The Meaning of Isaiah 5:26 Explained

Isaiah 5:26

KJV: And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:

YLT: And He lifted up an ensign to nations afar off, And hissed to it from the end of the earth, And lo, with haste, swift it cometh.

Darby: And he will lift up a banner to the nations afar off, and will hiss for one from the end of the earth; and behold, it will come rapidly and lightly.

ASV: And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss for them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly.

Discover Isaiah 5:26

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Isaiah 5:26?

MEANING: What does Isaiah 5:26 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Isaiah 5:26 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Isaiah 5:26?

What is the context of Isaiah 5:26?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:

What does Isaiah 5:26 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The Judahites had taunted God to act in judgment, and had concluded that because He had not destroyed them, He could not. The prophet now revealed that Yahweh, as sovereign not only over their nation but over all nations, was preparing to call a foreign power to punish them (e.g, Egypt, Assyria, and Babylonia). All He had to do was raise a flag, as in battle to summon troops, or whistle and they would respond swiftly, even though they resided in a remote part of the earth. The Assyrian army prided itself on its maneuverability and quickness. ^[1]

"The second figure is taken from a bee-master, who entices the bees, by hissing or whistling, to come out of their hives and settle on the ground." ^[2]

Context Summary

Isaiah 5:18-30 - Warning Against Pride, Intemperance, And Corruption

The wild grapes of Judah are here continued: blind atheism, Isaiah 5:18-20; proud self-conceit, Isaiah 5:21; drunkenness, Isaiah 5:22; injustice in the courts, Isaiah 5:23-24. What a terrible description is that given in Isaiah 5:18 of the inevitable progress of sin! The bacchanalian procession which is seen, in Isaiah 5:14, descending with music and flowers into the open gates of Hades is described in Isaiah 5:18 as being drawn down by a cable. Men begin with a thread, but the thread of habit becomes a rope, and the rope grows to a cable, which ultimately lands a man in the pit. From Isaiah 5:25 onward we have the description of impending judgment. Earthquakes, armed raids, civil strife, and famine fever, the devastating inroads of hostile invasion, a desolate land and a hungry sea such would be the forces of destruction which Judah's sin would unloose. Recent events have revealed the terror of such a visitation. Remember that the wrath of love is as severe as a consuming fire. [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 5

¹ Under the parable of a vineyard, God excuses his severe judgment
⁸ His judgments upon covetousness
¹¹ Upon lasciviousness
¹³ Upon impiety
²⁰ And upon injustice
²⁶ The executioners of God's judgments

What do the individual words in Isaiah 5:26 mean?

And He will lift up a banner to the nations from afar and will whistle to them from the end of the earth and surely with speed swiftly they shall come

וְנָֽשָׂא־ נֵ֤ס לַגּוֹיִם֙ מֵרָח֔וֹק וְשָׁ֥רַק ל֖וֹ מִקְצֵ֣ה הָאָ֑רֶץ וְהִנֵּ֥ה מְהֵרָ֖ה קַ֥ל יָבֽוֹא

וְנָֽשָׂא־	And He will lift up
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular Root: נָשָׂא Sense: to lift, bear up, carry, take.
נֵ֤ס	a banner
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: נֵס Sense: something lifted up, standard, signal, signal pole, ensign, banner, sign, sail.
לַגּוֹיִם֙	to the nations
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: גֹּוי Sense: nation, people.
מֵרָח֔וֹק	from afar
Parse: Preposition-m, Adjective, masculine singular Root: רָחֹוק Sense: remote, far, distant, distant lands, distant ones.
וְשָׁ֥רַק	and will whistle
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׁרַק Sense: to hiss, whistle, pipe.
ל֖וֹ	to them
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
מִקְצֵ֣ה	from the end
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: קָצֶה Sense: end, extremity.
הָאָ֑רֶץ	of the earth
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: אֶרֶץ Sense: land, earth.
וְהִנֵּ֥ה	and surely
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection Root: הִנֵּה Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
מְהֵרָ֖ה	with speed
Parse: Adverb Root: מְהֵרָה Sense: haste, speed.
קַ֥ל	swiftly
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular Root: קַל Sense: swift, light, fleet.
יָבֽוֹא	they shall come
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.

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