Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 10:27

27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroy'd because of the anointing .

The Burden of the Assyrian; for so it was actively, because imposed by him; though passively it was Israel's Burden, as being laid upon him

Out of the respect which I bear to that Holy Unction, which I have established amongst you. And so this may relate either, 1. to the Body of the People, who were in some sort anointed, being made by God a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation, Exod. 19. 6. or, 2. to that Sacred Kingdom which God had, by his positive Precept, and solemn Covenant, established in David and his Posterity for ever. The Iews therefore, and some others, understand this of Hezekiah, to whom God had a singular respect, and upon whose Prayers God gave this Deliverance, as we read Isa, 37. 15, &c. Possibly it might be better understood of David, who is oft mentioned in Scripture by the name of God's anointed, as Psal. 20. 6. & 89. 20. & 132. 17. and elsewhere; and for whose sake God gave many Deliverances to the succeeding Kings and Ages, as is expresly affirmed 1 Kings 11. 32, 34. 2 Kings 8. 19. And, which is more considerable, God declareth, that he would give this very Deliverance from the Assyrian for Davids sake, 2 Kings 19. 34. and 20. 6. But the Messiah, I doubt not, is here principally intended, of whom David was but a Type; and who was in a peculiar manner anointed above all his fellows, as is said Psal. 45. 7. For he is the Foundation of all the Promises, 2 Cor. 1. 20. and of all the Deliverances and Mercies granted to God's People in all Ages; whence this very Prophet makes use of this great Promise of the Messiah, as an Assurance that God would make good his Promises of particular Deliverances from their present or approaching Calamities, as Isa. 7. 14. &c. and 9. 4, &c. And therefore the Prophet might well say, that God would grant this Deliverance for Christs sake: Especially if it be considered, that this was the very Reason why God had promised, and did so constantly perform his Mercy promised unto the Tribe of Iudah, and unto the House of David, until the coming of the Messiah, because the Messiah was to come of the Tribe of Iudah, and of the Posterity of David, and was to succeed David in his Throne and Kingdom; and he was to be known by this Character: and therefore this Tribe and House and Kingdom were to continue, and that in a visible manner, till Christ came.

Marginal references: Chap. 14. 25.; Heb. shall remove.