Paul Kretzmann Commentary - Isaiah 31:5 - 31:9

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Paul Kretzmann Commentary - Isaiah 31:5 - 31:9


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Jehovah Protects those who Fear Him

v. 5. As birds flying,
fluttering over a brood of fledglings, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem, hovering over its inhabitants with anxious care; defending also He will deliver it, and passing over He will preserve it, as the destroying angel passed over the blood-marked houses of the children of Israel in Goshen at the time of the first Passover, Exo_12:13; Exodus 23-27.

v. 6. Turn ye unto Him,
the God of the covenant, the God of love, from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. The result of such true repentance is now pictured:

v. 7. For in that day,
when the Lord visits His people, especially with the dawning of the Messianic era, every man shall cast away his idols of silver and his idols of gold, renouncing idolatry in every form, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin, whereby they contracted guilt in great measure.

v. 8. Then shall the Assyrian,
representative of the world-power hostile to the true Lord, fall with the sword, not of a mighty man, that of a human champion, and the sword, not of a mean man, of a human adversary, shall devour him; but he shall flee from the sword, namely, the weapon employed by the Lord, and his young men shall be discomfited, become subject to slavery, the former masters being humiliated most deeply.

v. 9. And he shall pass over to his stronghold for fear,
that is, the king of Assyria, hitherto the strong refuge of his people, would flee in terror, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, scattered in wild confusion before the onslaught of Jehovah, saith the Lord, whose fire is in Zion and His furnace in Jerusalem, the light of His divine presence shining forth from His holy congregation. With God in her midst, with the illuminating light of His Word and with the destroying power of His wrath over against His enemies, the Church of God of all times is secure.