Isaiah 10

Berean Standard Bible

Woe to Tyrants

1WoeH1945 to those who enactH2710 unjustH205 statutesH2711 and issueH3789 oppressiveH5999 decreesH3789,2to depriveH5186 the poorH1800 of fair treatmentH1779 and withholdH1497 justiceH4941 from the oppressedH6041 of My peopleH5971, to makeH1961 widowsH490 their preyH7998 andH853 orphansH3490 their plunderH962.

3WhatH4100 will you doH6213 on the dayH3117 of reckoningH6486when devastationH7722 comesH935 from afarH4801?ToH5921 whomH4310 will you fleeH5127 for helpH5833?WhereH575 will you leaveH5800 your wealthH3519?

4Nothing will remainH1115 but to crouchH3766 amongH8478 the captivesH616 or fallH5307 amongH8478 the slainH2026.

Despite allH3605 thisH2063, His angerH639 is notH3808 turned awayH7725;His handH3027 is stillH5750 upraisedH5186.

5WoeH1945 to AssyriaH804, the rodH7626 of My angerH639;the staffH4294 H1931 in their handsH3027 is My wrathH2195.6I will send himH7971 against a godlessH2611 nationH1471;I will dispatch himH6680 againstH5921 a peopleH5971 destined for My rageH5678,to takeH7997 spoilsH7998 and seizeH962 plunderH957,and to trample them downH7760 H4823 like clayH2563 in the streetsH2351.

7But thisH1931 is notH3808 his intentionH3651 H1819;this is notH3808 his planH3824 H3651 H2803.ForH3588 it is in his heartH3824 to destroyH8045and cut offH3772 manyH3808 H4592 nationsH1471.8“Are notH3808 allH3162 my commandersH8269 kingsH4428 ?” he saysH559.9“Is notH3808 CalnoH3641 H518 like CarchemishH3751?Is notH3808 HamathH2574 H518 like ArpadH774?Is notH3808 SamariaH8111 like DamascusH1834?10AsH834 my handH3027 seizedH4672 the idolatrousH457 kingdomsH4467whose imagesH6456 surpassed those of JerusalemH3389 and SamariaH8111,11and asH834 I have done toH6213 SamariaH8111 and its idolsH457,will I notH3808 alsoH3651 doH6213 to JerusalemH3389 and her idolsH6091?”

So whenH3588 the LordH136 has completedH1214 allH3605 His workH4639 against MountH2022 ZionH6726 and JerusalemH3389, He will say, “I will punishH6485 the kingH4428 of AssyriaH804 H5921 H8597 forH5921 the fruitH6529 of his arrogantH1433 heartH3824 and the proudH7312 look in his eyesH5869. 13ForH3588 he saysH559:

‘By the strengthH3581 of my handH3027 I have doneH6213 this,and by my wisdomH2451, forH3588 I am cleverH995.I have removedH5493 the boundariesH1367 of nationsH5971and plunderedH8154 their treasuresH6264;like a mighty oneH47 I subduedH3381 their rulersH3427.14My handH3027 reachedH4672 as into a nestH7064to seize the wealthH2428 of the nationsH5971.Like one gatheringH622 abandonedH5800 eggsH1000,IH589 gatheredH622 allH3605 the earthH776.NoH3808 H1961 wingH3671 flutteredH5074,no beakH6310 openedH6475 or chirpedH6850.’”

15Does an axeH1631 raise itselfH6286 aboveH5921 the one who swingsH2672 it?DoesH518 a sawH4883 boastH1431 over himH5921 who saws with itH5130?It would be like a rodH7626 wavingH5130 the one who lifts itH7311,or a staffH4294 lifting himH7311 who is notH3808 woodH6086!

16ThereforeH3651 the LordH113 GODH3068 of HostsH6635 will sendH7971 a wasting diseaseH7332among Assyria’s stout warriorsH4924,and underH8478 his pompH3519 will be kindledH3344a fireH3350 like a burningH3350 flameH784.17And the LightH216 of IsraelH3478 will becomeH1961 a fireH784,and its Holy OneH6918 a flameH3852.In a singleH259 dayH3117 it will burnH1197 and devourH398Assyria’s thornsH7898 and thistlesH8068.18The splendorH3519 of its forestsH3293 and orchardsH3759,both soulH5315 andH5704 bodyH1320,it will completely destroyH3615 H1961,as a sickness consumes a manH4549 H5263.

19The remainingH7605 treesH6086 of its forestsH3293 will beH1961 so fewH4557 that a childH5288 could count themH3789.

20 On thatH1931 dayH3117 the remnantH7605 of IsraelH3478and the survivorsH6413 of the houseH1004 of JacobH3290will noH3808 longerH3254 H5750 dependH8172on himH5921 who struck themH5221,but they will trulyH571 relyH8172 onH5921 the LORDH3068,the HolyH6918 One of IsraelH3478.

21A remnantH7605 will returnH7725 1—a remnantH7605 of JacobH3290—toH413 the MightyH1368 GodH410.22ThoughH3588 H518 your peopleH5971, O IsraelH3478, beH1961 like the sandH2344 of the seaH3220,only a remnantH7605 will returnH7725.2DestructionH3631 has been decreedH2782,overflowingH7857 with righteousnessH6666.23ForH3588 the LordH136 GODH3069 of HostsH6635 will carry outH6213the destructionH3617 decreedH2782 uponH7130 the wholeH3605 landH776.3

24ThereforeH3651 this is whatH3541 the LordH136 GODH3069 of HostsH6635 saysH559:

“O My peopleH5971 who dwellH3427 in ZionH6726,do notH408 fearH3372 AssyriaH804,who strikesH5221 you with a rodH7626and liftsH5375 his staffH4294 against youH5921as the EgyptiansH4714 didH1870.25ForH3588 in justH5750 a little whileH4592 H4213My furyH2195 against you will subsideH3615,and My angerH639 will turn toH5921 their destructionH8399.”

26And the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635 will brandishH5782 a whipH7752 against themH5921,as when He struckH4347 MidianH4080 at the rockH6697 of OrebH6159.He will raiseH5375 H1870 His staffH4294 overH5921 the seaH3220,as He did in EgyptH4714.27 On thatH1931 dayH3117 the burdenH5448 will be liftedH5493 fromH5921 your shouldersH7926,and the yokeH5923 fromH5921 your neckH6677.The yokeH5923 will be brokenH2254becauseH6440 your neck will be too largeH8081.4

28Assyria has enteredH935 H5921 AiathH5857and passed throughH5674 MigronH4051,storingH6485 their suppliesH3627 at MichmashH4363.29They have crossedH5674 at the fordH4569:“We will spend the nightH4411 at GebaH1387.”RamahH7414 tremblesH2729;GibeahH1390 of SaulH7586 fleesH5127.30Cry aloudH6670 H6963, O DaughterH1323 of GallimH1554!ListenH7181, O LaishahH3919!O wretchedH6041 AnathothH6068!31MadmenahH4088 fleesH5074;the peopleH3427 of GebimH1374 take refugeH5756.32YetH5750 todayH3117 they will haltH5975 at NobH5011,shakingH5130 a fistH3027 at the mountH2022 of DaughterH1004 ZionH6726,at the hillH1389 of JerusalemH3389.

33BeholdH2009, the LordH113 GODH3068 of HostsH6635will lop offH5586 the branchesH6288 with terrifying powerH4637.The tallH7311 treesH6967 will be cut downH1438,the lofty onesH1364 will be felledH8213.34He will clearH5362 the forestH3293 thicketsH5442 with an axeH1270,and LebanonH3844 will fallH5307 before the Mighty OneH117.

1. Isaiah 10:21 Hebrew Shear-jashub; also in verse 22; see Isaiah 7:3. ↩
2. Isaiah 10:22 LXX Though the people of Israel be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will be saved. Cited in Romans 9:27 ↩
3. Isaiah 10:23 LXX He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the Lord will make a short work in all the world. Cited in Romans 9:28 ↩
4. Isaiah 10:27 Literally broken because of fatness; LXX broken from your shoulders ↩