Isaiah 2:15 - Exposition

Upon every high tower . Uzziah and. Jotham had, both of them, paid much attention to fortifications, and had especially "built towers," both at Jerusalem and in other parts of Judaea ( 2 Chronicles 26:9 , 2 Chronicles 26:10 ; 2 Chronicles 27:4 ). Isaiah means to pour contempt on these indications of "trust in an arm of flesh," and to say that they will be of no avail when the time of calamity arrives. Every fenced wall. "On the wall of Ophel" Jotham had "built much" ( 2 Chronicles 27:3 ). Hosea ( Hosea 8:14 ) and Micah ( Micah 4:11 ) also notice the trust of Judah in her fortresses, and threaten their destruction.