CHAPTER ISAIAH 10:1 THE FOURTH CHASTISEMENT. BAD LEADERSHIP, RANK INJUSTICE, AND CAPTIVITY (ISAIAH 10:1). Analysis. · Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write trouble (Isaiah 10:1). · To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right of the poor of... [ Continue Reading ]
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 might think that they are acting under the instructions of their own gods, but the real truth is that th... [ Continue Reading ]
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's call on Assyria to fulfil His will and act as His punitive rod, and Assyria's subsequent arrogan... [ Continue Reading ]
2). ASSYRIA WILL BE PUNISHED BECAUSE OF ITS ARROGANCE (ISAIAH 10:16). The punishment that Yahweh will bring on Assyria is now described. Yahweh will personally act to humble him. Analysis. a Therefore will the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, send among his sturdy (fat) ones, leanness, and under his glory... [ Continue Reading ]
3). AFTERWARDS A REMNANT OF ISRAEL THE NORTHERN KINGDOM WILL TURN BACK TO GOD (ISAIAH 10:20). At this time Isaiah's vision is fixed on Assyria, the mighty power of the day. He sees everything in terms of Assyria as the ‘now', and what follows as being ‘afterwards'. It is only later that he becomes... [ Continue Reading ]
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 remove the yoke from off their necks. Analysis. a Therefore thus says the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, “O... [ Continue Reading ]
ASSYRIA'S ADVANCE ON JERUSALEM (ISAIAH 10:28). We now have a very vivid representation of the onward march of Assyria towards Jerusalem as he approached Hezekiah's Jerusalem. Analysis. a He has come to Aiath, he has passed through Migron, at Michmash he lays up his baggage (Isaiah 10:28). b They... [ Continue Reading ]