Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 54:15

15 Behold they shall surely gather together , but not by me : whosoever shall gather together against thee , shall fall for thy sake .

It is true, there will not want some that shall combine and make an attempt against thee.

As they do this without any such commission from me, as Sennacherib and Nebuchadnezzar had, Isa. 10. 6, 7. Ier. 25. 9. so they shall not have my help in it, without which all their endeavours will be vain and unsuccessful.

To battle, as is manifest from the following words, of which kind of gathering this word is used Psal. 140. 2. and elsewhere.

Heb. with thee. But to fight with a man is all one with fighting against him.

For that Respect and Love which I bear to thee. Or, before thee, as this particle is sometimes used, so as thine Eyes shall behold it.