Jesaja 54:15

15 Ziet, zij zullen zich zekerlijk vergaderen, doch niet uit Mij; wie zich tegen u vergaderen zal, die zal om uwentwil vallen.

Jesaja 54:15 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 54:15

Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me
Not by the Lord, by his command or order to do his will, and execute his pleasure, which sometimes was the case, as in Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar, and others; but so it shall not be, when the enemies of Christ and his people gather together against them in the latter day; this will be by the means of three unclean spirits like frogs that will come out of the mouth of the dragon, beast, and false prophet; even spirits of devils, Popish priests, and Jesuits, who will instigate, stir up, and get together the antichristian kings of the earth to the battle of almighty God, ( Revelation 16:14 Revelation 16:16 ) . Aben Ezra, Kimchi, and Ben Melech, interpret them of Gog and Magog: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake;
because of the love that I bear to thee, they shall not succeed, or do thee any hurt, but shall perish; or, "shall fall to thee" ^F3; so far from doing thee any hurt, they shall come over to thee, and be on thy side; be joined to thee, as the Vulgate Latin version; that is, the remnant that shall escape, and be converted, and give glory to God, ( Revelation 11:13 ) or rather, "shall fall before thee" ^F4, in thy sight; or, as the Targum, in the midst of thee; which remarkably paraphrases the words thus,

``at the end the kings of the nations, which are gathered together to afflict thee, O Jerusalem, shall fall in the midst of thee;''

for the kings of the earth that shall be gathered together against Christ and his church shall fall in battle before them, and their flesh shall become meat for the fowls of the heaven; the beast and false prophet, in company with them, will be taken and cast alive into the lake of fire, and the remnant be slain with the sword of Christ, ( Revelation 19:17-21 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 (lwpy Kyle) "ad te cadet", Cocceius.
F4 "Cotam te cadet", Grotius, Gataker.

Jesaja 54:15 In-Context

13 En al uw kinderen zullen van den HEERE geleerd zijn, en de vrede uwer kinderen zal groot zijn.

14 Gij zult door gerechtigheid bevestigd worden; wees verre van verdrukking, want gij zult niet vrezen; en verre van verschrikking, want zij zal tot u niet naken.

15 Ziet, zij zullen zich zekerlijk vergaderen, doch niet uit Mij; wie zich tegen u vergaderen zal, die zal om uwentwil vallen.

16 Zie, Ik heb den smid geschapen, die de kolen in het vuur opblaast, en die het instrument voortbrengt tot zijn werk; ook heb Ik den verderver geschapen, om te vernielen.

17 Alle instrument, dat tegen u bereid wordt, zal niet gelukken, en alle tong, die in gericht tegen u opstaat, zult gij verdoemen; dit is de erve der knechten des HEEREN, en hun gerechtigheid is uit Mij, spreekt de HEERE.