Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
take . . . rest . . . consider—I will calmly look on and not interpose, while all seems to promise success to the enemy; when figuratively, "the sun's heat" and "the night dews" ripen their "harvest"; but "before" it reaches its maturity I will destroy it (Isaiah 18:5; Ecclesiastes 8:11-12).
like a clear heat—rather, "at the time of the clear (serene) heat" [MAURER].
upon herbs—answering to "harvest" in the parallel clause. MAURER translates, "in the sunlight" (Job 31:26; Job 37:21; Habakkuk 3:4).
like . . . dew—rather, "at the time of the dew cloud." God's "silence" is mistaken by the ungodly for consent; His delay in taking vengeance for forgetfulness (Psalms 50:21); so it shall be before the vengeance which in the last day shall usher in the restoration of the Jews (Isaiah 34:1-8; Isaiah 57:11, end of the verse, II Peter 3:3-10).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 18:4:
Isaiah 17:14
Isaiah 18:1
Isaiah 18:2
Isaiah 18:6
Isaiah 19:25
Isaiah 23:18
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