They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
Isaiah 10:29 belongs to the first division of Isaiah, chapters 1 to 39, which gathers distinct prophecies and historical accounts delivered during Isaiah's active public work as God's messenger to the rulers and people at different times and on different occasions. Chapters 40 to 66, by contrast, were written in his later years apart from active public exertion and are devoted wholly to the future, consoling with deliverance from Babylonian captivity through a named monarch and with deliverance from sin and error through the Messiah and the glory of God's spiritual kingdom. The verse is part of a prophecy against Assyria. It stands within a historically grounded account of an Assyrian invasion of Judah, not an imagined invasion by an ideal king, with the campaign described in the chapter identified as Sargon's campaign.
The chapter to which the verse belongs is characterized by strife, war, and wickedness, in contrast to the rest, peace, and righteousness described in Isaiah 11. The reproofs of sin in its section were given for the prophet's own time yet also point to similar conditions in the last days. Its promise of great deliverance points to Christ's coming. Beyond that general setting, no further explanation is given of the verse's particular scene and place names.
Isaiah 10:29 belongs to the first division of Isaiah, chapters 1 to 39, which gathers distinct prophecies and historical accounts delivered during Isaiah's active public work as God's messenger to the rulers and people at different times and on different occasions. Chapters 40 to 66, by contrast, were written in his later years apart from active public exertion and are devoted wholly to the future, consoling with deliverance from Babylonian captivity through a named monarch and with deliverance from sin and error through the Messiah and the glory of God's spiritual kingdom. The verse is part of a prophecy against Assyria. It stands within a historically grounded account of an Assyrian invasion of Judah, not an imagined invasion by an ideal king, with the campaign described in the chapter identified as Sargon's campaign.
The chapter to which the verse belongs is characterized by strife, war, and wickedness, in contrast to the rest, peace, and righteousness described in Isaiah 11. The reproofs of sin in its section were given for the prophet's own time yet also point to similar conditions in the last days. Its promise of great deliverance points to Christ's coming. Beyond that general setting, no further explanation is given of the verse's particular scene and place names.