Behold, the Lord, the All-powerful, the Lord of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror, cutting them down as branches are felled with an ax; and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled, all their plans being foiled at the very moment when they seemed to mature according to calculation.
Verse Isaiah 10:33. _SHALL LOP THE BOUGH WITH TERROR_] פארה _purah_; but פורה _purah, wine-press_, is the reading of _twenty-six_ of _Kennicott's_ and _twenty-three_ of _De Rossi's_ MSS., _four_ ancie...
BEHOLD, THE LORD ... - The prophet had described, in the previous verses, the march of the Assyrians toward Jerusalem, station by station. He had accompanied him in his description until he had arrive...
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...
Just when the Assyrian is in sight of his goal, Jehovah smites him down. The description naturally passes into figurative and somewhat vague language. The image is that of a stately forest laid low by...
_ISAIAH 10:33_. _Behold, the Lord,_ &c. We have in these verses the consequence of the expedition before mentioned, Interpreters, however, vary greatly respecting their application; but Vitringa is cl...
SHAME OF ASSYRIA TEXT: Isaiah 10:28-34 28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed through Migron; at Michmash he layeth up his baggage; 29 they are gone over the pass; they have taken up their lodging...
Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. THE LORD OF HOSTS SHALL LOP THE BOUGH - lit...
10:33 boughs (c-10) Great or high branches, making the beauty of a tree. violence; (d-12) Lit. 'terror.'...
5. AND THE STAFF IN THEIR HAND] RV 'the staff in whose hand': Jehovah speaks, declaring the Assyrian the minister of His wrath....
HAUGHTY, etc.] RV 'lofty shall be brought low.'...
The situation seems beyond human help. But often, that is when God acts to rescue his people (see Matthew 19:25-26). WOE ~ a very sad cry because there is much pain to come. WOE ~ a very sad cry becau...
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...
BEHOLD,... THE LORD OF HOSTS... — The sudden change of tone indicates another pressure of the “strong hand” of Jehovah (Isaiah 8:11), another burst of intensest inspiration. So far shalt thou go, the...
הִנֵּ֤ה הָ אָדֹון֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֔ות מְסָעֵ֥ף...
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 KINGDOM OF THE MESSIAH Isaiah 10:33-34; Isaiah 11:1-9 The advance of the Assyrian along the great north road is graphically described. It was marked by raided villages and towns. The night sky wa...
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...
Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the (z) bough with terror: and the high ones of stature [shall be] hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. (z) Fear and destruction will come on Ju...
_Vessel. Like Gideon, when he attacked Madian, ver. 26., and Judges vii. 19. Septuagint, "the nobles." (Haydock) --- Hebrew, "their beauty." The empire of Assyria shall presently fall. (Calmet)_...
I do not think it necessary to swell the page of my Commentary, by making particular observations on this passage. What might be said here, may be said, and hath been indeed said often, and one genera...
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...
BEHOLD, THE LORD, THE LORD OF HOSTS, SHALL LOP THE BOUGH WITH TERROR,.... Cut off the king of Assyria and his army, in a most terrible manner; "the glory" of it, as in Isaiah 10:18 the word signifies...
Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature [shall be] hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. Ver. 33. _Behold, the Lord shall lop the bou...
_The Lord of hosts shall lop the bough_ The top bough, Sennacherib; _with terror_ Hebrew, במערצה _bemagnaratza, with a dreadful crash_, as Bishop Lowth renders it, expressed by the very sound of the H...
20-34 By our afflictions we may learn not to make creatures our confidence. Those only can with comfort stay upon God, who return to him in truth, not in pretence and profession only. God will justly...
THE BOUGH; the top bough, Sennacherib; or, THE BOUGHS, his valiant soldiers or commanders of his army, which he compareth to a forest, ISAIAH 10:18,34. WITH TERROR; with a most terrible and amazing st...
Isaiah 10:33 Lord H113 LORD H3068 hosts H6635 off H5586 (H8764) bough H6288 terror H4637 high H7311 ...
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...
_His burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder_ A PICTURESQUE REPRESENTATION OF THE INVASION OF JUDAH (Isaiah 10:28):--The description here given, when looked at aesthetically, is one of the...
_O My people, that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian_ FORBIDDEN FEAR It is against the mind and will of God that His people, whatever happens, should give way to that fear which has to...
_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 10:33 The destruction of the Assyrians for their arrogance is described as the felling of a forest. ⇐...
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 Chronicles 32:21; 2 Kings 19:21; Amos 2:9; Daniel 4:37; Isaiah
The bough — The top — bough, Sennacherib, with a most terrible stroke....