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It shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and those who are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again lean on him who struck them, but shall lean on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
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God's Purpose in Pain
All commentators agree that God uses affliction for a redemptive purpose. The painful experience with the Assyrians was designed to be a divine lesson, or as John Calvin calls it, a necessary "medicine." It was meant to cure Israel of its destructive habit of relying on fickle human alliances and to teach the remnant to place their trust exclusively in God, their only true protector.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And it shall come to pass - The prophet proceeds to state the effect on the Jews, of the judgment that would overtake the army of t…
19th Century
Anglican
The remnant of Israel ... —For the remnant of Assyria there is as yet no word of hope. (See, however,[Reference Isaiah 19…
16th Century
Protestant
It shall be in that day. Returning now to the elect people, he describes the result of the chastisement which was near.
Since it is…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it shall come to pass in that day Here begins a prophecy relating to the people of Israel, and concerns things t…
Through our afflictions, we may learn not to place our confidence in created things. Only those who return to him in truth, not in pretense and out…
13th Century
Catholic
1. Woe to them that make wicked laws. Here he begins to threaten the foreign enemies who persecute them physically.
He threa…
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