Isaiah 10:12

Isaiah 10:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)When the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the willful pride of his heart and the haughty look in his eyes.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord has performed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, that He will say, “I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks.”

Context of Isaiah 10:12

10The idols of those cities were greater than those in Jerusalem or Samaria. But we won against them all! 11So I will destroy Jerusalem and its idols, in the same way that I did to Samaria and its idols.’ The Lord God will come to punish Mount Zion and Jerusalem. But when he has done that, he says, ‘Now I will punish the king of Assyria. He boasts in his mind and his eyes show how proud he is.’ 13The king of Assyria says this: ‘I have won these battles because of my own strength. I have been very wise and clever. I have marched into nations as if they had no borders. I have taken their valuable things for myself. Like a wild bull, I have removed kings from their thrones. 14I robbed them of their riches, like a person who takes eggs from a bird's nest. I was able to bring all the nations under my power. None of them could stop me. No bird could shake its wing at me, or open its mouth to cry at me!’

Isaiah 10:12 word by word

וְהָיָ֗ה כִּֽי־יְבַצַּ֤ע אֲדֹנָי֙ אֶת־כָּל־מַֽעֲשֵׂ֔הוּ בְּהַ֥ר צִיּ֖וֹן וּבִירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם אֶפְקֹ֗ד עַל־פְּרִי־גֹ֙דֶל֙ לְבַ֣ב מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֔וּר וְעַל־תִּפְאֶ֖רֶת ר֥וּם עֵינָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• when the Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• hath performedבָּצַעbâtsa‛ · to cut off: to endH1214
• his whole workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
• upon mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726
• and on Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• I will punishפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: punishH6485
• the fruitפְּרִיperîy · fruitH6529
• of the stoutגֹּ֫דֶלgôdel · greatnessH1433
• heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• of the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
• and the gloryתִּפְאָרָהtiph'ârâh tiph'ereth · beautyH8597
• of his highרוּםrûm rûm · heightH7312
• looksעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869

Cross-references for Isaiah 10:12

• Isaiah 10:5It will be very bad for Assyria! I will use its army to punish my people, because I am angry with them. Assyria will be like a stick that I use to beat my people. That is how I will show them my anger.
• Isaiah 14:24The Lord Almighty promises this: ‘It will happen exactly as I have decided. Yes, it will really happen like that.
• Isaiah 27:9In that way the Lord punished Jacob's descendants for their sins. They are no longer guilty. This will be the result when God has taken away Jacob's sin completely: All the stones in their altars will become small pieces of chalk. There will be no Asherah pole or altars for incense that continue to stand.
• Isaiah 46:10From the beginning, I say what will happen at the end. Long ago, I spoke about future things that have not yet happened. I say this: “My purpose will not change. I will do everything that I want to do.”
• Psalms 76:10Everybody will praise you, even those who are angry against you. You will show them how angry you really are.
• 1 Peter 4:17The time has come when God will start to judge people. He will first judge the people who belong to him. If he will start with his own people, what will happen to other people? They have refused to obey God's good news, so it will surely be very bad for them.
• Isaiah 10:15The Lord says this: ‘The axe has no more power than the person who uses it. A saw is not more important than the person who cuts with it. A stick cannot lift up the man who holds it. No, it is the man that lifts up the stick!’
• Isaiah 17:12It will be very bad for the armies of other nations! They are making a noise like the sea in a storm! They are as loud as powerful waves!
• Isaiah 29:7The great crowd of armies from all the nations that attack Ariel will quickly disappear. They will soon come to an end, like a dream that someone sees in the night. All the weapons that they bring to attack the city's walls will disappear!
• Isaiah 30:30Then the Lord will shout with royal authority. People will know that he has come with great power to punish his enemies. His anger will be like a fire that burns everything. He will come with a great storm of rain, thunder and hail that destroys everything.
• Isaiah 31:5The Lord Almighty will make Jerusalem safe. He will protect it like a bird that protects its nest. He will pass over the city and he will rescue it.
• Isaiah 37:36Then the Lord's angel went to the camp of the Assyrian army. He killed 185,000 of their soldiers. When people got up in the morning, they saw all those dead bodies!
• Jeremiah 50:18So the Lord Almighty, Israel's God, says this: ‘I will punish the king of Babylon and his country, as I punished the king of Assyria.
• Isaiah 9:9All the people who live in Ephraim and in the city of Samaria know about it. But they are proud and they boast,
• Job 40:11Show everyone your great anger! Look at all the people who like to boast and bring them down low!
• Psalms 21:10You will remove your enemies' children from the earth. They will no longer have any descendants.

Commentaries on Isaiah 10:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The Lord "Jehovah" - For אדני Adonai, fourteen MSS. and three editions read יהוה Yehovah . The fruit "The effect" - "פרי peri, f. צבי tsebi, vid. Isaiah 13:19, sed confer, Proverbs 1:31; Proverbs 31:16, Proverbs 31:31." - Secker. The Chaldee renders the word פרי peri by עיבדי obadey, works; which seems to be the true sense; and I have followed it. - L.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Wherefore … - In this verse God, by the prophet, threatens punishment to the king of Assyria for his pride, and wicked designs. His whole work - His entire plan in regard to the punishment of the Jews. He sent the king of Assyria for a specific purpose to execute his justice on the people of Jerusalem. That plan he would execute entirely by the hand of Sennacherib, and would “then” inflict deserved, punishment on Sennacherib himself, for his wicked…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-19Verses 5-19 See what a change sin made. The king of Assyria, in his pride, thought to act by his own will. The tyrants of the world are tools of Providence. God designs to correct his people for their hypocrisy, and bring them nearer to him; but is that Sennacherib's design? No; he designs to gratify his own covetousness and ambition. The Assyrian boasts what great things he has done to other nations, by his own policy and power. He knows not that it is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12Any royal power that exalts itself against the Lord is proud and arrogant. The Lord is the Great King over all rulers. When kings lift themselves up against him, they set themselves in opposition to God. Such pride will not last. God will humble and crush every ruler who stands against him (see Isaiah 2:11–12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. whole work--His entire plan is regard to the punishment of the Jews (Is 10:5-7). Zion--the royal residence, the court, princes and nobles; as distinguished from "Jerusalem," the people in general. fruit--the result of, that is, the plants emanating from. stout--Hebrew, "greatness of," that is, pride of. glory--haughtiness.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 10:12

• Assyria
• Boasting
• Heart
• Isaiah
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Pride

In the dictionaries

• Assyria
• Jerusalem
• Assyria, Assyrian, Assyrian Empire
• Fruit
• Nineveh
• Prince
• Visitation
• Canon of the Old Testament
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah

Commentaries on Isaiah 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings