Isaiah 28:1-4
am 3279, bc 725 the crown This chapter begins a new subject, chiefly relating to the devastations of Israel and Judah by the Assyrian kings. The ancient Samaria being beautifully situated on the top of a round hill, and surrounded immediately with a rich valley, and then a circle of other hills around it, suggested the idea of a chaplet, or wreath of flowers. Isa 28:3; Hos 5:5, Hos 6:10 drunkards Isa 28:7, Isa 5:11, Isa 5:22; Prov 23:29; Hos 4:11, Hos 7:5; Amos 2:8, Amos 2:12, Amos 6:6 whose Isa 28:4, Isa 7:8-9, Isa 8:4; 2Kgs 14:25-27, 2Kgs 15:29, 2Kgs 18:10-12; 2Chr 28:6, 2Chr 30:6-7; Amos 6:1 overcome Heb. broken the Lord Isa 9:9-12, Isa 27:1; Ezek 30:10-11 as a tempest Isa 28:15-19, Isa 8:7-8, Isa 25:4, Isa 29:6, Isa 30:30; Ezek 13:11; Nah 1:8; Matt 7:25-27; Rev 18:8 The crown Isa 28:1 shall Isa 25:10, Isa 26:6; 2Kgs 9:33; Lam 1:15; Dan 8:13; Heb 10:29; Rev 11:2 under feet Heb. with feet shall be Isa 28:1; Ps 73:19-20; Hos 6:4, Hos 9:10-11, Hos 9:16, Hos 13:1, Hos 13:15; Jas 1:10-11 the hasty "No sooner," says Dr. Shaw, "doth the boccore (or early fig) draw near to perfection in the middle or latter end of June, than the kermez or summer fig, begins to be formed, though it rarely ripens before August; about which time the same tree frequently throws out a third crop, or winter fig, as we may call it. This is usually of a much longer shape and darker complexion than the kermez hanging and ripening upon the tree, even after the leaves are shed; and, provided the winter proves mild and temperate, is gathered as a delicious morsel in the spring." Mic 7:1; Nah 3:12; Rev 6:13 eateth Heb. swalloweth
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