Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 49:17

"Thy children make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee." — Isaiah 49:17 (ASV)

Your destroyers and those who make you waste shall go forth from you.

I wish this were carried out. If it were, many of the churches of Christ, which are plagued with false doctrines and worldly habits, which are laying them waste, would be delivered from those curses.

The enemies outside the walls, however malicious they are, will never be so mischievous as the traitors inside the fortress. Save Troy from the wooden horse, and save Zion from the traitors in her midst, that seek to do her harm.