And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
Am I now come up without the Lord against this land? - a boastful inference from the past successes of Assyria, designed to influence the Jews to surrender-their own principles bound them to yield to Yahweh's will. He may have heard from partisans in Judah, and deserters, if he was not one himself, what Isaiah had will. He may have heard from partisans in Judah, and deserters, if he was not one himself, what Isaiah had foretold (Isaiah 10:5-6).