Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 27:6-7

"In days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud; and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit. Hath he smitten them as he smote those that smote them? or are they slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by them?" — Isaiah 27:6-7 (ASV)

Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. Has he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him?

No; God strikes his people, but he never strikes them as he does their enemies. He strikes his people, as old Trapp says, with the palm of his hand, as a man may strike his child; but he strikes his enemies with his fist, as one would dash his foe to the ground. There is a great difference between the chastisements of God's people and the righteous judgments that fall upon the wicked.