Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
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Gill's Exposition
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation,.... Who had been the author of salvation to them many a time, in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in various instances since; and yet they had forgot…
Barnes' Notes
Because thou ... - Because the kingdom of Israel or Samaria had done it. The God of thy salvation - The God in whom alone was salvation; or who alone could protect thee (compare Mic 7:7; Hos 2:15).…
Here the prophet returns to foretel the woeful desolations that should be made in the land of Israel by the army of the Assyrians. 1. That the cities should be deserted. Even the strong cities, which…
Cambridge Bible
God of thy salvation The only occasion on which this important term (Heb. yesha-) is used by Isaiah, although it forms an element of his own name.
rock of thy strength A very frequent name of God, cf.…
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