Isaiah 5:17 - John Wesley's Notes

Isaiah 5:17

15 People shall be brought down,
^aEach man shall be humbled,
And the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.

16 But the Lord of hosts shall be ^aexalted in judgment,
And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness.

17 Then the lambs shall feed in their pasture,
And in the waste places of ^athe fat ones strangers shall eat.

18 Woe to those who¹ draw iniquity with cords of vanity,
And sin as if with a cart rope;

19 ^aThat say, “Let Him make speed and hasten His work,
That we may see it;
And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come,
That we may know it.”

20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

21 Woe to those who are ^awise in their own eyes,
And prudent in their own sight!

22 Woe to men mighty at drinking wine,
Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,

23 Who ^ajustify the wicked for a bribe,
And take away justice from the righteous man!

24 Therefore, ^aas the fire devours the stubble,
And the flame consumes the chaff,
So ^btheir root will be as rottenness,
And their blossom will ascend like dust;
Because they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts,
And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

25 ^aTherefore the anger of the Lord is aroused against His people;
He has stretched out His hand against them
And stricken them,
And ^bthe hills trembled.
Their carcasses were as refuse in the midst of the streets.
^cFor all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.

26 ^aHe will lift up a banner to the nations from afar,
And will ^bwhistle to them from ^cthe end of the earth;
Surely ^dthey shall come with speed, swiftly.

27 No one will be weary or stumble among them,
No one will slumber or sleep;
Nor ^awill the belt on their loins be loosed,
Nor the strap of their sandals be broken;

28 ^aWhose arrows are sharp,
And all their bows bent;
Their horses’ hooves will¹ seem like flint,
And their wheels like a whirlwind.

29 Their roaring will be like a lion,
They will roar like young lions;
Yes, they will roar
And lay hold of the prey;
They will carry it away safely,
And no one will deliver.

30 In that day they will roar against them
Like the roaring of the sea.
And if one ^alooks to the land,
Behold, darkness and¹ sorrow;
And the light is darkened by the clouds.

Commentaries:

John Wesley's Notes

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Isaiah 5:17

Then - When God shall have finished that work of judgment. The lambs - The poor and harmless people, who shall be left in the land when the rich are carried into captivity. Manner - Or, by their fold, as this word is manifestly used, Micah 2:12, the only place of scripture, except this, in which this word is found. Waste places - The lands left by their owners. Fat ones - Of the rich and great men. Strangers - The poor Israelites, who were left to be vine - dressers and husbandmen, II Kings 25:12, who are called strangers, because they were so, in reference to that hand, not being the proper owners of it.

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