Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
What . . . whence—implying that any proposition coming from the idolatrous enemies of God, with whom Israel was forbidden to form alliance, should have been received with anything but gladness. Reliance on Babylon, rather than on God, was a similar sin to the previous reliance on Egypt (Isa. 30:1-31:9).
far country—implying that he had done nothing more than was proper in showing attention to strangers "from a far country."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 39:3:
Isaiah 7:16
Isaiah 39:1
Jeremiah 8:19
Jeremiah 36:1
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