Isaías 10

Isaías 10

Wiersbe has a great application point for this verse writing that... The prophet’s three questions in Isaiah 10:3 ought to be pondered by every person who wants to be ready when the Lord comes. If God cannot bring us to repentance through His Word, then He must lift His hand and chasten us. If we do not submit to His chastening, then He must stretch out His hand and judge us. God is long-suffering, but we dare not tempt Him by our careless or calloused attitude. “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Heb. 10:31). Isaiah 10:4 Nothing remains but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away and His hand is still stretched out.: Lev 26:17,36,37 Dt 31:15-18 32:30 Jer 37:10 Ho 9:12 all this: Isa 5:25 9:12,17,21)( rod: Isa 10:15 8:4 14:5,6 Ps 17:14 125:3 Jer 51:20-24 Nothing remains but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain - Bow as a captive to the foreign invaders or be slain by them. Go into captivity or fall in battle. Crouch (03766) (kara) means to bow down and can refer both to bending in general or to bowing in worship or obeisance (attitude of deference). Some uses clearly refer to kneeling (2Ki 1:13, Jdg 7:6). It is interesting to note that another Hebrew verb shachah could also mean to bowing down to pay homage. Shachah however is often translated worship, or to show reverential respect by bowing down before a superior, the first use in Ge 22:5 being by Abraham who is going to worship Jehovah. But here in Isaiah 10:4 Isaiah does not use shachah but kara which never translated worship in the NAS. So what is the point? Since the leaders refused to bow down in worship (shachah) before Jehovah, they would be forced to bow before pagan invaders in humiliation and subjugation. Beloved, who do you bow before?