Isaiah 18:5
“For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
For afore the harvest,.... Or vintage: the above metaphor is carried on; before the designs and schemes of the people…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
For afore the harvest - This verse is evidently figurative, and the image is drawn from that which is commenced in the…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 18:1-7
Interpreters are very much at a loss where to find this land that lies beyond the rivers of Cush. Some take it to be…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Assyria is here compared to a vine, ripening its grapes under the favourable influences indicated in Isa 18:18. The word…
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