Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:7
Howbeit he meaneth not so - It is not his purpose to be the instrument, in the hand of God, of executing his designs. He has a different plan; a plan of his own which he intends to accomplish.Neither doth his heart think so - He does not intend or design it. The “heart” here, is put to express “purpose, or will.”It is “in his heart to cut off nations - Utterly to destroy or to annihilate their political existence.Not a few - The ambitious purpose of Sennacherib was not confined to Judea. His... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:6
I will send him - Implying that he was entirely in the hand of God, and subject to his direction; and showing that God has control over kings and conqueror’s; Proverbs 21:1.Against an hypocritical nation - Whether the prophet here refers to Ephraim, or to Judah, or to the Jewish people in general, has been an object of inquiry among interpreters. As the designs of Sennacherib were mainly against Judah. it is probable that that part of the nation was intended. This is evidently the case, if, as... read more