Isaiah 14:26

"that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and tread him under foot on my mountains. Then his yoke will leave them, and his burden leave their shoulders."

Key Reflection

In Isaiah 14:26, God asserts His sovereignty over the Assyrian Empire, a formidable military power of the time. By stating that He will break the Assyrian in His land and tread him underfoot on His mountains, God emphasizes both His divine authority to defeat this enemy and the ultimate destruction of the yoke and burden that the Assyrians imposed upon their conquered peoples. This passage speaks to the assurance that even powerful nations are ultimately subject to divine judgment and cannot oppress God’s chosen people indefinitely.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

This is the purpose -This is the sum of the whole design - a design that embraces the destruction both of the king of Assyria, and of Babylon. Upon the whole earth -The successive kingdoms of Assyria and Babylonia embraced the whole earth, and to destroy them would in fact affect all the nations.

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