Isaiah 10
Lexham English Bible
Woes on the Wicked
10 Ah! Those who decree decrees of evil,
and writers who have written harm,
2 to guide the needy away from legal claims,[a]
and to rob the justice from the poor of my people,
to make widows their spoil;
and they plunder orphans.
3 And what will you do at the day of punishment,
and at calamity? It comes from afar!
To whom will you flee for help,
and where will you leave your wealth,
4 save that they bow down under the prisoners
and fall under the slain?[b]
In all of this his anger has not turned away,
and still his hand is stretched out.
Judgment on Assyria’s Arrogance
5 Ah! Assyria, the rod of my anger,
and a staff is in their hand: my wrath!
6 I send him against a godless nation,
and I command him against the people of my wrath,
to capture spoil
and to carry off plunder,
and to make them[c] a trampling place,
like the clay of the streets.
7 But he does not think this,[d]
and his heart does not plan this.
For it is in his heart to destroy
and to cut off not a few nations.
8 For he says, “Are not my commanders altogether kings?
9 Is not Calno like Carchemish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad?
Is not Samaria like Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols[e]
—and their images were greater than those of[f] Jerusalem and Samaria—
11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and its idols
what I have done to Samaria and her idols?”
12 And this shall happen: when the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion[g] and Jerusalem, “I will punish the arrogance[h] of the king of Assyria and his haughtiness.”[i]
13 For he says,
“I have done it by the strength of my hand
and by my wisdom, for I have understanding,
and I have removed the boundaries of peoples,
and I have plundered their stores,
and like a bull I have brought down the inhabitants.[j]
14 And my hand has found, like a nest, the wealth of the peoples,
and like the gathering of forsaken eggs, I myself have gathered all the earth.
And there was no fluttering wing or open mouth or chirp.”
15 Does the ax boast against the one who cuts with it,
or the saw magnify itself against the one who moves it to and fro?
As if a rod should move the one who lifts it![k]
As if a staff should lift up that which is not wood![l]
16 Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, will send leanness among his sturdy warriors,
and a burning like the burning of fire will burn under his glory.
17 And the light of Israel will become like a fire,
and his holy one like a flame,
and it will burn and devour his thorns[m] and briers[n] in one day.
18 And he will destroy the glory of his forest and orchard completely,[o]
and it will be like the wasting away of one who is sick.
19 And the rest of the trees[p] of his forest will be a small number,
and a boy can write them down.
The Return of the Remnant
20 And this shall happen: on that day, the remnant of Israel and the survivors[q] of the house of Jacob will not continue to lean on the one who struck it
but will lean on Yahweh, the holy one of Israel, in truth.
21 A remnant will return—
the remnant of Jacob—to the mighty God.
22 For though your people Israel was like the sand of the sea,
only a remnant of it will return.
Annihilation is determined,
overflowing with righteousness.
23 For the Lord Yahweh of hosts is about to make a complete destruction
and a determined end in the midst of all the earth.
24 Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh of hosts:
“My people who live in Zion,
you must not be afraid of Assyria.
It beats you with the rod,
and it lifts up its staff against you as the Egyptians did.[r]
25 My indignation will come to an end in just a very little while,[s]
and my anger will be directed to their destruction.”
26 And Yahweh of hosts is going to swing a whip against him,
as when Midian was defeated at the rock of Oreb;
and his staff will be over the sea,
and he will lift him up as he did in Egypt.[t]
27 And this shall happen: on that day,
he will remove his burden from your shoulder
and his yoke from your neck,
and a yoke will be destroyed because of fat.[u]
28 He has come to Aiath,
he has passed through Migron;
at Micmash he deposited his baggage.
29 They crossed over the pass;
Geba is a place of overnight lodging for us.
Ramah trembles;
Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30 Daughter of Gallim, cry out with your voice;
Laishah, listen!
Anathoth is poor.[v]
31 Madmenah flees!
The inhabitants of Gebim bring themselves into safety!
32 This day[w] taking a stand[x] at Nob,
he will shake his fist at the mountain of the daughter[y] of Zion,
at the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Look! The Lord Yahweh of hosts is about to lop off the branches[z] with great power,
and the towering trees[aa] will be felled,
and the tall trees[ab] will be brought low.
34 And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with the axe,
and Lebanon will fall by the mighty one.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 10:2 Hebrew “claim”
- Isaiah 10:4 Literally “except he will bow down under a prisoner and under slain they will fall”; “under” could also mean “in the place of”
- Isaiah 10:6 Hebrew “him”
- Isaiah 10:7 Or “so”
- Isaiah 10:10 Hebrew “idol”
- Isaiah 10:10 Literally “from”
- Isaiah 10:12 Literally “the mountain of Zion”
- Isaiah 10:12 Literally “fruit of the greatness of the heart”
- Isaiah 10:12 Literally “the pride of the height of his eyes”
- Isaiah 10:13 Or, “those sitting,” that is, rulers sitting on thrones
- Isaiah 10:15 Literally “As a rod waving even the one who lifts it up”
- Isaiah 10:15 Literally “As a staff lifting up not wood”
- Isaiah 10:17 Hebrew “thorn”
- Isaiah 10:17 Hebrew “brier”
- Isaiah 10:18 Literally “from soul and to body”
- Isaiah 10:19 Hebrew “tree”
- Isaiah 10:20 Hebrew “survivor”
- Isaiah 10:24 Literally “in the way of Egypt”
- Isaiah 10:25 Literally “for still a little a trifle”
- Isaiah 10:26 Literally “in the way of Egypt”
- Isaiah 10:27 The meaning of this phrase is uncertain, leading to the conjecture that it belongs with the next verse and by a different word division could mean “he has gone up from Jeshimon”; alternatively, “fat” could be a metaphor for prosperity
- Isaiah 10:30 Or with different vocalization, “Answer her, Anathoth!” which fits the parallelism better
- Isaiah 10:32 Literally “Yet today”
- Isaiah 10:32 Literally “to stand”
- Isaiah 10:32 Following the reading tradition (Qere); the consonantal text has “house”
- Isaiah 10:33 Hebrew “branch”
- Isaiah 10:33 Literally “the haughty of the height”
- Isaiah 10:33 Literally “height”
Ésaïe 10
La Bible du Semeur
Malheur aux mauvais législateurs
10 Malheur à ces législateurs ╵qui édictent des lois iniques,
et à ceux qui rédigent ╵des décrets qui engendrent la misère,
2 pour refuser aux miséreux ╵que justice leur soit rendue,
pour priver de leur droit ╵les pauvres de mon peuple,
pour dépouiller les veuves,
et pour piller les orphelins.
3 Que ferez-vous au jour ╵du règlement de comptes,
lorsque la destruction ╵viendra sur vous de loin ?
Vers qui donc fuirez-vous ╵pour avoir du secours ?
Et où cacherez-vous ╵l’amas de vos richesses ?
4 Il ne restera rien à faire ╵sinon se courber sous le joug ╵parmi les prisonniers
ou tomber parmi les victimes.
Mais malgré tout cela, ╵son courroux ne s’apaise pas,
sa main reste levée.
Le jugement sur l’Assyrie
5 Malheur à l’Assyrien,
bâton de ma colère !
Ce gourdin dans sa main
est l’instrument de ma fureur.
6 Je l’enverrai pour attaquer ╵une nation impie,
je vais lui donner la mission ╵de rafler le butin ╵d’un peuple qui déchaîne ma fureur,
de le mettre au pillage[a],
et de le piétiner ╵comme la boue des rues.
7 Mais ce n’est pas ainsi ╵que le roi d’Assyrie ╵a vu les choses
et qu’il a raisonné.
Car il ne songe qu’à détruire
et à exterminer ╵des peuples en grand nombre.
8 Oui, voici ce qu’il dit :
« Mes princes ╵ne sont-ils pas autant de rois ?
9 Kalno a bien subi ╵le sort de Karkemish,
Hamath celui d’Arpad,
Samarie celui de Damas[b].
10 Si, de ma main, ╵j’ai atteint des royaumes ╵adorant des idoles
dont les statues ╵étaient bien plus nombreuses ╵que celles de Jérusalem ╵et que celles de Samarie,
11 ne traiterai-je pas ╵Jérusalem et ses statues
tout comme j’ai traité ╵Samarie avec ses idoles ? »
12 Voici ce qui arrivera, dit le Seigneur : Quand j’aurai achevé toute mon œuvre sur le mont Sion et à Jérusalem, j’interviendrai contre le roi de l’Assyrie à cause de ses pensées orgueilleuses et de son regard arrogant. 13 Car il a déclaré :
« C’est par ma propre force ╵que j’ai fait tout cela,
et grâce à mon habileté, ╵car je suis très intelligent.
Moi, j’ai déplacé les frontières ╵de nombreux peuples,
et pillé leurs trésors
et, comme un homme fort, ╵j’ai détrôné des rois.
14 Ma main a ramassé ╵les richesses des peuples ╵comme on ramasse un nid.
Comme on s’empare ╵des œufs abandonnés,
j’ai pris toute la terre
sans qu’il y ait personne ╵pour agiter les ailes,
ou pour ouvrir le bec, ╵ou pour siffler. »
15 Mais la cognée se vante-t-elle ╵aux dépens de celui qui la manie ?
Ou la scie se glorifie-t-elle ╵aux dépens de celui qui l’utilise ?
Comme si le bâton ╵faisait mouvoir ╵celui qui le brandit,
comme si le gourdin ╵brandissait celui qui n’est pas de bois !
16 C’est pourquoi l’Eternel, ╵le Seigneur des armées célestes,
va faire dépérir ╵ses guerriers corpulents ;
sous ce qui fait sa gloire, ╵un feu s’embrasera,
comme le feu d’un foyer d’incendie.
17 Car la lumière d’Israël ╵deviendra comme un feu,
et le Saint d’Israël ╵comme une flamme
qui brûlera ╵et qui consumera ╵les épines, les ronces
en un seul jour.
18 Il anéantira ╵du cœur jusqu’à l’écorce
la luxuriance ╵de ses forêts et ses vergers.
On croira voir ╵un homme bien malade ╵qui dépérit.
19 Il restera si peu ╵d’arbres de sa forêt
qu’un petit enfant même ╵pourrait en inscrire le nombre.
Conversion du faible reste d’Israël
20 En ce jour-là,
le reste des Israélites
et les rescapés de Jacob
ne prendront plus appui ╵sur celui qui les frappe[c],
alors ils s’appuieront vraiment
sur l’Eternel, ╵sur le Saint d’Israël.
21 Un reste des descendants de Jacob[d]
un reste reviendra
vers le Dieu fort.
22 Car même si ton peuple, ╵ô Israël,
était aussi nombreux ╵que les grains de sable au bord de la mer,
ce n’est qu’un reste ╵qui reviendra ;
car Dieu a décidé ╵la destruction du peuple :
il fera venir la justice ╵comme une inondation[e].
23 Et l’Eternel, ╵le Seigneur des armées célestes,
accomplira dans le pays entier
cette destruction qui est décrétée.
Le joug assyrien sera brisé
24 Par conséquent, ╵voici ce que dit l’Eternel, ╵le Seigneur des armées célestes :
O toi mon peuple, ╵habitant de Sion, ╵ne crains pas l’Assyrie
quand, avec le bâton, ╵il viendra te frapper
et lorsqu’il brandira ╵son gourdin contre toi,
comme l’Egypte l’a fait autrefois[f].
25 Car, dans un peu, très peu de temps,
ma fureur prendra fin
et mon courroux ╵se tournera contre eux ╵pour les détruire.
26 Le Seigneur des armées célestes ╵brandira son fouet ╵pour frapper l’Assyrie
comme il frappa Madian ╵près du rocher d’Oreb[g].
Il lèvera encore ╵son bâton sur la mer
comme il l’a fait jadis ╵contre les Egyptiens[h].
27 En ce jour-là,
il ôtera de ton épaule ╵le fardeau qu’il va t’imposer
et il enlèvera ╵le joug qu’il aura placé sur ta nuque.
Ce joug sera brisé ╵pour laisser place ╵à la prospérité[i].
Invasion contre Juda
28 Les voilà qui arrivent, ╵ils marchent contre Ayath[j], ╵ils passent dans Migrôn
et ils ont déposé ╵à Mikmas leurs bagages.
29 Voici, ils ont déjà ╵franchi le défilé,
et les voilà qui disent : ╵« Campons pour la nuit à Guéba. »
Rama est terrifiée ;
à Guibea, ╵la ville de Saül, ╵les habitants prennent la fuite.
30 Pousse des cris, ╵ô Bath-Gallim,
fais attention, Laïs !
Malheureuse Anatoth,
31 Madména est en fuite,
le peuple de Guébim ╵cherche un refuge.
32 Oui, aujourd’hui déjà, ╵il fera halte à Nob
et menacera de son poing
le mont du peuple de Sion,
oui, la colline de Jérusalem.
33 Mais voici : l’Eternel, ╵le Seigneur des armées célestes,
abat avec violence ╵toutes ces belles branches.
Les plus hauts arbres sont coupés,
les plus élevés sont à terre.
34 Il tranche avec la hache ╵les taillis des forêts
et le Liban s’effondre ╵sous les coups du Puissant.
Footnotes
- 10.6 butin et pillage font allusion au nom d’un des fils d’Esaïe (voir 8.3).
- 10.9 Villes de Syrie (Kalno, Hamath, Arpad, Damas), d’une principauté hittite (Karkemish) et d’Israël (Samarie), assiégées et prises par les rois assyriens Tiglath-Piléser III et Sargon II entre 740 et 717 av. J.-C. L’ordre dans lequel ces villes sont mentionnées suggère l’avance des armées assyriennes vers le sud : vers Jérusalem.
- 10.20 C’est-à-dire les Assyriens.
- 10.21 Un reste reviendra: en hébreu Shear-Yashoub, nom d’un fils d’Esaïe (voir 7.3).
- 10.22 Les v. 22-23 sont cités en Rm 9.27-28.
- 10.24 Allusion aux conditions de vie des Israélites en Egypte (voir Ex 1).
- 10.26 Oreb: chef madianite tué par Gédéon (Jg 7.23-25).
- 10.26 Voir Ex 14.15-27.
- 10.27 Hébreu obscur et traduction incertaine. L’ancienne version grecque a : de sur tes épaules.
- 10.28 Ces versets décrivent l’avance des armées assyriennes qui se rapprochent de Jérusalem. Ayath est à 16 kilomètres au nord de la ville, les autres localités mentionnées dans les v. 28-32 sont de plus en plus proches.
Isaiah 10
New King James Version
Assyria Shall Be Broken
10 “Woe to those who (A)decree unrighteous decrees,
Who write misfortune,
Which they have prescribed
2 To rob the needy of justice,
And to take what is right from the poor of My people,
That widows may be their prey,
And that they may rob the fatherless.
3 (B)What will you do in (C)the day of punishment,
And in the desolation which will come from (D)afar?
To whom will you flee for help?
And where will you leave your glory?
4 Without Me they shall bow down among the (E)prisoners,
And they shall fall [a]among the slain.”
(F)For all this His anger is not turned away,
But His hand is stretched out still.
Arrogant Assyria Also Judged
5 “Woe to Assyria, (G)the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.
6 I will send him against (H)an ungodly nation,
And against the people of My wrath
I will (I)give him charge,
To seize the spoil, to take the prey,
And to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 (J)Yet he does not mean so,
Nor does his heart think so;
But it is in his heart to destroy,
And cut off not a few nations.
8 (K)For he says,
‘Are not my princes altogether kings?
9 Is not (L)Calno (M)like Carchemish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad?
Is not Samaria (N)like Damascus?
10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols,
Whose carved images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 As I have done to Samaria and her idols,
Shall I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?’ ”
12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord has [b]performed all His work (O)on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, that He will say, (P)“I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks.”
13 (Q)For he says:
“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
And by my wisdom, for I am prudent;
Also I have removed the boundaries of the people,
And have robbed their treasuries;
So I have put down the inhabitants like a [c]valiant man.
14 (R)My hand has found like a nest the riches of the people,
And as one gathers eggs that are left,
I have gathered all the earth;
And there was no one who moved his wing,
Nor opened his mouth with even a peep.”
15 Shall (S)the ax boast itself against him who chops with it?
Or shall the saw exalt itself against him who saws with it?
As if a rod could wield itself against those who lift it up,
Or as if a staff could lift up, as if it were not wood!
16 Therefore the Lord, the [d]Lord of hosts,
Will send leanness among his fat ones;
And under his glory
He will kindle a burning
Like the burning of a fire.
17 So the Light of Israel will be for a fire,
And his Holy One for a flame;
(T)It will burn and devour
His thorns and his briers in one day.
18 And it will consume the glory of his forest and of (U)his fruitful field,
Both soul and body;
And they will be as when a sick man wastes away.
19 Then the rest of the trees of his forest
Will be so few in number
That a child may write them.
The Returning Remnant of Israel
20 And it shall come to pass in that day
That the remnant of Israel,
And such as have escaped of the house of Jacob,
(V)Will never again depend on him who [e]defeated them,
But will depend on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 The remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,
To the (W)Mighty God.
22 (X)For though your people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea,
(Y)A remnant of them will return;
The destruction decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
23 (Z)For the Lord God of hosts
Will make a determined end
In the midst of all the land.
24 Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: “O My people, who dwell in Zion, (AA)do not be afraid of the Assyrian. He shall strike you with a rod and lift up his staff against you, in the manner of (AB)Egypt. 25 For yet a very little while (AC)and the indignation will cease, as will My anger in their destruction.” 26 And the Lord of hosts will [f]stir up (AD)a scourge for him like the slaughter of (AE)Midian at the rock of Oreb; (AF)as His rod was on the sea, so will He lift it up in the manner of Egypt.
27 It shall come to pass in that day
That his burden will be taken away from your shoulder,
And his yoke from your neck,
And the yoke will be destroyed because of (AG)the anointing oil.
28 He has come to Aiath,
He has passed Migron;
At Michmash he has attended to his equipment.
29 They have gone [g]along (AH)the ridge,
They have taken up lodging at Geba.
Ramah is afraid,
(AI)Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30 [h]Lift up your voice,
O daughter (AJ)of Gallim!
Cause it to be heard as far as (AK)Laish—
[i]O poor Anathoth!
31 (AL)Madmenah has fled,
The inhabitants of Gebim seek refuge.
32 As yet he will remain (AM)at Nob that day;
He will (AN)shake his fist at the mount of (AO)the daughter of Zion,
The hill of Jerusalem.
33 Behold, the Lord,
The Lord of hosts,
Will lop off the bough with terror;
(AP)Those of high stature will be hewn down,
And the haughty will be humbled.
34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron,
And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 10:4 Lit. under
- Isaiah 10:12 completed
- Isaiah 10:13 mighty
- Isaiah 10:16 So with Bg.; MT, DSS YHWH (the Lord)
- Isaiah 10:20 Lit. struck
- Isaiah 10:26 arouse
- Isaiah 10:29 Or over the pass
- Isaiah 10:30 Or Cry shrilly
- Isaiah 10:30 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX, Syr. Listen to her, O Anathoth
Isaiah 10
King James Version
10 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
6 I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.
8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:
14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
16 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire.
17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;
18 And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth.
19 And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
22 For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
23 For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.
24 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.
26 And the Lord of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
27 And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
28 He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:
29 They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.
30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
31 Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.
32 As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
34 And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
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