The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 17:11

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

In the day; or, in a day (Kay). Shalt thou make; rather, thou makest. Each new slip that is planted is forced to take root and grow and flourish at once; the next morning it is expected to have formed its seed and reached perfection.

So the harvest is hurried on; but when it is reached, the day of visitation has arrived—a day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

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