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Isaiah 9:5

Isaiah 9:5
For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise,.... With the sound of the trumpet and as now with beating of drums, and the huzzas and shoutings of the soldiers, the stamping and neighing of…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For every battle of the warrior - The expression used here has caused great difficulty, from the fact that it occurs nowhere else in the Scriptures. The word סאון se'ôn, rendered here battle, is…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 9:1-7

The first words of this chapter plainly refer to the close of the foregoing chapter, where every thing looked black and melancholy: Behold, trouble, and darkness, and dimness - very bad, yet not so…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The verse reads: For every boot of him that tramped noisily, and ( every) garment rolled in blood, shall be for burning, as fuel for the fire. The word ṣě"ônis Aramaic and signifies a military boot;…