Isaiah 28:21

“For the Lord shall rise up as [in] Mount Perazim, &c.] Where the Lord broke forth on David’s enemies the Philistines, as the breach of waters; (see <232817>Isaiah 28:17) and destroyed them, from whence the place had the name of Baalperazim, (<100520>2 Samuel 5:20). The Targum is, “for as the mountain which moved when the glory of the Lord was revealed in the days of Uzziah the king;” referring to the earthquake in his time, (<300101>Amos 1:1 <381405>Zechariah 14:5): he shall be wroth as [in] the valley of Gibeon; Josephus Ben Gorionf561 makes mention of the valley of Gibeon, where a battle was fought between Cestius the Roman general and the Jews, in which the latter got the victory, and…”

“Perazim--In the valley of Rephaim (Sa2 5:18, Sa2 5:20; Ch1 14:11), there Jehovah, by David, broke forth as waters do, and made a breach among the Philistines, David's enemies, as Perazim means, expressing a sudden and complete overthrow. Gibeon-- (Ch1 14:16; Sa2 5:25, Margin); not Joshua's victory (Jos 10:10). strange--as being against His own people; judgment is not what God delights in; it is, though necessary, yet strange to Him (Lam 3:33). work--punishing the guilty (Isa 10:12).”

“Perazim - Where he fought against the Philistines, Sa2 5:20. Gibeon - Where he fought against the Canaanites, Jos 10:10, &c. and afterwards against the Philistines, Ch1 14:16. Strange work - For this work of bringing total destruction upon Israel, was contrary to the benignity of his own nature, and to the usual way of dealing with his people. Isaiah 28:22”

“28:21 as he did . . . at Mount Perazim: See 2 Sam 5:20. • God had rescued Israel through a hailstorm at Gibeon (Josh 10:10-12), but now he would turn against them.”

“in mount Perazim: Sa2 5:20; Ch1 14:11 the valley: Jos 10:10, Jos 10:12; Sa2 5:25, Geba, Ch1 14:16 his strange: Isa 28:19; Deu 29:21-24; Jer 30:14; Lam 2:15, Lam 3:33; Eze 33:21; Luk 19:41-44 Isaiah 28:22”

“It would be with them as it was with the Philistines when David turned their army into water at Baal-perazim ( Sa2 5:20; Ch1 14:11), or when on another occasion he drove them before him from Gibeon to Gezer ( Ch1 14:13.). "For Jehovah will rise up as in the mountain of Perazim, and be wroth as in the valley at Gibeon to work His work; astonishing is His work; and to act His act: strange is His act." The Targum wrongly supposes the first historical reminiscence to refer to the earthquake in the time of Uzziah, and the second to Joshua's victory over the Amorites. The allusion really is to the two shameful defeats which David inflicted upon the Philistines. There was a very good reason why…”