Isa 14:24-27 | JFB | STEP | 24. In this verse the Lord's thought (purpose) stands in antithesis to the Assyrians' thoughts ( ). (See , ; ; Mal 3:6).

‏ Isaiah 14:24-27

24. In this verse the Lord's thought (purpose) stands in antithesis to the Assyrians' thoughts (Is 10:7). (See Is 46:10, 11; 1Sa 15:29; Mal 3:6).

25. That--My purpose, namely, "that."

break ... yoke--(Is 10:27).

my mountains--Sennacherib's army was destroyed on the mountains near Jerusalem (Is 10:33, 34). God regarded Judah as peculiarly His.

26. This is ... purpose ... whole earth--A hint that the prophecy embraces the present world of all ages in its scope, of which the purpose concerning Babylon and Assyria, the then representatives of the world power, is but a part.

hand ... stretched out upon--namely, in punishment (Is 5:25).

27. (Da 4:35).

Is 14:28-32. Prophecy against Philistia.

To comfort the Jews, lest they should fear that people; not in order to call the Philistines to repentance, since the prophecy was probably never circulated among them. They had been subdued by Uzziah or Azariah (2Ch 26:6); but in the reign of Ahaz (2Ch 28:18), they took several towns in south Judea. Now Isaiah denounces their final subjugation by Hezekiah.