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Isaiah 10:5-19
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Isaiah 10:5-19
New International Version
God’s Judgment on Assyria
5 “Woe(A) to the Assyrian,(B) the rod(C) of my anger,
in whose hand is the club(D) of my wrath!(E)
6 I send him against a godless(F) nation,
I dispatch(G) him against a people who anger me,(H)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,(I)
and to trample(J) them down like mud in the streets.
7 But this is not what he intends,(K)
this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
to put an end to many nations.
8 ‘Are not my commanders(L) all kings?’ he says.
9 ‘Has not Kalno(M) fared like Carchemish?(N)
Is not Hamath(O) like Arpad,(P)
and Samaria(Q) like Damascus?(R)
10 As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols,(S)
kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria—
11 shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images
as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?(T)’”
12 When the Lord has finished all his work(U) against Mount Zion(V) and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria(W) for the willful pride(X) of his heart and the haughty look(Y) in his eyes. 13 For he says:
“‘By the strength of my hand(Z) I have done this,(AA)
and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
I plundered their treasures;(AB)
like a mighty one I subdued[a] their kings.(AC)
14 As one reaches into a nest,(AD)
so my hand reached for the wealth(AE) of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
so I gathered all the countries;(AF)
not one flapped a wing,
or opened its mouth to chirp.(AG)’”
15 Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
or the saw boast against the one who uses it?(AH)
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
or a club(AI) brandish the one who is not wood!
16 Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
will send a wasting disease(AJ) upon his sturdy warriors;(AK)
under his pomp(AL) a fire(AM) will be kindled
like a blazing flame.
17 The Light of Israel will become a fire,(AN)
their Holy One(AO) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
his thorns(AP) and his briers.(AQ)
18 The splendor of his forests(AR) and fertile fields
it will completely destroy,(AS)
as when a sick person wastes away.
19 And the remaining trees of his forests(AT) will be so few(AU)
that a child could write them down.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 10:13 Or treasures; / I subdued the mighty,
Isaiah 10:5-19
King James Version
Isaiah 10:5-19
King James Version
5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.
19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
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