Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 28:26

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Isaiah 28:26

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Isaiah 28:26

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"For his God doth instruct him aright, [and] doth teach him." — Isaiah 28:26 (ASV)

For his God doth instruct him to discretion ... —Better, as in the margin, with a slight variation, He treats each as is fitting, his God instructing him. The prophet views the skill of the tiller of the soil, which seemed the outcome of a long experience, as nothing less than a gift of God. The legends of the Gentiles embraced that thought in the myths of Osiris and Oannes, of Dionysius and Triptolemos; Isaiah states the fact without the mythos.