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Nowhere to Run
Commentators explain that the imagery of a roaring sea and a darkened land paints a picture of total, inescapable doom. When God's judgment arrives, looking for help in any earthly direction—to the land for safety or the sky for light—is futile. All that can be found is darkness, distress, and overwhelming calamity, showing the terrifying completeness of divine wrath.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 5:30
18th Century
Theologian
They shall roar against them - The army that will come up will roar against the Jews. The image of “the roaring of the sea” indicat…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 5:30
19th Century
Bishop
They shall roar against them. —Literally, there is a roaring over him. The verb is the same as in the previous v…
John Calvin
On Isaiah 5:30
16th Century
Theologian
He shall roar against him. The Prophet adds this so that the Jews may understand that the fierce attack of the Chaldeans is not accidental…
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John Gill
On Isaiah 5:30
17th Century
Pastor
And in that day they shall roar against them like the
roaring of the sea That is, the Roma…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 5:24–30
17th Century
Minister
Let no one expect to live easily who lives wickedly. Sin weakens the strength, the root of a people; it defaces the beauty, the blossoms of a peopl…