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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:1

Wo unto them that decree unrighteous decrees - To those who frame statutes that are oppressive and iniquitous. The prophet here refers, doubtless, to the rulers and judges of the land of Judea. A similar description he had before given; Isaiah 1:10, Isaiah 1:23, ...And that write ... - Hebrew, ‘And to the writers who write violence.’ The word translated “grievousness,” עמל ‛âmâl, denotes properly “wearisome labor, trouble, oppression, injustice.” Here, it evidently refers to the judges who... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:2

To turn aside - Their sentences have the effect, and are designed to have, to pervert justice, and to oppress the poor, or to deprive them of their rights and just claims; compare Isaiah 29:21; Proverbs 27:5.The needy - daliym - דלים dalı̂ym. Those of humble rank and circumstances; who have no powerful friends and defenders. “From judgment.” From obtaining justice.And to take away - To take away by violence and oppression. The word גזל gāzal, is commonly applied to robbery, and to oppression;... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:3

And what will ye do - The prophet here proceeds to denounce the judgment, or punishment, that would follow the crimes specified in the previous verses. That punishment was the invasion of the land by a foreign force. ‘What will ye do? To whom will you fly? What refuge will them be?’ Implying that the calamity would be so great that there would be no refuge, or escape.In the day of visitation - The word “visitation” (פקדה peqûddâh) is used here in the sense of God’s coming to punish them for... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:4

Without me - בלתי biltı̂y. There has been a great variety of interpretation affixed to this expression. The sense in which our translators understood it was, evidently, that they should be forsaken of God; and that, as the effect of this, they should bow down under the condition of captives, or among the slain. The Vulgate and the Septuagint, however. and many interpreters understand the word bore as a simple negative. ‘Where will you flee for refuge? Where will you deposit your wealth so as... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:5

O Assyrian - The word הוי hôy, is commonly used to denounce wrath, or to indicate approaching calamity; as an interjection of threatening; Isaiah 1:4. ‘Wo sinful nation;’ Isaiah 10:8, Isaiah 10:11, Isaiah 10:18, Isaiah 10:20-21; Jeremiah 48:1; Ezekiel 13:2. The Vulgate so understands it here: Vae Assur; and the Septuagint, Οὐαι Ἀσσυρίοις Ouai Assuriois - ‘Woe to the Assyrians.’ So the Chaldee and the Syriac. It is not then a simple address to the Assyrian; but a form denouncing wrath on the... read more

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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

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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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:8

For he saith - This verse, and the subsequent verses to Isaiah 10:11, contain the vaunting of the king of Assyria, and the descriptions of his own confidence of success.Are not my princes altogether kings? - This is a confident boast of his “own” might and power. His own dominion was so great that even his princes were endowed with the ordinary power and “regalia” of kings. The word “princes,” may here refer either to those of his own family and court - to the satraps and officers of power in... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 10:1-2

Isaiah 10:1-2. Wo, &c. The first four verses of this chapter are closely connected with the foregoing, and ought to have been joined thereto, being a continuation of the subject treated of in it. We have here the fourth evil charged on the people, and the punishment of it. The sin complained of is the injustice of the magistrates and judges, who decreed unrighteous decrees That is, made unjust laws, and gave forth unjust sentences, which is termed in the next clause, writing... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 10:3-4

Isaiah 10:3-4. What will ye do To save yourselves? in the day of visitation? When I shall come to visit you in wrath, as the next words limit the expression. The desolation which shall come from far From the Assyrians. This he adds, because the Israelites, having weakened the Jews, and being in amity with the Syrians, their next neighbours, were secure. To whom will ye flee for help To the Syrians, as now you do? But they shall be destroyed together with you, 2 Kings 16:9; and where... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 10:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 10:1-2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 10:3-4

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