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God calls for the Assyrians to be the executioners of his vengeance .(:
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Assyrian ,
the rod of my anger ,
and the staff in their hand is my indignation .
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I will send (
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That is ,
the Assyrians against the Jews who are hypocrites .
In the sixth and seventh verse is declared the difference of the work of God and of the wicked in one very thing and act :
for God '
s intention is to chastise them for their amendment ,
and the Assyrians purpose is to destroy them to enrich themselves .
Thus in respect to God '
s justice ,
it is God '
s work ,
but in respect to their own malice ,
it is the work of the devil .(:
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him against an hypocritical nation ,
and against the people of my wrath will I command him ,
to take the spoil ,
and to take the prey ,
and to tread them down like the mire of the streets .
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But he thinketh not so ,
neither doeth his heart esteeme it so :
but he imagineth to destroy and to cut off not a fewe nations .
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For he sayeth ,
Are not my princes altogether Kings ?
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not Calno as (
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Seeing that I have overcome one city as well as another ,
so that none could resist ,
shall Jerusalem be able to escape my hands ?(:
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Carchemish ? [
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not Hamath as Arpad ? [
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not Samaria as Damascus ?
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Like as mine hand hath founde the kingdomes of the idoles ,
seeing their idoles were aboue Ierusalem ,
and aboue Samaria :
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Shall not I ,
as I haue done to Samaria ,
and to the idoles thereof ,
so doe to Ierusalem and to the idoles thereof ?
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Wherefore it shall come to pass , [
that ]
when the Lord hath performed (
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When he has sufficiently chastised his people (
for he begins at his own house )
then will he burn the rods .(:
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his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem ,
I will punish the fruit of the stout heart Meaning of Sennacherib .
of the king of Assyria ,
and the glory of his high looks .
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Because he said ,
By ye power of mine owne hand haue I done it ,
and by my wisdome ,
because I am wise :
therefore I haue remooued the borders of the people ,
and haue spoyled their treasures ,
and haue pulled downe the inhabitants like a valiant man .
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And mine hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people ,
and as one gathereth egges that are left ,
so haue I gathered all the earth :
and there was none to mooue the wing or to open the mouth ,
or to whisper .
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Shall the (
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Here we see that no creature is able to do anything ,
but as God appoints him ,
and that they are all his instruments to do his work though the intentions are diverse ,
as in (
Isa_10
:6 ).(:
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axe boast itself against him that heweth with it ? [
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shall the saw magnify itself against him that moveth it ?
as if the rod should shake [
itself ]
against them that lift it , [
or ]
as if the staff should lift [
itself ,
as if it were ]
no wood .
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Therefore shall the Lorde God of hostes send amog his fat men ,
leannes , &
amp ;
vnder his glorie he shall kindle a burning ,
like the burning of fire .
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And the light of Israel shall be for a (
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Meaning that God is a light to comfort his people and a fire to burn his enemies .(:
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fire ,
and his Holy One for a flame :
and it shall burn and devour That is ,
the Assyrians .
his thorns and his briers in one day ;
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And shall consume the glory of his forest ,
and of his fruitful field ,
both soul (
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That is ,
body and soul utterly .(:
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and body :
and they shall be as when a standardbearer When the battle is lost and the standard taken .
fainteth .
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And the rest of the trees of his forest shalbe fewe ,
that a childe may tell them .