God will Break Assyria in Judah
"The LORD of hosts has sworn, saying, "Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass, And as I have purposed, so it shall stand: That I will break the Assyrian in My land, And on My mountains tread him underfoot. Then his yoke shall be removed from them, And his burden removed from their shoulders." Isaiah 14:24-25
COMMENTARY - ISAIAH 14:24-25
Isa 14:24-27. A FRAGMENT AS TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ASSYRIANS
UNDER SENNACHERIB.
This would comfort the Jews when captives in Babylon, being a pledge that God,
who had by that time fulfilled the promise concerning Sennacherib (though now
still future), would also fulfil His promise as to destroying Babylon, Judah's
enemy.
24. In this verse the Lord's thought (purpose) stands in antithesis to the
Assyrians' thoughts (Isa 10:7). (See Isa 46:10, 11; 1Sa 15:29; Mal 3:6).
25. That--My purpose, namely, "that."
break . . . yoke-- (Isa 10:27).
my mountains--Sennacherib's army was destroyed on the mountains near Jerusalem
(Isa 10:33, 34). God regarded Judah as peculiarly His. JFB
View Section - Isaiah 14:24-28