For the Lord of hosts—(see the note at Isaiah 1:9).

Who shall annul it?—Who has power to defeat His purposes? Difficult as the…

His hand is stretched out. —Literally, and more emphatically, His is the outstretched hand.

And cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, says the LORD. I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools…

For the Lord of hosts hath decreed. Isaiah here employs what may be regarded as a concluding exclamation, to confirm more fully the preced…

For the Lord of hosts has purposed
What is before declared, the fall of Babylon, and the destruction of the Assyrian…

Let those who make themselves a yoke and a burden to God's people see what they are to expect. Let those who are the called according to God's purp…

409. Her time is near at hand. In this part, he promises liberation to the Jews through the destruction of Babylon, which he threatened abov…