Teks -- Isaiah 28:2 (NET)

28:2 Look, the sovereign master sends a strong, powerful one. With the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm, with the might of a driving, torrential rainstorm, he will knock that crown to the ground with his hand.

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Wesley: Isa 28:2 - A strong one

The king of Assyria.

Wesley: Isa 28:2 - Shall cast down

The crown of pride.

Wesley: Isa 28:2 - The hand

By the hand of God, which shall strengthen him in this work.

JFB: Isa 28:2 - strong one

The Assyrian (Isa 10:5).

JFB: Isa 28:2 - cast down

Namely, Ephraim (Isa 28:1) and Samaria, its crown.

JFB: Isa 28:2 - with . . . hand

With violence (Isa 8:11).

Clarke: Isa 28:2

Behold the Lord hath a mighty and strong one "Behold the mighty one, the exceedingly strong one"- אמץ לאדני ammits ladonai , fortis Domino , i.e., fortissimmus, a Hebraism. For לאדני ladonai , to the Lord, thirty-eight MSS. Of Dr. Kennicott’ s and many of De Rossi’ s, with some of my own, and two editions, read ליהוה laihovah , to Jehovah.

Calvin: Isa 28:2 - Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one // As a deluge of hail // Casting them down with the hand to the earth

2.Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one This may refer to the Assyrians, as if he had said, that they will be ready at God’s command to fight under his authority, as soon as they shall be called. Yet I prefer to take it without a substantive, to mean either “a staff,” or some other instrument, by which the Lord will cast them down from this lofty pride.

As a deluge of hail He compares it to “a deluge” or to “hail,” by which both herbs and flowers are thrown down, and all the beauty of the earth is marred. Thus he continues the metaphor of the “fading flower,” which he had introduced at the beginning of the chapter; for nothing can be more destructive to flowers than a heavy shower or “hail.” He makes use of the demonstrative particle הנה , ( hinnēh,) behold; because wicked men are not moved by any threatenings, and therefore he shews that he does not speak of what is doubtful, or conjecture at random, but foretells those things which will immediately take place.

Casting them down with the hand to the earth ביד , ( bĕyād,) which I have translated “with the hand,” is translated by Jerome, “a spacious country,” which does not agree with the words. Others take it for “strength,” so as to mean a violent casting down. But the plain meaning appears to me to be, that the glory and splendor of the Israelites will be laid low, as if one threw down a drunk man “with the hand.” The same statement is confirmed by him in the third verse.

TSK: Isa 28:2 - the Lord // as a tempest

the Lord : Isa 9:9-12, Isa 27:1; Eze 30:10,Eze 30:11

as a tempest : Isa 28:15-19, Isa 8:7, Isa 8:8, Isa 25:4, Isa 29:6, Isa 30:30; Eze 13:11; Nah 1:8; Mat 7:25-27; Rev 18:8

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Poole: Isa 28:2 - The Lord hath // a mighty and strong one // Shall cast down // With the hand

The Lord hath to wit, at his command, prepared and ready to execute his judgments,

a mighty and strong one the king of Assyria.

Shall cast down understand it, the crown of pride; or them , the drunkards of Ephraim.

With the hand or, by his hand ; either by that king’ s force or strong hand; or by the hand of God , which shall strengthen and succeed him in this work.

Haydock: Isa 28:2 - The Lord

The Lord. By his instrument, Salmanasar. (Haydock) ---

Hebrew, "behold the strong one, and the mighty to the Lord, as," &c. (Calmet) ---

Septuagint, "behold the Lord's fury....as," &c. (Haydock)

Gill: Isa 28:2 - Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one // which as a tempest of hail // and a destroying storm // as a flood of mighty waters overflowing // shall cast down to the earth with the hand

Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one,.... That is, a powerful king, with a mighty army, meaning Shalmaneser king of Assyria; whom the Lord had at his beck and command, and could use at his pleasure, as his instrument, to bring down the towering pride of Ephraim, and chastise him for his sensuality:

which as a tempest of hail; that beats down herbs and plants, and branches of trees, and men and beasts:

and a destroying storm; which carries all before it, blows down houses and trees, and makes terrible devastation wherever it comes:

as a flood of mighty waters overflowing; whose torrent is so strong there is no stopping it: so this mighty and powerful prince

shall cast down to the earth with the hand; the crown of pride, the people of Israel, and the king of it; he shall take the crown from his head, and cast it to the ground with a strong hand, as the Jews interpret it, with great violence; or very easily, with one hand, as it were, without any trouble at all. The Targum is,

"so shall people come against them, and remove them out of their own land into another land, because of the sins which were in their hands;''

see Isa 8:7.