Westminster Annotations, Isaiah · Chapter 10
CHAP. X.
Vers. 1. THat decrees] Wicked ruler…, that make unjust and cruell decrees, Psal. 58. 2. and 94. 20.
that write] Or, to the writers, that write grievousnesse, Jer. 8. 8. Dan. 6. 8, 9.
V. 2. turn aside, &c.] Heb. make to decline the judgement, or, cause, of the needy, Exod. 23. 2. Prov. 17. 25. I am. 3. 35.
V. 3. what will ye do] How think ye to escape the just judgement of God? Matth. 23. 33. Rom. 2. 3. or what course will ye take, when he cometh to deal with you? Job 31. 14, 23.
from farre] From Assyria. vers. 5.
your glory] Your riches and greatnesse; wherein ye now glory, Chap. 28. 15. Amos 6. 13. but shall then stand you in no stead, Prov. 11. 4. Ezek. 7. 19. Jer. 22. 23.
V. 4. Without, &c.] Or, But for me they should. Or, But that one bow.
me they shall bowe] Were it not for me, did not I support them, they would come to extream miserie. Or, There is no way for them but to crouch, and seek in most submisse manner to the enemie, 2 King. 18. 14.
under] Or, below.
and they shall fall under] Or, and others fall down beneath.
For all this his anger] Chap. 5. 25, & 9. 12.
V. 5. O Assyrian] Or, Wo to the Assyrian. as Chap. 18. 1.
Assyrian] Heb. Ashur. Chap. 7. 17.
rod of mine anger] By whom I chastise my people, Chap. 9. 4. & 30. 31.
and] Or, through. as Hos. 5. 2.
the staffe in their hand] Chap. 13. 5.
V. 6. against] Against the Jews; with whom for their wickednesse I am displeased, Chap. 47. 6. & 57. 17.
an hypocriticall] Or, a prophane. Chap. 9. 17. Jer. 23. 15.
give him a charge] By a secret instinct; and unseen, but effectuall, disposall, Jer. 34. 22. & 49. 14. & 50. 21.
to tread them down] Heb. to lay them a treading. Chap. 28. 18. Psal. 18. 42.
V. 7. he meaneth not] He intendeth not (albeit he pretend it, Chap. 36. 7, 10.) the fulfilling of my will; but the satisfying of his own ambition, as Chap. 45. 4, 5.
V. 8. For he saith] 2 King. 18. 24. & 19. 10, &c. Chap. 36. 9.
V. 9. Is not] Have not Isubdued as well the one as the other
Calno] Amos 6. 2. Gen. 10. 10.
Carchemish] 2 Chron. 39. 20.
Hamath] Chap. 36. 19.
V. 10. As my hand hath found] 2 King. 18. 33.-35. & 19. 10, 13. Chap. 36. 18,-20. & 37. 10,-13.
V. 11. to Jerusalem and her idols] Making no other, or better account of the true God, then of those base idols.
V. 12. when the Lord hath] When God hath sufficiently chastised his own people; (for with them he beginneth, Jer. 25. 18. 1 Pet. 4. 17.) he will then burn the rod, wherewith he chastised them, Chap. 30. 31, 33. Lam. 2. 17.
upon mount Zion] 2 King. 19. 31.
punish] Heb. visit upon. Jer. 50. 18.
the fruit] His blasphemous boasting, Chap. 37. 23, 29.
of the stout heart] Heb. of the greatnesse of the heart. Chap. 9. 9.
of the king of Assyria] Of Senacherib, Chap. 37. 36,-38.
V. 13. By the strength] Deut. 8. 17. Amos 6. 13.
I have done it] He ascribeth that to himselfe, that God had done by him, vers. 5. 6. Chap. 37. 26.
the inhabitants] Or, those that sat upon the throne. See Chap. 9. 7. & 13. 20.
like a valiant man] Or, like many people. Chap. 16. 14.
V. 14. as a nest] As birds in a nest; or as a nest, having birds or egges in it, forsaken by the damme, Chap. 16. 2.
all the earth] Or, the riches of all. as Gen. 1. 16. Job 31. 3. & 36. 32.
V. 15. Shall the ax] Shall those, that are but Gods instrments, advance themselves against God? such as all, even the wicked, are. vers. 5. Jer. 51. 20.
as if the rod should shake] Or, as if the rod would shake them, that lift it up.
should lift up] Or, because it is lift up, were not wood.
it self,] Or, that which is not wood.
no wood] Or, thou Senacherib not a mortall man still; because so advanced, and suffered to prevail against others, Psal. 82. 7. & 146. 4. Chap. 2. 22. Ezek. 28. 9.
V. 16. send among his fat ones leannesse] Wast his great ones; in whom he so much gloried, Chap. 9. 8. & 36. 9. as a body is wasted with leannesse, Chap. 17. 4. Zeph. 2. 11. and consume them, as with fire, Chap. 9. 18. & 24. 6. & 26. 11. Psal. 21. 9. & 37. 20.
V. 17. the light of Israel shall be for a fire] The same God will be, both a light to comfort his people, and a fire to consume his enemies, Exod. 14. 20, 24. Psal. 97. 3, 4. Zech. 2. 5.
his thorns and his briers] His souldiers and forces, which had been as thorns and briers to Gods people, Josh. 23. 13. 2 Sam. 23. 6. Chap. 27. 4.
in one day] In a night, Chap. 37. 36. being part of the naturall day, Gen. 1. 5.
V. 18. the glory of his forest] His strong warriers, and his rich and slately Princes, Jer. 46. 23.
both soul and body] Heb. from the soul, and even to the flesh. as Jer. 9. 10. and 50. 3.
soul and body] Utterly, without hope of recovery.
a standard bearer] When he seeth his colours forsaken: or, upon whose fainting and failing the whole regiment is quailed.
fainteth] Heb. melteth. Chap. 31. 8.
V. 19. few] Heb. number. Deut. 4. 27. Jer. 44. 28.
V. 20. such as are escaped] Heb. the escaping. Chap. 4. 2.
shall no more again] Heb. shall not adde to stay. Chap. 7. 10. Jon. 2. 4.
stay upon him] For relief and support; as a man stayeth himself, by leaning on a staff, Chap. 36. 6. & 50. 10.
that smote them] Upon the Assyrians; (by whom God had smitten them, vers. 5. 24.) as they formerly had done, 2 King. 16. 7. Hos. 5. 13.
upon the Lord] This being the end of Gods smiting them, not to drive them from him, but to reclaim and draw them home to him, Chap. 9. 11, 12. and to make them rest and relie on himself alone, Chap. 17. 7, 8. & 18. 7.
in truth] Or, sincerely. Psal. 145. 18.
V. 21. The remnant shall return] Chap. 7. 3.
V. 22. For though thy people] Rom. 9. 27.
as the sand of the sea] An hyperbolicall phrase; used to signifie great numberlesse multitudes, Gen. 22. 17. Judg. 7. 12. Chap. 48. 19. Heb. 11. 12.
of] Heb. in. or, amongst.
the consumption decreed] Chap. 28. 22.
overflow] Shall through the just judgement of God, Plal. 119. 161. overrun the whole land, vers. 23. Chap. 8. 8.
with] Or, in.
V. 23. determined in the midst of all the land] Or, a precise one (Dan. 9. 27.) in the whole land. Chap. 5. 8.
V. 24. in Zion] In Jerusalem, Chap. 1. 8, 27.
be not afraid of the Assyrian] Chap. 37. 6.
he shall smite thee with a rod] Vers. 5. 6.
and shall lift up his staff against thee] Or, but he shall lift up his staff for thee.
Egypt] He shall punish thee, as the Egyptians did, Exod. 1. 13. or, God shall destroy him, as he did the Egyptians. Exod. 14. 26, 27. vers. 26.
V. 25. shall cease] Towards thee my people, Chap. 27. 4. & 54. 9. Ezek. 16. 42.
in their destruction] It shall be turned against those thine enemies; and employed in destroying them, vers. 12. in, Heb. upon.
V. 26. slaughter] Heb. stroke. Chap. 27. 7.
Midian at the rock] Judg. 7. 25. Chap. 9. 4.
his rod was upon the sea] Moses his rod, lift up over the red sea, Exod. 14. 16, 21, 26. vers. 24.
after the manner of Egypt] When the Israelites were saved, and the Egyptians drowned, Exod. 14. 28, 29.
V. 27. his burden] Chap. 9. 4. & 14. 25.
shall be taken away] Heb. shall remove. Psal. 81. 6.
because of the anointing] In favour of his anointed; Hezekiah, Chap. 37. 21. a type of Christ, Act. 4. 27. for whom chiefly, and by whose powerfull aid this should be effected, Chap. 9. 4. 6.
V. 28. is come to] He sheweth, which way the Assyrian forces should pierce into Judah: to wit, through the land of Benjamin; in which most of these were situate; as by the places pointed to, appeareth.
Aiath] Or, the territorie of Ai. Nehem. 7. 32.
Migron] 1 Sam. 14. 2.
Michmash] 1 Sam. 13. 2.
laid up] Or, surveyed. Chap. 22. 10. Heb. made to visite. Jer. 36. 20. Num. 1. 49, 50.
V. 29. the passage] 1 Sam. 14, 1.
Geba] Nehem. 11. 31.
Ramah is afraid] Josh. 18. 25.
Gibeah of Saul] 2 Sam. 23. 29.
V. 30. Lift up thy voyce] Heb. Cry shrill with thy voyce. Chap. 12. 6.
Gallim] 1 Sam. 25. 44.
Laish] Judg. 18. 29.
Anathoth] Jer. 1. 1.
V. 31. Madmenah is removed] Josh. 15. 31.
Gebim] Josh. 15. 31.
gather themselves to flee] Jer. 6. 1.
V. 32. remain] Or, stay. Heb. stand. Gen. 45. 1. Chap. 66. 22.
Nob] Nehem. 11. 32.
shake his hand against] Threaten them he shall; and that shall be all, that he shall do to Jerusalem, Chap. 37. 33, 34. See Chap. 37. 22.
the mount of] Chap. 2. 2. Jer. 17. 3.
V. 33. lop the bough] Cut off the Assyrian forces; compared here to high boughs and tall trees, Chap. 2. 13. vers. 18.
terrour] Or, violence. Chap. 8. 14. & 29. 20.
the high ones] Amos 2. 9.
the haughty shall be humbled] Chap. 2. 11.
V. 34. the thickets] Chap. 9. 18.
forests with iron] That vast army, like the forest of Lebanon, for might and multitude, vers. 18. See Jer. 22. 23.
by a mighty one] Or, mightily.
a mighty one] By the ministery of an Angel, Chap. 37. 36.