The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 17:4-11

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A DENUNCIATION OF WOE ON ISRAEL, COMBINED WITH THE PROMISE OF A REMNANT. Israel, having united herself with Syria to resist the Assyrians, will incur a similar fate. Her glory will decay, her population dwindle and almost disappear.

Still there will be a few left, who, under the circumstances, will turn to God (Isaiah 17:7). But it will be too late for anything like a national recovery; the laud will remain "a desolation" on account of the past sins of its inhabitants (Isaiah 17:9-11).

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