
Text -- Isaiah 27:8 (NET)




Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics



collapse allCommentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)
With moderation.

Wesley: Isa 27:8 - -- When the vine shooteth forth its luxuriant branches, he cuts them off, but so as not to destroy the vine.
When the vine shooteth forth its luxuriant branches, he cuts them off, but so as not to destroy the vine.

Wesley: Isa 27:8 - -- God is said to contend with men, when he executes his judgments upon them, Amo 7:4.
God is said to contend with men, when he executes his judgments upon them, Amo 7:4.

He mitigates the severity of the judgment.

Wesley: Isa 27:8 - -- In the time when he sends forth his east - wind; which he mentions because that wind in those parts was most violent and most hurtful.
In the time when he sends forth his east - wind; which he mentions because that wind in those parts was most violent and most hurtful.
JFB: Isa 27:8 - -- Not beyond measure; in moderation (Job 23:6; Psa 6:1; Jer 10:24; Jer 30:11; Jer 46:28).

JFB: Isa 27:8 - -- Image from the vine; rather, passing from the image to the thing itself, "when sending her away (namely, Israel to exile; Isa 50:1, God only putting t...
Image from the vine; rather, passing from the image to the thing itself, "when sending her away (namely, Israel to exile; Isa 50:1, God only putting the adulteress away when He might justly have put her to death), Thou didst punish her" [GESENIUS].

Rather, as Margin, "when He removeth it by His rough wind in the day," &c.
Calvin -> Isa 27:8
Calvin: Isa 27:8 - -- 8.In measure This is the second proof of the divine compassion towards all the elect, whom he chastises for this purpose, that they may not perish; a...
8.In measure This is the second proof of the divine compassion towards all the elect, whom he chastises for this purpose, that they may not perish; and, by mitigating the punishments which he inflicts upon them, he pays such regard to their weakness that he never permits them to be oppressed beyond measure. As to the word
“not to suffer us to be tempted beyond what we are able to bear.”
(1Co 10:13.)
Thus also Jeremiah prays to the Lord to “chastise him in judgment,” that is, with moderation, accommodating the stripes to his weakness. (Jer 10:24.)
In her shooting forth,
But I have another exposition which comes nearer to the Prophet’s meaning, that in shooting forth God contends with the Church, because, though he cuts down the branches and even the trunk, yet his wrath does not extend to the roots, so as to prevent the tree from again shooting forth; for there is always some remaining vigor in the roots, which he never permits to die. And this agrees with what goes before, when he promised (Isa 27:6) that Israel would bring forth “fruit.” This explains what he formerly said, in measure; namely, that he will not pull up the root; for the Lord cuts down what appears outwardly, such as branches and leaves, but defends the root and preserves it safe. But, on the other hand, he tears up the reprobate by the roots, and cuts them down in such a manner that they can never rise again.
Though he blow with his violent wind Some translate it, “he blew with his wind,” but I think that the meaning is made more clear by saying, “though he blow.” He continues the metaphor, by which he had alluded to herbs and plants, which a violent wind causes to wither, but only in appearance; for the root is always safe. Thus though the Lord attacks believers with great violence, and takes away all their beauty and comeliness, so that they appear to be entirely slain, yet he usually preserves in them some internal vigor.
In the day of the east wind When the Prophet spoke of “the day of the east wind,” he had his eye on the situation of Judea, to which, as we learn from other passages, that easterly wind was injurious. We know that each country has its own particular wind that is injurious to it; for in some countries the north wind, in others the south wind, and in others the east or equinoctial wind, occasions great damage, throwing down the corn, scorching or spoiling all the fruits, blasting the trees, and scarcely leaving anything in the fields uninjured. By “the east wind” in this passage, is supposed to be meant “the equinoctial wind,” which in many countries is very destructive.
TSK -> Isa 27:8
TSK: Isa 27:8 - -- measure : Isa 57:16; Job 23:6; Psa 6:1, Psa 38:1, Psa 103:14; Jer 10:24, Jer 30:11, Jer 46:28; 1Co 10:13; 1Pe 1:6
it shooteth forth : or, thou sendest...
measure : Isa 57:16; Job 23:6; Psa 6:1, Psa 38:1, Psa 103:14; Jer 10:24, Jer 30:11, Jer 46:28; 1Co 10:13; 1Pe 1:6
it shooteth forth : or, thou sendest it forth
thou wilt : Isa 1:5, Isa 1:18-20, Isa 5:3, Isa 5:4; Jdg 10:10-16; Jer. 2:17-37; Hos 4:1, Hos 6:1, Hos 6:2; Hos 11:7-9; Mic 6:2-5
he stayeth : etc. or, when he removeth it
his rough : Isa 10:5, Isa 10:6, Isa 10:12; Psa 76:10, Psa 78:38; Jer 4:11, Jer 4:27; Eze 19:12; Hos 13:15

collapse allCommentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)
Barnes -> Isa 27:8
Barnes: Isa 27:8 - -- In measure ... - This verse in our translation is exceedingly obscure, and indeed almost unintelligible. Nor is it much more intelligible in Lo...
In measure ... - This verse in our translation is exceedingly obscure, and indeed almost unintelligible. Nor is it much more intelligible in Lowth, or in Noyes; in the Vulgate, or the Septuagint. The various senses which have been given to the verse may be seen at length in Vitringa and Rosenmuller. The idea, which I suppose to be the true one, without going into an examination of others which have been proposed, is the following, which is as near as possible a literal translation:
In moderation in sending her (the vineyard)
Away didst thou judge her,
Though carrying her away with a rough tempest
In the time of the east wind.
The word rendered ‘ measure’ (
When it shooteth forth - This expression does not convey an intelligible idea. The Hebrew,
Thou wilt debate with it - Or, rather, thou hast "judged"it; or hast punished it. The word
He stayeth - (
His rough wind - A tempestuous, boisterous wind, which God sends. Winds are emblematic of judgment, as they sweep away everything before them. Here the word is emblematic of the calamities which came upon Judea by which the nation was removed to Babylon; and the sense is, that they were removed as in a tempest; they were carried away as if a violent storm had swept over the land.
In the day of the east wind - The east wind in the climate of Judea was usually tempestuous and violent; Job 27:21 :
The east wind carrieth him away and he departeth;
And, as a storm, hurleth them out of his place.
I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy.
(Compare Gen 41:6; Exo 10:13; Exo 14:21; Job 38:24; Psa 78:26; Hab 1:6). This wind was usually hot, noxious, blasting and scorching (Taylor).
Poole -> Isa 27:8
Poole: Isa 27:8 - -- In measure with moderation, in certain proportions which God meteth out and fitteth to their strength. When it shooteth forth ; when the vine shoote...
In measure with moderation, in certain proportions which God meteth out and fitteth to their strength. When it shooteth forth ; when the vine shooteth forth its luxuriant branches, he, like the vine-dresser, cutteth them off, but so as not to spoil or destroy the vine. Or, as divers interpreters render it, and the word properly and frequently signifies, in or by casting , or dismissing , or sending her or it out ; or, when thou dost cast or send her out , to wit, out of her own land, in which she was planted, into captivity. He alludes to a man that divorceth his wife, which is expressed by this word; but withal intimates that this shall not be peremptory and perpetual, as other divorces were.
Thou wilt debate with it God is said to debate or contend with men, when he executeth his judgments upon them, as Isa 57:16 Amo 7:4 .
He stayeth his rough wind he mitigateth the severity of the judgment. But I must confess I do not meet with any of the ancient or modern translators that agree with ours in this version; nor is the Hebrew verb used, so far as I know, in the signification of staying or restraining; besides, our translation takes no notice of the Hebrew preposition. But this word unquestionably signifies to remove or take away , as 2Sa 20:13 Pro 25:4,5 , and thus most interpreters understand it. And so the place is very fitly thus rendered, he (or, when he , which particle may easily be understood out of the former clause, as is usual) removeth (understand either it, to wit, the vine; or them, to wit; the enemies of God and his people. And so this agreeth with the former verse, in representing the different way of God’ s proceeding against his people, and his and their enemies. Either way there is only a defect of the pronoun, which I have before showed in divers places to be very usual in the Hebrew language) with or by his rough wind ; by which sometimes vines and other trees are pulled up by the roots, as that did, 1Ki 19:11 , whereby he understands his most terrible judgments.
In the day of the east wind in the time when he sendeth forth his east wind; which he mentions, because that wind in those parts was most violent, and most hurtful to trees and fruits, as hath been oft observed, and therefore is used to signify the most grievous calamities.
Haydock -> Isa 27:8
Haydock: Isa 27:8 - -- Cast off. When the synagogue shall be cast off, thou shalt judge it in measure, and in proportion to its crimes. (Challoner) ---
The Israelites ha...
Cast off. When the synagogue shall be cast off, thou shalt judge it in measure, and in proportion to its crimes. (Challoner) ---
The Israelites have been rigorously punished. (Calmet) ---
He, &c. God hath designed severe punishments in the day of his wrath. (Challoner)
Gill -> Isa 27:8
Gill: Isa 27:8 - -- In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it,.... Or, "when he sendeth it forth" x; when God sends forth an affliction on his people, ...
In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it,.... Or, "when he sendeth it forth" x; when God sends forth an affliction on his people, or gives it a commission to them, as all are sent by him, he does it with moderation; he proportions it to their strength, and will not suffer them to be afflicted above what they are able to bear; and as, in afflicting, he debates and contends with his people, having a controversy with them, so he contends with the affliction he sends, and debates the point with it, and checks and corrects it, and will not suffer it to go beyond due bounds; and in this the afflictions of God's people differ from the afflictions of others, about which he is careless and unconcerned:
he stayeth his rough wind in the day of his east wind: when afflictions, like a blustering and blasting east wind, threaten much mischief, and to carry all before them, Jehovah, from whom they have their commission, and who holds the winds in his fist, represses them, stops the violence of them, and gradually abates the force of them, and quite stills them, when they have answered the end for which they are sent: or "he meditateth" y; or speaketh, as Jarchi interprets it, "by his rough wind in the day of his east wind"; God sometimes meditates hard things against his people, and speaks unto them by the rough dispensations of his providence, admonishes them of their sins, and brings them to a sense and acknowledgment of them, which is his view in suffering them to befall them; or, "he removes by his rough wind" z; their fruit, so Kimchi interprets it; as a rough wind blows off the blossoms and fruits, so the Lord, by afflictions, removes the unkind blossoms and bad fruit from his people, their sins and transgressions, as it follows.

expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

expand allCommentary -- Verse Range Notes
MHCC -> Isa 27:6-13
MHCC: Isa 27:6-13 - --In the days of the gospel, the latter days, the gospel church shall be more firmly fixed than the Jewish church, and shall spread further. May our sou...
Matthew Henry -> Isa 27:7-13
Matthew Henry: Isa 27:7-13 - -- Here is the prophet again singing of mercy and judgment, not, as before, judgment to the enemies and mercy to the church, but judgment to the church...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Isa 27:7-8
Keil-Delitzsch: Isa 27:7-8 - --
The prophet does not return even now to his own actual times; but, with the certainty that Israel will not be exalted until it has been deeply humbl...
Constable: Isa 7:1--39:8 - --III. Israel's crisis of faith chs. 7--39
This long section of the book deals with Israel's major decision in Isa...

Constable: Isa 13:1--35:10 - --B. God's sovereignty over the nations chs. 13-35
This major section of the book emphasizes the folly of ...

Constable: Isa 24:1--27:13 - --2. Divine victory over the nations chs. 24-27
This section of the text has similarities to the p...

Constable: Isa 27:1-13 - --The future regathering of God's people ch. 27
The recurrence of the phrase "in that day"...
