Isaías 10

Isaías 10

ISAIAH Judgment & Character of God Comfort & Redemption of God Uzziah Jotham Ahaz 1-12 13-27 28-35 Hezekiah's Salvation & Blessing 36-39 True God 40-48 Suffering Messiah 49-57 Reigning Lord 58-66 Prophecies Regarding Judah & Jerusalem Is 1:1-12:6 Prophecies Against the Nations Warnings & Promises Historical Section Redemption Promised: Israel's Deliverance Redemption Provided: Israel's Deliverer Redemption Realized: Israel's Glorious Future Prophetic Historic Messianic Holiness, Righteousness & Justice of Jehovah Grace, Compassion & Glory of Jehovah God's Government "A throne" Is 6:6 God's Grace "A Lamb" Is 53:7 Time 740-680BC Isaiah 10:1 Woe to those who enact evil statutes and to those who constantly record unjust decisions, Woe: Isa 3:11 5:8,11,18,20-22 Jer 22:13 Hab 2:6,9,12,15,19 Mt 11:21 Mt 23:13-16,23,27,29 26:24 Lk 11:42-44,46,47,52 Jude 1:11 those: 1Ki 21:13 Esther 3:10-13 Ps 58:2 94:20,21 Da 6:8,9 Mic 3:1-4,9-11 Mic 6:16 Jn 9:22 19:6 MESSAGE TO THE NORTHERN KINGDOM CONCLUDES Isaiah 9:8-10:4 To help keep this chapter in context observe the preceding table and the following outline adapted from Talk Thru the Bible which summarizes the first section of Isaiah dealing primarily with prophecies concerning the Kingdom of Judah... Prophecies against Judah Isaiah 1:1-12:6 A The Judgment of Judah Isa 1:1–31 B The Day of the Lord Isa 2:1–4:6 C The Parable of the Vineyard Isa 5:1–30 D The Commission of Isaiah Isa 6:1–13 E The Destruction of Israel by Assyria Isa 7:1–10:4 1 Sign of Immanuel Isa 7:1–25 2 Sign of Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz Isa 8:1–22 3 Prophecy of the Messiah’s Birth Isa 9:1–7 4 Judgment on Ephraim Isa 9:8–10:4 F The Destruction of Assyria by God Isa 10:5–12:6 1 Destruction of Assyria Isa 10:5–19 2 Remnant of Israel Isa 10:20–34 3 Restoration of the Messiah’s Kingdom Isa 11:1–16 4 Thanksgiving in the Messiah’s Kingdom Isa 12:1–6 Note that some commentators feel that Isaiah is now addressing the Southern Kingdom (H A Ironsides, New American Commentary, Albert Barnes), but there is no indication that he has switched from speaking about the Northern Kingdom (which is the approach taken by these notes). And so Isaiah 10:1-4 closes out this section addressed to the Northern Kingdom (also known as Jacob, Israel, Ephraim) which begins in Isaiah 9:8 and is divided into 4 subsections (Isa 9:8-12, 13-17, 18-21, 10:1-4) each ending with the same refrain... In spite of all this His anger does not turn away, And His hand is still stretched out. (Isaiah 9:12, 17, 21, 10:4) When the message to the Northern Kingdom is concluded, Isaiah then takes us his prophetic discourse (it was all prophecy at the time Isaiah spoke it but is largely history to us today) dealing with God's use of the Assyrian Empire to punish the Southern Kingdom, followed by His prediction of Assyria's demise because of her arrogance and pride. This section extends from Isaiah 10:4 through Isaiah 10:34 and prepares us for the rise of the greatest kingdom of all, Messiah's Millennial Kingdom, beginning in Isaiah 11:1ff. Alexander summarizes Isaiah 10... Isaiah 10:1-4 - The prophet first completes his description of the prevalent iniquity, with special reference to injustice and oppression, as a punishment of which he threatens death and deportation by the hands of the Assyrians. Isaiah 10:5-15 - He then turns to the Assyrians themselves, God's chosen instruments, whom He had commissioned against Israel to punish and degrade it, but whose own views were directed to universal conquest, to illustrate which, the Assyrian himself is introduced as boasting of his tributary princes and his rapid conquests, which had met with no resistance from the people or their gods, and threatening Judah with a like fate, unaware of the destruction which awaits himself, imputing his success to his own strength and wisdom, and glorying, though a mere created instrument, over his maker and his mover. Isaiah 10:20-23 - His approaching doom is then described under the figure of a forest suddenly and almost totally consumed by fire, Isaiah 10:16-19. This succession of events is to have the effect of curing the propensity to trust in man rather than God, at least among the elect remnant who survive; for only a remnant shall escape God's righteous judgments. Isaiah 10:24-34 - To these the prophet now addresses words of strong encouragement, with a renewed prediction of a judgment on Assyria, similar to that on Midian at Oreb, and on Egypt at the Red sea, which is then described, in the most vivid manner, by an exhibition of the enemy's approach, from post to post, until he stands before Jerusalem, and then, with a resumption of the metaphor before used, his destruction is described as the prostration of a forest -- trees and thickets -- by a might axe. (The Prophecies of Isaiah) Amplified Version... WOE TO those [judges] who issue unrighteous decrees, and to the magistrates who keep causing unjust and oppressive decisions to be recorded, Woe (1945) (hoy) means alas! Ho! Woe is an interjection, an exclamation of grief, regret, anguish, pain or distress or a denouncement. Hoy was used sometime to attract attention (Isa 55:1) Hoy was used in funeral laments (1Ki 13:30, Jer 22:18, 34:5) and carries the connotation of death, something Israel would soon experience at the hand of he Assyrians. Hoy - 47v in NAS. 21 uses are found in Isaiah! - 1Kgs 13:30; Isa 1:4, 24; 5:8, 11, 18, 20, 21, 22; 10:1, 5; 17:12; 18:1; 28:1; 29:1, 15; 30:1; 31:1; 33:1; 45:9, 10; 55:1; Jer 22:13, 18; 23:1; 30:7; 34:5; 47:6; 48:1; 50:27; Ezek 13:3, 18; 34:2; Amos 5:18; 6:1; Mic 2:1; Nah 3:1; Hab 2:6, 9, 12, 15, 19; Zeph 2:5; 3:1; Zech 2:6f; 11:17 Eerdman's Dictionary adds that woe... predominately occurs in prophetic speeches, usually in a series of such utterances, and signals an announcement of impending destruction. The distinguishing feature of the woe oracle is the opening interjection, “Woe to…,” which is followed by the description of evil deeds and a prediction of divine judgment (Isa 5:8, 9, 10; Mic 2:1-5). PERVERSION OF JUSTICE & RIGHTEOUSNESS Woe to those who enact evil statutes - More literally "Woe [to] those who decree evil decrees." These are evil judges, legislators and leaders who are unrighteous. This and subsequent passages describe abuse of power and it inevitably calls forth divine displeasure. J