Isaiah 10
Christian Standard Bible
10 Woe(A) to those enacting crooked statutes
and writing oppressive laws
2 to keep the poor from getting a fair trial
and to deprive the needy among my people of justice,(B)
so that widows can be their spoil
and they can plunder the fatherless.(C)
3 What will you do on the day of punishment
when devastation comes from far away?
Who will you run to for help?
Where will you leave your wealth?
4 There will be nothing to do
except crouch among the prisoners
or fall among the slain.
In all this, his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is still raised to strike.(D)
Assyria, the Instrument of Wrath
5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger—
the staff in their hands is my wrath.
6 I will send him against a godless nation;
I will command him to go
against a people destined for my rage,
to take spoils, to plunder,(E)
and to trample them down like clay(F) in the streets.
7 But this is not what he intends;
this is not what he plans.
It is his intent to destroy
and to cut off many nations.
8 For he says,
“Aren’t all my commanders kings?
9 Isn’t Calno like Carchemish?
Isn’t Hamath like Arpad?
Isn’t Samaria(G) like Damascus?[a]
10 As my hand seized the kingdoms of worthless images,
kingdoms whose idols exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 and as I did to Samaria and its worthless images
will I not also do to Jerusalem and its idols?” (H)
Judgment on Assyria
12 But when the Lord finishes all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say, “I[b] will punish the king of Assyria for his arrogant acts and the proud look in his eyes.”(I) 13 For he said:
I have done this by my own strength
and wisdom, for I am clever.
I abolished the borders of nations
and plundered their treasures;(J)
like a mighty warrior, I subjugated the inhabitants.[c](K)
14 My hand has reached out, as if into a nest,
to seize the wealth of the nations.
Like one gathering abandoned eggs,
I gathered the whole earth.
No wing fluttered;
no beak opened or chirped.
15 Does an ax exalt itself
above the one who chops with it?
Does a saw magnify itself
above the one who saws with it?
It would be like a rod waving the ones who lift[d] it!
It would be like a staff lifting the one who isn’t wood!
16 Therefore the Lord God of Armies
will inflict an emaciating disease
on the well-fed of Assyria,
and he will kindle a burning fire
under its glory.
17 Israel’s Light will become a fire,
and its Holy One, a flame.(L)
In one day it will burn and consume Assyria’s thorns and thistles.(M)
18 He will completely destroy
the glory of its forests and orchards
as a sickness consumes a person.
19 The remaining trees of its forest
will be so few in number
that a child could count them.
The Remnant Will Return
20 On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on the one who struck them, but they will faithfully depend on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.(N)
21 The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,
to the Mighty God.
22 Israel, even if your people were as numerous
as the sand of the sea,
only a remnant of them will return.(O)
Destruction has been decreed;
justice overflows.
23 For throughout the land
the Lord God of Armies
is carrying out a destruction that was decreed.
24 Therefore, the Lord God of Armies says this: “My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, though they strike you with a rod and raise their staff over you as the Egyptians did. 25 In just a little while my wrath will be spent and my anger will turn to their destruction.” 26 And the Lord of Armies will brandish a whip against him as he did when he struck Midian at the rock of Oreb;(P) and he will raise his staff over the sea as he did in Egypt.
God Will Judge Assyria
27 On that day
his burden will fall from your shoulders,
and his yoke from your neck.
The yoke will be broken because your neck will be too large.[e](Q)
28 Assyria has come to Aiath
and has gone through Migron,
storing their equipment at Michmash.
29 They crossed over at the ford, saying,
“We will spend the night at Geba.”
The people of Ramah are trembling;
those at Gibeah of Saul have fled.
30 Cry aloud, daughter of Gallim!
Listen, Laishah!
Anathoth is miserable.
31 Madmenah has fled.
The inhabitants of Gebim have sought refuge.
32 Today the Assyrians will stand at Nob,
shaking their fists at the mountain of Daughter Zion,
the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Look, the Lord God of Armies
will chop off the branches with terrifying power,
and the tall trees will be cut down,
the high trees felled.
34 He is clearing the thickets of the forest with an ax,
and Lebanon with its majesty will fall.
Isaiah 10
Tree of Life Version
Oy to Unjust Legislators
10 Oy to those enacting unjust decrees
and recording corrupt legislation,
2 to deprive the helpless of justice
and rob the rights of the poor of My people,
so that widows may be their spoil
and orphans their prey!
3 What will you do in the day of visitation,
when desolation comes from afar?
To whom will you flee for help?
Where will you leave your wealth?
4 One can only crouch among the captives
or collapse among the slain.
For all this His anger is not turned away,
yet His hand is still outstretched.
Assyria, the Rod
5 Oy to Assyria, the rod of My anger—
the club in their hand is My indignation!
6 I am sending it against an ungodly nation,
and against the people of My fury I am commissioning it,
to take spoil and plunder,
to trample them down
like mud in the streets.
7 Yet that is not what Assyria intends,
nor is that what he is thinking about.
Rather his heart is to destroy,
and to cut down nations—only a few!
8 For he says: “Aren’t all my princes kings?
9 Isn’t Calno like Carchemish?
Isn’t Hamath like Arpad?
Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached the kingdoms of the idols—
with more graven images than Jerusalem and Samaria—
11 as I’ve done to Samaria and her idols,
won’t I also do to Jerusalem and her idols?”
12 Therefore it will come to pass, when Adonai finishes all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, “I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glorying of his haughty eyes.” 13 For he said:
“By the strength of my own hand I’ve done it,
and my own wisdom,
for I am shrewd!
I abolished the borders of peoples,
and plundered their treasures.
As a mighty one I cast down inhabitants.
14 My hand found the riches of the peoples as a nest—
like gathering forsaken eggs,
I have gathered the entire earth.
Not a wing fluttered,
not a beak opened or chirped!”
15 Should the axe boast against the One who chops with it?
Should the saw magnify itself against the One who wields it?
It would be like a rod waving the One who lifts it,
or like a staff hoisting up the One who is not wood!
16 Therefore will the Lord Adonai-Tzva’ot,
send leanness among his fat ones.
Under its glory He will kindle a burning
like a blazing fire.
17 So the light of Israel will become a fire,
and its Holy One a flame.
He will burn and consume
its thorns and briers in one day.
18 Both the glory of his forest
and his fruitful field,
he will consume, both soul and body.
It will be like a sick man wasting away.
19 The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few,
a child could record them.
A Remnant Will Return
20 Yet it will come about in that day
that the remnant of Israel—
those of the house of Jacob who escaped—
will never again depend on the one
who struck them down,
but will depend upon Adonai,
the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 A remnant will return,
even the remnant of Jacob,[a]
to the Mighty God.
22 For though your people, O Israel,
be as the sand of the sea,
only a remnant of them will return.[b]
Destruction has been decreed.
Justice overflows.
23 For a complete destruction, as decreed,
will Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot make throughout the whole land.[c]
24 Therefore thus says Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot:
“O My people dwelling in Zion,
do not be afraid of Assyria,
though he strike you with the war-club,
and lift up his rod against you, as Egypt did.
25 “For in a very little while My indignation against you will be spent, and My anger will turn to their destruction.” 26 Adonai-Tzva’ot will stir up against him a scourge, as in the slaughter of Midian at the Rock of Oreb. As His staff was over the sea, so will He lift it up, as He did in Egypt.
27 In that day his burden will be taken off your shoulders,
and his yoke off your neck.
Indeed, the yoke will be broken
because of fatness.
Assyria Advancing
28 He has come to Aiath,
and passed through Migron.
At Michmas he deposited his supplies.
29 They have crossed over the pass.
They have taken up lodging at Geba.
Ramah is terrified;
Gibeath-shaul has fled.
30 Shriek your cry, daughter of Gallim!
Listen, O Laish! O poor Anathoth!
31 Madmenah has fled.
The inhabitants of Gebim take cover.
32 This very day he will halt at Nob.
He shakes his fist at the mountain
of the Daughter of Zion,
the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Behold, the Lord, Adonai-Tzva’ot
will lop off the branches with terror!
So the tall ones will be cut down
and the lofty ones laid low.
34 Yes, He will hack down the thickets of the forest with iron,
and Lebanon with its majesty will fall.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 10:21 cf. Rom. 11:5.
- Isaiah 10:22 cf. Rom. 9:27.
- Isaiah 10:23 cf. Rom. 9:28.
Isaiah 10
King James Version
10 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
12 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.
13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.
19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
23 For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
24 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.
26 And the Lord of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:
29 They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
以赛亚书 10
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
10 制定不义律例、起草不公法令的人啊，
你们有祸了！
2 你们冤枉穷人，
夺去我子民中困苦者的权利，
掳掠寡妇，抢劫孤儿。
3 在惩罚的日子，
当灾祸从远方临到你们头上时，
你们怎么办？
你们能跑到谁那里去求救呢？
你们能把财物藏在哪里呢？
4 你们将不是被掳就是被杀。
虽然如此，耶和华的怒气还没有止息，
祂降罚的手没有收回。
主要审判亚述
5 耶和华说：“亚述王有祸了！
他是我的愤怒之棍，
他手中拿着我发烈怒的杖。
6 我要差遣他去攻打一个不虔敬的国家，
一个惹我发怒的民族，
去抢夺、掳掠他们的财物，
像践踏街上的泥土一样践踏他们。
7 可是他却不这样想，
心里也不这样盘算，
他只想毁灭许多国家。
8 他说，‘我的臣仆都要做藩王！
9 迦勒挪岂不是和迦基米施一样吗？
哈马岂不是和亚珥拔一样吗？
撒玛利亚岂不是和大马士革一样吗？
它们不是都被我征服了吗？
10 这些国家都在我的手中，
他们雕刻的偶像不胜过耶路撒冷和撒玛利亚的偶像吗？
11 我怎样毁灭撒玛利亚和它的偶像，
也必怎样毁灭耶路撒冷和它的偶像。’”
12 主完成在锡安山和耶路撒冷要做的事后，必惩罚心里狂妄、眼目高傲的亚述王。
13 因为亚述王说：
“我靠自己的力量和智慧成就了此事，
因为我很聪明。
我废除列国的疆界，
掳掠他们的财物，
像勇士一样征服他们的君王。
14 我夺取列国的财物，
好像探囊取物；
我征服天下，
不过是手到擒来；
无人反抗，无人吭声。”
15 然而，斧头怎能向舞动它的人自夸呢？
锯子怎能向用锯的人炫耀呢？
难道棍子可以挥动举它的人吗？
手杖可以举起它的主人吗？
16 因此，主——万军之耶和华必使亚述王强健的士兵疾病缠身，
使火焰吞噬他的荣耀。
17 以色列的光必成为火焰，
他们的圣者必成为烈火，
一日之间烧光亚述王的荆棘和蒺藜。
18 他茂盛的树林和肥美的田园必被彻底摧毁，
犹如病人渐渐消亡。
19 林中剩下的树木稀少，
连小孩子也能数清。
以色列的余民
20 到那日，以色列的余民，就是雅各家的幸存者，将不再倚靠欺压他们的亚述，他们将真心倚靠耶和华——以色列的圣者， 21 重新归向全能的上帝。 22 以色列啊，你的人民虽多如海沙，将只有剩余的人归回。充满公义的毁灭之事已定。 23 因为主——万军之耶和华必按所定的在整个大地上施行毁灭。
24 因此，主——万军之耶和华说：“我锡安的子民啊，虽然亚述人像埃及人一样挥舞着棍棒毒打你们，你们不要惧怕。 25 因为很快我就不再向你们发怒，我要向他们发怒，毁灭他们。” 26 万军之耶和华要鞭打他们，就像在俄立磐石击杀米甸人，就像祂向海伸杖，使海水淹没埃及人。 27 到那日，祂必除去亚述人加在你们肩头的重担和颈上的轭；那轭必因你们肥壮而折断。
28 亚述大军攻占了亚叶，
穿过米矶仑，
把辎重存放在密抹。
29 他们过了关口，
在迦巴宿营。
拉玛人战战兢兢，
扫罗的乡亲基比亚人仓皇逃跑。
30 迦琳人啊，高声喊叫吧！
莱煞人啊，可怜的亚拿突人啊，
留心听吧！
31 玛得米纳人逃跑，
基柄人躲藏。
32 那时，亚述王必屯兵挪伯，
向着锡安城[a]的山岭，
向着耶路撒冷的山丘摩拳擦掌。
33 看啊，主——万军之耶和华要以大能削去树枝。
高大的树必被斩断，
挺拔的大树必被砍倒，
34 茂密的树林必被铁斧砍掉，
连黎巴嫩的大树也要倒在全能的上帝面前。
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