20 Now in that day the remnant of Israel , and those of the house of Jacob who have escaped , will never again rely on the one who struck them, but will truly rely on the Lord , the Holy One of Israel . 21 A remnant will return , the remnant of Jacob , to the mighty God . 22 For though your people , O Israel , may be like the sand of the sea , Only a remnant within them will return ; A destruction is determined , overflowing with righteousness . 23 For a complete destruction , one that is decreed , the Lord GOD of hosts will execute in the midst of the whole land .
24 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD of hosts , "O My people who dwell in Zion , do not fear the Assyrian who strikes you with the rod and lifts up his staff against you, the way Egypt did. 25 "For in a very little while My indignation against you will be spent and My anger will be directed to their destruction ." 26 The Lord of hosts will arouse a scourge against him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb ; and His staff will be over the sea and He will lift it up the way He did in Egypt . 27 So it will be in that day , that his burden will be removed from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck , and the yoke will be broken because e of fatness . 28 He has come against Aiath , He has passed through Migron ; At Michmash he deposited his baggage . 29 They have gone through the pass , saying, " Geba will be our lodging place ." Ramah is terrified , and Gibeah of Saul has fled away. 30 Cry aloud with your voice , O daughter of Gallim ! Pay attention , Laishah and wretched Anathoth ! 31 Madmenah has fled . The inhabitants of Gebim have sought refuge . 32 Yet today he will halt at Nob ; He shakes his fist at the mountain of the daughter of Zion , the hill of Jerusalem . 33 Behold , the Lord , the GOD of hosts , will lop off the boughs with a terrible crash ; Those also who are tall in stature will be cut down And those who are lofty will be abased . 34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron axe, And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 10:20-34
Commentary on Isaiah 10:20-34
(Read Isaiah 10:20-34)
By our afflictions we may learn not to make creatures our confidence. Those only can with comfort stay upon God, who return to him in truth, not in pretence and profession only. God will justly bring this wasting away on a provoking people, but will graciously set bounds to it. It is against the mind and will of God, that his people, whatever happens, should give way to fear. God's anger against his people is but for a moment; and when that is turned from us, we need not fear the fury of man. The rod with which he corrected his people, shall not only be laid aside, but thrown into the fire. To encourage God's people, the prophet puts them in mind of what God had formerly done against the enemies of his church. God's people shall be delivered from the Assyrians. Some think it looks to the deliverance of the Jews out of their captivity; and further yet, to the redemption of believers from the tyranny of sin and Satan. And this, "because of the anointing;" for his people Israel's sake, the believers among them that had received the unction of Divine grace. And for the sake of the Messiah, the Anointed of God. Here is, verses 28-34, a prophetical description of Sennacherib's march towards Jerusalem, when he threatened to destroy that city. Then the Lord, in whom Hezekiah trusted, cut down his army like the hewing of a forest. Let us apply what is here written, to like matters in other ages of the church of Christ. Because of the anointing of our great Redeemer, the yoke of every antichrist must be broken from off his church: and if our souls partake of the unction of the Holy Spirit, complete and eternal deliverances will be secured to us.