Isaiah 10:5-17

5Ho Assyrian, the rodH7626 of mine angerH639, the staffH4294 in whose handH3027 is mine indignationH2195! 6I will sendH7971 him against a profane nationH1471, and against the peopleH5971 of my wrathH5678 will I give him a charge, to take the spoilH7998, and to take the preyH957, and to tread them down like the mire of the streetsH2351. 7Howbeit he meaneth not soH3651, neither doth his heartH3824 think soH3651; but it is in his heartH3824 to destroyH8045, and to cutH3772 off nationsH1471 not a fewH4592. 8For he saith, Are not my princesH8269 all of them kingsH4428? 9Is not Calno as CarchemishH3751? is not HamathH2574 as ArpadH774? is not SamariaH8111 as DamascusH1834? 10As my handH3027 hath foundH4672 the kingdomsH4467 of the idolsH457, whose graven images did excel them of JerusalemH3389 and of SamariaH8111; 11shall I not, as I have done unto SamariaH8111 and her idolsH457, soH3651 do to JerusalemH3389 and her idolsH457?

12Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the LordH136 hath performed his whole workH4639 upon mount ZionH6726 and on JerusalemH3389, I will punishH6485 the fruitH6529 of the stout heartH3824 of the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804, and the gloryH8597 of his high looks. 13For he hath saidH559, By the strengthH3581 of my handH3027 I have done it, and by my wisdomH2451; for I have understandingH995: and I have removedH5493 the bounds of the peoplesH5971, and have robbed their treasures, and like a valiant man I have broughtH3381 downH3381 them that sitH3427 on thrones: 14and my handH3027 hath foundH4672 as a nestH7064 the riches of the peoplesH5971; and as one gathereth eggsH1000 that are forsaken, have I gatheredH622 all the earthH776: and there wasH1961 none that moved the wingH3671, or that openedH6475 the mouthH6310, or chirped.

15Shall the axeH1631 boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnifyH1431 itself against him that wieldeth it? as if a rodH7626 should wieldH5130 them that liftH7311 it up, or as if a staffH4294 should liftH7311 up him that is not woodH6086. 16ThereforeH3651 will the Lord, Jehovah of hostsH6635, sendH7971 among his fat ones leanness; and under his gloryH3519 there shall be kindled a burningH3344 like the burningH3344 of fireH784. 17And the lightH216 of IsraelH3478 will beH1961 for a fireH784, and his HolyH6918 OneH259 for a flameH3852; and it will burnH1197 and devourH398 his thorns and his briers in oneH259 dayH3117.