Isaiah 10:5-15

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Woe to ^(A)Assyria, the ^(B)rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hands is ^(C)My indignation,

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I send it against a ^(D)godless nation
And commission it against the ^(E)people of My fury
To capture booty and ^(F)to seize plunder,
And to ^(a)trample them down like ^(G)mud in the streets.

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Yet it ^(H)does not so intend,
Nor does ^(b)it plan so in its heart,
But rather it is ^(c)its purpose to destroy
And to cut off ^(d)many nations.

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For it says, “Are not my princes ^(e)all kings?

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“Is not ^(I)Calno like ^(J)Carchemish,
Or ^(K)Hamath like Arpad,
Or ^(L)Samaria like ^(M)Damascus?

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“As my hand has reached to the ^(N)kingdoms of the idols,
Whose graven images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

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Shall I not ^(f)do to Jerusalem and her images
Just as I have done to Samaria and ^(O)her idols?”

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12} So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His ^(P)work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will ^(g)punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and ^(Q)the pomp of ^(h)his haughtiness.” ^{Tools
13} For ^(R)he has said,

“By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this,
For I have understanding;
And I ^(S)removed the boundaries of the peoples
And plundered their treasures,
And like a mighty man I brought down ⁽ⁱ⁾their inhabitants,

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And my hand reached to the riches of the peoples like a ^(T)nest,
And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth;
And there was not one that flapped its wing or opened its beak or chirped.”

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Is the ^(U)axe to ^(V)boast itself over the one who chops with it?
Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it?
That would be like ^(W)a ^(j)club wielding those who lift it,
Or like ^(X)a rod lifting him who is not wood.

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 10:6: ['Lit ', make them a trampled place]

b. Isaiah 10:7: ['Lit ', its heart so plan]

c. Isaiah 10:7: ['Lit ', in its heart]

d. Isaiah 10:7: ['Lit ', not a few]

e. Isaiah 10:8: ['Lit ', altogether]

f. Isaiah 10:11: ['Lit ', do thus]

g. Isaiah 10:12: ['Lit ', visit]

h. Isaiah 10:12: ['Lit ', haughtiness of his eyes]

i. Isaiah 10:13: ['Or ', those who sit, ' on thrones']

j. Isaiah 10:15: ['Lit ', staff]

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 10:5: Isaiah 7:17; Isaiah 8:7; Isaiah 14:24-27; Zephaniah 2:13-15

B. Isaiah 10:5: Jeremiah 51:20

C. Isaiah 10:5: Isaiah 13:5; Isaiah 30:30; Isaiah 34:2; Isaiah 66:14

D. Isaiah 10:6: Isaiah 9:17

E. Isaiah 10:6: Isaiah 9:19

F. Isaiah 10:6: Isaiah 5:29

G. Isaiah 10:6: Isaiah 5:25

H. Isaiah 10:7: Genesis 50:20; Micah 4:11; Micah 4:12; Acts 2:23; Acts 2:24

I. Isaiah 10:9: Genesis 10:10; Amos 6:2

K. Isaiah 10:9: Numbers 34:8

O. Isaiah 10:11: Isaiah 2:8

P. Isaiah 10:12: Isaiah 28:21; Isaiah 28:22; Isaiah 29:14; Isaiah 65:7

Q. Isaiah 10:12: Isaiah 37:23

R. Isaiah 10:13: Isaiah 37:24-27; Ezekiel 28:4; Daniel 4:30

S. Isaiah 10:13: Habakkuk 2:6-11

T. Isaiah 10:14: Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 1:4

U. Isaiah 10:15: Jeremiah 51:20

V. Isaiah 10:15: Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 45:9; Romans 9:20; Romans 9:21

W. Isaiah 10:15: Isaiah 10:5

X. Isaiah 10:15: Isaiah 10:5