Skip to content

Isaiah 51:18

Isaiah 51:18
There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.

My Notes

Commentary

Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.

Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth,.... Still alluding to drunken persons staggering in the streets, that can scarcely stand on their feet, and do not know their…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

There is none to guide her - The image here is taken from the condition of one who is under the influence of an intoxicating draught, and who needs some one to sustain and guide him. The idea is, than…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 51:17-23

God, having awoke for the comfort of his people, here calls upon them to awake, as afterwards, Isa 52:1. It is a call to awake not so much out of the sleep of sin (though that also is necessary in…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Isaiah 51:17-23

Isa 51:17 to Isa 52:12. The Lord will turn the Captivity of Zion

The three oracles into which this passage naturally falls are these: (1) Isa 51:17-23. The prophet, returning to the thought with…