Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 10:2
My people - Instead of עמי ammi , my people, many MSS., and one of my own, ancient, read עמו ammo , his people. But this is manifestly a corruption. read more
Isaiah 10
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 10:4
Without me - That is, without my aid: they shall be taken captive even by the captives, and shall be subdued even by the vanquished. "The י yod in בלתי bilti is a pronoun, as in Hosea 13:4 ." - Kimchi on the place. One MS. has לבלתי lebilti . As the people had hitherto lived without God in worship and obedience; so they should now be without his help, and should perish in their transgressions. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 10:5
O Assyrian "Ho to the Assyrian" - Here begins a new and distinct prophecy, continued to the end of the twelfth chapter: and it appears from Isaiah 10:9-11 ; of this chapter, that this prophecy was delivered after the taking of Samaria by Shalmaneser; which was in the sixth year of the reign of Hezekiah: and as the former part of it foretells the invasion of Sennacherib, and the destruction of his army, which makes the whole subject of this chapter it must have been delivered before the... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 10:12
The Lord "Jehovah" - For אדני Adonai , fourteen MSS. and three editions read יהוה Yehovah . The fruit "The effect" - " פרי peri , f. צבי tsebi , vid. Isaiah 13:19 , sed confer, Proverbs 1:31 ; Proverbs 31:16 , Proverbs 31:31 ." - Secker. The Chaldee renders the word פרי peri by עיבדי obadey , works; which seems to be the true sense; and I have followed it. - L. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 10:13
Like a valiant man "Strongly seated" - Twelve MSS. agree with the Keri in reading כביר kabbir , without the א aleph . And Sal. ben Melec and Kimchi thus explain it:" them who dwelled in a great and strong place I have brought down to the ground." read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 10:15
No wood "Its master" - I have here given the meaning, without attempting to keep to the expression of the original, עץ לא lo ets , "the no-wood;" that which is not wood like itself, but of a quite different and superior nature. The Hebrews have a peculiar way of joining the negative particle לא lo to a noun, to signify in a strong manner a total negation of the thing expressed by the noun. "How hast thou given help ( כח ללא lelo choach ) to the no-strength? And saved the arm... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 10:16
The Lord "Jehovah" - For אדני Adonai , fifty-two MSS., eleven editions, and two of my own, ancient, read יהוה , Yehovah , as in other cases. And under his glory - That is, all that he could boast of as great and strong in his army, (Sal. ben Melec in loc.), expressed afterwards, Isaiah 10:18 , by the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 10:17
And it shall burn and devour his thorns "And he shall burn and consume his thorn" - The briers and thorns are the common people; the glory of his forest are the nobles and those of highest rank and importance. See note on Isaiah 9:17 , and compare Ezekiel 20:47 . The fire of God's wrath shall destroy them, both great and small; it shall consume them from the soul to the flesh; a proverbial expression; soul and body, as we say; it shall consume them entirely and altogether; and the few... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 10:21
The remnant shalt return - unto the mighty God - גבור אל El gibbor , the mighty or conquering God; the Messiah, the same person mentioned in Isaiah 10:6 ; of the preceding chapter. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 10
God's judgments against oppressive rulers, Isaiah 10:1-4 . The prophet foretells the invasion of Sennacherib, and the destruction of his army. That mighty monarch is represented as a rod in the hand of God to correct his people for their sins; and his ambitious purposes, contrary to his own intentions, are made subservient to the great desires of Providence, Isaiah 10:5-11 . Having accomplished this work, the Almighty takes account of his impious vauntings, Isaiah 10:12-14 ; and... read more