Isaiah 10:12-16

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 10:5-19

The destruction of the kingdom of Israel by Shalmaneser king of Assyria was foretold in the foregoing chapter, and it had its accomplishment in the sixth year of Hezekiah, 2 Kgs. 18:10. It was total and final, head and tail were all cut off. Now the correction of the kingdom of Judah by Sennacherib king of Assyria is foretold in this chapter; and this prediction was fulfilled in the fourteenth year of Hezekiah, when that potent prince, encouraged by the successes of his predecessor against the... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 10:15

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith ?.... Hitherto are the words of the Assyrian monarch; and here begin the words of the prophet, rebuking him for his pride, and deriding his vain boasting, in attributing that to himself, to his wisdom and power, who was but an instrument, which belonged to God, the sole Governor and wise orderer of all things; which was all one as if an axe should ascribe the cutting down of trees to itself, and insist on it that the man that cut... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 10:16

Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts ,.... Because of the pride, and arrogance, and vain boasting of the Assyrian monarch, which was resented by the Lord, he is threatened with what follows; and in order to humble him, and to show that God is above him, these titles are used; "the Lord", the Lord of the whole earth, and the King of kings, and Lord of lords; "the Lord of hosts", of armies above and below, of more and greater armies than what the king of Assyria was lord of; and... read more

Adam Clarke

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

Adam Clarke

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

Adam Clarke

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

Adam Clarke

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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