Isaiah 10:31

31 There go the people of Madmenah, all fleeing. The citizens of Gebim are trying to hide.

Isaiah 10:31 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 10:31

Madmenah is removed
That is, the inhabitants of it, who removed from thence upon hearing that the Assyrian army had invaded the land, and was coming up to Jerusalem. There was a place called Madmannah, which lay in the southern part of the tribe of Judah, ( Joshua 15:31 ) which, Jerom ^F9 says, was then called Memris, and was near the city of Gaza; but whether the same with this is not certain.

The inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee;
of this place we have no account any where. Hillerus ^F11 thinks the whole name of the city was Joshebehaggebim, which we render "the inhabitants of Gebim"; and supposes it had its name from the ditches that were in it, or about it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 De Iocis Hebraicis, fol. 93. E.
F11 Onomast. Sacr. p. 310.

Isaiah 10:31 In-Context

29 They are crossing the pass and are camping at Geba. Fear strikes the town of Ramah. All the people of Gibeah, the hometown of Saul, are running for their lives.

30 Scream in terror, you people of Gallim! Shout out a warning to Laishah. Oh, poor Anathoth!

31 There go the people of Madmenah, all fleeing. The citizens of Gebim are trying to hide.

32 The enemy stops at Nob for the rest of that day. He shakes his fist at beautiful Mount Zion, the mountain of Jerusalem.

33 But look! The Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, will chop down the mighty tree of Assyria with great power! He will cut down the proud. That lofty tree will be brought down.