Isaiah 10:27

And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. HIS BURDEN SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY FROM OFF THY SHOULDER - the Assyrians' oppression shall be taken away (). Judah was still tributary to Assyria; Hezekiah had not yet revolted, as he did in the beginning of Sennacherib's reign. BECAUSE OF - literally, from the face of (mipnee) (). THE ANOINTING - namely, the anointing, or consecration, that is upon the elect nation, its prophets, priests, kings, and its holy place (), the Antitype to all which is the anointed Messiah ...

27._And it shall come to pass in that day. _It is uncertain whether he now speaks of the deliverance which took place under Zerubbabel, (2 Chronicles 36:22; Ezra 1:2,) or of that wonderful overthrow of Sennacherib, (2 Kings 19:35,) when he besieged Jerusalem with a huge army. This latter opinion is almost universally preferred; and indeed it appears to be supported by what follows, for immediately afterwards he gives a description of the country, and enumerates the chief places through which Sennacherib should conduct his army, till he arrived at Jerusalem itself, so that there appeared to be nothing at all to hinder him from taking possession of the city. With this opinion I partly agree, but I extend the prediction farther. Isaiah intends to comfort the g

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 bring this wasting away on a provoking people, but will graciously set bounds to it. It is against the mind and will of God, that his people, whatever happens, should give way to fear. God's anger against his people is but for a moment; and when that is turned from us, we need not fear the fury of man. The rod with which he corrected his people, shall not only be laid aside, but thrown into the fire. To encourage God's people, the prophet puts them in mind of what God had formerly done against the enemies of his church. God's people shall be delivered from the Assyrians. Some think it looks to the deliverance of the Jews out of their captivity; and further yet, to the redemption of believer...

Verse Isaiah 10:27. _FROM OFF THY SHOULDER_] Bishop _Lowth_ translates the whole verse thus: - "And it shall come to pass in that day, His burden shall be removed from off thy shoulder; And his yoke off thy neck: Yea, the yoke shall perish from off your shoulders." On which he gives us the following note: I follow here the _Septuagint_, who for מפני שמן _mippeney shamen_ read משכמיכם _mishshichmeychem_, απο των ωμων ὑμων, _from your shoulders_, not being able to make any good sense out of the present reading. I will add here the marginal conjectures of Archbishop _Secker_, who appears, like all others, to have been at a loss for a probable inte

HIS BURDEN SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY - The oppressions and exactions of the Assyrian. FROM OFF THY SHOULDER - We bear a burden on the shoulder; and hence, any grievous exaction or oppression is represented as borne upon the shoulder. AND HIS YOKE ... - Another image denoting deliverance from oppression and calamity. AND THE YOKE SHALL BE DESTROYED BECAUSE OF THE ANOINTING - In the interpretation of these words, expositors have greatly differed. The Hebrew is literally, ‘From the face of oil,’ מפני-שׁמן _mı̂peney_-_shāmen_. The Vulgate renders it, literally, _a facie olei_. The Septuagint, ‘His fear shall be taken from thee, and his yoke from thy shoulders.’ The Syraic, ‘His yoke shall be broken before the oxen.’ The Chald

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 by the threat of a "day of desolation," when those who have refused to make God their Refuge will have no resource, but to go into captivity with the "prisoners," or to perish with the "slain." A foreign conquest, accompanied by slaughter, and the deportation of captives, is not obscurely intimated. ISAIAH 10:1 WOE UNTO THEM THAT DECREE UNRIGHTEOUS DECREES (comp. Isaiah 1:17

AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THAT DAY, [THAT] HIS BURDEN SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY FROM OFF THY SHOULDER,.... The tax or tribute imposed upon Hezekiah by the king of Assyria, 2 Kings 18:14: AND HIS YOKE FROM OFF THY NECK; the same with the burden; unless it means also the subjection of the cities of Judah, which were taken by the Assyrian; and indeed it may be extended further, and be considered as a prophecy not merely of deliverance from the present distress, but from the future captivity in Babylon; and which was a type of the deliverance and redemption by Christ, when the Lord's people were delivered from the burden of sin, the guilt and punishment of it; from the yoke of the law, the yoke of bondage; and from the tyranny of Satan, and out of the hand of every enemy; and this seems to be hinted at in the next clause: and thy yoke shall be destroyed, becaus

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 of his army announced (Isaiah 10:12)_ 3. _The punishment (Isaiah 10:16)_ 4. _The return of the remnant (Isaiah 10:20)_ 5. _The faithful remnant comforted (Isaiah 10:24)_ 6. The Assyrians march against Jerusalem (Isaiah 10:28

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 be fixed. Non-Isaianic material appears to be present in it. ISAIAH 10:5. Assyria is Yahweh's rod to smite any nation that has aroused His anger, but, inspired by lust of blood, plans to exterminate many peoples, and boastfully thinks to destroy Jerusalem with her divine nonentities, less powerful than those of cities she has seized. So, when she has served His purpose, He will punish her boastfulness in ascribing her conquests to her own wisdom and might. She has abolished the boundaries of subject peoples, merging them in her empire; plundered their treasures and abased their rulers, robbing the nations as a man takes the eggs from a nest abandoned by the panic-stricken birds, n

SHALL BE DESTROYED. will rot. BECAUSE OF THE ANOINTING. before the face (at the sight) of the oil: i.e. in Gideon's lamps; and of the anointed One (Messiah)....