The light of Israel, that God who is and will be a comfortable light to his people, shall be for a fire to the Assyrians who shall have heat without light, as it is in hell. His thorns and briers; his vast army, which is no more able to resist God, than dry thorns and briers are to oppose the fire which is kindled among them.
Verse Isaiah 10:17. _AND IT SHALL BURN AND DEVOUR HIS THORNS_ - "And he shall burn and consume his thorn."] The briers and thorns are the common people; the glory of his forest are the nobles and tho...
AND THE LIGHT OF ISRAEL - That is, Yahweh. The word “light” here, אור _'ôr_, is used also to denote a “fire,” or that which causes light and heat; see Ezekiel 5:2; Isaiah 44:16;...
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...
IN ONE DAY. So it was (2 Kings 19:35),...
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...
DISCOURSE: 874 PRIDE AND DOWNFALL OF THE ASSYRIAN MONARCH Isaiah 10:12. It shall come to pass, that, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fru...
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...
THE LIGHT OF ISRAEL] i.e. Jehovah, who, while He gives light to His own people, at the same time consumes their enemies (Isaiah 29:6; Isaiah 30:27; Isaiah 33:14). IN ONE DAY] Isaiah anticipates a sudd...
5. AND THE STAFF IN THEIR HAND] RV 'the staff in whose hand': Jehovah speaks, declaring the Assyrian the minister of His wrath....
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...
AND THE LIGHT OF ISRAEL SHALL BE FOR A FIRE. — The Divine glory, which is as a consuming fire (Isaiah 27:4) to the enemies of Israel, is to Israel itself as the very light of life. The “briars and tho...
וְ הָיָ֤ה אֹֽור ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְ אֵ֔שׁ וּ
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 the light of Israel shall be for a (l) fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour (m) his thorns and his briers in one day; (l) Meaning that God is a light to comfort his pe...
_Light. God. (Haydock) --- Thorns. Private soldiers. (Calmet)_...
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...
17._And the light of Israel shall be for a fire. _There is an elegant allusion to that burning by which he threatened that he would consume the Assyrians. In _fire _there are two things, light and hea...
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 THE LIGHT OF ISRAEL SHALL BE FOR A FIRE,.... That is, the Lord, who is the light of his people; who enlightens them by his word and Spirit, and by his grace effectually calls them out of darkness...
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; Ver. 17. _And the light of Israel shall be for a fire._]...
_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...
WOE AGAINST ASSYRIA...
And the Light of Israel, the Holy One of Israel Himself, 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 Assyrian nation being...
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...
Isaiah 10:17 Light H216 Israel H3478 fire H784 One H6918 flame H3852 burn H1197 (H8804) devour H398 ...
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...
_And the light of Israel shall be for a fire_ THE LIGHT OF ISRAEL A name of Jehovah, who was represented by the Shekinah glory. (_B. Blake, B. D._) THE COLLAPSE OF THE ASSYRIAN ENTERPRISE Isaiah’s...
_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 Thessalonians 1:7; Hebrews 12:29; Isaiah 27:4; Isaiah 30:27;...
The light — That God who is and will be a comfortable light to his people. A fire — To the Assyrians. Thorns — His vast army, which is no more able to resist God, than dry thorns and briars are to opp...