ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 17:1 The fourth oracle concerns the alliance
between Damascus and Israel in Isaiah’s time (see Isaiah 7:1; Isaiah
8:1).
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 17:2 NONE WILL MAKE THEM AFRAID, not because
peace exists but because THE CITIES... ARE DESERTED.
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 17:3 LIKE THE GLORY OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
See vv. Isaiah 17:4.
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 17:4 The three uses of IN THAT DAY unites
these verses. Israel will be brought LOW (vv. Isaiah 17:4), a remnant
will return to God (vv. Isaiah 17:7), and strong cities will be
destroyed (v. Isaiah 17:9). Verses Isaiah 17:10 explain Israel’s
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 17:9 The Canaanites had deserted their CITIES
centuries before because Israel trusted God to give them the land (see
the book of Joshua 1:1). Now, Israel was foolishly trusting in the
same human power that God had already defeated.
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 17:12 AH draws attention to the
NATIONS—mighty, restless, and destructive, but scattered by the mere
REBUKE of the sovereign God (see chs. Isaiah 36:1).
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