Every high tower - Towers, or fortresses, were erected for defense and protection. They were made on the walls of cities, for places of obse…

Upon every high tower. —Generic as the words are, they have a special reference to the fortifications which were the glory of Uzzi…

Enter into the rock, and hide yourself in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. The lofty looks of man shall be hum…

And upon every lofty tower. What Isaiah adds about towers and walls is not figurative or metaphorical. We know how peopl…

And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall .
] Which may signify everything that serves to support and de…

The taking of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans seems to be what is primarily intended here, when idolatry among the Jews was abolished; but our thoughts …

1. Therefore forgive them not. Here he threatens them with punishment, which is divided into two parts:

   1. In the …