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Isaiah 10:5
5“Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath!
Isaiah 10:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger; the staff in their hands is my fury!
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“What sorrow awaits Assyria, the rod of my anger. I use it as a club to express my anger.
Context of Isaiah 10:5
3What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches? 4Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives or fall among the slain. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised. “Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath! 6I send him against a godless nation, I dispatch him against a people who anger me, to seize loot and snatch plunder, and to trample them down like mud in the streets. 7But this is not what he intends, this is not what he has in mind; his purpose is to destroy, to put an end to many nations.
Read all of Isaiah 10Isaiah 10:5 word by word
ה֥וֹי אַשּׁ֖וּר שֵׁ֣בֶט אַפִּ֑י וּמַטֶּה־ה֥וּא בְיָדָ֖ם זַעְמִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 10:5
- Genesis 10:11From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah
- Isaiah 10:15Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it, or the saw boast against the one who uses it? As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up, or a club brandish the one who is not wood!
- Isaiah 8:4For before the boy knows how to say ‘My father’ or ‘My mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
- Isaiah 14:5The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,
- Psalms 17:14By your hand save me from such people, Lord, from those of this world whose reward is in this life. May what you have stored up for the wicked fill their bellies; may their children gorge themselves on it, and may there be leftovers for their little ones.
- Psalms 125:3The scepter of the wicked will not remain over the land allotted to the righteous, for then the righteous might use their hands to do evil.
- Jeremiah 51:20“You are my war club, my weapon for battle— with you I shatter nations, with you I destroy kingdoms,
Commentaries on Isaiah 10:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5O Assyrian "Ho to the Assyrian" - Here begins a new and distinct prophecy, continued to the end of the twelfth chapter: and it appears from Isaiah 10:9-11; of this chapter, that this prophecy was delivered after the taking of Samaria by Shalmaneser; which was in the sixth year of the reign of Hezekiah: and as the former part of it foretells the invasion of Sennacherib, and the destruction of his army, which makes the whole subject of this chapter it must…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5O Assyrian - The word הוי hôy is commonly used to denounce wrath, or to indicate approaching calamity; as an interjection of threatening; Isaiah 1:4. Wo sinful nation;‘ Isaiah 10:8, Isaiah 10:11, Isaiah 10:18, Isaiah 10:20-21; Jeremiah 48:1; Ezekiel 13:2. The Vulgate so understands it here: Vae Assur; and the Septuagint, ̓ ̓́ Ouai Assuriois - Woe to the Assyrians.‘ So the Chaldee and the Syriac. It is not then a simple address to the Assyrian; but a form…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. 5The Assyrians were God’s instrument in judging Syria, Israel, and Judah. The prophet describes them as a rod and a club. These are tools used to strike or discipline someone. God used Assyria to punish these nations. However, Assyria acted with pride and cruelty. Because of their own wickedness, they would not escape judgment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. O Assyrian, &c.--rather, "What, ho (but Maurer, Woe to the) Assyrian! He is the rod and staff of Mine anger (My instrument in punishing, Jr 51:20; Psa 17:13). In their hands is Mine indignation" [Horsley, after Jerome]. I have put into the Assyrians' hands the execution of Mine indignation against My people.Read the comment
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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
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