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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 10:30

Cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anothoth "Hearken unto her, O Laish; answer her, O Anathoth!" - I follow in this the Syriac Version. The prophet plainly alludes to the name of the place, and with a peculiar propriety, if it had its name frown its remarkable echo. " ענתות anathoth , responsiones: eadem ratio nominis, quae in ענת בית beith anath , locus echus; nam hodienum ejus rudera ostenduntur in valle, scil. in medio montium, ut referent Robertus in Itiner. p. 70, et... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:20-34

CONSOLATION FOR THE FAITHFUL IN ISRAEL . The destruction of Assyria shall be followed—how soon, is not said—by the return of a "remnant of Israel," not so much to their own land, as to God ( Isaiah 10:20 , Isaiah 10:21 ). The remnant, however, shall be but a remnant—judgment shall have overtaken the balk of the people ( Isaiah 10:22 , Isaiah 10:23 ). Still, there is reason for the faithful to take courage and be of good heart; Assyria will shortly receive a check ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:24-34

The mighty laid low. I. ENCOURAGEMENT AGAINST FEAR . Let not Judah fear the Assyrian, who, like the Egyptian in the days of yore, wields over her the rod of the slave-driver. In a short time, the hot tide of Divine wrath will pass from Israel, and the Assyrians will in turn feel it. The scourge that was laid in the ancient time on the back of the Egyptian oppressor will be brandished over the heads of the Assyrians. Their burden will fall from Judah's shoulder, from Judah's neck the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:24-34

Rout and re-establishment: Divine interposition. I. THE APPEARANCE OF OVERWHELMING POWER ON THE SIDE OF SIN . The prophet gives a vivid description in Isaiah 10:28 -38 of the triumphant march of the Assyrian. Everybody and everything yields at his approach; opposition melts before him; his adversary is in his power; already his hand is on the prize he seeks. Sin often seems to be on a march that is irresistible, and to be secure of victory. Numbers, wealth, learning,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:27

The yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing ; literally, before the oil ; i.e. "the Anointed One"—primarily Hezekiah, "the anointed of the Lord" ( 2 Samuel 19:21 ; 2 Kings 11:12 ; Lamentations 4:20 ) for the time being, but with a further refer-once to the Messiah, who breaks all the bands of the wicked asunder, and casts away their cords from him ( Psalms 2:2 , Psalms 2:3 ); and who is represented by each prince of the house of David, as he was by David himself. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:27

Blessings through the anointing. Blessings come to men " through the anointing" in a twofold way: I. THROUGH THE ANOINTING OF JESUS . The anointing of Jesus was that complete sanctification of his human nature by the Holy Spirit, which resulted from his most close and perfect union with the other Persons of the ever-blessed Trinity, whereby his human nature was never left an instant without the Spirit's gracious influence, but was ever, as it developed itself, sanctified in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:27

The power of the anointing. This verse is an exceedingly difficult one , because containing a poetical figure which modern associations do not readily explain. Literally, it seems to read, "The yoke shall be destroyed from before the oil," or "the fat." For various explanations see the Expository portion of the Commentary. What is clear is, that the yoke referred to is the bondage of Assyria laid on the house of David. This yoke shall be presently removed. The deep reason for the removal... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:28

He is come to Aiath . "Aiath" is probably Ai ( Joshua 8:1-28 ), with a feminine termination. It lay about three miles south of Bethel, which had become Assyrian with the conquest of Samaria. If an Assyrian army mustered at Bethel, it would naturally enter Judaean territory at Ai. He is passed to Migron ; rather, he has passed through Migron . "Migron" is mentioned as a village in the territory of Gibeah of Benjamin ( 1 Samuel 14:2 ); but the Migron of this passage must have been... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:28-32

This graphic portraiture of the march of an Assyrian army on Jerusalem is probably not historic, but prophetic. Isaiah sees it in vision ( Isaiah 1:1 ), and describes it like an eye-witness. There are at present no sufficient means of deciding to what particular attack it refers, or indeed whether the march is one conducted by Sennacherib or Sargon. Sargon calls himself in one inscription " conqueror of the land of Judah" (Layard, 'Inscriptions,' Isaiah 33:8 ), and the details of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 10:29

They are gone over the passage . The "passage of Michmash" ( 1 Samuel 13:23 )—the deeply sunken valley, called now the Wady Sutveinit , between Michmash ( Mukkmas ) and Geba ( Jeba ). They have taken up their lodging at Geba ; or, at Geba they rest for the night . Having crossed the wady, they bivouac on the crest of the hills enclosing it on the south. Ramah … Gibeah of Saul . Ramah is, no doubt, Er-Ram , a village on an eminence, as the name implies, about six miles... read more

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