Isaiah 43:17

which bringeth forth i.e. allows them to come forth to their destruction (cf. Ezekiel 38:4, where the same expression is used with regard to the expedition of Gog, king of Magog). The next words should be rendered simply chariot and horse (without art.).

the army and the power Perhaps: army and warrior. The second word is found elsewhere only in Psalms 24:8 (A.V. "mighty") in apposition with the common word for "hero." Here it may be used collectively.

they shall lie down Better: they lie down.

quenched as tow extinguished like a wick; the same words as in ch. Isaiah 42:3. The alternation of tenses in the original is noteworthy and very graphic. The participial construction first gives place to the descriptive impf., and this again to two perfects of completed action.