Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
lift . . . ensign—to call together the hostile nations to execute His judgments on Judea (Isaiah 10:5-7; Isaiah 45:1). But for mercy to it, in Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 18:3.
hiss— (Isaiah 7:18). Bees were drawn out of their hives by the sound of a flute, or hissing, or whistling (Zechariah 10:8). God will collect the nations round Judea like bees (Deuteronomy 1:44; Psalms 118:12).
end of the earth—the widely distant subject races of which the Assyrian army was made up (Isaiah 22:6). The ulterior fulfilment took place in the siege under Roman Titus. Compare "end of the earth" (Deuteronomy 28:49, etc.). So the pronoun is singular in the Hebrew, for "them," "their," "whose" (him, his, etc.), Isaiah 5:26-29; referring to some particular nation and person [HORSLEY].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 5:26:
Isaiah 4:5
Isaiah 5:26
Isaiah 7:18
Isaiah 11:10
Isaiah 13:2
Isaiah 14:31
Isaiah 17:12
Isaiah 18:3
Isaiah 30:17
Isaiah 30:28
Isaiah 66:19
Zechariah 10:8
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