Cry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! O wretched Anathoth! Cry aloudThe phrase "Cry aloud" is a call to express deep distress and urgency. In the Hebrew context, the word used here is often associated with a loud, public outcry, typically in response to impending danger or calamity. This reflects the seriousness of the situation facing the people. Historically, such cries were common in times of war or disaster, serving as a communal call to action or repentance. O Daughter of Gallim
"Daughter of Gallim" refers to the inhabitants of Gallim, a small town in the tribal territory of Benjamin. The term "daughter" is often used in the Hebrew Bible to personify cities or towns, emphasizing their vulnerability and need for protection. Gallim's mention here highlights its proximity to the advancing Assyrian army, underscoring the threat faced by even the smaller, less fortified locations. Listen
The command "Listen" is a directive to pay attention and heed the warning being given. In the Hebrew tradition, listening is not merely about hearing sounds but involves understanding and responding appropriately. This call to listen is a plea for awareness and readiness in the face of impending judgment. O Laishah
Laishah is another location mentioned in this passage, likely a village or settlement near Gallim. The inclusion of Laishah serves to broaden the scope of the warning, indicating that the threat is widespread and not limited to a single area. It emphasizes the comprehensive nature of the Assyrian invasion. O wretched Anathoth
"O wretched Anathoth" conveys a sense of pity and foreboding for Anathoth, a town known for being the birthplace of the prophet Jeremiah. The term "wretched" suggests a state of misery or impending doom. Anathoth's mention here is significant, as it was a Levitical city, highlighting that even places of religious importance were not exempt from the consequences of national disobedience. Persons / Places / Events 1. Daughter of GallimGallim is a location mentioned in the context of the Assyrian invasion. The "daughter" signifies the inhabitants or the people of Gallim, who are called to cry out in distress due to the impending threat. 2. LaishahAnother location mentioned in the passage, likely a small village or settlement. The call to "listen" indicates the urgency and seriousness of the situation as the Assyrian army approaches. 3. AnathothA town in the territory of Benjamin, known as the hometown of the prophet Jeremiah. The reference to "poor Anathoth" highlights the vulnerability and impending suffering of its people. 4. Assyrian InvasionThe broader context of Isaiah 10 is the Assyrian threat to Judah and Israel. The Assyrians were a dominant military power, and their invasion brought fear and destruction to many regions. 5. Prophet IsaiahThe author of the book, Isaiah was a prophet who conveyed God's messages to the people of Judah and Israel, warning them of judgment and offering hope for redemption. Teaching Points The Reality of JudgmentThe call to cry out and listen underscores the reality of God's judgment. It serves as a reminder that sin and rebellion have consequences. God's Sovereignty in HistoryThe Assyrian invasion, while a tool of judgment, is under God's control. Believers can trust that God is sovereign over nations and events. The Call to RepentanceThe distress of Gallim, Laishah, and Anathoth is a call to repentance. In times of trouble, turning to God is the appropriate response. Hope Amidst DespairEven in the face of impending doom, God's promises of redemption and restoration remain. Believers can find hope in God's faithfulness. Community and IntercessionThe mention of specific towns highlights the importance of community and intercession. Believers are called to support and pray for one another in times of crisis. Bible Study Questions 1. How does the mention of specific towns like Gallim, Laishah, and Anathoth help us understand the personal impact of the Assyrian invasion? 2. In what ways does the Assyrian threat in Isaiah 10 parallel challenges we face today, and how can we apply God's promises to our situations? 3. How does the call to "cry aloud" and "listen" in Isaiah 10:30 encourage us to respond to God's warnings in our own lives? 4. What can we learn from the historical context of the Assyrian invasion about God's sovereignty and control over world events? 5. How can we, as a community of believers, support each other in times of distress, drawing from the example of the towns mentioned in Isaiah 10:30? Connections to Other Scriptures Isaiah 7-8These chapters provide background on the Assyrian threat and God's promise to protect Judah, setting the stage for the events in Isaiah 10. Jeremiah 1Anathoth is mentioned as Jeremiah's hometown, connecting the suffering of Anathoth in Isaiah to the later prophetic ministry of Jeremiah. 2 Kings 18-19These chapters describe the Assyrian invasion during the reign of King Hezekiah, providing historical context to the events Isaiah prophesied. People Anathoth, Assyrians, Egyptians, Isaiah, Jacob, Laish, Oreb, SaulPlaces Aiath, Anathoth, Arpad, Assyria, Calno, Carchemish, Damascus, Egypt, Gallim, Geba, Gibeah, Hamath, Jerusalem, Laishah, Lebanon, Madmenah, Michmash, Midian, Migron, Mount Zion, Nob, Ramah, Samaria, ZionTopics Aloud, Anathoth, An'athoth, Attention, Cause, Cry, Daughter, Ear, Gallim, Hearken, Laish, Laishah, La'ishah, Lift, Listen, Loud, O, Pay, Poor, Shrill, Voice, WretchedDictionary of Bible Themes Isaiah 10:30 5674 daughters Library Light or Fire?
'And the Light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.'--ISAIAH x. 17. With grand poetry the prophet pictures the Assyrian power as a forest consumed like thistles and briers by the fire of God. The text suggests solemn truths about the divine Nature and its manifestations. I. The Essential Character of God. Light and Holiness are substantially parallel. Light symbolises purity, but also knowledge and joy. Holiness …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy ScriptureNob. Bahurim.
That Nob was placed in the land of Benjamin, not far from Jerusalem, whence Jerusalem also might be seen,--the words of the Chaldee paraphrast, upon Isaiah 10:32, do argue. For so he speaks; "Sennacherib came and stood in Nob, a city of the priests, before the walls of Jerusalem; and said to his army, 'Is not this the city of Jerusalem, against which I have raised my whole army, and have subdued all the provinces of it? Is it not small and weak in comparison of all the fortifications of the Gentiles, …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica Covenanting Predicted in Prophecy.
The fact of Covenanting, under the Old Testament dispensations, being approved of God, gives a proof that it was proper then, which is accompanied by the voice of prophecy, affording evidence that even in periods then future it should no less be proper. The argument for the service that is afforded by prophecy is peculiar, and, though corresponding with evidence from other sources, is independent. Because that God willed to make known truth through his servants the prophets, we should receive it …
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting If Then the Prophets Prophesied that the Son of God was to Appear Upon The...
If then the prophets prophesied that the Son of God was to appear upon the earth, and prophesied also where on the earth and how and in what manner He should make known His appearance, and all these prophecies the Lord took upon Himself; our faith in Him was well-founded, and the tradition of the preaching (is) true: that is to say, the testimony of the apostles, who being sent forth by the Lord preached in all the world the Son of God, who came to suffer, and endured to the destruction of death …
Irenæus—The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching His Holy Covenant
"To remember His Holy Covenant; to grant unto us that we, being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, should serve Him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him, all our days."-LUKE i. 68-75. WHEN Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, he spoke of God's visiting and redeeming His people, as a remembering of His Holy Covenant. He speaks of what the blessings of that Covenant would be, not in words that had been used before, but in what is manifestly a Divine revelation …
Andrew Murray—The Two Covenants The Instrumentality of the Wicked Employed by God, While He Continues Free from Every Taint.
1. The carnal mind the source of the objections which are raised against the Providence of God. A primary objection, making a distinction between the permission and the will of God, refuted. Angels and men, good and bad, do nought but what has been decreed by God. This proved by examples. 2. All hidden movements directed to their end by the unseen but righteous instigation of God. Examples, with answers to objections. 3. These objections originate in a spirit of pride and blasphemy. Objection, that …
John Calvin—The Institutes of the Christian Religion King of Kings and Lord of Lords
And He hath on His vesture and on His thigh a name written, K ING OF K INGS AND L ORD OF L ORDS T he description of the administration and glory of the Redeemer's Kingdom, in defiance of all opposition, concludes the second part of Messiah Oratorio. Three different passages from the book of Revelation are selected to form a grand chorus, of which Handel's title in this verse is the close --a title which has been sometimes vainly usurped by proud worms of this earth. Eastern monarchs, in particular, …
John Newton—Messiah Vol. 2 Humility is the Root of Charity, and Meekness the Fruit of Both. ...
Humility is the root of charity, and meekness the fruit of both. There is no solid and pure ground of love to others, except the rubbish of self-love be first cast out of the soul; and when that superfluity of naughtiness is cast out, then charity hath a solid and deep foundation: "The end of the command is charity out of a pure heart," 1 Tim. i. 5. It is only such a purified heart, cleansed from that poison and contagion of pride and self-estimation, that can send out such a sweet and wholesome …
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Purposes of God.
In discussing this subject I shall endeavor to show, I. What I understand by the purposes of God. Purposes, in this discussion, I shall use as synonymous with design, intention. The purposes of God must be ultimate and proximate. That is, God has and must have an ultimate end. He must purpose to accomplish something by his works and providence, which he regards as a good in itself, or as valuable to himself, and to being in general. This I call his ultimate end. That God has such an end or purpose, …
Charles Grandison Finney—Systematic Theology A Discourse of the House and Forest of Lebanon
OF THE HOUSE OF THE FOREST OF LEBANON. ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. That part of Palestine in which the celebrated mountains of Lebanon are situated, is the border country adjoining Syria, having Sidon for its seaport, and Land, nearly adjoining the city of Damascus, on the north. This metropolitan city of Syria, and capital of the kingdom of Damascus, was strongly fortified; and during the border conflicts it served as a cover to the Assyrian army. Bunyan, with great reason, supposes that, to keep …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 Of Antichrist, and his Ruin: and of the Slaying the Witnesses.
BY JOHN BUNYAN PREFATORY REMARKS BY THE EDITOR This important treatise was prepared for the press, and left by the author, at his decease, to the care of his surviving friend for publication. It first appeared in a collection of his works in folio, 1692; and although a subject of universal interest; most admirably elucidated; no edition has been published in a separate form. Antichrist has agitated the Christian world from the earliest ages; and his craft has been to mislead the thoughtless, by …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 The Providence of God
Q-11: WHAT ARE GOD'S WORKS OF PROVIDENCE? A: God's works of providence are the acts of his most holy, wise, and powerful government of his creatures, and of their actions. Of the work of God's providence Christ says, My Father worketh hitherto and I work.' John 5:17. God has rested from the works of creation, he does not create any new species of things. He rested from all his works;' Gen 2:2; and therefore it must needs be meant of his works of providence: My Father worketh and I work.' His kingdom …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity Concerning Christian Liberty
CHRISTIAN faith has appeared to many an easy thing; nay, not a few even reckon it among the social virtues, as it were; and this they do, because they have not made proof of it experimentally, and have never tasted of what efficacy it is. For it is not possible for any man to write well about it, or to understand well what is rightly written, who has not at some time tasted of its spirit, under the pressure of tribulation. While he who has tasted of it, even to a very small extent, can never write, …
Martin Luther—First Principles of the Reformation And for Your Fearlessness against them Hold this Sure Sign -- Whenever There Is...
43. And for your fearlessness against them hold this sure sign--whenever there is any apparition, be not prostrate with fear, but whatsoever it be, first boldly ask, Who art thou? And from whence comest thou? And if it should be a vision of holy ones they will assure you, and change your fear into joy. But if the vision should be from the devil, immediately it becomes feeble, beholding your firm purpose of mind. For merely to ask, Who art thou [1083] ? and whence comest thou? is a proof of coolness. …
Athanasius—Select Works and Letters or Athanasius Isaiah
CHAPTERS I-XXXIX Isaiah is the most regal of the prophets. His words and thoughts are those of a man whose eyes had seen the King, vi. 5. The times in which he lived were big with political problems, which he met as a statesman who saw the large meaning of events, and as a prophet who read a divine purpose in history. Unlike his younger contemporary Micah, he was, in all probability, an aristocrat; and during his long ministry (740-701 B.C., possibly, but not probably later) he bore testimony, as …
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