Isaiah 10:6

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
send	אֲשַׁלְּחֶ֔נּוּ 'a.shal.le.Che.nu	H7971	to send away · verb, piel imperfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
hypocritical	חָנֵף֙ cha.Nef	H2611	soiled (i.e. with sin) · adjective, masculine singular absolute
nation	בְּג֤וֹי be.Goy	H1471	a foreign nation · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
people	עַ֥ם 'am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular construct
wrath	עֶבְרָתִ֖י 'ev.ra.Ti	H5678	an outburst of passion · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
charge	אֲצַוֶּ֑נּוּ 'a.tzav.Ve.nu	H6680	(intensively) to constitute · verb, piel imperfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
take	לִשְׁלֹ֤ל lish.Lol	H7997	to drop or strip · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
spoil	שָׁלָל֙ sha.Lal	H7998	booty · noun, common masculine singular absolute
take	וְלָבֹ֣ז ve.la.Voz	H962	to plunder · conjunction + preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
prey	בַּ֔ז Baz	H957	plunder · noun, common masculine singular absolute
down	וּלְשׂוּמ֥וֹ u.le.si.mov	H7760	to put (used in a great variety of applications · conjunction + preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
mire	כְּחֹ֥מֶר ke.Cho.mer	H2563	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
streets	חוּצֽוֹת chu.Tzot	H2351	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Isaiah 9:17 Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocr…
Isaiah 10:13-14 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, an…
Isaiah 19:17 And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel…
Isaiah 37:26-27 Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shou…
Jeremiah 25:9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bri…
Jeremiah 34:22 Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it wit…
Jeremiah 47:6-7 O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still.
Zechariah 10:5 And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 10:5-19

The destruction of the kingdom of Israel by Shalmaneser king of Assyria was foretold in the foregoing chapter, and it had its accomplishment in the sixth year of Hezekiah, Kg2 18:10. It was total and final, head and tail were all cut off. Now the correction of the kingdom of Judah by Sennacherib king of Assyria is foretold in this chapter; and this prediction was fulfilled in the fourteenth year of Hezekiah, when that potent prince, encouraged by the successes of his predecessor against the ten tribes, came up against all the fenced cities of Judah and took them, and laid siege to Jerusalem (Kg2 18:13, Kg2 18:17), in consequence of which we may well suppose Hezekiah and his kingdom were grea…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 10:6

send him--"Kings' hearts are in the hand of the Lord" (Pro 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; Isa 33:1; Zac 10:5). But see Isa 37:26.

John Gill on Isaiah 10:6

I will send him against a hypocritical nation,.... The people of Israel, who might well be called so, since everyone of them was a hypocrite, Isaiah 9:17 pretending to love, fear, and serve the Lord, when it was only outwardly, and by profession, and not in deed, and in truth; their character contains the reason of the Lord's calling and sending the Assyrian to correct and chastise them: and against the people of my wrath: who provoked him to wrath, were deserving of it, and upon whom he was about to bring it; it was their hypocrisy that stirred up his wrath against them; nothing is more hateful to God than that: will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey: that is, t…

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John Calvin on Isaiah 10:6

Dictionary and topics

Assyria — The name derived from the city Asshur on the Tigris, the original capital of the country, was originally a colony from Babylonia, and was ruled by viceroys from that kingdom. It was a mountainous…
Assyria, Asshur — was a great and powerful country lying on the Tigris, (Genesis 2:14) the capital of which was Nineveh. (Genesis 10:11) etc. It derived its name apparently from Asshur, the son of Shem, (Genesis…
Exile — (1.) Of the kingdom of Israel. In the time of Pekah, Tiglath-pileser II. carried away captive into Assyria (2 Kings 15:29; comp. Isa. 10:5, 6) a part of the inhabitants of Galilee and of Gilead (B.C.…
Isaiah, Book Of — I. Chapters 1-5 contain Isaiah’s prophecies in the reigns of Uzziah and Jotham, foretelling that the present prosperity of Judah should be destroyed, and that Israel should be brought to desolation.…
Midianite — An Arabian tribe descended from Midian. They inhabited principally the desert north of the peninsula of Arabia. The peninsula of Sinai was the pasture-ground for their flocks. They were virtually the…
Nineveh — First mentioned in Gen. 10:11, which is rendered in the Revised Version, “He [i.e., Nimrod] went forth into Assyria and builded Nineveh.” It is not again noticed till the days of Jonah, when it is…
Street — The street called “Straight” at Damascus (Acts 9:11) is “a long broad street, running from east to west, about a mile in length, and forming the principal thoroughfare in the city.” In Oriental towns…
Agency · IN EXECUTING — IN EXECUTING
Assyria · Prophecies concerning — Prophecies concerning
Hypocrisy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Hypocrites · Punishment of

Isaiah 10:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 10:5-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 10:6

John Gill on Isaiah 10:6

John Calvin on Isaiah 10:6

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 10:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 10:5-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 10:6

John Gill on Isaiah 10:6

John Calvin on Isaiah 10:6

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 10:5-6

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 10:6

Rashi on Isaiah 10:6