Isaiah 10:5-7

New International Version

God’s Judgment on Assyria

⁵“Woe^(A) to the Assyrian,^(B) the rod^(C) of my anger,
    in whose hand is the club^(D) of my wrath!^(E)
⁶I send him against a godless^(F) nation,
    I dispatch^(G) him against a people who anger me,^(H)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,^(I)
    and to trample^(J) them down like mud in the streets.
⁷But this is not what he intends,^(K)
    this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
    to put an end to many nations.

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Isaiah 10:12

New International Version

¹²When the Lord has finished all his work^(A) against Mount Zion^(B) and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria^(C) for the willful pride^(D) of his heart and the haughty look^(E) in his eyes.

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Isaiah 10:12 in all English translations

Isaiah 10:15-25

New International Version

¹⁵Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
    or the saw boast against the one who uses it?^(A)
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
    or a club^(B) brandish the one who is not wood!
¹⁶Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will send a wasting disease^(C) upon his sturdy warriors;^(D)
under his pomp^(E) a fire^(F) will be kindled
    like a blazing flame.
¹⁷The Light of Israel will become a fire,^(G)
    their Holy One^(H) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
    his thorns^(I) and his briers.^(J)
¹⁸The splendor of his forests^(K) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,^(L)
    as when a sick person wastes away.
¹⁹And the remaining trees of his forests^(M) will be so few^(N)
    that a child could write them down.

The Remnant of Israel

²⁰In that day^(O) the remnant of Israel,
    the survivors^(P) of Jacob,
will no longer rely^(Q) on him
    who struck them down^(R)
but will truly rely^(S) on the Lord,
    the Holy One of Israel.^(T)
²¹A remnant^(U) will return,^[a]^(V) a remnant of Jacob
    will return to the Mighty God.^(W)
²²Though your people be like the sand^(X) by the sea, Israel,
    only a remnant will return.^(Y)
Destruction has been decreed,^(Z)
    overwhelming and righteous.
²³The Lord, the Lord Almighty, will carry out
    the destruction decreed^(AA) upon the whole land.^(AB)

²⁴Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:

“My people who live in Zion,^(AC)
    do not be afraid^(AD) of the Assyrians,
who beat^(AE) you with a rod^(AF)
    and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
²⁵Very soon^(AG) my anger against you will end
    and my wrath^(AH) will be directed to their destruction.^(AI)”

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Footnotes

Isaiah 10:21 Hebrew shear-jashub (see 7:3 and note); also in verse 22

Isaiah 10:33-34

New International Version

³³See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will lop off^(A) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,^(B)
    the tall^(C) ones will be brought low.^(D)
³⁴He will cut down^(E) the forest thickets with an ax;
    Lebanon^(F) will fall before the Mighty One.^(G)