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24 Therefore thus says Lord Yahweh of hosts, “O My people who inhabit (A)Zion, (B)do not fear the Assyrian [a]who (C)strikes you with the rod and lifts up his staff against you, the way Egypt did. 25 For in a very (D)little while (E)My indignation against you will end and My anger will be directed to their destruction.” 26 And Yahweh of hosts will (F)waken a scourge against him like the slaughter of (G)Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His (H)staff will be over the sea and He will lift it up (I)the way He did in Egypt. 27 So it will be in that day, that [b]his (J)burden will be removed from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be broken because (K)of fatness.

28 He has come against Aiath,
He has passed through (L)Migron;
At (M)Michmash he deposited his (N)baggage.
29 They have gone through (O)the pass, saying,
(P)Geba will be our lodging place.”
(Q)Ramah trembles, and (R)Gibeah of Saul has fled away.
30 Cry aloud with your voice, O daughter of (S)Gallim!
Pay attention, Laishah and [c]afflicted (T)Anathoth!
31 Madmenah has fled.
The inhabitants of Gebim have sought refuge.
32 Yet today he will stand at (U)Nob;
He (V)shakes his fist at the mountain of the [d](W)daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

33 Behold, the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, will lop off the boughs with a terrible crash;
Those also who are (X)high in stature will be cut in pieces
And those who are lofty will be made low.
34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron axe,
And (Y)Lebanon will fall [e]by the Mighty One.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 10:24 Lit he
  2. Isaiah 10:27 The Assyrian
  3. Isaiah 10:30 One ancient version Answer her, O Anathoth
  4. Isaiah 10:32 Or house of
  5. Isaiah 10:34 Or as a mighty one

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,[a] 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.[b] 26 The Lord of the Heavenly Armies will brandish a whip against them, as when he struck Midian at the rock of Oreb;[c] and as his staff was stretched out[d] over the sea,[e] so he will lift it up as he did in Egypt. 27 At that time,[f] his burden will depart from your shoulder and his yoke from your neck. Indeed, the yoke will be broken, because you’ve become obese.”[g]

The Coming Judgment of God

28 “The Assyrian commander[h] has come upon[i] Aiath
    and has passed through Migron;
        he stores his supplies at Michmash.
29 He has[j] crossed over by[k] 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![l]
        Poor Anathoth!
31 Marmenah[m] is in flight;
    the inhabitants of Gebim take cover.
32 This very day he will halt at Nob;[n]
    he will shake[o] his fists[p]
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[q] 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.”[r]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 10:24 So 1QIsaa; MT reads Assyrians, when they strike you with a rod
  2. Isaiah 10:25 So 1QIsaa MT; MT mss. read end; LXX reads counsel
  3. Isaiah 10:26 Cf. Judg 7:25
  4. Isaiah 10:26 1QIsaa MT lack stretched out
  5. Isaiah 10:26 Cf. Exod 14:16,26
  6. Isaiah 10:27 Lit. On that day; so 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsac reads On a day
  7. Isaiah 10:27 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX lacks because you’ve become obese.
  8. Isaiah 10:28 Lit. He
  9. Isaiah 10:28 So 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsac LXX read to
  10. Isaiah 10:29 So 1QIsaa; MT reads They have
  11. Isaiah 10:29 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks by
  12. Isaiah 10:30 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read Laishah
  13. Isaiah 10:31 So 1QIsaa Syr.; MT LXX read Madmenah
  14. Isaiah 10:32 I.e. city where the ephod was stored during the reign of Saul; cf. 1Sam 22:13-20
  15. Isaiah 10:32 So 1QIsaa; MT reads brandish
  16. Isaiah 10:32 So 1QIsaa; MT reads fist
  17. Isaiah 10:33 Lit. the
  18. Isaiah 10:34 Or fall, along with its majestic trees