Isaiah 10:27

Because of the anointing] i.e. because of the anointed king of David's house to which God has promised a lasting kingdom. But RV 'by reason of fatness.' A new metaphor. Judah is compared to a bullock which grows so fat and strong that a yoke can no longer be imposed upon it. A conjectural emendation by Robertson Smith makes the last sentence of this v. read, 'There cometh up from the north the destroyer.'

28-32. The prophet reverts to the present. The Assyrian advance and consequent panic vividly portrayed.