Isaiah 10:16-34

English Standard Version

¹⁶Therefore the Lord God of hosts
    will send wasting sickness among his ^(A)stout warriors,
and under his glory ^(B)a burning will be kindled,
    like the burning of fire.
¹⁷^(C)The light of Israel will become a fire,
    and ^(D)his Holy One a flame,
and ^(E)it will burn and devour
    his thorns and briers ^(F)in one day.
¹⁸The glory of ^(G)his forest and of his ^(H)fruitful land
    the Lord will destroy, both soul and body,
    and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.
¹⁹The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few
    that a child can write them down.

The Remnant of Israel Will Return

²⁰^(I)In that day ^(J)the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more ^(K)lean on him who struck them, but ^(L)will lean on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. ²¹A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, ^(M)to the mighty God. ²²^(N)For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, ^(O)only a remnant of them will return. ^(P)Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness. ²³For the Lord God of hosts will make a full end, as decreed, in the midst of all the earth.

²⁴Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: “O my people, ^(Q)who dwell in Zion, ^(R)be not afraid of the Assyrians when they strike with the rod and lift up their staff against you as ^(S)the Egyptians did. ²⁵For ^(T)in a very little while my fury will come to an end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction. ²⁶And ^(U)the Lord of hosts will wield against them a whip, as when he struck ^(V)Midian ^(W)at the rock of Oreb. And his staff will be over the sea, and he will lift it ^(X)as he did in Egypt. ²⁷And in that day ^(Y)his burden will depart from your shoulder, and ^(Z)his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat.”^[a]

²⁸He has come to Aiath;
he has passed through ^(AA)Migron;
    at Michmash he stores ^(AB)his baggage;
²⁹they have crossed over ^(AC)the pass;
    at ^(AD)Geba they lodge for the night;
^(AE)Ramah trembles;
    ^(AF)Gibeah of Saul has fled.
³⁰Cry aloud, O daughter of ^(AG)Gallim!
    Give attention, O Laishah!
    O poor ^(AH)Anathoth!
³¹Madmenah is in flight;
    the inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
³²This very day he will halt at ^(AI)Nob;
    he will shake his fist
    at the mount of ^(AJ)the daughter of Zion,
    the hill of Jerusalem.

³³Behold, the Lord God of hosts
    ^(AK)will lop ^(AL)the boughs with terrifying power;
the great in height will be hewn down,
    and the lofty will be brought low.
³⁴He will cut down ^(AM)the thickets of the forest with an axe,
    and ^(AN)Lebanon will fall by the Majestic One.