Isaiah 10:12

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Summary

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.

When the lord

I will

Punish the fruit of the stout heart

Matthew 15:19

The glory

General references

Deuteronomy 30:7

Bible References

When the lord

How horrible it will be for Assyria! It is the rod of my anger. My fury is in the staff of the Assyrians' hands.

Jehovah of Hosts has sworn an oath: What I have intended (devised) will happen. What I have determined to do will be done.

By this Jacob's guilt will be atoned for, and this will be the full fruitage of the removal of his sin. When he makes all the altar stones to be like chalk stones crushed to pieces, no Asherah poles or incense altars will be left standing.

I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: 'My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.'

For the wrath of man shall praise you. You will fortify yourself with a remnant of wrath.

For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God. If it begins with us first what will it be like in the end for those who do not obey the good news of God?

I will

That is why the Almighty Jehovah of Hosts will send a degenerative disease against brave men. A flame will be turned into a raging fire under his power.

There will be trouble for the multitude of people, because they will roar like the roar of the seas. Woe to the rushing of nations that makes a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!

The multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel (Jerusalem) will be like a bad dream, a vision in the night. Many will fight against her and bring distress to her.

Jehovah will make his majestic voice heard. He will come with all his might, with furious anger, with firestorms, windstorms, rainstorms, and hailstones.

Jehovah of Hosts will defend Jerusalem like a hovering bird. He will defend it and rescue it. He will pass over it and protect it.

The angel of Jehovah put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp. The people got up the next morning and saw all the dead bodies!

But all of you light fires and arm yourselves with flaming torches. So walk in your own light and among the torches you have lit. This is what you will receive from me: You will be tormented.

This is what Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'I am going to punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.

Punish the fruit of the stout heart

All the people will know it. Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria who say with pride and arrogance of heart:

Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at every proud man and bring him low!

You will destroy their children from the earth and their offspring from among the sons of man.

Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt. The fruit a tree produces provides its reputation.

Evil thoughts come from the heart! Thoughts about murder, adultery, fornication, theft, lying, and slander come from the heart!

The glory

The arrogant people will be humbled. High and mighty people will be brought down. On that day Jehovah alone will be exalted.

People will be brought down. Everyone will be humiliated and the eyes of arrogant people will be abased (humbled).

You save humble people, but you humiliate the proud.

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.

The Lord Jehovah says: 'Because it is high in stature and has set its top among the clouds, and its heart is haughty in its loftiness,

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, extol and honor the King of heaven. All his works are truth, and his ways justice. He is able to abase (humble) (subdue) those who walk in pride.

General references

Jehovah your God will inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you and who persecute you.