ASSYRIAN, THE
ASSYRIAN, THE
The Assyrian symbolical of the whole series and succession of Israel and Judah’s oppressors, until the expiration of the wrath of God, when he returneth unto his people in the multitude of his mercies. See Isa 14:25, Isa 30:31, Isa 31:8; Mic 5:5, and compare with Eze 38:17, where Gog is expressly said to be spoken of by the Prophets “Thus saith the Lord God, Art thou he?” or verily thou art he, “of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years, that I would bring thee against them?” Dr. Lowth, on Isa 14:25, observes, “I am apt to think, that by the Assyrian may be meant some remarkable enemies of God’s Church, and particularly those which are expressed by Gog and Magog, Ezek 38, who, as the prophet there tells us, Eze 38:17, were, under several names, spoken of by the prophets of Israel; and it is particularly said of them, that they shall fall on the mountains of Israel, Eze 39:4; the same expression that is used here.