Isaiah 10:33

The Lord of hosts. See Vol. I, p. 173. Isaiah now lifts his eyes from the terror-stricken inhabitants of Jerusalem and beholds the Lord of hosts seated upon the throne of the universe, keeping watch above His own. The Assyrian had boasted that he would cut down the cedars and the firs of Lebanon (2 Kings 19:23), but the Lord now makes it clear that He will hew down the “trees” (see on Isa. 10:19) of lofty stature and cut down the “thickets of the forest” (v. 34). This is a continuation of the figure of vs. 18, 19. Man proposes, but God disposes. Proud and boastful Assyria plans to cut down Judah as she has the other nations of the East, but Assyria must learn that there is a God who rules the nations of earth. See 2 Kings 19:20-34 for Isaiah’s encouraging word to Hezekiah concerning the manner in which the Lord would reveal His power against the hosts of Sennacherib and save Jerusalem.