Isaiah 31:5 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 31:5

Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

As birds hovering, so will Jehovah of hosts protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver it, he will pass over and preserve it.

KJV

As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

As birds flying - This is another comparison indicating substantially the same thing as the former, that Yahweh would protect Jerusalem. The idea here is, that He would do it in the same manner as birds defend their young by hovering over them, securing them under their wings, and leaping forward, if they are suddenly attacked, to defend them. Our Saviour has used a similar figure to indicate his readiness to have defended and saved the same city Mat 23:27, and it is possible that he may have had this passage in his eye.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

As birds - Which come from above, and so cannot be kept off; which fly swiftly, and engage resolutely, when their young ones are in danger. Passing over - The destroying angel shall pass over Jerusalem.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

As in the image of "the lion," the point of comparison is the fearless might of Jehovah; so in that of the birds, it is His solicitous affection (De 32:11; Mt 23:37). flying--Rather, "which defend" their young with their wings; "to fly" is a secondary meaning of the Hebrew word [MAURER].

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כְּצִפֳּרִ֣ים	ke.tzi.po.Rim	like birds	H6833 →
עָפ֔וֹת	a.Fot	flying	H5774 →
כֵּ֗ן	Ken	so	H3651 →
יָגֵ֛ן	ya.Gen	he will defend	H1598 →
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
צְבָא֖וֹת	tze.va.'ot	of hosts	H6635 →
עַל־	'al-	<on>	H5921 →
יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	ye.ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →
גָּנ֥וֹן	ga.Non	he will defend [it]	H1598 →
וְהִצִּ֖יל	ve.hi.Tzil	and he will rescue [it]	H5337 →
פָּסֹ֥חַ	pa.So.ach	he will pass over [it]	H6452 →
וְהִמְלִֽיט׃	ve.him.Lit	and he will deliver [it]	H4422 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 91:4
He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
leads to
- Psalms 61:4
  Let me dwell in Your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah
- Psalms 57:1
  Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.
- Psalms 17:8
  Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
- Deuteronomy 32:11
  As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.
- Isaiah 43:1–2
  Now this is what the LORD says— He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your…
Through
Deuteronomy 32:11
As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.
leads to
- Isaiah 46:4
  Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Isaiah 37:35
‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
leads to
- 2 Kings 20:6
  I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for…
- Isaiah 38:6
  And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.