Isaiah 5:27

None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: NONE SHALL BE WEARY - with long marches (). NONE SHALL SLUMBER - requiring little or no rest: so energetic shall they be in their invasion. NEITHER SHALL THE GIRDLE OF THEIR LOINS BE LOOSED - with which the ancient loose robes used to be girded for action: ever ready for march or battle. NOR THE LATCHET OF THEIR SHOES BE BROKEN. The soles were attached to the feet, not by upper leather, as with us, but by straps. So securely clad that not even a strap of their sandals gives way, so as to impede their march....

27._None shall be weary, nor stumble among them. _The meaning is, that everything will be prepared and arranged in such a manner that there shall be no delay or obstruction to their march; as if a prince, having recruited the ranks of his soldiers, immediately gave orders that the roads should be cleared, provisions obtained, and everything necessary provided. He therefore shows that they will be fleet and swift, and that there will be nothing to hinder their rapid march. _None shall slumber nor sleep. _He expresses their vast activity by saying that they will not be drowsy. In these words, _they shall not slumber nor sleep_, the natural order is inverted, He ought rather to have said, _They shall not sleep nor slumber_; for it is a smaller matter to _slumber _than to _sleep_. But that phrase ought to be explained in this manner: _They shall not slumber nor even sleep_; that is, they wil...

24-30 Let not any expect to live easily who live wickedly. Sin weakens the strength, the root of a people; it defaces the beauty, the blossoms of a people. When God's word is despised, and his law cast away, what can men expect but that God should utterly abandon them? When God comes forth in wrath, the hills tremble, fear seizes even great men. When God designs the ruin of a provoking people, he can find instruments to be employed in it, as he sent for the Chaldeans, and afterwards the Romans, to destroy the Jews. Those who would not hear the voice of God speaking by his prophets, shall hear the voice of their enemies roaring against them. Let the distressed look which way they will, all appears dismal. If God frowns upon us, how can any creature smile? Let us diligently seek the well-grounded assurance, that when all earthly helps and comforts shall fail, God himself will be the streng...

Verse Isaiah 5:27. _NONE - AMONG THEM_] _Kimchi_ has well illustrated this continued exaggeration or hyperbole, as he rightly calls it, to the following effect: "Through the greatness of their courage they shall not be fatigued with their march; nor shall they stumble though they march with the utmost speed: they shall not slumber by day, nor sleep by night; neither shall they ungird their armour, or put off their sandals to take their rest. Their arms shall be always in readiness, their arrows sharpened, and their bows bent. The hoofs of their horses are hard as a rock. They shall not fail, or need to be shod with iron: the wheels of their carriages shall move as rapidly as a whirlwind." _NEITHER SHALL THE GIRDLE_] The Eastern people, wearing long and loose garments, were unfit for action or business of any kind, without girding their clothes about them.

NONE SHALL BE WEARY - In this verse and the following, the prophet describes the condition of the army that would be summoned to the destruction of Judea. It would be composed of bold, vigorous, courageous men; they would be unwearied by long and painful journies; they would be fierce and violent; they would come fully prepared for conquest. None would be “weary,” that is, fatigued with long marches, or with hard service; Deuteronomy 25:18; 2 Samuel 16:14. NOR STUMBLE - They shall be chosen, select men; not those who are defective, or who shall easily fall by any impediments in the way of their march. NONE SHALL SLUMBER - They shall be unwearied, and indefatigable, pursuing thei

EXPOSITION ISAIAH 5:1 ISRAEL REBUKED BY THE PARABLE OF A VINEYARD. This chapter stands in a certain sense alone, neither closely connected with what precedes nor with what follows, excepting that it breathes throughout a tone of denunciation. There is also a want of connection between its parts, the allegory of the first section being succeeded by a series of rebukes for sins, expressed in the plainest language, and the rebukes being followed by a threat of punishment, also expressed with plainness. The resemblance of the parable with which the chapter opens to one of those delivered by our Lord, and recorded in the three synoptic Gospels, has been frequently noticed....

NONE SHALL BE WEARY NOR STUMBLE AMONG THEM,.... Though they should come from far, and make long marches, yet none should be weary by the way, but go on with great cheerfulness and strength; and though they should make such haste, they should not stumble at any thing by the way, nor rush one against another, but proceed with great order in their several ranks: NONE SHALL SLUMBER NOR SLEEP; day nor night, in any fixed stated times, as men usually do: NEITHER SHALL THE GIRDLE OF THEIR LOINS BE LOOSED; with which they should be girded both for strength and greater expedition; this they should not unloose, in order to lie down and take sleep: NOR THE LATCHET OF THEIR SHOES BE BROKEN, which might hinder their journey; they never plucked off their shoes: all the expressions show their indefatigableness, diligence, intenseness, and resolution, and the good order observed by them; see...

CHAPTER 5 The Song of the Vineyard and the Six Woes 1. _The song of the vineyard and Jehovah's lament (Isaiah 5:1)_ 2. _The judgment upon the vineyard (Isaiah 5:5)_ 3. _The wild grapes (Isaiah 5:8)_ 4. _First woe against covetousness (Isaiah 5:8)_ 5. _Second woe against fleshly lusts (Isaiah 5:11)_ 6. _Third woe against mockers (Isaiah 5:18)_ 7. Fourth woe against moral insensibility ...

THE LAST STROKE. It is generally agreed that this belongs to Isaiah 9:8 to Isaiah 10:4, each strophe of which closes with the same refrain as Isaiah 5:25. Unhappily, except for this closing verse, the strophe of which Isaiah 5:25 is the conclusion has been lost, unless indeed Isaiah 5:25, apart from the refrain, is an addition. There is no refrain at the end of Isaiah 5:26 ff., so this will form the close of the poem. After each stroke of Yahweh's wrath a fresh judgment has been announced;

A powerful description of the advance of the invaders, who however remain unnamed....