Isaiah 27:7

7 Has the LORD struck her as he struck down those who struck her? Has she been killed as those were killed who killed her?

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Isaiah 27:7 in Other Translations

KJV

7 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?

ESV

7 Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or have they been slain as their slayers were slain?

NLT

7 Has the LORD struck Israel as he struck her enemies? Has he punished her as he punished them?

MSG

7 Has God knocked them to the ground as he knocked down those who hit them? Oh, no. Were they killed as their killers were killed? Again, no.

CSB

7 Did the Lord strike Israel as He struck the one who struck Israel? Was he killed like those killed by Him?

Isaiah 27:7 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 27:7

Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him?
&c.] No; the Lord does smite his people by afflictive dispensations of his providence; he smites them in their persons, and families, and estates; see ( Isaiah 57:17 ) as he smote Israel, by suffering them to be carried captive, and as the Jews are now smitten by him in their present state; yet not as he smote Pharaoh, with his ten plagues, and him and his host at the Red Sea; or as he smote Sennacherib and his army, by an angel, in one night; or as Amalek was smitten, and its memory perished; or as he will smite mystical Babylon, which will be utterly destroyed; all which have been smiters of God's Israel, who, though smitten of God, yet not utterly destroyed; the Jews returned from captivity, and, though now they are scattered abroad, yet continue a people, and will be saved. God deals differently with his own people, his mystical and spiritual Israel, than with their enemies that smite them: he afflicts them, but does not destroy them, as he does their enemies; he has no fury in him towards his people, but he stirs up all his wrath against his enemies: [or], is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain
by him?
or, "of his slain" ^F23; the Lord's slain, or Israel's slain, which are slain by the Lord for Israel's sake; though Israel is slain, yet not in such numbers, to such a degree, or with such an utter slaughter, as their enemies; though the people of God may come under slaying providences, yet not such as wicked men; they are "chastened, but not killed"; and, though killed with the sword, or other instruments of death, in great numbers, both by Rome Pagan and Papal, yet not according to the slaughter as will be made of antichrist and his followers, ( Revelation 19:15-21 ) .

FOOTNOTES:

F23 (wygrh) "occisorum ejus", Montanus; "interfecti illius", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Isaiah 27:7 In-Context

5 Or else let them come to me for refuge; let them make peace with me, yes, let them make peace with me.”

6 In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit.

7 Has the LORD struck her as he struck down those who struck her? Has she been killed as those were killed who killed her?

8 By warfare and exile you contend with her— with his fierce blast he drives her out, as on a day the east wind blows.

9 By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: When he makes all the altar stones to be like limestone crushed to pieces, no Asherah poles or incense altars will be left standing.