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HOWBEIT HE MEANETH NOT SO - It is not his purpose to be the
instrument, in the hand of God, of executing his designs. He has a
different plan; a plan of his own which he intends to accomplish.
NEITHE...
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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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HE MEANETH NOT SO. will not mean. The blindness of the instrument
emphasizes the truth of the prophecy.
THINK SO. so intend....
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_Howbeit he meaneth not so_ The charge is not so much that Asshur
exceeds his commission (as in Zechariah 1:15), as that he recognises
no commission at all; his policy is entirely oblivious of moral
i...
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Jehovah's plan contrasted with Assyria's purpose....
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HOWBEIT, HE MEANETH NOT SO, &C.— The prophet had taught the pious in
what light they should consider the Assyrian, leading a large army
with a splendid apparatus, and bringing under his power the peop...
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SCOURGE OF GOD
TEXT: Isaiah 10:5-11
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Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine
indignation!
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I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people of my
wra...
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Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is
in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
HOWBEIT HE MEANETH NOT SO - He is only thinking of his own schemes,
whi...
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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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HOWBEIT HE MEANETH NOT SO. — The thoughts which Isaiah puts into the
mouth of the Assyrian are exactly in accord with the supreme egotism
of the Sargon inscription, “I conquered,” “I besieged,” “I
bur...
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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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_So. He will not think that he is executing my vengeance, supposing
that he conquers by his own power._...
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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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_AN UNCONSCIOUS INSTRUMENT_
‘He meaneth not so.’
Isaiah 10:7
I. LITTLE DO BAD MEN WEEN, IN ALL THEIR PRIDE AND POWER, THAT THEY
ARE BUT RODS AND INSTRUMENTS IN THE HAND OF GOD, AND THAT HE WILL LAY...
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7._Yet he will not think so. _(161) When wicked men vomit out their
rage, they disturb weak minds, as if it were not in the power of God
to restrain their pride and fury. The Prophet therefore steps f...
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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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HOWBEIT HE MEANETH NOT SO, NEITHER DOTH HIS HEART THINK SO,.... His
purposes, intentions, and thoughts, were not as the Lord's; he did not
imagine that he was only the rod of his anger, and the staff...
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Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but [it
is] in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
Ver. 7. _Howbeit he meaneth not so._] He is otherwise minded and
affecte...
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_I will send him_ By my providence, giving him both opportunity and
inclination to undertake this expedition; _against a hypocritical
nation_ Or, _a profane nation_, as the word חנ Šrather signifies;...
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WOE AGAINST ASSYRIA...
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Howbeit he, that is, Assyria, MEANETH NOT SO, does not hold the same
idea that the Lord holds, NEITHER DOTH HIS HEART THINK SO, BUT IT IS
IN HIS HEART TO DESTROY AND CUT OFF NATIONS NOT A FEW, that is...
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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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HE MEANETH NOT SO; he doth not at all design the execution of my will.
and the glory of my justice, in punishing mine enemies; but only to
enlarge his own empire, and satisfy his own lusts; which is s...
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Isaiah 10:7 mean H1819 (H8762) heart H3824 think H2803 (H8799) heart
H3824 destroy H8045 (H8687) off...
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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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_Howbeit he meaneth not so_
MAN PROPOSES, BUT GOD DISPOSES
“He meaneth not so.
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1. The wise God often makes even the sinful passions and projects of
men subservient to His own great and holy purp...
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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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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 10:7 BUT HE DOES NOT SO INTEND. Events unfold
through human intentions but also, more deeply, through God’s
intention (see Luke 22:22;...
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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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Acts 13:27; Acts 2:23; Genesis 50:20; Isaiah 36:18; Isaiah 37:11;...
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Howbeit — He doth not design the execution of my will, but only to
enlarge his own empire. Which is seasonably added, to justify God in
his judgments threatened to the Assyrian. To cut off — To sacrif...