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Isaías 10
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Isaías 10
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10 ¡Ay de los que emiten estatutos injustos
y publican edictos opresivos!
2 Privan de sus derechos a los pobres
y no les hacen justicia a los oprimidos de mi pueblo;
hacen de las viudas su presa
y saquean a los huérfanos.
3 ¿Qué van a hacer cuando deban rendir cuentas,
cuando llegue desde lejos la tormenta?
¿A quién acudirán en busca de ayuda?
¿En dónde dejarán sus riquezas?
4 No les quedará más remedio que humillarse entre los cautivos
o morir entre los masacrados.
A pesar de todo esto,
la ira de Dios no se ha aplacado;
su mano aún sigue extendida.
Juicio de Dios sobre Asiria
5 «¡Ay de Asiria, vara de mi ira!
¡El garrote de mi enojo está en su mano!
6 Lo envío contra una nación impía,
lo mando contra un pueblo que me enfurece,
para saquearlo y despojarlo,
para pisotearlo como al barro de las calles.
7 Pero esto Asiria no se lo propuso;
¡ni siquiera lo pensó!
Solo busca destruir
y aniquilar a muchas naciones.
8 Pues dice: “¿Acaso no son reyes todos mis comandantes?
9 ¿No es Calnó como Carquemis?
¿No es Jamat como Arfad
y Samaria como Damasco?
10 Así como alcanzó mi mano a los reinos de los ídolos,
reinos cuyas imágenes superaban a las de Jerusalén y de Samaria,
11 y así como hice con Samaria y sus dioses,
también haré con Jerusalén y sus ídolos”».
12 Cuando el Señor termine lo que va a hacer contra el monte Sión y contra Jerusalén, él dirá: «Castigaré el fruto del orgulloso corazón del rey de Asiria y la arrogancia de sus ojos. 13 Porque afirma:
»“Esto lo hizo el poder de mi mano;
lo hizo mi sabiduría porque soy inteligente.
He cambiado las fronteras de los pueblos,
he saqueado sus tesoros;
como un guerrero poderoso he derribado a sus reyes.
14 Como quien mete la mano en un nido,
me he adueñado de la riqueza de los pueblos;
como quien recoge huevos abandonados,
me he apoderado de toda la tierra;
y no hubo nadie que aleteara
ni abriera el pico para piar”».
15 ¿Puede acaso gloriarse el hacha más que el que la maneja
o jactarse la sierra contra quien la usa?
¡Como si pudiera el bastón manejar a quien lo tiene en la mano
o la frágil vara pudiera levantar a quien pesa más que la madera!
16 Por eso enviará el Señor,
el Señor de los Ejércitos,
una enfermedad devastadora
sobre sus robustos guerreros.
En vez de honrarlos, les prenderá fuego,
un fuego como de llama ardiente.
17 La Luz de Israel se convertirá en fuego;
su Santo se volverá una llama.
En un solo día quemará sus espinos
y consumirá sus zarzas.
18 Destruirá de extremo a extremo
el esplendor de sus bosques y de sus huertos,
como enfermo carcomido por la plaga.
19 Tan pocos árboles quedarán en su bosque
que hasta un niño podrá contarlos.
El remanente de Israel
20 En aquel día ni el remanente de Israel
ni los sobrevivientes del pueblo de Jacob
volverán a apoyarse
en quien los hirió de muerte,
sino que su apoyo verdadero
será el Señor, el Santo de Israel.
21 Y un remanente volverá;[a]
un remanente de Jacob volverá al Dios Fuerte.
22 Israel, aunque tu pueblo sea como la arena del mar,
solo un remanente volverá.
Se ha decretado destrucción,
abrumadora justicia.
23 Porque el Señor, el Señor de los Ejércitos,
ejecutará la destrucción decretada contra todo el país.
24 Por eso, así dice el Señor, el Señor de los Ejércitos:
«Pueblo mío que vives en Sión,
no tengas temor de Asiria,
aunque te golpee con el bastón
y contra ti levante una vara, como lo hizo Egipto.
25 Dentro de muy poco tiempo
mi indignación contra ti llegará a su fin y mi ira destruirá a tus enemigos».
26 Con un látigo los azotará el Señor de los Ejércitos,
como cuando abatió a Madián en la roca de Oreb;
levantará sobre el mar su vara,
como lo hizo en Egipto.
27 En aquel día
esa carga se te quitará de los hombros
y, a causa de la gordura,
se romperá el yugo que llevas en el cuello.
28 Llega el enemigo hasta Ayat,
pasa por Migrón
y deja en Micmás su equipaje.
29 Cruza el paso y dice:
«Acamparemos en Gueba».
Ramá se pone a temblar,
y huye Guibeá, ciudad de Saúl.
30 ¡Clama a gritos, hija de Galín!
¡Escucha, Lais!
¡Pobre Anatot!
31 Se ha puesto en fuga Madmena;
los habitantes de Guebín buscan refugio.
32 Hoy mismo se detendrá en Nob;
agitará su puño contra el monte
de la ciudad de Sión,
el monte de Jerusalén.
33 ¡Miren! El Señor, el Señor de los Ejércitos,
desgaja las ramas con fuerza increíble.
Los árboles más altos son talados;
los más elevados son abatidos.
34 Derriba con un hacha la espesura del bosque
y el esplendor del Líbano se viene abajo.
Isaiah 10
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Isaiah 10
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10 Just look at those lawmakers who write evil laws and make life hard for the people. 2 They are not fair to the poor. They take away the rights of the poor and allow people to steal from widows and orphans.
3 Lawmakers, you will have to explain what you have done. What will you do then? Your destruction is coming from a faraway country. Where will you run for help? Your money and your riches will not help you. 4 You will have to bow down like a prisoner. You will fall down like a dead man, but that will not help you. God will still be angry and ready to punish you.
God Will Punish Assyria’s Pride
5 The Lord says, “I will use Assyria like a stick. In my anger I will use Assyria to punish Israel. 6 I will send Assyria to fight against the people who do evil. I am angry with them, and I will command Assyria to fight against them. Assyria will defeat them and take their wealth. Israel will be like dirt for Assyria to walk on in the streets.
7 “But Assyria does not understand that I will use him. He does not think of himself as my tool. He only wants to destroy other people. He only plans to destroy many nations. 8 Assyria says to himself, ‘All of my officers are like kings! 9 The city of Calno is no better than the city of Carchemish. Arpad is like Hamath, and Samaria is like Damascus. 10 I defeated those evil kingdoms and now I control them. The idols those people worship are better than the idols of Jerusalem and Samaria. 11 I defeated Samaria and her gods. I will also defeat Jerusalem and the idols her people have made.’”
12 When the Lord finishes doing what he planned to Jerusalem and Mount Zion, he will punish Assyria. The king of Assyria is very proud. His pride made him do many bad things, so God will punish him.
13 The king of Assyria said, “I am very wise. By my own wisdom and power I have done many great things. I have defeated many nations. I have taken their wealth and their people as slaves. I am a very powerful man. 14 With my own hands I have taken the riches of all these people—like someone taking eggs from a bird’s nest. A bird often leaves its nest and eggs, and there is nothing to protect the nest. There is no bird to chirp and fight with its wings and beak, so anyone can come take the eggs. And there is no one to stop me from taking all the people on earth.”
15 An ax is not better than the one who cuts with it. A saw is not better than the one who uses it. Is a stick stronger than the one who picks it up? It can’t do anything to the person who is using it to punish someone! 16 But Assyria doesn’t understand this. So the Lord God All-Powerful will send a terrible disease against him. He will lose his wealth and power like a sick man losing weight. Then Assyria’s glory will be destroyed. It will be like a fire burning until everything is gone. 17 The Light of Israel[a] will be like a fire. The Holy One will be like a flame. He will be like a fire that first begins to burn the weeds and thorns 18 and then spreads to burn up the tall trees and vineyards. Finally, everything will be destroyed—even the people. Assyria will be like a rotting log. 19 There will be a few trees left standing in the forest—so few that even a child could count them.
20 Then the people from Jacob’s family who are left living in Israel will stop depending on the one who beat them. They will learn to depend on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. 21 Those who are left in Jacob’s family will again follow the Powerful God.[b]
22 Israel, your people are as many as the sands of the sea, but only a few of them will be left to come back to God. But before that happens, your country will be destroyed. God has announced that he will destroy the land. And then justice will come into the land like a river flowing full. 23 The Lord God All-Powerful really will destroy this land.
24 The Lord God All-Powerful says, “My people living in Zion, don’t be afraid of Assyria! Yes, he will beat you, and it will be just as the time when Egypt beat you with a stick. 25 But after a short time my anger will stop. I will be satisfied that Assyria has punished you enough.”
26 Then the Lord All-Powerful will beat Assyria with a whip, just as he defeated Midian at Raven Rock.[c] He will punish his enemies, as he did when he raised his stick over the sea[d] and led his people from Egypt.
27 He will take away the troubles Assyria brought you—troubles that are like heavy weights carried with a yoke on your neck. But that yoke will be taken off your neck. The burden will be lifted from your shoulders.
The Army of Assyria Invades Israel
28 [e] The army of Assyria will enter near the “Ruins” (Aiath). The army will walk on the “Threshing Floor” (Migron). It will keep its food in the “Storehouse” (Micmash). 29 The army will cross the river at the “Crossing” (Maabarah) and sleep at Geba. Ramah will be afraid. The people at Gibeah of Saul[f] will run away.
30 Cry out, Bath Gallim[g]! Laishah, listen! Anathoth, answer me! 31 The people of Madmenah are running away. The people of Gebim[h] are hiding. 32 This day the army will stop at Nob and prepare to fight against Mount Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Look, the Lord God All-Powerful will use his great power and chop down that great tree. Their highest officials will be brought down. Their most important leaders will be humbled. 34 God will cut down his enemies. Like the tall trees of Lebanon he will cut them down with an ax.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 10:17 The Light of Israel This is a name for God, like “The Holy One” in the next sentence. See “Israel” in the Word List.
- Isaiah 10:21 Powerful God See Isa. 9:6.
- Isaiah 10:26 Midian at Raven Rock Or “Midian at the Rock of Oreb.” See Judges 7:25.
- Isaiah 10:26 he raised … sea See Ex. 14:1-15:21.
- Isaiah 10:28 Isaiah uses names with double meanings to describe the different ways the Assyrian army would fight against Judah.
- Isaiah 10:29 Geba, Ramah, Gibeah of Saul Towns north of Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 10:30 Bath Gallim Gallim, a city south of Jerusalem. This name means “daughter of the waves,” and might refer to birds that make loud noises by the shore.
- Isaiah 10:31 Gebim An unknown city. This name is like the Hebrew word for “pit” or “cistern,” a hole in the ground for storing water.
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