10 制定不义律例、起草不公法令的人啊,

你们有祸了!
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。
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?
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

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。
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。
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。
他说,‘我的臣仆都要做藩王!
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。

Footnotes

  1. 10:32 ”希伯来文是“女子”,可能是对锡安的昵称,下同16:152:262:11

行恶的人劫运难逃

10 那些制定奸恶律例的,

和那些记录诡诈判语的,有祸了!

他们想藉此屈枉穷乏人的公义,

剥夺我子民中困苦人的权利,

使寡妇作了他们的掠物,

使孤儿作了他们的掳物。

到降罚的日子,有灾祸从远方来到,

那时你们要怎样行呢?

你们可以向谁逃奔求助呢?

你们可以把你们的财宝撇在哪里呢?

你们只能屈身在被掳的人中间,

或是仆倒在被杀的人中间。

虽然这样,耶和华的怒气还没有转消,

他的手仍然伸出。

亚述是 神惩治子民的工具

亚述啊!我怒气的棍子,有祸了。

他们手中拿着我忿怒的杖。

我要差派他去攻击一个不敬虔的国,

吩咐他去攻击我恼怒的子民,

掳去掠物,抢夺掳物,

把他们践踏,像街上的泥土一样。

但亚述并没有这样想过,

他心里也没有这样打算;

他心里倒想毁灭、

剪除多国。

因为他说:“在我手下的众领袖不都是王吗?

迦勒挪不是像迦基米施吗?

哈玛不是像亚珥拔吗?

撒玛利亚不是像大马士革吗?

10 我的手伸展到这些充满偶像的国,

他们雕刻的像比耶路撒冷和撒玛利亚的还多。

11 我怎样对待撒玛利亚和其中的偶像,

不也照样对待耶路撒冷和其中的偶像吗?”

 神惩罚亚述

12 主在锡安山和耶路撒冷成全了他一切工作的时候,他必说:我要惩罚亚述王自大的心所结的果子,和他眼目高傲的态度。 13 因为他说:

“我靠着我手的能力和我的智慧行事,

因为我很聪明;

我挪移了列国的地界,

抢夺了他们积蓄的财宝,

并且我像个勇士般使他们的居民全都俯伏下来。

14 我的手伸到列国的财宝那里,好象抓到鸟窝一样;

我取得了全地,好象人拾起被弃的雀蛋;

没有动翅膀的,没有张嘴的,也没有鸣叫的。”

15 斧头怎可以向用斧头砍木的人自夸呢?

锯子怎可以向拉锯的人自大呢?

好比棍能挥动那举起棍的,

又好比杖举起那不是木头的。

16 因此,主万军之耶和华必打发令人消瘦的病临到亚述王肥壮的军人中间,

在他的荣耀之下必燃起火焰,如同火烧一样。

17 以色列的光必变成火,他的圣者必成为火焰;

在一日之间把亚述王的荆棘和蒺藜焚烧与吞灭。

18 又把他树林和丰盛果园的荣美全部灭尽,包括灵魂和身体,好象一个患病的人渐渐虚弱一样。

19 他林中剩下的树,数目必定稀少,

连小孩子也能把它们的数目写下来。

余民必获救脱离亚述的轭

20 到那日,以色列的余民和雅各家逃脱的人,必不再倚靠那击打他们的,却要诚实地倚靠耶和华以色列的圣者。

21 那些余民,就是雅各家的余民,

必回转归向大能的 神。

22 以色列啊!你的人民虽然像海沙那样多,却只有余剩的人可以归回,

因为灭绝的事已经定了,公义必如洪水泛滥。

23 主万军之耶和华必在全地之中,作成已定的毁灭之事。

24 因此,主万军之耶和华这样说:“我的子民、锡安的居民哪!亚述人虽然用棍击打你们,又像埃及一样举杖攻击你们,你们却不要怕他们。 25 因为还有短暂的时候,我向你们发的恼怒就要完结,我的怒气要转向他们,使他们灭亡。” 26 万军之耶和华必兴起鞭子攻击他们,好象在俄立盘石那里击杀米甸人一样;他的杖要伸到海上,他必把杖举起,像在埃及一样。 27 到那日,亚述人的重压必从你们的肩头上挪开,他们的轭必离开你们的颈项;那轭必因肥壮的缘故折断。

28 亚述人来到亚叶,

经过米矶仑;

在密抹存放军队行装。

29 他们过了隘口,

在迦巴住宿;

拉玛人战兢,扫罗的基比亚人逃跑。

30 迦琳的居民哪,高声叫喊吧!

莱煞人和可怜的亚拿突啊,留心听吧!

31 玛得米那人逃跑,

基柄的居民避难。

32 就在今日,亚述王要停留在挪伯;

他要挥拳攻击锡安居民(“居民”原文作“女子”)的山,就是耶路撒冷的山。

33 看哪!主万军之耶和华在可怕的震撼声中,把树枝削去;

身量高的必被砍下,

高大的必被伐倒。

34 树林中的密丛,他必用铁器砍下;

黎巴嫩的树木必被大能者伐倒。

Judgment on Unjust Lawmakers

10 “How terrible it will be for the one[a] who enacts unjust decrees,
    for those who write oppressive laws
    that they have prescribed
to deprive the needy of justice
    and to rob the poor of my people of their rights,[b]
so that widows may become their spoil
    and so that they may plunder orphans![c]
What will you do on the day of Judgment,[d]
    in the calamity that will come from far away?
To whom will you run for help,
    and where will you leave your wealth,
so you won’t have to crouch among those in chains[e]
    or fall among the slain?

“Yet[f] for all this, his anger has not turned away,
    and his hand is still stretched out, ready to strike.”[g]

Assyria is an Instrument of Judgment

“How terrible it will be
    for Assyria, the rod of my anger!
        The club is in their hands![h]
I’m sending my fury[i] against a godless nation,
    and I’ll command him against the people with whom I’m angry
to seize loot and snatch plunder,
    and to trample them down
        like mud in the streets.
But this is not what he intends,
    and this is not what he thinks in his mind;
but it is in his mind to destroy,
    and to cut down[j] many nations.

“Because this is what he is saying:
    ‘My commanders are all kings, are they not?
Isn’t Calno like Carchemish?
    Isn’t Hamath like Arpad?
        Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to the idolatrous kingdoms[k]
    whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 will I not deal with Jerusalem and her idols
    as I have dealt with Samaria and her images?’”

Assyria will be Judged

12 “For[l] the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and against Jerusalem; he will punish the speech that comes from that willful[m] heart of Assyria’s king and the haughty look in his eyes. 13 He keeps bragging:[n]

‘I’ve done it by the strength of my hand,
    and by my wisdom,
        because I’m so clever.[o]
I removed the boundaries of peoples,
    and plundered their treasures;
like a bull I brought down
    those who sat on thrones.
14 My hand has found, as if in a nest,
    the wealth of the people;
and as one gathers eggs that have been abandoned,
    so I have gathered all the inhabitants of the[p] earth.
Nothing moved a wing,
    opened its mouth,
        or chirped.’

15 “Does the ax exalt itself
    over the one who swings it?
Or does the saw magnify itself
    in opposition to the one who wields it?
As if a rod were to wield those who lift[q] it,
    or as if a club were to brandish the one who is not wood!
16 Therefore, the Lord God[r] of the Heavenly Armies will send a wasting disease
    among Assyria’s[s] sturdy warriors,
and under its glory a conflagration will be kindled,
    like a blazing bonfire.

17 “The light of Israel will become a fire,
    and its Holy One a flame,
and it will burn
    and consume Assyria’s[t] thorns and briers
        in a single day.
18 The splendor of its forest and its fruitful land
    the Lord will destroy—
        both soul and body—
and Assyria[u] will be
    as when a dying man wastes away.
19 What survives of the trees in his forest will be so few
    that a child can count them.”[v]

The Remnant Returns

20 At that time, the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer rely on the one who struck them down, but will truly rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. 21 A remnant will return—a remnant of Jacob—to the Mighty God. 22 For even if your people of Israel number as many as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Overwhelming, righteous destruction is decreed, 23 because the Lord God of the Heavenly Armies[w] will bring about destruction, as has been decreed, throughout[x] the entire region.[y]

24 Therefore this is what the Lord God of the Heavenly Armies says: “My people, you who live in Zion, don’t be afraid of the Assyrians, of the rod that beats you,[z] who lift up their club against you as the Egyptians did. 25 In just a little while, my fury will come to an end, and my anger then will be directed to their destruction.[aa] 26 The Lord of the Heavenly Armies will brandish a whip against them, as when he struck Midian at the rock of Oreb;[ab] and as his staff was stretched out[ac] over the sea,[ad] so he will lift it up as he did in Egypt. 27 At that time,[ae] his burden will depart from your shoulder and his yoke from your neck. Indeed, the yoke will be broken, because you’ve become obese.”[af]

The Coming Judgment of God

28 “The Assyrian commander[ag] has come upon[ah] Aiath
    and has passed through Migron;
        he stores his supplies at Michmash.
29 He has[ai] crossed over by[aj] the pass;
    his overnight lodging is at Geba.
Ramah trembles;
    Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30 Cry aloud, you daughter of Gallim!
    Pay attention, Laish![ak]
        Poor Anathoth!
31 Marmenah[al] is in flight;
    the inhabitants of Gebim take cover.
32 This very day he will halt at Nob;[am]
    he will shake[an] his fists[ao]
at the mountain that is the Daughter of Zion,
    at Jerusalem’s hill.
33 Behold, the Lord God of the Heavenly Armies
    will lop off its[ap] boughs with terrifying power;
the tallest in height will be cut down,
    and the lofty will be brought low.
34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest
    with an ax,
and Lebanon will fall
    by the Majestic One.”[aq]

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 10:1 So 1QIsaa; MT reads the ones
  2. Isaiah 10:2 Lit. right
  3. Isaiah 10:2 Or plunder the fatherless
  4. Isaiah 10:3 Lit. reckoning
  5. Isaiah 10:4 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read beneath prisoners
  6. Isaiah 10:4 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack Yet
  7. Isaiah 10:4 DSS MT lack ready to strike
  8. Isaiah 10:5 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads is their fury!
  9. Isaiah 10:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads sending him
  10. Isaiah 10:7 Lit. off
  11. Isaiah 10:10 So 1QIsaa; MT reads the idol
  12. Isaiah 10:12 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read And when
  13. Isaiah 10:12 Lit. the fruit of the arrogant
  14. Isaiah 10:13 Lit. saying; so 1QIsaa; MT reads He said
  15. Isaiah 10:13 Lit. I have understanding
  16. Isaiah 10:14 1QIsaa MT lack inhabitants of the
  17. Isaiah 10:15 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX reads the one who lifts
  18. Isaiah 10:16 So 1QIsaa MT; other LXX MT mss read Lord
  19. Isaiah 10:16 Lit. his
  20. Isaiah 10:17 Lit. its
  21. Isaiah 10:18 Lit. it
  22. Isaiah 10:19 Lit. can write them down
  23. Isaiah 10:23 So 1QIsaa; LXX, MT mss lack Lord of the Heavenly Armies
  24. Isaiah 10:23 Lit. in the midst of
  25. Isaiah 10:23 Lit. land
  26. Isaiah 10:24 So 1QIsaa; MT reads Assyrians, when they strike you with a rod
  27. Isaiah 10:25 So 1QIsaa MT; MT mss. read end; LXX reads counsel
  28. Isaiah 10:26 Cf. Judg 7:25
  29. Isaiah 10:26 1QIsaa MT lack stretched out
  30. Isaiah 10:26 Cf. Exod 14:16,26
  31. Isaiah 10:27 Lit. On that day; so 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsac reads On a day
  32. Isaiah 10:27 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX lacks because you’ve become obese.
  33. Isaiah 10:28 Lit. He
  34. Isaiah 10:28 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac LXX read to
  35. Isaiah 10:29 So 1QIsaa; MT reads They have
  36. Isaiah 10:29 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks by
  37. Isaiah 10:30 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read Laishah
  38. Isaiah 10:31 So 1QIsaa Syr.; MT LXX read Madmenah
  39. Isaiah 10:32 I.e. city where the ephod was stored during the reign of Saul; cf. 1Sam 22:13-20
  40. Isaiah 10:32 So 1QIsaa; MT reads brandish
  41. Isaiah 10:32 So 1QIsaa; MT reads fist
  42. Isaiah 10:33 Lit. the
  43. Isaiah 10:34 Or fall, along with its majestic trees