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Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 10:1-34

The first four verses, are properly a part of the preseding chapter, and contain a severe reproof of the magistrates who wrested the judgment of the poor and needy. Isaiah 10:5 . Oh Assyrian. Hebrews הוי hoi or eheu, ho. Though the LXX read here and verse first, woe; yet it is also an interjection of calling, or of reproach, as in Isaiah 1:4. Ah, sinful nation. Isaiah 55:1. Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters. Jeremiah 47:6. Oh thou sword of the Lord. Thus God calls... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Isaiah 10:5-34

Isaiah 10:5-34O Assyrian“O Assyrian”“Ho Asshur,” the name both of the people and its national god.(Prof. J. Skinner, D. D.)The judgment of the world powerThe leading idea of the passage is the contrast between the mission assigned to Assyria in the scheme of Jehovah’s providence, and the ambitious policy of universal dominion cherished by the rulers of that empire, Assyria was the instrument chosen by Jehovah to manifest His sole Deity by the extinction of all the nationalities that put their... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Isaiah 10:6

Isa 10:6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. Ver. 6. I will send him … I will give him a charge.] Non patefacta quidem voluntate, sed arcana providentia, I will stir him up by a secret providence, which, being nothing else but the carrying on of the divine decree, is that helm that turneth about the whole ship of the universe. ... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 10:6

against: Isaiah 9:17, Isaiah 19:17, Isaiah 29:13, Isaiah 30:9-1 Kings :, Isaiah 33:14, Jeremiah 3:10, Jeremiah 4:14, Matthew 15:7 will I give: Isaiah 10:13, Isaiah 10:14, Isaiah 37:26, Isaiah 37:27, Isaiah 41:25, Isaiah 45:1-Deuteronomy :, Jeremiah 25:9, Jeremiah 34:22, Jeremiah 47:6, Jeremiah 47:7 tread them: Heb. lay them a treading, Isaiah 22:5, Isaiah 63:3, Isaiah 63:6, 2 Samuel 22:43, Micah 7:10, Zechariah 10:5 Reciprocal: 1 Kings 16:7 - because he killed him 2 Kings 5:1 - by him 2... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Isaiah 10:6

I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.Send him — By my providence, giving him both occasion and inclination to this expedition. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 10:6

6. Against Or, upon. A hypocritical nation Israel is meant, but Judah is not to escape. The Assyrian knew not that God sends him, or allows him, with far different purpose from his own, to invade his fallen people, the people of his wrath who have persistently become objects of divine disfavour. To take… spoil… prey Literally, To spoil spoil, and to prey prey. The Hebrew has a strong, though meagre, vocabulary. To tread them down Hebrew, To lay them a treading. Psalms 18:42. read more

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