Isaiah 29:5

“Moreover, the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, &c.] Or “of those that fan thee”f575, as the Vulgate Latin Version; and so the Targum, “of those that scatter thee;” or of thine enemies, as others; meaning the Romans, who were a strange people to them, who got the dominion over them, and scattered them abroad in the world: and the simile of “small dust”, to which they are compared, is not used to express the weakness of them, but the greatness of their number, which was not to be counted, any more than the dust of the earth; (see <042310>Numbers 23:10): and the multitude of the terrible ones [shall be] as chaff that passeth away; designing the same numerous army of the…”

“Moreover--rather, "Yet"; yet in this extremity help shall come, and the enemy be scattered. strangers--foreign enemies, invaders (Isa 25:2). it shall be--namely, the destruction of the enemy. at an instant--in a moment (Isa 30:23).”

“Strangers - Whom thou hast hired to assist thee, as indeed they did, when the Chaldeans came against them. Terrible ones - Thy great commanders, and stout soldiers. It - This destruction of thy strangers, and terrible ones shall come to pass. Isaiah 29:6”

“the multitude: Isa 10:16-19, Isa 25:5, Isa 31:3, Isa 31:8, Isa 37:36 as chaff: Isa 17:13; Job 21:18; Psa 1:4, Psa 35:5 at an: Isa 30:13; Psa 46:5, Psa 46:6, Psa 76:5, Psa 76:6; Th1 5:3 Isaiah 29:6”

“Thus far does the unfolding of the hoi reach. Now follows an unfolding of the words of promise, which stand at the end of Isa 29:1 : "And it proves itself to me as Ariel." Isa 29:5-8 : "And the multitude of thy foes will become like finely powdered dust, and the multitude of the tyrants like chaff flying away; and it will take place suddenly, very suddenly. From Jehovah of hosts there comes a visitation with crash of thunder and earthquake and great noise, whirlwind and tempest, and the blazing up of devouring fire. And the multitude of all the nations that gather together against Ariel, and all those who storm and distress Ariel and her stronghold, will be like a vision of the night in a…”