Isaiah 10:5-15
Assyria, the Instrument of Wrath
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Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger—
the staff in their hands is My wrath.
6 the staff in their hands is My wrath.
I will send him against a godless nation;
I will command him to go
against a people destined for My rage,
to take spoils, to plunder,
and to trample them down like clay(A) in the streets.
7 I will command him to go
against a people destined for My rage,
to take spoils, to plunder,
and to trample them down like clay(A) in the streets.
But this is not what he intends;
this is not what he plans.
It is his intent to destroy
and to cut off many nations.
8 this is not what he plans.
It is his intent to destroy
and to cut off many nations.
For he says,
“Aren’t all my commanders kings?
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10 “Aren’t all my commanders kings?
As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms,
whose idols exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 whose idols exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
and as I did to Samaria and its idols
will I not also do to Jerusalem and its idols?”
will I not also do to Jerusalem and its idols?”
Judgment on Assyria
12 But when the Lord finishes all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I(b) will punish the king of Assyria for his arrogant acts and the proud look in his eyes.”
13 For he said:
I have done this by my own strength
and wisdom, for I am clever.
I abolished the borders of nations
and plundered their treasures;
like a mighty warrior, I subjugated the inhabitants.(c)
14 and wisdom, for I am clever.
I abolished the borders of nations
and plundered their treasures;
like a mighty warrior, I subjugated the inhabitants.(c)
My hand has reached out, as if into a nest,
to seize the wealth of the nations.
Like one gathering abandoned eggs,
I gathered the whole earth.
No wing fluttered;
no beak opened or chirped.
to seize the wealth of the nations.
Like one gathering abandoned eggs,
I gathered the whole earth.
No wing fluttered;
no beak opened or chirped.
Footnotes:
a.
Isaiah 10:9: Cities conquered by Assyria
b.
Isaiah 10:12: LXX reads Jerusalem, He
c.
Isaiah 10:13: Or I brought down their kings
d.
Isaiah 10:15: Some Hb mss, Syr, Vg read wave he who lifts