Isaías 31:5

5 El Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales se moverá en el aire sobre Jerusalén
y la protegerá como un ave protege su nido.
Defenderá y salvará la ciudad;
pasará sobre ella y la rescatará».

Isaías 31:5 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 31:5

As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend
Jerusalem
As the preceding metaphor expresses the mighty power of God, this his tenderness and affection, as well as his speed and swiftness in the deliverance of his people. As birds in the air, at a distance, especially the eagle, have their eye upon their nests, and their young ones in them, and when in danger fly to their assistance, and hover over them, and about them, to keep off those that would hurt them, or carry them away; so the Lord, on high, sees his people when in distress, and hastens to help them, and does surround, protect, and defend them: thus the Lord did, when Sennacherib with his army besieged Jerusalem; who boasted, with respect to other nations, that he had "found as a nest the riches of the people", and that "there was none that moved the wing against him", ( Isaiah 10:14 ) to which it is thought the allusion is here: defending also he will deliver [it];
from present distress, the siege of the Assyrian army: [and] passing over he will preserve [it];
passing over the city of Jerusalem to the army of the king of Assyria, that lay encamped against it; and smiting that by an angel with a sudden destruction, preserved the city from the ruin it was threatened with. The allusion is rightly thought to be to the Lord's passing over the houses of the Israelites, when he destroyed the firstborn in Egypt, ( Exodus 12:23 ) where the same word is used as here, and nowhere else.

Isaías 31:5 In-Context

3 ¡Pues estos egipcios son simples seres humanos, no son Dios!
Sus caballos son solo carne, no espíritus poderosos.
Cuando el Señor
levante el puño contra ellos,
quienes los ayudan tropezarán,
y aquellos que reciben ayuda caerán;
todos caerán y morirán juntos.

4 Pero el Señor
me ha dicho:
«Cuando un león joven y fuerte
ruge sobre la oveja que ha matado,
no lo asustan los gritos ni los ruidos
de toda una multitud de pastores.
De la misma manera, el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales
descenderá para pelear en el monte Sión.

5 El Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales se moverá en el aire sobre Jerusalén
y la protegerá como un ave protege su nido.
Defenderá y salvará la ciudad;
pasará sobre ella y la rescatará».

6 Pueblo mío, aunque eres rebelde y perverso, ven y regresa al Señor
.

7 Yo sé que llegará el día glorioso cuando cada uno de ustedes desechará los ídolos de oro y las imágenes de plata que han hecho sus manos pecadoras.