Isaiah 10:29

Translations

Modern

They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.

Traditional

They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

Literal

They have passed over at the ford; Geba was a lodging-place for them. Ramah has trembled, Gibeah of Saul has fled.

Latin

Transierunt cursim, Gaba sedes nostra; obstupuit Rama, Gabaath Saulis fugit.

Original

Hebrew

English

They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.

Notes

Isaiah 10:28–34

Assyria has entered Aiath: Isaiah 10:29–32 describes the march of the Assyrian army in poetic language. The cities are listed in order from the north toward Jerusalem.

The army moves closer and closer to the city. When they reach Jerusalem, they are forced to stop and retreat.

God was with Jerusalem. Because of this, Assyria would not succeed. In time, Assyria itself would be destroyed.

This passage may refer to Sennacherib’s invasion in 701 BC (see Isaiah 36–37). However, it could also describe an earlier or later invasion.

Isaiah 10:24–34

God promised his people that he would be with them and had a plan for them.

Isaiah 10:5–11:16

Isaiah 9:8–10:4 shows that the Lord’s moral law is supreme. This means God’s standards of right and wrong stand above every nation and ruler. The next section explains what this truth means:

Assyria was only a tool in God’s hands. Because of this, Assyria was also responsible to God. Like every other nation, it would face judgment for its sin (Isaiah 10:5–19, 28–34).
Those among God’s people who trusted in him and obeyed his covenant would be rescued (Isaiah 10:20–27).
God would establish his kingdom on earth (Isaiah 11).

Isaiah 7:1–12:6

These prophecies occurred when Assyria rose to power. Syria and Israel formed an alliance against Judah (Isaiah 7:1–2; see 2 Kings 16:5). God used Assyria as a tool to punish Syria, Israel, and Judah (Isaiah 7–10).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Faithfulness to His People Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

1 Samuel 7:17
Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
1 Samuel 13:23
And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.
1 Samuel 11:4
When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.
Jeremiah 31:15
This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
Joshua 21:17
And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,
1 Samuel 15:34
Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
Judges 19:12–15
But his master replied, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”
Joshua 18:24–25
Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.
Hosea 5:8
Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!
Hosea 9:9
They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.
1 Kings 15:23
Now the rest of the acts of Asa, along with all his might, all his accomplishments, and the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? In his old age, however, he became diseased in his feet.
1 Samuel 14:4
Now there were cliffs on both sides of the pass that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine outpost. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh.

People

Saul: First king of Israel, anointed by Samuel

Places

Geba: A Levitical city in Benjamin Gibeah: A city of Benjamin, associated with Saul and atrocities Ramah: A town in Benjamin, near Gibeah and Jerusalem

Glossary

Geba Gibeah Isaiah, Book of Jesse (Person) Ramah

Topics

Assyria: Prophecies Concerning Geba: A City of the Tribe of Benjamin, Assigned to the Sons of Aaron Gibeah: of Saul: Deserted Isaiah: Prophecies, Reproofs, and Exhortations of Foretells the Destruction of Sennacherib's Armies Ramah: Called Rama: Prophecies Concerning Saul: King of Israel: Lives at Gibeah of Saul

Isaiah 10:29

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