Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:9
9. Is not . . . as—Was there any one of these cities able to withstand me? Not one. So Rab-shakeh vaunts (Isaiah 36:19). Calno—Calneh, built by Nimrod (Genesis 10:10), once his capital, on the Tigris. Carchemish—Circesium, on the Euphrates. Taken afterwards by Necho, king of Egypt; and retaken by Nebuchadnezzar: by the Euphrates (Genesis 10:10- :). Hamath—in Syria, north of Canaan (Genesis 10:18). Taken by Assyria about 753 B.C. From it colonists were planted by Assyria in Samaria. Arpad—near... read more
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