Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"Come ye, [say they], I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure." — Isaiah 56:12 (ASV)
Come you, say they... — The words in italics are necessary to complete the sense; but their absence from the Hebrew is noticeable, and noteworthy as an example of the prophet’s bold use of a dramatic form. He represents the false prophet as giving a feast to his friends and promising an even more splendid banquet on the next day.
Here again we note continuity of character (Isaiah 22:13). Compare Luke 12:19, which reads almost like an echo of this passage. (Compare the dramatic form of Isaiah 28:9-10.)