Isaiah Chapter 27 verse 7 Holy Bible
Hath he smitten them as he smote those that smote them? or are they slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by them?
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Is his punishment like the punishment of those who overcame him? or are his dead as great in number as those he put to the sword?
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Hath he smitten him according to the smiting of those that smote him? Is he slain according to the slaughter of those slain by him?
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Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?
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Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? or are they slain according to the slaughter of those who were slain by them?
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As the smiting of his smiter hath He smitten him? As the slaying of his slain doth He slay?
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 7-11. - THE COMING JUDGMENT UPON JUDAH A CHASTISEMENT IN WHICH MERCY IS BLENDED WITH JUSTICE. A coming judgment upon Judah has been one of the main subjects of Isaiah's prophecy from the beginning. It has been included in the catalogue of "burdens" (see Isaiah 22.). It will have to be one of the prophet's main subjects to the end of his "book." Hence he may at any time recur to it, as he does now, without special reason or excuse. In this place the special aspect under which the judgment presents itself to him is that of its merciful character, (1) in degree (vers. 7, 8); (2) in intention (ver. 9). While noting this, he feels, however, bound to note also, that the judgment is, while it lasts, severe (vers. 10, 11). Verse 7. - Hath he smitten him; etc.? i.e. "Has God smitten Judah, as he '(God) smote Judah's smiters?" Judah's chief smiters were Assyria and Babylon. The judgments upon them would be more severe than that upon Judah. They would be destroyed; Judah would be taken captive, and restored. Them that are slain by him; rather, them that slew him (so Lowth, Ewald, Knobel, and Mr. Cheyne). But, to obtain this meaning, the pointing of the present text must be altered. The law of parallelism seems, however, to require the alteration.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) Hath he smitten him . . .--The pronouns are left in the English Version somewhat obscure, but the use of capitals makes the meaning plain: "Hath He (Jehovah) smitten him (Israel) as He smote those that smote him; or is he slain according to the slaughter of those that are slain by Him?" A slight alteration in the last clause in the text gives, according to the slaughter of his slayers. In any case the thought is that Jehovah had chastised the guilt with a leniency altogether exceptional. They had not been punished as others had been. The words admit, however, of another meaning, which is preferred by some critics, viz., that Jehovah doth not smite Israel with the smiting like that with which his (Israel's) smiters smote him--i.e., had not punished, as the oppressors had punished, ruthlessly and in hate, but had in His wrath remembered mercy.