Woe falls first on those who decree unrighteous decrees and rob the widow and fatherless, then on Assyria itself: "the rod of mine anger," sent against a profane nation but intending in its heart to destroy. The Assyrian king boasts through his list of conquered cities that Jerusalem will fare as Samaria did, so Jehovah asks whether the axe boasts against him who hews with it, and promises a wasting leanness that burns Assyria's forest until a child can count the remaining trees. A remnant of Jacob ("a remnant shall return," the phrase behind Shear-jashub's name), will lean on Jehovah rather than its smiter. Zion is told not to fear; the burden departs as at Midian and the Red Sea. The chapter closes with Assyria's march itinerary from Aiath through Michmash and Nob, where Jehovah lops the boughs and fells the lofty.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Prophecy · Isaiah — Isaiah overview

A. 1–4 Woe to Those Who Frame Unrighteous Decrees
B. 5–19 Assyria, the Rod of My Anger, Boasts Against the Hand
C. 20–27 A Remnant Shall Return and Lean on the Holy One
D. 28–34 The Marching Route, and the Forest Felled by Iron

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Isaiah 376 verses
- Isaiah 37:6who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
- Isaiah 37:10“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- Isaiah 37:22this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
- Isaiah 37:24Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.
- Isaiah 37:31And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
- Isaiah 37:38One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
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Isaiah 93 verses
- Isaiah 9:4For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
- Isaiah 9:6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Isaiah 9:17Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
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2 Kings 193 verses
- 2 Kings 19:10“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
- 2 Kings 19:23Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.
- 2 Kings 19:35And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
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Daniel 43 verses
- Daniel 4:23And you, O king, saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying: ‘Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump with its roots in the ground, and a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and graze with the beasts of the field till seven times pass him by.’
- Daniel 4:30the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
- Daniel 4:37Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.
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1 Samuel 133 verses
- 1 Samuel 13:2He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.
- 1 Samuel 13:5Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
- 1 Samuel 13:23And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.
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Isaiah 142 verses
- Isaiah 14:25I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
- Isaiah 14:26This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.
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Isaiah 52 verses
- Isaiah 5:23who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
- Isaiah 5:25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
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Job 312 verses
- Job 31:14what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?
- Job 31:25if I have rejoiced in my great wealth because my hand had gained so much,
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