1 The woe of tyrants
5 Assyria, the rod of hypocrites, for his pride shall be broken
20 A remnant of Israel shall be saved
23 Judah is comforted with promise of deliverance from Assyria

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woe Isa 3:11 5:8,11,18,20-22 Jer 22:13 Hab 2:6,9,12,15,19 Mt 11:21 23:13-16,23,27,29 26:24 Lu 11:42-44,46,47,52 Jude 1:11

them 1Ki 21:13 Es 3:10-13 Ps 58:2 94:20,21 Da 6:8,9 Mic 3:1-4,9-11 6:16 Joh 9:22 19:6

that write grievousness. or, to the writers that write grievousness

2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

turn aside Isa 29:21 La 3:35 Am 2:7 5:11,12 Mal 3:5

that wisdom Isa 1:23 3:14 5:7 Jer 7:6 Eze 22:7 Mt 23:14

3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

and what Isa 20:6 33:14 Job 31:14 Jer 5:31 Eze 24:13,14 Re 6:15,16

the day Isa 26:21 Ho 9:7 Lu 19:44 1Pe 2:12

in the desolation Isa 5:26 30:27,28 39:3,6,7 De 28:49

to whom Isa 30:1-3,16 31:1-3 Ho 5:13

where Isa 2:20,21 5:14 Ge 31:1 2Ki 7:6-8,15 Ps 49:16,17 Pr 11:4 Zep 1:18

4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

without me Le 26:17,36,37 De 31:15-18 32:30 Jer 37:10 Ho 9:12

for all this Isa 5:25 9:12,17,21

5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

O Assyrian. or, woe to the Assyrian. Heb. O Asshur Ge 10:11

the rod Isa 10:15 8:4 14:5,6 Ps 17:14 125:3 Jer 51:20-24

and. or, though

6 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.

against Isa 9:17 19:17 29:13 30:9-11 33:14 Jer 3:10 4:14 Mt 15:7

will I give Isa 10:13,14 37:26,27 41:25 45:1-5 Jer 25:9 34:22 47:6,7

tread them. Heb. lay them a treading Isa 22:5 63:3,6 2Sa 22:43 Mic 7:10 Zec 10:5

7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

he meaneth Ge 50:20 Mic 4:11,12 Ac 2:23

in his heart Isa 36:18-20 37:11-13

8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?

Isa 36:8 2Ki 18:24 19:10 Eze 26:7 Da 2:37

9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

Calno Am 6:1,2

Calneh. Carchemish 2Ch 35:20 Jer 46:2

Hamath Isa 36:19 37:13 2Sa 8:9 2Ki 17:24 Jer 49:23

Samaria Isa 7:8 17:3 2Ki 16:9 17:5,6 18:9,10

10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;

the kingdoms Isa 10:14 2Ki 18:33-35 19:12,13,17-19 2Ch 32:12-16,19

11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?

as I have Isa 36:19,20 37:10-13

12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

when the Lord Isa 10:5,6 14:24-27 27:9 46:10,11 Ps 76:10 1Pe 4:17

I will Isa 10:15-19,25-34 17:12-14 29:7,8 30:30-33 31:5-9 37:36-38 Jer 50:18

punish the fruit of the stout heart. Heb. visit upon the fruit of the greatness of the heart Isa 9:9 Job 40:11,12 Ps 21:10 Mt 12:33 15:19

the glory Isa 2:11 5:15 Ps 18:27 Pr 30:13 Eze 31:10,14 Da 4:37

13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

for he saith Isa 10:8 37:23,24 De 8:17 Eze 25:3 26:2 28:2-9 29:3 Da 4:30 Am 6:13 Hab 1:16

I have removed 2Ki 15:29 17:6,24 18:11,32 1Ch 5:26 Am 5:27 6:1,2

robbed 2Ki 16:8 18:15 Ho 13:15,16

a valiant man. or, many people

14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

and my Isa 5:8 Job 31:25 Pr 18:12 21:6,7 Ho 12:7,8 Na 2:9-13 3:1 Hab 2:5-11

peeped. That is, chirped, from the Latin pipio. We still use the term pipe to express the note of the bullfinch

15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

the axe Isa 10:5 Ps 17:13,14 Jer 51:20-23 Eze 28:9 Ro 9:20,21

the rod should shake itself against them. or, a rod should shake them

itself, as if it were no wood. or, that which is not wood

16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.

the Lord of hosts Isa 5:17 14:24-27 29:5-8 37:6,7,29,36 2Ch 32:21 Ps 106:15 Ac 12:23

and under Isa 9:5 30:30-33 33:10-14

17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;

the light Isa 60:19 Ps 27:1 84:11 Re 21:23 22:5

for a flame Isa 30:27,28 33:14 64:1,2 66:15,16,24 Nu 11:1-3 16:34 Ps 18:8 21:9 50:3 83:14,15 Jer 4:4 7:20 Mal 4:1-3 Mt 3:12 2Th 1:7-9 Heb 12:29

devour Isa 27:4 37:36 Ps 97:3 Na 1:5,6,10

18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.

consume Isa 10:33,34 9:18 2Ki 19:23,28 Jer 21:14 Eze 20:47,48

both soul and body. Heb. from the soul and even to the flesh

19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.

few. Heb. number Isa 37:36

20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

the remnant Isa 1:9 4:2,3 6:13 37:4,31,32 Ezr 9:14 Ro 9:27-29

no more 2Ki 16:7 2Ch 28:20 Ho 5:13 14:3

but shall stay Isa 17:7,8 26:3,4 48:1,2 50:10

21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

return Isa 7:3 9:13 19:22 55:7 65:8,9 Ho 6:1 7:10,16 14:1 Ac 26:20 2Co 3:14-16

the mighty God Isa 9:6

22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.

though thy 1Ki 4:20 Ho 1:10 Ro 9:27 11:5,6 Re 20:8

yet a remnant Isa 6:13

of. Heb. in, or, among
the consumption Isa 6:11 8:8 27:10,11 28:15-22 Da 9:27 Ro 9:28

with. or, in Ge 18:25 Ac 17:31 Ro 2:5 3:5,6

23 For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.

determined Isa 14:26,27 24:1 Da 4:35

24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

O my people Isa 4:3 12:6 30:19 46:13 61:3 Heb 12:22-24

be not afraid Isa 8:12,13 33:14-16 35:4 37:6,22,33-35

smite thee Isa 10:5 9:4 14:29 27:7

and shall lift up his staff against thee. or, but he shall lift up his staff for thee

after the manner Ex 1:10-16 14:9,21-31 15:6-10

25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.

for yet Isa 10:33,34 12:1,2 14:24,25 17:12-14 30:30-33 31:4-9 37:36-38 54:7 2Ki 19:35 Ps 37:10 Da 11:36 Heb 10:37

26 And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.

stir up Isa 10:16-19 2Ki 19:35 Ps 35:23

according Isa 9:4 Jud 7:25 Ps 83:11

his rod Isa 10:24 11:16 51:9,10 Ex 14:25-27 Ne 9:10,11 Ps 106:10,11 Hab 3:7-15 Re 11:18 19:15

27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

his burden Isa 9:4 14:25 2Ki 18:13,14 Na 1:9-13

be taken away. Heb. remove,
because Isa 37:35 2Sa 1:21 Ps 2:1-3,6 20:6 45:7 84:9 89:20 105:15 132:10,17,18 Da 9:24-26 Lu 4:18 Joh 1:42 Ac 4:27 1Jo 2:20,27

28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:

he is come. This is a prophetical description of the march of Sennacherib's army approaching Jerusalem in order to invest it, and of the terror and confusion spreading and increasing through the several places as he advanced; expressed with great brevity, but finely diversified. Aiath, or Ai, was situated a little east of Bethel about twelve miles north of Jerusalem; Michmash about three miles nearer, where there was a narrow pass between two sharp hills; Geba and Ramah about three miles more to the south; Gibeah a mile and a half more southward; Anathoth within three miles of Jerusalem; to the westward of which, towards Lydda, was Nob, from which place Sennacherib might have a prospect of Zion, and near which, it would appear, his army was destroyed.

Aiath Jos 7:2 Ne 11:31

Migron 1Sa 14:2

Michmash 1Sa 18:2,5 14:5,31

29 They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

the passage 1Sa 13:23 14:4

Geba Jos 21:17 1Ki 15:23

Ramah Jos 18:24,25 1Sa 7:17 15:34 Jer 31:15 Ho 5:8

gibeah Jud 19:12-15 1Sa 11:4 13:2 Ho 9:9 10:9

30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.

lift up thy voice. Heb. cry shrill with they voice
Gallim 1Sa 25:44

Laish Jud 18:7,29

Anathoth Jos 21:18 1Ki 2:26 Jer 1:1 32:8

31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.

Madmenah. or, Madmannah Jos 15:31

32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

NOB 1Sa 21:1 22:19 Ne 11:32

shake Isa 10:24 11:15 13:2 19:16 Zec 2:9

the mount Isa 2:2 37:22

33 Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.

lop Isa 10:16-19 37:24-36,38 2Ki 19:21-37 2Ch 32:21

the high ones Am 2:9

and the haughty Isa 2:11-17 Job 40:11,12 Da 4:37 Lu 14:11

34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.

cut down Isa 10:18 37:24 Jer 22:7 46:22,23 48:2 Na 1:12

Lebanon Zec 11:1,2

by a mighty one. or, mightily Isa 31:8 37:36 Ps 103:20 Da 4:13,14,23 2Th 1:7 2Pe 2:11 Re 10:1 18:21