George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 10:24
Egypt. He sent Rabsaces from Lachis, when he set out to meet Tharaca, 4 Kings xix.
Egypt. He sent Rabsaces from Lachis, when he set out to meet Tharaca, 4 Kings xix.
Verse Isaiah 10:24. _AFTER THE MANNER OF EGYPT_ - "In the way of Egypt."] I think there is a designed ambiguity in these words. Sennacherib, soon after his return from his Egyptian expedition, which,...
THEREFORE ... - In this verse the prophet returns to the main subject of this prophecy, which is to comfort the people of Jerusalem with the assurance that the army of the Assyrian would be destroyed....
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...
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...
SMITE THEE WITH. smite thee [indeed] with, &c. ROD. club....
_O my people that dwellest in Zion_ Cf. ch. Isaiah 14:32; Isaiah 30:19. Dwelling in Zion is the emblem of security, since it is there that Jehovah will beat back and destroy the Assyrian (Isaiah 10:32...
THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD— We have here the fourth part of the enarration, in which the above prophecy is applied to the consolation of the people of God, and wherein is _first_ the proposition, I...
SALVATION OF THE REMNANT TEXT: Isaiah 10:20-27 20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and they that are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again lean upon h...
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manne...
5. AND THE STAFF IN THEIR HAND] RV 'the staff in whose hand': Jehovah speaks, declaring the Assyrian the minister of His wrath....
HE SHALL SMITE, etc.] RV 'though he smite,' etc. AFTER THE MANNER, etc.] alluding to the oppressive cruelty of Pharaoh....
Long ago, the *Egyptians were very cruel to the *Israelites (see Exodus 1:11)....
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...
O MY PEOPLE... BE NOT AFRAID OF THE ASSYRIAN. — The practical conclusion of all that has been said is, that the people should not give way to panic as they had done in the days of Ahaz (Isaiah 7:2), b...
לָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֞ר אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ צְבָאֹ֔ות...
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...
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...
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner...
I do not think it necessary to swell the page of my Commentary, by making particular observations on this passage. What might be said here, may be said, and hath been indeed said often, and one genera...
24._Therefore, thus saith the Lord Jehovah of hosts. _He goes on with the same consolation, which belongs to the godly alone, who at that time, undoubtedly, were few in number. A great number of perso...
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...
THEREFORE THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS,.... Since there is such a decree, and this will certainly be executed: O MY PEOPLE, THAT DWELLEST IN ZION; the inhabitants of Jerusalem; such of them espec...
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner...
_Therefore_, &c. We have here the fourth part of the enarration, or unfolding of the proposition, mentioned Isaiah 10:5, namely, the application of it to the consolation of the people of God: to which...
Therefore, because the Lord will judge and destroy the unbelieving world, THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS, in a call full of reassuring comfort, O MY PEOPLE THAT DWELLEST IN ZION, the true Church of...
THE REDEMPTION OF THE REMNANT OF ISRAEL...
AND SHALL LIFT UP HIS STAFF AGAINST THEE: Or, but he shall lift up his staff for thee...
20-34 By our afflictions we may learn not to make creatures our confidence. Those only can with comfort stay upon God, who return to him in truth, not in pretence and profession only. God will justly...
THEREFORE: this is an inference, not from the words immediately foregoing, but from the whole prophecy. Seeing the Assyrian shall be destroyed, and a remnant of my people preserved and restored. IN ZI...
Isaiah 10:24 says H559 (H8804) Lord H136 GOD H3069 hosts H6635 people H5971 dwell H3427 (H8802) Zion...
AND WHILE ZION WILL ALSO COME UNDER ASSYRIA'S ROD THEY TOO WILL BE FINALLY DELIVERED (ISAIAH 10:24). Zion too will come under Assyria's rod. But they are not to be dismayed. For eventually God will r...
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...
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...
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...
_O My people, that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian_ FORBIDDEN FEAR It is against the mind and will of God that His people, whatever happens, should give way to that fear which has to...
_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...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 10:24 Fearful Zion is made confident in God’s promises. ⇐ ⇔...
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...
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...
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...
Exodus 1:10; Exodus 14:21; Exodus 14:9; Exodus 15:6; Hebrews 12:22
Therefore — This is an inference, not from the words immediately foregoing, but from the whole prophecy. Seeing the Assyrian shall be destroyed. Smite — He shall afflict, but not destroy thee. Egypt —...