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Isaiah 10:1 open_in_new
write. ordain, or register; legalize iniquities.
grievousness. oppression.
prescribed. written.
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Isaiah 10:2 open_in_new
poor. Hebrew. 'ani. See note on Proverbs 6:11.
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Isaiah 10:3 open_in_new
desolation. storm.
leave. secure, or put in safe keeping. Hebrew. 'azab,. Homonym with two meanings. See note on Exodus 23:5.
glory. honour.
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Isaiah 10:4 open_in_new
bow down under the prisoners. captives will be enough to make you bow down.
fall under the slain. mortally wounded ones [will be enough] to make you fall.
For, &c. See note on Isaiah 9:12.
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Isaiah 10:5 open_in_new
O Assyrian. Not woe to the Assyrian. That woe comes later (Compare Isaiah 17:12, and Isaiah 33:1), after the latest woes on Ephraim and Judah. This is. Divine summons.
Assyrian. The monuments tell us that this was Sargon, the father of Sennacherib.
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Isaiah 10:6 open_in_new
hypocritical. impious, profane, godless,. or irreligious. Compare Isaiah 9:17 with Isaiah 33:14, the only other occurance in Isaiah.
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Isaiah 10:7 open_in_new
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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Isaiah 10:8 open_in_new
he saith. he will say.
altogether. all of them.
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Isaiah 10:10 open_in_new
As. According as.
idols. nothings.
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Isaiah 10:11 open_in_new
idols. effigies.
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Isaiah 10:12 open_in_new
Wherefore. And.
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Isaiah 10:13 open_in_new
people. peoples.
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Isaiah 10:14 open_in_new
found as. nest. Supply the Ellipsis thus: "found [means to reach] as. nest". peeped. See note on Isaiah 8:19.
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Isaiah 10:15 open_in_new
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 him that lifteth it up.
no wood: i.e. the user of it (who is flesh and blood, not wood).
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Isaiah 10:16 open_in_new
kindle. burning. be like. burning. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6). Hebrew. yekad yekod kikod = kindle. kindling. kindling.
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Isaiah 10:17 open_in_new
in one day. So it was (2 Kings 19:35),
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Isaiah 10:18 open_in_new
body. flesh. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, for the whole body.
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Isaiah 10:19 open_in_new
child. lad.
write. reckon.
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Isaiah 10:20 open_in_new
that day. Passing on to the final fulfilment in the day of the LORD.
the house of Jacob. See note on Isaiah 2:5.
the Holy One of Israel. See note on Isaiah 1:4.
in truth. Hebrew. be'emeth. Occurs three times in the "former" portion (here; Isaiah 16:5; Isaiah 38:3); and twice in the "latter" portion (Isaiah 48:1; Isaiah 61:8). See App-79.
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Isaiah 10:21 open_in_new
The remnant shall return. Hebrew. Shear-jashub. See Isaiah 7:3. So they did. Compare 2 Chronicles 30:1-13, esp. Isaiah 10:6.
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Isaiah 10:22 open_in_new
though, &c. Quoted in Romans 9:27; Romans 9:28.
as the sand, &c. Figure of speech Paraemia. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 22:17; Genesis 32:12, &c).
consumption. full end, or finish. Hebrew. killayon. Reference to Pentateuch. Occurs only here, and Deuteronomy 28:65. App-92.
with. in.
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Isaiah 10:23 open_in_new
consumption. consummation. Hebrew. kalfih,
determined. decreed.
all. Some codices, with five early printed editions, omit "all".
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Isaiah 10:24 open_in_new
smite thee with. smite thee [indeed] with, &c.
rod. club.
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Isaiah 10:25 open_in_new
anger. anger [shall cease].
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Isaiah 10:26 open_in_new
according to. like.
Midian. Compare Isaiah 9:4, and Judges 7:25.
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Isaiah 10:27 open_in_new
shall be destroyed. will rot.
because of the anointing. before the face (at the sight) of the oil: i.e. in Gideon's lamps; and of the anointed One (Messiah).
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Isaiah 10:28 open_in_new
He is come. This is. prophetic description of Sennacherib's advance against Judah.
Aiath. Ai: now et Tell, or Khan Haiyan.
laid up. In anticipation of. speedy conquest of Jerusalem.
carriages. baggage (Old English). Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct) for what is carried.
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Isaiah 10:29 open_in_new
the passage. the ravine: i.e. Wady Suweinit. Compare lSamaritan Pentateuch Isa 13:23.
Geba. Now Jeb'a, near Michmash. Eamah. Now er Ram, five miles north of Jerusalem.
Gibeah. Now Tell el Ful, between Jerusalem and Emmaus, two and. half miles north of Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 10:30 open_in_new
Gallim. Not identified. Probably Beitfala' near Bethlehem.
Laish. Not Laish in the tribe of Dan. Anathoth. Now 'Anata. Three miles north-east of Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 10:31 open_in_new
Madmenah. Not identified.. town of Benjamin, near Jerusalem. See note on Isaiah 25:10.
Gebim. Not identified. North of Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 10:32 open_in_new
Nob.. city of the priests, in sight of Jerusalem, from whence Sennacherib shook his hand against the city. Nob only. half day's journey from Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 10:34 open_in_new
forest. Authorized Version, edition 1611, reads., "forests" (plural) These are Sennacherib's own figures of himself. See 2 Kings 19:23. Compare Isaiah 29:17; Ezekiel 31:3-8. Note the contrast in Isaiah 11:1.