Isaiah 10:1-34 Those, Who Harm the: Needy, Poor, Widows & Fatherless

Those, Who Harm the: Needy, Poor, Widows & Fatherless

Isaiah 10:1-34                                The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

Woe, [a.k.a. Distress, to [those, who declare,] unrighteous decrees, & [who] write [what] they have [imposed] [that is:] [grievous,] [in order] to [deprive] the needy from [fair] judgment, [a.k.a. justice,] & to take away the [rights] from the poor of My people, [so] that widows may be their prey, & [so] that they may rob the fatherless!

And what will you do [on] the day of visitation, [when] desolation [comes] from far [away?] To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory? [Judges 10:11-14 And the Lord said to the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel, [Didn't] I deliver you from the: Egyptians, Amorites, the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Ammon, & from the Philistines? Also: the Zidonians, [a.k.a. Sidonians,] Amalekites, & the Maonites, [who] [oppressed] you. And you cried [out] to Me, & I delivered you out of their hand. [Still,] you have [abandoned] Me, & served other gods. [For this reason,] I will no [longer] deliver you. Go, & cry [out] to the gods, [that] you have chosen. Let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.]

Without Me, they shall bow down under the prisoners, & they shall fall under [those killed.] [Because of] all this, His anger isn't turned away, but His hand is still [outstretched.] [Psalm 110:5-6 At Your right hand, the Lord shall strike [down] kings [on] the day of His wrath. He shall judge among the heathen, & He shall fill the [empty] places with dead bodies; & He shall wound the heads, [a.k.a. leaders,] over many countries.]

O Assyrian, the rod of [My] anger, & the staff in their hand, is [My] indignation, [a.k.a. anger aroused by injustice.] [Jeremiah 51:20 You [are] My battle ax, & weapons of war. For I will break in pieces the nations with you, & destroy kingdoms.]

I will send him against [a] nation [that's] hypocritical, [a.k.a. says one thing & does another,] & I will [put] him [in] charge against the people of My [anger,] to take the [plunder,] & the [prize,] & to [trample] them down like the [mud] of the streets.

[2 Kings 17:6-8 [During] the 9th year of Hoshea, [a.k.a. [Hosea, Assyria's] king, [captured] Samaria, & carried away Israel into Assyria, & placed them in Hallah & in Habor, by the Gozan River, & in the cities of the Medes.

For it was so, that the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, [Who] had brought them up, out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh, [Egypt's] king, & had feared, [a.k.a. respected,] other gods, which they had made, & walked, [a.k.a. followed,] in the [mandates] of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel, & the kings of Israel.]

[All the same,] he [didn't plan this,] neither [did] his heart [intend this;] but it's [on] his heart to destroy, & cut off [many] nations. [Genesis 50:19-20 And Joseph said to [his brothers, Don't] fear: for am I in the place of God? But as for you, you thought evil against me; but God meant it to [do] good, to save [many] people alive, & to [make it happen] as it is this day,]

For [God says,] Aren't My princes, [all] kings? Isn't Calno [like] Carchemish? Isn't Hamath [like] Arpad? Isn't Samaria [like] Damascus?

As My hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, whose [carved] images [exceeded those] of Jerusalem & Samaria, [shouldn't] I [do] [like] I have done to Samaria & her idols, [also] do [the same] to Jeusalem & her idols?

[For this reason,] it shall [happen,] that when the Lord [has accomplished] His whole work upon Mount Zion, & on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit, [a.k.a. offspring,] of the stout-[hearted] king of Assyria, & the glory of his [arrogant] looks. [Jeremiah 1:16 And I will [express] My judgments against them, [about] all their wickedness, who have [abandoned] Me, & have burned incense to other gods, & worshiped the works [made] [from] their own hands.]

For he [says,] By: my wisdom, & the strength of my hand, I have done it.  For I am [shrewd,] & I have removed the [boundaries, a.k.a. landmarks,] of the people, & have robbed their treasures. [Jeremiah 20:4-5 For the Lord [says this, Watch,] I will make you a terror to yourself, & to your friends. And they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, & your eyes shall [see] it. And I will give all Judah into the hand of [Babylon's] king, & he shall carry them captive into Babylon, & shall [kill] them with the sword.

[Also,] I will deliver all the strength of this city, & all [its labors,] & all the precious things [of it,] & all the treasures of [Judah's] kings, [which] I will give into the hand of their enemies, [who] shall [plunder] them, & take, & carry them to Babylon.]

And I have put down the [residents] like a valiant man. And my hand [has] found the riches of the people, [like] a nest, & [like someone gathers] eggs that are left. I have gathered all the earth; & there [were] none that moved [its] wing, or opened [its] mouth, or [chirped.]

Shall the ax boast itself against him [who chops with it?] Or shall the saw [elevate] itself against him, [who shakes] it [moving the saw back & forth?] As if the rod should shake itself against [those who] lift it up,

Or as if the staff should lift itself up, as if it [weren’t] wood. Therefore, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, [sent] among His fat ones, leanness.

[Jeremiah 19:9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their: sons, & daughters, & everyone [of them] shall eat the flesh of his friend in the siege, [a.k.a. surrounding a city, & cutting it off,] & straitness, [a.k.a. starvation, with which] their enemies, & [those, who] seek their lives, shall [starve] them.]

And under His glory, He shall kindle, [a.k.a. ignite,] a burning, like the burning of a fire. And the Light of Israel shall be for a fire, & His Holy One for a flame.

And it shall burn, & devour [its thorn & sticker] [patches, all] in one day; & shall consume, both the soul & the body: & the glory of his forest, & his fruitful field. And they shall be [like] when a [flag] bearer [faints.] And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, [so] that a child may write [the number of] them.

And it shall [happen on] that day, that the [rest] of Israel, & [those] of [Jacob's] house, [a.k.a. family, who have] escaped, shall no [longer depend] upon him, [who struck] them; but shall [depend] upon the Lord, in Truth, the Holy One of Israel.

The [rest] shall return to the mighty God, even the [rest] of Jacob, [a.k.a. Israel.] For [although] your people, Israel, [are like] the sand of the sea, [still] a remnant of them shall return. The [destruction] decreed, shall overflow [them,] with righteousness. [Isaiah 35:10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, & come to Zion with songs & everlasting joy upon their heads. They shall [receive] joy, & gladness, & sorrow, & sighing, shall flee away.]

For the Lord God of Hosts, shall make a [destruction,] even [pre-planned,] in the midst of all the land. [Romans 9:27-28  [Isaiah] also [cried] [out] [about] Israel, Though the number of the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel [are like] the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved. For He will finish the work, & cut it short in righteousness: because the Lord will make [it] a short work upon the earth.]

Therefore, the Lord God of Hosts [says this,] O My people [who dwell] in Zion. [Don't] be afraid of the Assyrian. He shall [strike] you with a rod, & shall lift up his staff against you, after the [custom] of Egypt. [Psalm 118:14 The Lord is my strength, & song, & [has] become my Salvation.]

[Still,] for a little while, the indignation, [a.k.a. anger aroused by injustice,] & [My] anger shall cease, in their destruction. [Isaiah 26:20 Come, My people. You, enter into your [rooms,] & shut your doors [abround] you. Hide yourself [like] it were for a little moment, until the indignation [is over & past.]

And the Lord of Hosts shall stir up a [whip] for him, according to the slaughter of Midian at the Rock of Oreb, & [like] His rod was upon the sea, so shall He lift it up, after the [custom] of Egypt. [Judges 7:25 And they took 2 princes of the Midianites, Oreb & Zeeb. And they [killed] Oreb upon the rock Oreb, & they [killed] Zeeb at the [wine press] of Zeeb, & pursued Midian. And brought the heads of Oreb & Zeeb to Gideon, on the other side [of] Jordan.]

And it shall [happen on] that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off your shoulder, & his yoke from off your neck. And the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing [oil.] [Matthew 11:27-30 All things are delivered to Me [from] My Father. And no man [knows] the Son, [except] the Father. Neither [does] any man [know] the Father, [except] the Son, & he to [whomever] the Son will reveal Him. Come unto Me, all you, [who labor,] & are heavy laden, & I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, & learn [about] Me; for I Am meek, & lowly in heart; & you shall rest [for] your souls, [a.k.a. lives.] For My yoke is easy, & My burden is light.]

[He has] come to Aiath, & he [has] passed [on] to Migrom. At Michmash, he [stored] his carriages. They [have] gone over the passage. They have taken lodging at Geba; & Ramah is afraid. Gibeah of Saul, [has] fled. Lift up your voice, O daughter of Gallim; & O poor Anathoth, [allow,] it to be heard [all the way] to Laish.

Madmenah is removed & the [residents] of Gebim gather themselves to flee. [Yet,] he shall remain at Nob that day. He shall shake his hand against the Mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

[Isaiah 37:22-23 This is the Word [that] the Lord [has] spoken [about] him. The virgin daughter of Zion, [has] despised you, & [scornfully] laughed. The daughter of Jerusalem [has] shaken her head at you. Whom [have] you [disgraced,] & blasphemed? And against Whom [have] you [raised] your voice, & lifted up your eyes on high? Even against the Holy One of Israel.]

[See,] the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, shall lop [off] the bough with terror: & the high ones of stature shall be [cut] down, & the [arrogant] shall be humbled. And He shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, & Lebanon shall fall by a Mighty One.