Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 10:5-16

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.

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