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Albert Barnes

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

Albert Barnes

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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 10:6-7

Isaiah 10:6-7. I will send him By my providence, giving him both opportunity and inclination to undertake this expedition; against a hypocritical nation Or, a profane nation, as the word חנ Šrather signifies; and against the people of my wrath The objects of my just wrath, devoted to destruction. To tread them down like the mire of the streets Easily to conquer them, and utterly to destroy them, as he did after this time. Howbeit, he meaneth not so He does not design the execution... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 10:5-34

Assyria’s pride and punishment (10:5-34)God is angry with the rebellious people of Israel and has used Assyria to punish them (5-6). Assyria, however, has no concern for God’s purposes and thinks it has won its victories by its own might. It therefore decides to attack Jerusalem, confident that it will conquer Judah as it has conquered other nations (7-9). It thinks that because the gods of other nations have not been able to save them from Assyria’s might, the God of Judah will not be able to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 10:6

hypocritical = impious, profane, godless, ' or irreligious. Compare Isaiah 9:17 with Isaiah 33:14 , the only other occurance in Isaiah. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 10:7

he meaneth not so = will not mean. The blindness of the instrument emphasizes the truth of the prophecy. think so = so intend. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 10:6

Isaiah 10:6. I will send him, &c.— The enarration follows the proposition; the first part of which, extending to the 13th verse, contains, first, the hypothesis and the occasion of the design of this king; namely, that by the permission of God, he should subvert the Ephraimitish state, and succeed while thus engaged. Secondly, the crimes committed by him in the execution of this divine judgment; Isaiah 10:7-11. Thirdly, the punishment decreed for him; Isaiah 10:12. The reason is assigned in... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 10:7-11

Isaiah 10:7-11. Howbeit, he meaneth not so, &c.— The prophet had taught the pious in what light they should consider the Assyrian, leading a large army with a splendid apparatus, and bringing under his power the people of God, so called, in the same manner as other nations; he shews that, though a great prince, he is only the minister of the divine providence and indignation; the executor of the counsels and decrees of the supreme ruler, Jehovah, the Lord of Hosts, without whom he could do... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:6

6. send him—"Kings' hearts are in the hand of the Lord" ( :-). hypocritical—polluted [HORSLEY]. nation—Judah, against whom Sennacherib was forming designs. of my wrath—objects of My wrath. give . . . charge— ( :-). and to tread, c.—HORSLEY translates: "And then to make him (the Assyrian) a trampling under foot like the mire of the streets" (so Isaiah 10:12 Isaiah 33:1; Zechariah 10:5). But see Isaiah 37:26. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:7

7. meaneth not so—He is only thinking of his own schemes, while God is overruling them to His purposes. think—intend. Sinners' plans are no less culpable, though they by them unconsciously fulfil God's designs (Psalms 76:10; Micah 4:12). So Joseph's brethren (Genesis 50:20; Proverbs 16:4). The sinner's motive, not the result (which depends on God), will be the test in judgment. heart to destroy . . . not a few—Sennacherib's ambition was not confined to Judea. His plan was also to conquer Egypt... read more

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