Ésaïe 10:8-12 BDS

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:5-19

Man in his folly and God in his righteousness. We have a graphic picture here of— I. MAN IN HIS FOLLY . Under the dominion of the folly which is born of sin, man. 1. Indulges in designs which are beyond his strength . ( Isaiah 10:7 .) It is "in his heart" to do much greater things, often to work much greater wickedness, than he has power to execute. Under sin, men indulge in great-and even gross self-exaggeration; guilt is an infatuating thing. 2. Looks with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:8

Are not my princes altogether kings ? One mark of the superiority of Assyria to other countries was to be seen in the fact that her king had not mere officers, but vassal kings under him. Hence the title "king of kings" assumed by so many Assyrian monarchs. While conquered territories were by degrees and to a certain extent absorbed into the empire and placed under prefects (see the 'Eponym Canon'), an outer zone of more loosely organized dependencies was always maintained by the Assyrians;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:9

Is not Calno as Carehemish ? A further proof of superiority, and ground of confidence, lay in the further fact, that the strongest cities had, one and all, succumbed to the Assyrian arms, and been laid in ruins to punish them for offering resistance. Six such cities are mentioned—Calneh, probably Niffer, in Lower Mesopotamia; Carchemish, on the right bank of the Euphrates in Lat. 36° 30' nearly; Hamath, the "great Hamath" of Amos ( Amos 6:2 ), in Coelesyria on the routes; Arpad, perhaps... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:10

As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols. "Found" here means "reached," "punished … subjugated." It is quite in accordance with Assyrian ideas that the conquered countries should be called "kingdoms of the idols" (literally, "no gods"). The Assyrian monarchs regarded their own gods as alone really deserving of the name, and made war very much with the object of proving the superiority of their deities over those of their neighbors. Hence their practice of carrying off the idols from... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:11

Shall I not … so do to Jerusalem and her idols ? The speaker ignores the fact of any difference in kind between the religion of Judaea and that of the neighboring countries. He speaks as if he knew nothing of any religion without idols. No doubt Assyrian ideas on the subject of the religion of the Jews were at this time, as they were even later ( 2 Kings 18:22 ), exceedingly vague and incorrect. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:12

Wherefore ; rather, but . The final result shall be such as "the Assyrian" little expected. When the Lord hath performed his whole work. The "work" assigned to Assyria was the destruction of the kingdom of Israel, and a share in the trial, punishment, and discipline of Judah. The last task seems to have been the humiliation of Manasseh, which brought about his repentance ( 2 Chronicles 33:11-13 ). Soon after this the troubles began which led to her destruction. I will punish . The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:12-14

God's judgments on pride. "These are the sentiments and boastings of Sennacherib, a proud Assyrian monarch, who viewed and treated cities just as we in Africa viewed and treated ostrich-nests, when they fell in our way; we seized the eggs as if they had been our own, because we had found them, and because there was no power that could prevent us. So did Sennacherib seize and plunder cities with as little compunction as we seized the eggs of the absent ostrich; never thinking of the misery... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:8

For he saith - This verse, and the subsequent verses to Isaiah 10:11, contain the vaunting of the king of Assyria, and the descriptions of his own confidence of success.Are not my princes altogether kings? - This is a confident boast of his “own” might and power. His own dominion was so great that even his princes were endowed with the ordinary power and “regalia” of kings. The word “princes,” may here refer either to those of his own family and court - to the satraps and officers of power in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:9

Is not Calno as Carchemish? - The meaning of this confident boasting is, that none of the cities and nations against which be had directed his arms, had been able to resist him. All had fallen before him; and all were alike prostrate at his feet. Carchemish had been unable to resist him, and Calno had shared the same fate. Arpad had fallen before him, and Hamath in like manner had been subdued. The words which are used here are the same nearly that Rabshakeh used when he was sent by Sennacherib... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:10-11

The argument in these two verses is this: ‘The nations which I have subdued were professedly under the protection of idol gods. Yet those idols were not able to defend them - though stronger than the gods worshipped by Jerusalem and Samaria. And is there any probability, therefore, that the protection on which you who are Jews are leaning, will be able to deliver you?’ Jerusalem he regarded as an idolatrous city, like others; and as all others had hitherto been unable to retard his movements,... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:5-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:12-14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:10-11

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