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Isaiah 10
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10 Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees,
    and the writers who keep writing oppression,
2 to turn aside the needy from justice
    and to rob the poor of my people of their right,
that widows may be their spoil,
    and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
3 What will you do on the day of punishment,
    in the storm which will come from afar?
To whom will you flee for help,
    and where will you leave your wealth?
4 Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners
    or fall among the slain.
For all this his anger is not turned away
    and his hand is stretched out still.

Arrogant Assyria Also Judged

5 Ah, Assyria, the rod of my anger,
    the staff of my fury![a]
6 Against a godless nation I send him,
    and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take spoil and seize plunder,
    and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 But he does not so intend,
    and his mind does not so think;
but it is in his mind to destroy,
    and to cut off nations not a few;
8 for he says:
“Are not my commanders all kings?
9 Is not Calno like Car′chemish?
    Is not Hamath like Arpad?
    Is not Samar′ia like Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols
    whose graven images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samar′ia,
11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and her idols
    as I have done to Samar′ia and her images?”

12 When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem he[b] will punish the arrogant boasting of the king of Assyria and his haughty pride. 13 For he says:

“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
    and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I have removed the boundaries of peoples,
    and have plundered their treasures;
    like a bull I have brought down those who sat on thrones.
14 My hand has found like a nest
    the wealth of the peoples;
and as men gather 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.”

15 Shall the axe vaunt itself 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!
16 Therefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts,
    will send wasting sickness among his stout warriors,
and under his glory a burning will be kindled,
    like the burning of fire.
17 The light of Israel will become a fire,
    and his Holy One a flame;
and it will burn and devour
    his thorns and briers in one day.
18 The glory of his forest and of his fruitful land
    the Lord will destroy, both soul and body,
    and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.
19 The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few
    that a child can write them down.

The Repentant Remnant of Israel

20 In that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more lean upon him that smote them, but will lean upon the Lord, 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 be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness. 23 For the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will make a full end, as decreed, in the midst of all the earth.

24 Therefore thus says the Lord, the Lord of hosts: “O my people, who dwell in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrians when they smite with the rod and lift up their staff against you as the Egyptians did. 25 For in a very little while my indignation will come to an end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction. 26 And the Lord of hosts will wield against them a scourge, as when he smote Mid′ian at the rock of Oreb; and his rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it as he did in Egypt. 27 And in that day his burden will depart from your shoulder, and his yoke will be destroyed from your neck.”

He has gone up from Rimmon,[c]
28     he has come to Ai′ath;
he has passed through Migron,
    at Michmash he stores his baggage;
29 they have crossed over the pass,
    at Geba they lodge for the night;
Ramah trembles,
    Gib′e-ah of Saul has fled.
30 Cry aloud, O daughter of Gallim!
    Hearken, O La′ishah!
    Answer her, O An′athoth!
31 Madme′nah is in flight,
    the inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
32 This very day he will halt at Nob,
    he will shake his fist
    at the mount of the daughter of Zion,
    the hill of Jerusalem.

33 Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts
    will lop the boughs with terrifying power;
the great in height will be hewn down,
    and the lofty will be brought low.
34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an axe,
    and Lebanon with its majestic trees[d] will fall.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 10:5 Heb a staff it is in their hand my fury
  2. Isaiah 10:12 Heb I
  3. Isaiah 10:27 Cn: Heb and his yoke from your neck, and a yoke will be destroyed because of fatness
  4. Isaiah 10:34 Cn Compare Gk Vg: Heb with a majestic one
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10 Woe to those who (A)decree iniquitous decrees,
    and the writers who (B)keep writing oppression,
2 to turn aside the needy from justice
    and (C)to rob the poor of my people of their right,
that widows may be their spoil,
    and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
3 What will you do on (D)the day of punishment,
    in the ruin that will come (E)from afar?
To whom will you flee for help,
    and where will you leave your wealth?
4 Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners
    or fall among the slain.
(F)For all this his anger has not turned away,
    and his hand is stretched out still.

Judgment on Arrogant Assyria

5 Woe to Assyria, (G)the rod of my anger;
    the staff in their hands is my fury!
6 Against a (H)godless nation I send him,
    and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take (I)spoil and seize plunder,
    and to (J)tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 But he (K)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;
8 for he says:
(L)“Are not my commanders all kings?
9 (M)Is not (N)Calno like (O)Carchemish?
    Is not (P)Hamath like (Q)Arpad?
    (R)Is not (S)Samaria like Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to (T)the kingdoms of the idols,
    whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and (U)her idols
    (V)as I have done to Samaria and her images?”

12 (W)When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, (X)he[a] will punish the speech[b] of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes. 13 (Y)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.
14 My 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.”

15 Shall (Z)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!
16 Therefore the Lord God of hosts
    will send wasting sickness among his (AA)stout warriors,
and under his glory (AB)a burning will be kindled,
    like the burning of fire.
17 (AC)The light of Israel will become a fire,
    and (AD)his Holy One a flame,
and (AE)it will burn and devour
    his thorns and briers (AF)in one day.
18 The glory of (AG)his forest and of his (AH)fruitful land
    the Lord will destroy, both soul and body,
    and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.
19 The 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 (AI)In that day (AJ)the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more (AK)lean on him who struck them, but (AL)will lean on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. 21 A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, (AM)to the mighty God. 22 (AN)For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, (AO)only a remnant of them will return. (AP)Destruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness. 23 For the Lord God of hosts will make a full end, as decreed, in the midst of all the earth.

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

28 He has come to Aiath;
he has passed through (BA)Migron;
    at Michmash he stores (BB)his baggage;
29 they have crossed over (BC)the pass;
    at (BD)Geba they lodge for the night;
(BE)Ramah trembles;
    (BF)Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30 Cry aloud, O daughter of (BG)Gallim!
    Give attention, O Laishah!
    O poor (BH)Anathoth!
31 Madmenah is in flight;
    the inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
32 This very day he will halt at (BI)Nob;
    he will shake his fist
    at the mount of (BJ)the daughter of Zion,
    the hill of Jerusalem.

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

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 10:12 Hebrew I
  2. Isaiah 10:12 Hebrew fruit
  3. Isaiah 10:27 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
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10 Woe(A) to those who make unjust laws,
    to those who issue oppressive decrees,(B)
2 to deprive(C) the poor of their rights
    and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people,(D)
making widows their prey
    and robbing the fatherless.(E)
3 What will you do on the day of reckoning,(F)
    when disaster(G) comes from afar?
To whom will you run for help?(H)
    Where will you leave your riches?
4 Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives(I)
    or fall among the slain.(J)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,(K)
    his hand is still upraised.

God’s Judgment on Assyria

5 “Woe(L) to the Assyrian,(M) the rod(N) of my anger,
    in whose hand is the club(O) of my wrath!(P)
6 I send him against a godless(Q) nation,
    I dispatch(R) him against a people who anger me,(S)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,(T)
    and to trample(U) them down like mud in the streets.
7 But this is not what he intends,(V)
    this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
    to put an end to many nations.
8 ‘Are not my commanders(W) all kings?’ he says.
9     ‘Has not Kalno(X) fared like Carchemish?(Y)
Is not Hamath(Z) like Arpad,(AA)
    and Samaria(AB) like Damascus?(AC)
10 As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols,(AD)
    kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria—
11 shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images
    as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?(AE)’”

12 When the Lord has finished all his work(AF) against Mount Zion(AG) and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria(AH) for the willful pride(AI) of his heart and the haughty look(AJ) in his eyes. 13 For he says:

“‘By the strength of my hand(AK) I have done this,(AL)
    and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
    I plundered their treasures;(AM)
    like a mighty one I subdued[a] their kings.(AN)
14 As one reaches into a nest,(AO)
    so my hand reached for the wealth(AP) of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
    so I gathered all the countries;(AQ)
not one flapped a wing,
    or opened its mouth to chirp.(AR)’”

15 Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
    or the saw boast against the one who uses it?(AS)
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
    or a club(AT) brandish the one who is not wood!
16 Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will send a wasting disease(AU) upon his sturdy warriors;(AV)
under his pomp(AW) a fire(AX) will be kindled
    like a blazing flame.
17 The Light of Israel will become a fire,(AY)
    their Holy One(AZ) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
    his thorns(BA) and his briers.(BB)
18 The splendor of his forests(BC) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,(BD)
    as when a sick person wastes away.
19 And the remaining trees of his forests(BE) will be so few(BF)
    that a child could write them down.

The Remnant of Israel

20 In that day(BG) the remnant of Israel,
    the survivors(BH) of Jacob,
will no longer rely(BI) on him
    who struck them down(BJ)
but will truly rely(BK) on the Lord,
    the Holy One of Israel.(BL)
21 A remnant(BM) will return,[b](BN) a remnant of Jacob
    will return to the Mighty God.(BO)
22 Though your people be like the sand(BP) by the sea, Israel,
    only a remnant will return.(BQ)
Destruction has been decreed,(BR)
    overwhelming and righteous.
23 The Lord, the Lord Almighty, will carry out
    the destruction decreed(BS) upon the whole land.(BT)

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

“My people who live in Zion,(BU)
    do not be afraid(BV) of the Assyrians,
who beat(BW) you with a rod(BX)
    and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
25 Very soon(BY) my anger against you will end
    and my wrath(BZ) will be directed to their destruction.(CA)”

26 The Lord Almighty will lash(CB) them with a whip,
    as when he struck down Midian(CC) at the rock of Oreb;
and he will raise his staff(CD) over the waters,(CE)
    as he did in Egypt.
27 In that day(CF) their burden(CG) will be lifted from your shoulders,
    their yoke(CH) from your neck;(CI)
the yoke(CJ) will be broken
    because you have grown so fat.[c]

28 They enter Aiath;
    they pass through Migron;(CK)
    they store supplies(CL) at Mikmash.(CM)
29 They go over the pass, and say,
    “We will camp overnight at Geba.(CN)”
Ramah(CO) trembles;
    Gibeah(CP) of Saul flees.(CQ)
30 Cry out, Daughter Gallim!(CR)
    Listen, Laishah!
    Poor Anathoth!(CS)
31 Madmenah is in flight;
    the people of Gebim take cover.
32 This day they will halt at Nob;(CT)
    they will shake their fist(CU)
at the mount of Daughter Zion,(CV)
    at the hill of Jerusalem.

33 See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will lop off(CW) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,(CX)
    the tall(CY) ones will be brought low.(CZ)
34 He will cut down(DA) the forest thickets with an ax;
    Lebanon(DB) will fall before the Mighty One.(DC)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 10:13 Or treasures; / I subdued the mighty,
  2. Isaiah 10:21 Hebrew shear-jashub (see 7:3 and note); also in verse 22
  3. Isaiah 10:27 Hebrew; Septuagint broken / from your shoulders
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Judgment on Unjust Lawmakers

10 “How terrible it will be for the one[a] who enacts unjust decrees,
    for those who write oppressive laws
    that they have prescribed
2 to deprive the needy of justice
    and to rob the poor of my people of their rights,[b]
so that widows may become their spoil
    and so that they may plunder orphans![c]
3 What will you do on the day of Judgment,[d]
    in the calamity that will come from far away?
To whom will you run for help,
    and where will you leave your wealth,
4 so you won’t have to crouch among those in chains[e]
    or fall among the slain?

“Yet[f] for all this, his anger has not turned away,
    and his hand is still stretched out, ready to strike.”[g]

Assyria is an Instrument of Judgment

5 “How terrible it will be
    for Assyria, the rod of my anger!
        The club is in their hands![h]
6 I’m sending my fury[i] against a godless nation,
    and I’ll command him against the people with whom I’m angry
to seize loot and snatch plunder,
    and to trample them down
        like mud in the streets.
7 But this is not what he intends,
    and this is not what he thinks in his mind;
but it is in his mind to destroy,
    and to cut down[j] many nations.

8 “Because this is what he is saying:
    ‘My commanders are all kings, are they not?
9 Isn’t Calno like Carchemish?
    Isn’t Hamath like Arpad?
        Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to the idolatrous kingdoms[k]
    whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 will I not deal with Jerusalem and her idols
    as I have dealt with Samaria and her images?’”

Assyria will be Judged

12 “For[l] the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and against Jerusalem; he will punish the speech that comes from that willful[m] heart of Assyria’s king and the haughty look in his eyes. 13 He keeps bragging:[n]

‘I’ve done it by the strength of my hand,
    and by my wisdom,
        because I’m so clever.[o]
I removed the boundaries of peoples,
    and plundered their treasures;
like a bull I brought down
    those who sat on thrones.
14 My hand has found, as if in a nest,
    the wealth of the people;
and as one gathers eggs that have been abandoned,
    so I have gathered all the inhabitants of the[p] earth.
Nothing moved a wing,
    opened its mouth,
        or chirped.’

15 “Does the ax exalt itself
    over the one who swings it?
Or does the saw magnify itself
    in opposition to the one who wields it?
As if a rod were to wield those who lift[q] it,
    or as if a club were to brandish the one who is not wood!
16 Therefore, the Lord God[r] of the Heavenly Armies will send a wasting disease
    among Assyria’s[s] sturdy warriors,
and under its glory a conflagration will be kindled,
    like a blazing bonfire.

17 “The light of Israel will become a fire,
    and its Holy One a flame,
and it will burn
    and consume Assyria’s[t] thorns and briers
        in a single day.
18 The splendor of its forest and its fruitful land
    the Lord will destroy—
        both soul and body—
and Assyria[u] will be
    as when a dying man wastes away.
19 What survives of the trees in his forest will be so few
    that a child can count them.”[v]

The Remnant Returns

20 At that time, the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer rely on the one who struck them down, but will truly rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. 21 A remnant will return—a remnant of Jacob—to the Mighty God. 22 For even if your people of Israel number as many as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. Overwhelming, righteous destruction is decreed, 23 because the Lord God of the Heavenly Armies[w] will bring about destruction, as has been decreed, throughout[x] the entire region.[y]

24 Therefore this is what the Lord God of the Heavenly Armies says: “My people, you who live in Zion, don’t be afraid of the Assyrians, of the rod that beats you,[z] who lift up their club against you as the Egyptians did. 25 In just a little while, my fury will come to an end, and my anger then will be directed to their destruction.[aa] 26 The Lord of the Heavenly Armies will brandish a whip against them, as when he struck Midian at the rock of Oreb;[ab] and as his staff was stretched out[ac] over the sea,[ad] so he will lift it up as he did in Egypt. 27 At that time,[ae] his burden will depart from your shoulder and his yoke from your neck. Indeed, the yoke will be broken, because you’ve become obese.”[af]

The Coming Judgment of God

28 “The Assyrian commander[ag] has come upon[ah] Aiath
    and has passed through Migron;
        he stores his supplies at Michmash.
29 He has[ai] crossed over by[aj] the pass;
    his overnight lodging is at Geba.
Ramah trembles;
    Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30 Cry aloud, you daughter of Gallim!
    Pay attention, Laish![ak]
        Poor Anathoth!
31 Marmenah[al] is in flight;
    the inhabitants of Gebim take cover.
32 This very day he will halt at Nob;[am]
    he will shake[an] his fists[ao]
at the mountain that is the Daughter of Zion,
    at Jerusalem’s hill.
33 Behold, the Lord God of the Heavenly Armies
    will lop off its[ap] boughs with terrifying power;
the tallest in height will be cut down,
    and the lofty will be brought low.
34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest
    with an ax,
and Lebanon will fall
    by the Majestic One.”[aq]

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 10:1 So 1QIsaa; MT reads the ones
  2. Isaiah 10:2 Lit. right
  3. Isaiah 10:2 Or plunder the fatherless
  4. Isaiah 10:3 Lit. reckoning
  5. Isaiah 10:4 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read beneath prisoners
  6. Isaiah 10:4 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack Yet
  7. Isaiah 10:4 DSS MT lack ready to strike
  8. Isaiah 10:5 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads is their fury!
  9. Isaiah 10:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads sending him
  10. Isaiah 10:7 Lit. off
  11. Isaiah 10:10 So 1QIsaa; MT reads the idol
  12. Isaiah 10:12 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read And when
  13. Isaiah 10:12 Lit. the fruit of the arrogant
  14. Isaiah 10:13 Lit. saying; so 1QIsaa; MT reads He said
  15. Isaiah 10:13 Lit. I have understanding
  16. Isaiah 10:14 1QIsaa MT lack inhabitants of the
  17. Isaiah 10:15 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX reads the one who lifts
  18. Isaiah 10:16 So 1QIsaa MT; other LXX MT mss read Lord
  19. Isaiah 10:16 Lit. his
  20. Isaiah 10:17 Lit. its
  21. Isaiah 10:18 Lit. it
  22. Isaiah 10:19 Lit. can write them down
  23. Isaiah 10:23 So 1QIsaa; LXX, MT mss lack Lord of the Heavenly Armies
  24. Isaiah 10:23 Lit. in the midst of
  25. Isaiah 10:23 Lit. land
  26. Isaiah 10:24 So 1QIsaa; MT reads Assyrians, when they strike you with a rod
  27. Isaiah 10:25 So 1QIsaa MT; MT mss. read end; LXX reads counsel
  28. Isaiah 10:26 Cf. Judg 7:25
  29. Isaiah 10:26 1QIsaa MT lack stretched out
  30. Isaiah 10:26 Cf. Exod 14:16,26
  31. Isaiah 10:27 Lit. On that day; so 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsac reads On a day
  32. Isaiah 10:27 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX lacks because you’ve become obese.
  33. Isaiah 10:28 Lit. He
  34. Isaiah 10:28 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac LXX read to
  35. Isaiah 10:29 So 1QIsaa; MT reads They have
  36. Isaiah 10:29 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks by
  37. Isaiah 10:30 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read Laishah
  38. Isaiah 10:31 So 1QIsaa Syr.; MT LXX read Madmenah
  39. Isaiah 10:32 I.e. city where the ephod was stored during the reign of Saul; cf. 1Sam 22:13-20
  40. Isaiah 10:32 So 1QIsaa; MT reads brandish
  41. Isaiah 10:32 So 1QIsaa; MT reads fist
  42. Isaiah 10:33 Lit. the
  43. Isaiah 10:34 Or fall, along with its majestic trees
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