Isaías 5:26

26 E ele arvorará um estandarte para as nações de longe, e lhes assobiará desde a extremidade da terra; e eis que virão muito apressadamente.

Isaías 5:26 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 5:26

And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far,
&c.] Not to the Chaldeans or Babylonians, for they were not nations, but one nation, and were a people near; but to the Romans, who consisted of many nations, and were afar off, and extended their empire to the ends of the earth; these, by one providence or another, were stirred up to make an expedition into the land of Judea, and besiege Jerusalem: and this lifting up of an ensign is not, as sometimes, for the gathering and enlisting of soldiers, or to prepare them for the battle, or to give them the signal when to begin the fight; but as a direction to decamp and proceed on a journey, on some expedition: and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth,
or "to him" ^F9; the king, or general of them, wherever he is, even though at the end of the earth: and the phrase denotes the secret and powerful influence of divine Providence, in moving upon the hearts of the Romans, and their general, to enter upon such a design against the Jews; and which was as easily done as for one man to hiss or call to another; or as for a shepherd to whistle for his sheep; to which the allusion seems to be; the Lord having the hearts of all in his hands, and can turn them as he pleases, to do his will: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly;
or "he shall come"; the king with his army; and so the Targum paraphrases it;

``and behold, a king with his army shall come swiftly, as light clouds;''

this shows the swift and sudden destruction that should come upon the Jews; and is an answer to their scoffs, ( Isaiah 5:19 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (wl) "ei", Vatablus; Montanus; "illi", Cocceius; "ad se", Junius & Tremellius.

Isaías 5:26 In-Context

24 Pelo que, como a língua de fogo consome o restolho, e a palha se desfaz na chama assim a raiz deles será como podridão, e a sua flor se esvaecerá como pó; porque rejeitaram a lei do Senhor dos exércitos, e desprezaram a palavra do santo de Israel,

25 Por isso se acendeu a ira do Senhor contra o seu povo, e o Senhor estendeu a sua mão contra ele, e o feriu; e as montanhas tremeram, e os seus cadáveres eram como lixo no meio das ruas; com tudo isto não tornou atrás a sua ira, mas ainda está estendida a sua mão.

26 E ele arvorará um estandarte para as nações de longe, e lhes assobiará desde a extremidade da terra; e eis que virão muito apressadamente.

27 Não há entre eles cansado algum nem quem tropece; ninguém cochila nem dorme; não se lhe desata o cinto dos lombos, nem se lhe quebra a correia dos sapatos.

28 As suas flechas são agudas, e todos os seus arcos retesados; os cascos dos seus cavalos são reputados como pederneira, e as rodas dos seus carros qual redemoinho.