Isaiah 30:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Here begins the last part of the chapter, wherein he gives them an earnest of those greater mercies promised for times to come, by assuring them of the approaching destruction of the Assyrian forces. The name of the Lord; the Lord himself: for as the names of men are oft put for the men themselves, as Numbers 26:53 Acts 1:15 Revelation 3:4, Revelation 11:13; so the name of God is frequently put for God, as Genesis 4:26 Deuteronomy 28:58 Psalms 20:1,7, &c. Cometh from far; from a very remote place, even from heaven, whence God sent his angel to destroy them, Isaiah 37:36. Possibly this expression may respect the judgment of the Assyrians, who looked upon God as one afar off, not only in his presence, which they thought to be confined to heaven, but in his care of and affections to the Jews; and therefore no more expected any opposition from him than from them who live in the ends of the earth. The burden thereof is heavy; he will inflict heavy judgments upon them. His lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire; he hath pronounced a severe sentence against them, and will give command for the execution of it.