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Verse Isaiah 10:15. _NO WOOD_ - "Its master."] I have here given the
meaning, without attempting to keep to the expression of the original,
לא עץ _lo ets_, "the no-wood;" that which is not wood like...
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SHALL THE AXE ... - In this verse God reproves the pride and arrogance
of the Assyrian monarch. He does it by reminding him that he was the
mere instrument in his hand, to accomplish his purposes; and...
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CHAPTER 10
The Assyrian, His invasion of Immanuel's land, and His end
1. _The first four verses belong to the preceding chapter. A
description of the Assyrian enemy (Isaiah 10:5)_ 2. _The overthrow o...
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ASSYRIA'S BOASTFULNESS AND ITS PUNISHMENT. This prophecy, so far as it
is Isaiah's, must be later than the capture of Carchemish in 717 and
before Sennacherib's invasion in 701. Narrower limits cannot...
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BOAST ITSELF. Hebrew. _pa'ar._ Not therefore peculiar to the "latter"
portion of Isaiah (Isaiah 44:23, &c), as alleged.
SHAKE ITSELF AGAINST. brandish.
LIFT UP ITSELF, AS IF IT WERE NO WOOD. raise h...
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To a believer in the divine government of the world the
self-exaltation of Assyria is as ludicrous as if a tool were to vaunt
itself against the man who uses it. The two last clauses are
exclamations....
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DISCOURSE: 874
PRIDE AND DOWNFALL OF THE ASSYRIAN MONARCH
Isaiah 10:12. It shall come to pass, that, when the Lord hath
performed his whole work upon Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will
punish the fru...
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SHALL THE AXE BOAST ITSELF, &C.— The prophet here refutes the
Assyrian, in a grave discourse, adapted to humble his pride. He
teaches what he had before declared, that in all his counsels,
motions, wo...
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SMITING OF THE SCOURGE
TEXT: Isaiah 10:12-19
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Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord hath performed
his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the
fruit of the s...
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Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or
shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the
rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the...
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10:15 wood! (c-44) Or 'the staff lift up [itself] as if it were not
wood.'...
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The prophet now speaks in indignant retort to the vainglorious
boasting of the Assyrian; how can he, being but an instrument of
providence, exalt himself against Jehovah?
AS IF THE ROD, etc.] RV 'as...
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5. AND THE STAFF IN THEIR HAND] RV 'the staff in whose hand': Jehovah
speaks, declaring the Assyrian the minister of His wrath....
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 10
GOD’S JUDGEMENT AGAINST EVIL LAWS
V1 *Woe to those who make crue...
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The king of Assyria has made a great mistake. Military arms may be the
most modern and efficient. But unless the soldiers are able to use
them, the arms have no value whatever....
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SHALL THE AX BOAST ITSELF...? — The words spoken by the prophet as
the mouthpiece of Jehovah remind us of the way in which Christian
writers of the fifth century spoke of Attila as “the scourge of
God...
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הֲ יִתְפָּאֵר֙ הַ גַּרְזֶ֔ן עַ֖ל הַ
חֹצֵ֣ב
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CHAPTER IX
ATHEISM OF FORCE AND ATHEISM OF FEAR
ABOUT 721 B.C.
Isaiah 10:5
IN chapter 28 Isaiah, speaking in the year 725 when Salmanassar IV was
marching on Samaria, had explained to the politicia...
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THE MIGHTY LAID LOW
Isaiah 10:5-19
This question is addressed to the Assyrian invader, described as God's
staff and rod. He was the means of inflicting deserved penalty on the
world of that age, and...
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This is a prophecy of judgment on Assyria, and is full of interest.
Assyria is the power which Jehovah is using for the punishment of His
people, but because it fails to understand its true relation t...
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Shall the (k) axe boast itself against him that heweth with it? [or]
shall the saw magnify itself against him that moveth it? as if the rod
should shake [itself] against them that lift it, [or] as if...
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I pray the Reader to remark with me, how the Lord taketh to himself
the whole of the destruction of Judah. If the Assyrian destroy the
kingdom, it is because the Lord hath commissioned and appointed i...
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_THE WORKER AND HIS TOOLS_
‘Shall the axe boast itself against him that beweth therewith? or
shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the
rod should shake itself against them t...
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15._Shall the axe boast? _He now ridicules more strongly the mad
effrontery of the Assyrians in imagining that he could create
mountains of gold; for he tells us that the case is the same as if _an
ax...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9:8-21, 10, 11, AND 12.
In Isaiah 9:8 the Spirit, having given the great leading facts as to
Messiah, Immanuel, resumes the general history of Israel without...
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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...
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Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? [or]
shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the
rod should shake [itself] against them that lift it up, [or] as i...
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_Shall the axe boast itself_, &c. How absurd is it for thee, who art
but an instrument in God's hand, to blaspheme thy Lord and Master, who
has as great power over thee as a man hath over the axe wher...
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Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth therewith? Or shall
the saw magnify Itself against him that shaketh it, drawing it to and
fro in severing the wood? It is just as foolish for a tool t...
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WOE AGAINST ASSYRIA...
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AS IF THE ROD SHOULD SHAKE ITSELF AGAINST THEM:
Or, as if a rod should shake them that lift it up
ITSELF, AS IF IT WERE NO WOOD:
Or, that which is not wood...
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5-19 See what a change sin made. The king of Assyria, in his pride,
thought to act by his own will. The tyrants of the world are tools of
Providence. God designs to correct his people for their hypoc...
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SHALL THE AXE BOAST ITSELF AGAINST HIM THAT HEWETH THEREWITH? How
absurd and unreasonable a thing is it for thee, who art but an
instrument in God's hand, and canst do nothing without his leave and
he...
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Isaiah 10:15 ax H1631 boast H6286 (H8691) chops H2672 (H8802) saw
H4883 exalt H1431 (H8691) saws...
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CHAPTER ISAIAH 10:5 ASSYRIA WILL ADVANCE AND CONQUER AS A JUDGMENT ON
GOD'S PEOPLE BUT WILL FINALLY BE BROUGHT DOWN, FOR FINAL DELIVERANCE
IS CERTAIN.
In the remainder of this chapter is described God...
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1). GOD FIRST CALLS ON HIS SELECTED INSTRUMENT TO ACT BUT THEN
REBUKES HIM FOR OVERREACTING (ISAIAH 10:5).
In this vivid illustration Assyria is depicted as being the rod of
God's anger. Assyria migh...
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CONTENTS: The commission to invade Judah and its execution.
Threatening of the invaders ruin after serving God's purpose. New
encouragement given to God's people.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: God som...
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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...
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_Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith?_
THE DIVINE SUPREMACY
All the various orders of creatures, natural and supernatural, animate
and inanimate, are under the control of the...
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_O 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 POWER
The leading idea of the passage is the contrast...
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MAN PROPOSES, GOD DISPOSES
Isaiah 10:7. _Howbeit He meaneth not so, &c._
“Man appoints, but God disappoints,” “Man proposes, but God
disposes,” are proverbs which sum up a good deal of human
experien...
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THE ASSYRIAN INVASION OF JUDAH
Isaiah 10:5. _O Assyrian, the rod of Mine anger, &c._
This prophecy may be used to illustrate the following truths of
abiding interest.
I. THE POWER OF EMPIRES AND THE...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 10:1
The prophecy begun in Isaiah 9:8 terminates with this stanza, which
contains a warning against injustice and oppression, addressed to
Israel and Judah equally, and accompanied...
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Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write
grievousness which they have prescribed; To turn aside the needy from
judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, tha...
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Ezekiel 28:9; Isaiah 10:5; Jeremiah 51:20; Psalms 17:13; Psalms 17:1
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The ax — How absurd is it, for thee, who art but an instrument in
God's hand, to blaspheme thy Lord and master, who has as great power
over thee, as a man hath over the ax wherewith he heweth?...