And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
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Gill's Exposition
And they shall come,.... The Egyptian and Assyrian armies, when the Lord calls for them in his providence, and his time is come to make use of them as a scourge to his people:
and shall rest all of…
Barnes' Notes
And they shall come - The idea in this verse is, that they would spread over the land, and lay it waste. The poetic image of flies and bees is kept up; meaning, that the armies would be so numerous as…
After the comfortable promises made to Ahaz as a branch of the house of David, here follow terrible threatenings against him, as a degenerate branch of that house; for though the loving-kindness of…
Cambridge Bible
The figure is kept up. desolate valleys rather, precipitous ravines (lit. "valleys of precipices"). upon all thorns … bushes Render: upon all the thorn-bushes (Isa 55:13) and upon all the pastures.…
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