and shall consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, the majesty of his leaders and the wealth of his merchants, both soul and body, in a complete destruction; and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth, rather, as when a consumptive pines away, hurrying forward to an early death.
THE GLORY OF HIS FOREST - In these expressions, the army of Sennacherib is compared with a beautiful grove thick set with trees; and as all the beauty of a grove which the fire overruns is destroyed,...
CHAPTER 10 The Assyrian, His invasion of Immanuel's land, and His end 1. _The first four verses belong to the preceding chapter. A description of the Assyrian enemy (Isaiah 10:5)_ 2. _The overthrow o...
ASSYRIA'S BOASTFULNESS AND ITS PUNISHMENT. This prophecy, so far as it is Isaiah's, must be later than the capture of Carchemish in 717 and before Sennacherib's invasion in 701. Narrower limits cannot...
BODY. flesh. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), App-6, for the whole body....
The destruction of the Assyrian army is described under the two figures of sickness and a conflagration. There is a certain amount of confusion in the metaphors, and undoubtedly the style deteriorates...
THEREFORE SHALL THE LORD, &C.— The punishment decreed for the Assyrian, and mentioned in the 12th verse, is here more fully set forth. This passage is easy to be understood, if the prophesy be compare...
SMITING OF THE SCOURGE TEXT: Isaiah 10:12-19 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the s...
And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day; THE LIGHT OF ISRAEL ... SHALL BURN ... HIS THORNS - the...
5. AND THE STAFF IN THEIR HAND] RV 'the staff in whose hand': Jehovah speaks, declaring the Assyrian the minister of His wrath....
A STANDARDBEARER FAINTETH] RV 'a sick man pineth away.'...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 10 GOD’S JUDGEMENT AGAINST EVIL LAWS V1 *Woe to those who make crue...
BOTH SOUL AND BODY. — Literally, _from the soul even to the flesh._ The metaphor is for a moment dropped, and the reality is unveiled. AS WHEN A STANDARDBEARER FAINTETH. — The Authorised version repre...
וּ כְבֹ֤וד יַעְרֹו֙ וְ כַרְמִלֹּ֔ו מִ נֶּ֥פֶש
CHAPTER IX ATHEISM OF FORCE AND ATHEISM OF FEAR ABOUT 721 B.C. Isaiah 10:5 IN chapter 28 Isaiah, speaking in the year 725 when Salmanassar IV was marching on Samaria, had explained to the politicia...
THE MIGHTY LAID LOW Isaiah 10:5-19 This question is addressed to the Assyrian invader, described as God's staff and rod. He was the means of inflicting deserved penalty on the world of that age, and...
This is a prophecy of judgment on Assyria, and is full of interest. Assyria is the power which Jehovah is using for the punishment of His people, but because it fails to understand its true relation t...
And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul (n) and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer (o) fainteth. (n) That is, body and soul utterly. (o) When th...
_Glory. Officers. --- Flesh. Or body. All shall perish. (Haydock) --- Fear. Sennacherib escaped alone, and fell by the sword of his own sons._...
In these verses, if I mistake not, the Lord is pointing to the cause of his mercy to his people, in delivering them from Assyria. It is not for their righteousness, for the parallel scripture saith, t...
18._And shall consume the glory of his forest. _He goes on with the same comparison of a _burning_, and declares that the fire will consume both the highest and the lowest, and will leave nothing unin...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9:8-21, 10, 11, AND 12. In Isaiah 9:8 the Spirit, having given the great leading facts as to Messiah, Immanuel, resumes the general history of Israel without...
AND SHALL CONSUME THE GLORY OF HIS FOREST,.... The Assyrian army is compared to a "forest", for the number of men in it; and for the mighty men in it, comparable to large and tall trees, such as oaks...
_And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth._ Ver. 18. _And he shall consume the glory of his forest...
_Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts_ The sovereign Lord and General of his and of all other armies; _send among his fat ones leanness_ Strip him, and all his great princes and commanders, of...
BOTH SOUL AND BODY: _ Heb._ from the soul and even to the flesh...
5-19 See what a change sin made. The king of Assyria, in his pride, thought to act by his own will. The tyrants of the world are tools of Providence. God designs to correct his people for their hypoc...
OF HIS FORREST; of his great army, which may not unfitly be compared to a forest, either for the multitude of their spears, which, when lifted up together, resemble the trees of a wood or forest; or f...
Isaiah 10:18 consume H3615 (H8762) glory H3519 forest H3293 field H3759 soul H5315 body H1320 man H5263 ...
2). ASSYRIA WILL BE PUNISHED BECAUSE OF ITS ARROGANCE (ISAIAH 10:16). The punishment that Yahweh will bring on Assyria is now described. Yahweh will personally act to humble him. Analysis. a Therefo...
CHAPTER ISAIAH 10:5 ASSYRIA WILL ADVANCE AND CONQUER AS A JUDGMENT ON GOD'S PEOPLE BUT WILL FINALLY BE BROUGHT DOWN, FOR FINAL DELIVERANCE IS CERTAIN. In the remainder of this chapter is described God...
CONTENTS: The commission to invade Judah and its execution. Threatening of the invaders ruin after serving God's purpose. New encouragement given to God's people. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: God som...
The first four verses, are properly a part of the preseding chapter, and contain a severe reproof of the magistrates who wrested the judgment of the poor and needy. Isaiah 10:5. _Oh Assyrian._ Hebrews...
_They shall be as when a standard bearer fainteth_ A DIFFERENT RENDERING “As the pining away of a sick man,” better suits a connection in which there is no reference to battle. Assyria shall be utt...
_O Assyrian_ “O ASSYRIAN” “Ho Asshur,” the name both of the people and its national god. (_Prof. J. Skinner, D. D._) THE JUDGMENT OF THE WORLD POWER The leading idea of the passage is the contrast...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 10:16 The mighty Assyrian army is reduced nearly to nothing. ⇐ ⇔...
THE ASSYRIAN INVASION OF JUDAH Isaiah 10:5. _O Assyrian, the rod of Mine anger, &c._ This prophecy may be used to illustrate the following truths of abiding interest. I. THE POWER OF EMPIRES AND THE...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 10:1 The prophecy begun in Isaiah 9:8 terminates with this stanza, which contains a warning against injustice and oppression, addressed to Israel and Judah equally, and accompanied...
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, tha...
2 Kings 19:23; 2 Kings 19:28; Ezekiel 20:47; Ezekiel 20:48; Isa
The glory — Of his great army, which may not unfitly be compared to a forest, for the numbers of men, who stood as thick as trees do in a forest. Field — Of his soldiers, who stood as thick as ears of...