ORACLE ON DAMASCUS AND ISRAEL. In spite of the title this prophecy
deals much more with Ephraim than Damascus, which is not mentioned
after Isaiah 17:3. The close connexion of the two suggests that they
have formed an alliance, and this is confirmed by the probable
reference to Syrian forms of worsh... [ Continue Reading ]
THE OVERTHROW OF ASSYRIA. A brief independent prophecy or oracle not
connected with Isaiah 17:1, and probably not with Isaiah 18. Some
assign it to the post-exilic period on account of the reference to the
many nations, _i.e._ the hostile world gathering against Judah and
dispersed by the interventi... [ Continue Reading ]