israelites, when he slew the Egyptians, in which this word is constantly used, Exo_12:12,23,27.