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Isaiah 28:2

Isaiah 28:2
Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one,.... That is, a powerful king, with a mighty army, meaning Shalmaneser king of Assyria; whom the Lord had at his beck and command, and could use at his…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one - The Hebrew of this passage is, ‘Lo! there is to the Lord (לאדני la'donāy) mighty and strong.’ Lowth renders it, ‘Behold the mighty one, the exceedingly…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 28:1-8

Here, I. The prophet warns the kingdom of the ten tribes of the judgments that were coming upon them for their sins, which were soon after executed by the king of Assyria, who laid their country…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The reason for the woe of Isa 28:28. Render: Behold Jehovah hath a mighty and strong one, like a tempest of hail, a destroying storm; like a flow of mighty overflowing waters, which casts down to the…