Isaiah 10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 10:5

O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger ,..... Either as calling him to come against the land of Israel to spoil it, so Kimchi; or as grieving that he was obliged to make use of him in such a manner against his people; or as threatening him with ruin. So the Targum, Septuagint, and all the Oriental versions render it, "woe to the Assyrian"; wherefore this, and what follows, serve to comfort the people of God; that though they should be carried captive by the Assyrians, yet they should be utterly... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 10:6

I will send him against a hypocritical nation ,.... The people of Israel, who might well be called so, since everyone of them was a hypocrite, Isaiah 9:17 pretending to love, fear, and serve the Lord, when it was only outwardly, and by profession, and not in deed, and in truth; their character contains the reason of the Lord's calling and sending the Assyrian to correct and chastise them: and against the people of my wrath : who provoked him to wrath, were deserving of it, and upon... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 10:7

Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so ,.... His purposes, intentions, and thoughts, were not as the Lord's; he did not imagine that he was only the rod of his anger, and the staff of his indignation, a minister of his wrath, and the executioner of his vengeance; he thought he was his own lord and master, and acted by his own power, and according to his own will, and was not under the direction and restraints of another; his intention was not to chastise and correct the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 10:8

For he saith, are not my princes altogether kings? Meaning either the kings which he had conquered, which were become his princes and subjects; or rather, such were the greatness and glory of his nobles, that they were equal in their riches and dominions to kings, and so were able to furnish him with men and money for such an expedition he had in his heart to undertake, even to conquer and subdue all the nations of the earth: and this he said either to his people, boasting of his grandeur;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 10:9

Is not Calno as Carchemish ?.... Jarchi's note is, "as the children of Carchemish are princes and rulers, so are the children of Calno;' as if this was giving an instance of the grandeur of his subjects; but much better is the Targum, "as Carchemish is subdued before me, shall not Calno be so?' as I or my ancestors have conquered the one, it is as easy for me to conquer the other; or as sure as the one is subject to me, so sure shall the other be; for Carchemish was a city... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 10:10

As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols ,.... Which worship idols, as the Targum paraphrases it. He speaks of them as being very easily taken by him; he had no trouble in subduing them; no sooner did he come up to them, and looked on them, and saw where they were, but they fell into his hands; they gave up themselves to him at once, and he took possession of them. And whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria ; being made of better metal, or more richly... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 10:11

Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria, and her idols ,.... Kimchi observes, that what is said in the preceding verses was said before Samaria was taken, but this after it was taken: so do to Jerusalem, and her idols ; he had taken Samaria, and carried the ten tribes captive, and now his eye was upon Judah and Jerusalem; and such was his insolence, impiety, and blasphemy, that he reckons the true God, whom the Jews worshipped, among the idols of the Gentiles, and upon a level with them,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 10:12

Wherefore it shall come to pass ,.... It shall surely be; what God has purposed in his heart, and published in his word, shall certainly be fulfilled: that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon Mount Zion, and on Jerusalem ; in correcting, chastising, and humbling the inhabitants thereof, by suffering them to be besieged by the Assyrian army. God sometimes makes use of wicked men to chastise his people; this is his work, and not theirs; and when he begins, he goes on, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 10:13

For he saith, by the strength of my hand I have done it ,.... Meaning either that by the power of his army, which was under his command, or by his own personal valour, he had subdued kings, taken their kingdoms and chief cities, and ascribes nothing to the power aud providence of God; and if such arrogance and haughtiness, in things of a civil nature, is an instance of vanity, and is resented by the Lord, then much more such conduct in things of a religious nature, when men ascribe... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 10:14

And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people ,.... With that ease as a man finds a nest of birds, and takes them: and as one gathereth eggs that are left ; by the bird, who not sitting upon them, there is none to protect them; whereas, when they are sat upon by the bird, she will flutter with her wings, and strike with her bill, and preserve them as well as she can: have I gathered all the earth ; the kingdoms and inhabitants of it, there being none to resist, or that... read more

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