And He, the Lord in His avenging wrath, shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, with a sharp instrument of destruction, and Lebanon, the name under which all the hostile forces are comprehended, shall fall by a Mighty One, by Him who possesses the majesty of the almighty and eternal God, who is both the Defender and the Deliverer of His Church. It is He also, who on the last day will change the Church Militant into the Church Triumphant.
Verse Isaiah 10:34. _LEBANON SHALL FALL BY A MIGHTY ONE_] באדיר _beaddir_, the angel of the Lord, who smote them, _Kimchi_. And so _Vitringa_ understands it. Others translate, "The high cedars of Leba...
AND HE SHALL CUT DOWN THE THICKETS OF THE FOREST - The army of the Assyrians, described here as a thick, dense forest; compare Isaiah 10:18. WITH IRON - As a forest is cut down with an axe, so the pro...
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...
FOREST. Authorized Version, edition 1611, reads., "forests" (plural) These are Sennacherib's own figures of himself. See 2 Kings 19:23. Compare Isaiah 29:17; Ezekiel 31:3. Note the contrast in...
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...
And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. HE SHALL CUT DOWN THE THICKETS OF THE FORESTS WITH IRON, AND LEBANON SHALL FALL BY A MIGHTY ONE....
The figure is the same as in Isaiah 10:17. The Assyrians are to fall like a forest that is hewn down. Note close connexion with Isaiah 11. THE ASSYRIAN INVASION AND ITS SEQUEL This is one of the fine...
5. AND THE STAFF IN THEIR HAND] RV 'the staff in whose hand': Jehovah speaks, declaring the Assyrian the minister of His wrath....
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...
וְ נִקַּ֛ף סִֽבְכֵ֥י הַ יַּ֖עַר בַּ †...
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...
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...
REFLECTIONS READER! hath it ever struck you, when at anytime perusing the judgments of God upon a guilty land, as set forth in this chapter, how awful the state of those must be, whom the Lord appoint...
34._And he will cut down the thick places of the forest with iron. _There is no difficulty in explaining this metaphor, for it is plain enough that by tall and high trees is denoted all that is powerf...
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 HE SHALL CUT DOWN THE THICKETS OF THE FOREST WITH IRON,.... The multitude of the common soldiers, the whole body of the army, by means of one of his angels, that excel in strength, for which he is...
And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. Ver. 34. _By a mighty one._] _a_ That is, by an angel. Isa 37:36 _Psalms 78:25_ _; _ Psa 89:5-6 _...
_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...
BY A MIGHTY ONE: Or, mightily...
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...
WITH IRON; or, _as with iron_, as the trees of the forest are cut down by instruments of iron. AND LEBANON; or, his _Lebanon_, the pronoun being oft understood in the Hebrew text; the Assyrian army, w...
Isaiah 10:34 down H5362 (H8765) thickets H5442 forest H3293 iron H1270 Lebanon H3844 fall H5307 (H8799) One...
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 Peter 2:11; 2 Thessalonians 1:7; Daniel 4:13; Daniel 4:14; Daniel 4
Iron — Or, as with iron, as the trees of the forest are cut down with instruments of iron. Lebanon — Or, his Lebanon, the Assyrian army, which being before compared to a forest, and being called his C...