Isaiah 10:6
in Isaiah 10I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
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ASV
I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
KJV
I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
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This verse in Isaiah 10
Commentary
9 notes on this verseI will send him to a deceitful nation. Here he describes the one who is deserving of scourges, both as to the fault: a deceitful nation, because it does not keep its promise: all that the Lord has spoken, we will do (Exod 19:8); and …
This site's exposition
Woe to Assyria, the rod
on Isaiah 10:5-7
Assyria is "the rod of My anger," sent "against a godless nation." The text separates commission from intention, "But this is not his intention; this is not his plan," since Assyria means to destroy many nations. God sends the nation, and the nation pursues its ambition.
This site's exposition
against a godless nation
The nation is Israel and Judah, and the one sent is the Assyrian king of verse 5. Barnes took the verb send as proof that conquerors stay in God's hand, citing Proverbs 21:1. The trampling recalls the vineyard of 5:5.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 5 and following) Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hands is my fury. I will send him against a deceitful nation, and I will command him against the people of my wrath, to take the spoil and seize the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. But he does not understand this, and his heart does not take it to heart, but his purpose is to destroy and cut off nations. For my princes are not also kings? Is not Charcamis like Chalanno, and Arphad like Emath?
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
I will send him against a hypocritical nation,....
But here he speaks comfort to the sincere, who were the people of God's love. The judgment was sent for the sake of the former; the deliverance was wrought for the sake of the latter.
Pilate could have no power against Christ unless it were given him from above, John xix. (2.) By him the exercise of that power is directed. The Assyrian is to take the spoil and to take the prey, not to shed any blood.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
I will send him - Implying that he was entirely in the hand of God, and subject to his direction; and showing that God has control over kings and conqueror’s; Pro 21:1. Against an hypocritical nation - Whether the prophet here refers to Ephraim, or to Judah, or to the Jewish people in general, has been an object of inquiry among interpreters. As the designs of Sennacherib were mainly against Judah. it is probable that that part of the nation was intended.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
send him--"Kings' hearts are in the hand of the Lord" (Pr 21:1). hypocritical--polluted [HORSLEY]. nation--Judah, against whom Sennacherib was forming designs. of my wrath--objects of My wrath. give . . . charge-- (Jer 34:22). and to tread, &c.--HORSLEY translates: "And then to make him (the Assyrian) a trampling under foot like the mire of the streets" (so Isa 10:12;
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The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּג֤וֹי | begoy | on a nation | H1471 → | 561 times |
| חָנֵף֙ | chanef | godless | H2611 → | 13 times |
| אֲשַׁלְּחֶ֔נּוּ | ʾashallechenu | I sent him | H7971 → | 845 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| עַ֥ם | ʾam | [the] people of | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| עֶבְרָתִ֖י | ʾevrati | wrath my | H5678 → | 34 times |
| אֲצַוֶּ֑נּוּ | ʾatzavvenu | I commanded him | H6680 → | 494 times |
| לִשְׁלֹ֤ל | lishlol | to plunder | H7997 → | |
| שָׁלָל֙ | shalal | plunder | H7998 → | 73 times |
| וְלָבֹ֣ז | velavoz | and to take as spoil | H962 → | 43 times |
| בַּ֔ז | baz | spoil | H957 → | 25 times |
| וּלְשׂוּמ֥וֹ | ulesimov | and to make it | H7760 → | 584 times |
| מִרְמָ֖ס | mirmas | a trampling place | H4823 → | 7 times |
| כְּחֹ֥מֶר | kechomer | like [the] mud of | H2563 → | 31 times |
| חוּצֽוֹת׃ | chutzot | [the] streets | H2351 → | 164 times |
בְּג֤וֹיon a nation
begoyH1471 →561 times
חָנֵף֙godless
chanefH2611 →13 times
אֲשַׁלְּחֶ֔נּוּI sent him
ʾashallechenuH7971 →845 times
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
עַ֥ם[the] people of
ʾamH5971 →1873 times
עֶבְרָתִ֖יwrath my
ʾevratiH5678 →34 times
אֲצַוֶּ֑נּוּI commanded him
ʾatzavvenuH6680 →494 times
לִשְׁלֹ֤לto plunder
lishlolH7997 →
שָׁלָל֙plunder
shalalH7998 →73 times
וְלָבֹ֣זand to take as spoil
velavozH962 →43 times
בַּ֔זspoil
bazH957 →25 times
וּלְשׂוּמ֥וֹand to make it
ulesimovH7760 →584 times
מִרְמָ֖סa trampling place
mirmasH4823 →7 times
כְּחֹ֥מֶרlike [the] mud of
kechomerH2563 →31 times
חוּצֽוֹת׃[the] streets
chutzotH2351 →164 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Zechariah 10:5They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.
it leads to
- Haggai 2:22
I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overturn chariots and their riders; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his…
- Psalms 20:7
Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
- Zechariah 9:13
For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a…
- Zechariah 12:8
On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of…
- Haggai 2:22
Through
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…
it leads to
- Isaiah 5:25
Therefore 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…
- Jeremiah 18:21
Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck…
- Isaiah 27:11
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator…
- Isaiah 5:25
Through
Isaiah 19:17The land of Judah will bring terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble over what the LORD of Hosts has planned against it.
it leads to
- Isaiah 14:24
The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
- Isaiah 14:24
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About Isaiah
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.