The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 18:6

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

They shall be left together unto the fowls. At length imagery is dropped. The vine is shown to be an army, slaughtered all "together," and left a prey to kites and vultures, jackals and hyaenas. Shall summer … shall winter.

They will furnish food to the beasts and birds of prey for the remainder of the year.

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