Isaiah 10:7-16

English Standard Version

⁷But he ^(A)does not so intend,
    and his heart does not so think;
but it is in his heart to destroy,
    and to cut off nations not a few;
⁸for he says:
^(B)“Are not my commanders all kings?
⁹^(C)Is not ^(D)Calno like ^(E)Carchemish?
    Is not ^(F)Hamath like ^(G)Arpad?
    ^(H)Is not ^(I)Samaria like Damascus?
¹⁰As my hand has reached to ^(J)the kingdoms of the idols,
    whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
¹¹shall I not do to Jerusalem and ^(K)her idols
    ^(L)as I have done to Samaria and her images?”

¹²^(M)When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, ^(N)he^[a] will punish the speech^[b] of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes. ¹³^(O)For he says:

“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
    and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I remove the boundaries of peoples,
    and plunder their treasures;
    like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
¹⁴My hand has found like a nest
    the wealth of the peoples;
and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken,
    so I have gathered all the earth;
and there was none that moved a wing
    or opened the mouth or chirped.”

¹⁵Shall ^(P)the axe boast over him who hews with it,
    or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it?
As if a rod should wield him who lifts it,
    or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!
¹⁶Therefore the Lord God of hosts
    will send wasting sickness among his ^(Q)stout warriors,
and under his glory ^(R)a burning will be kindled,
    like the burning of fire.