Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 27:7-8

"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? In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed [them] with his rough blast in the day of the east wind." — Isaiah 27:7-8 (ASV)

Or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it:

God always chastens his people in measure; he makes a debate about it; he weighs their troubles in scales, and their sorrows in balances.