Isaiah 17:14

And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us. AT EVENING-TIDE TROUBLE; (AND) BEFORE THE MORNING HE (IS) NOT - fulfilled to the letter in the destruction 'before morning' of the vast host that "at evening-tide" was such a terror ("trouble") to Judah. On the phrase, see ; . HE IS NOT - namely, the enemy. THIS (IS) THE PORTION OF THEM THAT SPOIL US - the Jews. A general declaration of the doom that awaits the foes of God's people (). Remarks: They who league together against the people of God, as Damascus and Israel did against Judah, shall be brought to ruin....

14._And, behold, at evening tide trouble. _The meaning is, “As when a storm has been raised in the _evening, _and soon afterwards allayed, no trace of it is found in the _morning, _so will cheerful prosperity suddenly arise, contrary to expectation.” The Prophet intended to state two things — first, that the attack of the enemy will be sudden; and secondly, that the ravages which they shall commit will not be of long duration. As the Assyrians rose suddenly against the Israelites, so their fall was sudden. From this passage all the godly ought to draw wonderful consolation, whenever they see that everything is in disorder, and when dreadful changes are at hand; for what is it but a sudden storm which the Lord will allay? Tyrants rush upon us like storms and whirlwinds, but the Lord will easily dispel their rage. Let us therefore patiently wait for his assistance; for though he permit us...

12-14 The rage and force of the Assyrians resembled the mighty waters of the sea; but when the God of Israel should rebuke them, they would flee like chaff, or like a rolling thing, before the whirlwind. In the evening Jerusalem would be in trouble, because of the powerful invader, but before morning his army would be nearly cut off. Happy are those who remember God as their salvation, and rely on his power and grace. The trouble of the believers, and the prosperity of their enemies, will be equally short; while the joy of the former, and the destruction of those that hate and spoil them, shall last for ever....

Verse Isaiah 17:14. _HE IS NOT _- "He is no more."] For איננו _einennu_ ten MSS. of Dr. _Kennicott's_, (three ancient,) ten of _De Rossi's_, and two editions, and the _Septuagint, Syriac, Chaldee, Vulgate_, and _Arabic_, have ואיננו _veeinenno_. This particle, authenticated by so many good vouchers, restores the sentence to its true poetical form, implying a repetition of some part of the parallel line preceding, thus: - "At the season of evening, behold terror! Before the morning, and [behold] he is no more!" _THAT SPOIL US_] For שוסינו _shoseynu, them_ that spoil us, fifteen MSS., one edition, and the _Syriac_ have שוסנו _shosenu, him_ that spoileth us. And for לבזזינו _lebozezeynu, them_ th

AT EVENING-TIDE TROUBLE - In the time of evening - that is, in the night. BEFORE THE MORNING HE IS NOT - That is, he is destroyed. This is strikingly descriptive of the destruction of the army of Sennacherib on that fatal night when the angel of the Lord killed 185,000 men (see the note at Isaiah 37:36). THIS IS THE PORTION OF THEM THAT SPOIL US - Of those who would plunder us. This is a “general” declaration in regard to the enemies of the Jewish people. This is the lot, the end, the destiny of all who attempt to destroy them. That is, the people of God shall be safe whoever rises up against them; and whatever may be the number, or the power of their foes, they shall be overthrown....

EXPOSITION ISAIAH 17:1 THE BURDEN OF DAMASCUS. The eye of the prophet travels northwards from Moab, and, passing over Ammon as an enemy of small account, rests once more upon Damascus, already threatened in Isaiah 7:1, and probably already partially punished. Damascus is seen once more in alliance with Ephraim (Isaiah 7:3), and the two are joined with a new power, Aroer (Isaiah 7:2), which possesses several "cities." Woe is denounced on all the three powers: desolation on Damascus and Aroer; on Damascus and Ephraim, the complete loss of the last sh

AND BEHOLD AT EVENINGTIDE TROUBLE,.... Or terror a and consternation; which some understand of that which was in the Assyrian army, when the Angel of the Lord destroyed it, taking "evening for night", for it was in the night that that was done; so Jarchi interprets it of Shedim, a sort of spirits or demons, that came against the enemy, and troubled and frightened them: but it is best to take it in the more common sense, of the trouble that Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem were in, on the evening or night before their deliverance; the whole land of Judea round about them being laid waste, their city besieged by a powerful army, and the enemy blaspheming, blustering, and triumphing: [AND] BEFORE THE MORNING HE [IS] NOT; Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, he was not before Jerusalem, he was fled: or "it was not" b; the Assyrian army was not, it was destroyed by an angel in the nigh...

CHAPTER 17 The Burden of Damascus and Judgment upon Ephraim 1. _Damascus to be a ruinous heap (Isaiah 17:1)_ 2. _Judgment upon Ephraim (Isaiah 17:4)_ 3. _Woe to the enemies of Israel (Isaiah 17:12) _ Damascus was the ancient city of Syria, mentioned for the first time in Genesis 15:1. Syria and Ephraim had made common cause against the house of David. Tiglath-pileser, King of Assyria, executed the judgment upon Damascus and made of it a ruinous heap. But the judgment is also future. And the enemies of Israel, which trouble His people, will be troubled “in that day.” It is a solemn word with which this chapter

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 intervention of God. It is also not impossible that so fine and vigorous a piece of Hebrew should be composed in the post-exilic period. But while this may be freely admitted, it amounts to nothing more than this, that if the passage stood quite alone it would not be unnatural to place it in the post-exilic period. There is, however, no reason for denying it to Isaiah, since the many nations may be adequately explained in the usual way, as the many nations subject to Assyria which had to send contingents to fight in her armies. The date is uncertain; it is most probably about 701. The nations rus

TROUBLE. consternation. HE IS NOT: or, he is no more. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and he is no more"....