Isaiah 33:4 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 33:4

Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.

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ASV

And your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpillar gathereth: as locusts leap shall men leap upon it.

KJV

And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

And your spoil - The booty that the Assyrian army bad gathered in their march toward Jerusalem, and which would now be left by them to be collected by the Jews. Shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpillar - The grammatical construction here is such that this may admit of two interpretations. It may either mean, as the caterpillar or the locust is gathered; or it may mean, as the caterpillar gathers its spoil.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Thus the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just and Israel is enriched with the spoil of the Egyptians. Some make the Assyrians to be the caterpillars and locusts, which, when they are killed, are gathered together in heaps, as the frogs of Egypt, and are run upon, and trodden to dirt.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The invaders' "spoil" shall be left behind by them in their flight, and the Jews shall gather it. caterpillar--rather, "the wingless locust"; as it gathers; the Hebrew word for "gathers" is properly used of the gathering of the fruits of harvest (Isa 32:10). running to and fro--namely, in gathering harvest fruits. he--rather, "they." them--rather, "it," that is, the prey.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֻסַּ֣ף	ve.'u.Saf	and it will be gathered	H622 →
שְׁלַלְכֶ֔ם	she.lal.Khem	plunder your	H7998 →
אֹ֖סֶף	'O.sef	<the> gathering of	H625 →
הֶֽחָסִ֑יל	he.cha.Sil	<the> locust[s]	H2625 →
כְּמַשַּׁ֥ק	ke.ma.Shak	like [the] rushing of	H4944 →
גֵּבִ֖ים	ge.Vim	locusts	H1357 →
שׁוֹקֵ֥ק	sho.Kek	[someone will be] rushing	H8264 →
בּֽוֹ׃	bo	on it

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Joel 2:25
I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you.
leads to
- Zechariah 10:6
  I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them.…
- Joel 1:4–7
  What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.
- Joel 2:2–11
  a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be…
Through
Joel 2:9
They storm the city; they run along the wall; they climb into houses, entering through windows like thieves.
leads to
- Jeremiah 9:21
  For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
- John 10:1
  “Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
Through
2 Chronicles 20:25
Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables—more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 30:19–20
  Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.
Through
2 Chronicles 14:13
Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried…
leads to
- Genesis 10:19
  and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
Through
Isaiah 33:23
Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.
leads to
- 2 Kings 7:8
  When the lepers reached the edge of the camp, they went into a tent to eat and drink. Then they carried off the silver, gold, and clothing, and went and hid them. On returning,…

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