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Isaiah 27:11

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Isaiah 27:11 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.
Isaiah 27:11 — American Standard Version

Context — Isaiah 27

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
8In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed [them] with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
9Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, [so that] the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.
10For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
11When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.
12And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will beat off [his fruit] from the flood of the River unto the brook of Egypt; and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
13And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great trumpet shall be blown; and they shall come that were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and they that were outcasts in the land of Egypt; and they shall worship Jehovah in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off, &c.] This city is compared to a tree, whose branches are not only gnawed and consumed by cattle, as in the former verse (<232710>Isaiah 27:10); but which, in a hot dry summer, are withered and dried up, and so are easily broken, and are fit for nothing but the fire; hence it follows: the women come [and] set them on fire; or “gather” themf541 in order to burn them; as is commonly done with withered branches, (<431506>John 15:6) it may design the burning of the whore of Rome by the kings of the earth; for as antichrist is signified by a woman, so the ten kings that shall hate her, and burn her flesh with fire, may be signified by…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“boughs . . . broken off--so the Jews are called (Rom 11:17, Rom 11:19-20). set . . . on fire--burn them as fuel; "women" are specified, as probably it was their office to collect fuel and kindle the fire for cooking. no understanding--as to the ways of God (Deu 32:28-29; Jer 5:21; Hos 4:6).”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Broken - That there may be no hopes of their recovery. Women - He mentions women, because the men would be destroyed. Not understanding - They know not the things which concerns their peace, but they blindly and wilfully go on in sin. Therefore - Thus he overthrows their conceit that God would never destroy the work of his own hands. Isaiah 27:12”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“27:11 The people were outside of God’s covenantal care; they foolishly turned away from him.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“the boughs: Psa 80:15, Psa 80:16; Eze 15:2-8, Eze 20:47; Mat 3:10; Joh 15:6 for it is: Isa 1:3, Isa 44:18-20; Deu 4:6, Deu 32:28, Deu 32:29; Jer 4:22, Jer 5:4, Jer 5:5, Jer 5:21, Jer 5:22, Jer 8:7; Hos 4:6; Mat 13:15, Mat 13:19; Rom 1:28, Rom 1:31 therefore: Isa 43:1, Isa 43:7, Isa 44:20, Isa 44:21, Isa 44:24; Gen 6:6, Gen 6:7; Deu 32:18-25; Ch2 36:16, Ch2 36:17; Psa 106:40; Eze 9:10; Th1 2:16; Th2 1:8, Th2 1:9; Jam 2:13 Isaiah 27:12”
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