What will you do on the day of punishment,When the calamity comes from afar?To whom will you flee for help,And how will you save your carcassesacarcasses Meaning of Heb. uncertain; for “carcasses,” compare the rendering of kabod in v. 16; 22.18.
From collapsing under [fellow] prisoners,From falling beneath the slain?Yet God’s anger has not turned back,And the divine arm is outstretched still.
Word-by-Word Analysis
בלתי
442
כרע
290
תחת
808
אסיר
271
ותחת
814
הרוגים
264
יפלו
126
בכלזאת
460
לאשב
333
אפו
87
ועוד
86
ידו
20
נטויהפ
160
Isaiah 10:5
Gematria: 1185
הויאשורשבטאפיומטההואבידםזעמי
Ha!Assyria, rod of My anger,In whose hand, as a staff, is My fury!bIn whose hand, as a staff, is My fury Emendation yields “Who is a staff in the hand of my fury.”
I send him against an ungodly nation,I charge him against a people that provokes Me,To take its spoil and to seize its bootyAnd to make it a thing trampledLike the mire of the streets.
But he has evil plans,His mind harbors evil designs;For he means to destroy,To wipe out nations, not a few.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והוא
18
לאכן
101
ידמה
59
ולבבו
46
לאכן
101
יחשב
320
כי
30
להשמיד
389
בלבבו
42
ולהכרית
671
גוים
59
לא
31
מעט
119
Isaiah 10:8
Gematria: 995
כייאמרהלאשרייחדומלכים
For he thinks,“After all, I have kings as my captains!cI have kings as my captains! Emendation yields “all the kingdoms fared alike!”
Word-by-Word Analysis
כי
30
יאמר
251
הלא
36
שרי
510
יחדו
28
מלכים
140
Isaiah 10:9
Gematria: 2709
הלאככרכמישכלנואםלאכארפדחמתאםלאכדמשקשמרון
Was Calno any different from Carchemish?Or Hamath from Arpad?Or Samaria from Damascus?
Word-by-Word Analysis
הלא
36
ככרכמיש
610
כלנו
106
אםלא
72
כארפד
305
חמת
448
אםלא
72
כדמשק
464
שמרון
596
Isaiah 10:10
Gematria: 2826
כאשרמצאהידילממלכתהאלילופסיליהםמירושלםומשמרון
Since I was able to seizeThe insignificant kingdoms,Whose images exceededJerusalem’s and Samaria’s,dSince I was able to seize / The insignificant kingdoms, / Whose images exceeded / Jerusalem’s and Samaria’s Emendation yields “Since I was able to seize / those kingdoms and their images, / Why is Jerusalem better than Samaria?”
Word-by-Word Analysis
כאשר
521
מצאה
136
ידי
24
לממלכת
560
האליל
76
ופסיליהם
241
מירושלם
626
ומשמרון
642
Isaiah 10:11
Gematria: 3450
הלאכאשרעשיתילשמרוןולאליליהכןאעשהלירושלםולעצביהפ
Shall I not do to Jerusalem and her imagesWhat I did to Samaria and her idols?”
But when all of my Sovereign’s purpose has been carried out on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, the majestic pride and overbearing arrogance of the king of Assyria will be punished.ewill be punished Heb. “I will punish.”
For he thought,“By the might of my hand have I wrought it,By my skill, for I am clever:I have erased the borders of peoples;I have plundered their treasures,And exiled their vast populations.fAnd exiled … populations According to vv. 6–7, Assyria was to plunder, but not to exile.
I was able to seize, like a nest,The wealth of peoples;As one gathers abandoned eggs,So I gathered all the earth:Nothing so much as flapped a wingOr opened a mouth to peep.”
Does an ax boast over one who hews with it,Or a saw magnify itself above one who wields it?As though the rod raised one who lifts it,As though the staff lifted the person!gthe person Lit. “not-wood.”
hVerses 16–19 would read well after 9.16 Assuredly,The Sovereign GOD of Hosts will sendA wasting away in itsiits Presumably Israel’s. fatness;And under its bodyjbody Cf. note at v. 3. shall burnA burning like that of fire,Destroying frame and flesh.It shall be like an invalid who pines away.kDestroying frame and flesh. / It shall be like an invalid who pines away Moved up from v. 18 for clarity.
And in that day,The remnant of IsraelAnd the escaped of the House of JacobShall lean no more upon him that beats it,lupon him that beats it I.e., upon Assyria (see v. 24). Ahaz’s reliance on Assyria was interpreted by Isaiah as lack of faith in GOD; see 7.13 with note. But shall lean sincerelyOn GOD, the Holy One of Israel.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והיה
26
ביום
58
ההוא
17
לאיוסיף
197
עוד
80
שאר
501
ישראל
541
ופליטת
535
ביתיעקב
594
להשען
455
עלמכהו
171
ונשען
476
עליהוה
126
קדוש
410
ישראל
541
באמת
443
Isaiah 10:21
Gematria: 1775
שארישובשאריעקבאלאלגבור
Only a remnant shall return,Only a remnant of Jacob,To Mighty God.
Word-by-Word Analysis
שאר
501
ישוב
318
שאר
501
יעקב
182
אלאל
62
גבור
211
Isaiah 10:22
Gematria: 2732
כיאםיהיהעמךישראלכחולהיםשארישובבוכליוןחרוץשוטףצדקה
Even if your people, O Israel,Should be as the sands of the sea,Only a remnant of it shall return.Destruction is decreed;Retribution comes like a flood!
Word-by-Word Analysis
כי
30
אםיהיה
71
עמך
130
ישראל
541
כחול
64
הים
55
שאר
501
ישוב
318
בו
8
כליון
116
חרוץ
304
שוטף
395
צדקה
199
Isaiah 10:23
Gematria: 2139
כיכלהונחרצהאדנייהוהצבאותעשהבקרבכלהארץפ
For my Sovereign GOD of Hosts is carrying outA decree of destruction upon all the land.
Assuredly, thus said my Sovereign GOD of Hosts: “O My people that dwells in Zion, have no fear of Assyria, who beats you with a rod and wields his staff over you as did the Egyptians.
Word-by-Word Analysis
לכן
100
כהאמר
266
אדני
65
יהוה
26
צבאות
499
אלתירא
642
עמי
120
ישב
312
ציון
156
מאשור
547
בשבט
313
יככה
55
ומטהו
66
ישאעליך
441
בדרך
226
מצרים
380
Isaiah 10:25
Gematria: 1803
כיעודמעטמזערוכלהזעםואפיעלתבליתם
For very soon My wrath will have spent itself, and My anger that was bent on wasting them.”mMy anger that was bent on wasting them Presumably Assyria; meaning of Heb. uncertain. Emendation yields “My anger against the world shall cease.”
GOD of Hosts will brandish a scourge over AssyrianAssyria Heb. “him.” as when Midian was beaten at the Rock of Oreb,owhen Midian was beaten at the Rock of Oreb See Judg. 7.25. and will wield a staff [over him] as was done to the Egyptians by the sea.
And in that day,His burden shall drop from your back,And his yoke from your neck;The yoke shall be destroyed because of fatness.
Word-by-Word Analysis
והיה
26
ביום
58
ההוא
17
יסור
276
סבלו
98
מעל
140
שכמך
380
ועלו
112
מעל
140
צוארך
317
וחבל
46
על
100
מפנישמן
570
Isaiah 10:28
Gematria: 1856
באעלעיתעברבמגרוןלמכמשיפקידכליו
He advanced upon Aiath,pAiath Elsewhere called Ai. He proceeded to Migron,At Michmas he deposited his baggage.
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בא
3
עלעית
580
עבר
272
במגרון
301
למכמש
430
יפקיד
204
כליו
66
Isaiah 10:29
Gematria: 2276
עברומעברהגבעמלוןלנוחרדההרמהגבעתשאולנסה
They made the crossing;“Geba is to be our night quarters!”qAnd his yoke … night quarters Emendation yields “And his yoke shall leave your neck. / He came up from Jeshimon / 28By the ascent of Aiath, / He proceeded to Migron; / At Michmas he commanded his forces: / 29‘Make the crossing; / Geba is to be our night quarters!’” Jeshimon is the southeast corner of the Jordan Valley, Num. 21.20; 23.28. Ramah was alarmed;Gibeah of Saul took to flight.
Word-by-Word Analysis
עברו
278
מעברה
317
גבע
75
מלון
126
לנו
86
חרדה
217
הרמה
250
גבעת
475
שאול
337
נסה
115
Isaiah 10:30
Gematria: 2609
צהליקולךבתגליםהקשיבילישהעניהענתות
“Give a shrill cry, O Bath-gallim!Hearken, Laishah!Take up the cry, Anathoth!”
Word-by-Word Analysis
צהלי
135
קולך
156
בתגלים
485
הקשיבי
427
לישה
345
עניה
135
ענתות
926
Isaiah 10:31
Gematria: 682
נדדהמדמנהישביהגביםהעיזו
Madmenah ran away;The dwellers of Gebim sought refuge.
Word-by-Word Analysis
נדדה
63
מדמנה
139
ישבי
322
הגבים
60
העיזו
98
Isaiah 10:32
Gematria: 2895
עודהיוםבנבלעמדינפףידוהרביתבתציוןגבעתירושלםפ
This same day at NobHe shall stand and wave his hand.rI.e., the Assyrian king, arriving at Nob (close to Jerusalem), shall beckon his army onward; cf. 13.2. O mount of Fair Zion!O hill of Jerusalem!
Lo! The Sovereign GOD of HostsWill hew off the tree-crowns with an ax:The tall ones shall be felled,The lofty ones cut down:
Word-by-Word Analysis
הנה
60
האדון
66
יהוה
26
צבאות
499
מסעף
250
פארה
286
במערצה
407
ורמי
256
הקומה
156
גדועים
133
והגבהים
71
ישפלו
426
Isaiah 10:34
Gematria: 1406
ונקףסבכיהיערבברזלוהלבנוןבאדיריפולס
The thickets of the forest shall be hacked away with iron,And the Lebanon trees shall fall in their majesty.sin their majesty Or “by the bronze,” connecting Heb. ʼaddir with Akkadian urudu, “bronze.”