Jesaja 10
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God waarschuwt Israël
10 De Heer zegt tegen Israël: "Het zal slecht aflopen met de onrechtvaardige leiders die onrechtvaardige wetten en regels maken. 2 Wetten waardoor arme mensen worden verdrukt en oneerlijk worden behandeld. Wetten waardoor de weduwen worden uitgebuit en de weeskinderen worden geplunderd. 3 Maar wat zullen jullie doen op de dag dat Ik jullie kom straffen? Wat zullen jullie doen op de dag dat Ik een volk uit de verte op jullie afstuur om jullie te vernietigen? Naar wie zullen jullie vluchten om hulp te gaan halen? Waar zullen jullie je rijkdommen in veiligheid brengen? 4 Jullie zullen allemaal bukken onder het slavenjuk of omkomen in de strijd." Om al deze dingen is de Heer nog steeds woedend en houdt zijn straf nog niet op.
God zal Assur straffen voor zijn trots
5 Maar tegen Assur zegt de Heer: "Assur, het zal slecht met jou aflopen. Jij bent de stok waarmee Ik mijn volk wil slaan. Jij bent het wapen van mijn boosheid. 6 Ik zal jou op mijn volk afsturen, omdat Ik woedend ben op mijn volk dat zich niets van Mij aantrekt. Ik zal jou laten komen om het land leeg te roven en te vertrappen als vuilnis in de straten. 7 Maar jij begrijpt niet dat dit míjn plan is. Jij hebt je eigen plannen. Jij wil allerlei volken vernietigen. 8 Jij denkt: 'Ik heb toch overal koningen aangesteld? 9 Ik heb de steden Kalno en Karkemis, Hamat en Arpad, Samaria en Damaskus veroverd. Met al die steden liep het hetzelfde af. 10 Ze hadden veel meer goden dan Jeruzalem en Samaria. En hun godenbeelden waren veel mooier dan die van Jeruzalem en Samaria. Toch heb ik die steden veroverd. 11 Dan zal ik Samaria en Jeruzalem met hun goden toch zeker óók kunnen veroveren?'
12 Maar eerst zal Ik met Jeruzalem op de berg Sion doen wat Ik van plan ben. Daarna zal Ik de koning van Assur straffen voor zijn trots. 13 Want hij denkt: 'Ik heb landen veroverd en hun voorraden meegenomen. Ik heb als een reus de bewoners onder de voet gelopen. En dat heb ik allemaal door mijn eigen macht en mijn eigen wijsheid gedaan! 14 Ik nam de rijkdommen van de volken mee. Dat was net zo gemakkelijk als het leeghalen van vogelnestjes. Ik raapte de hele aarde leeg zoals je eieren uit een verlaten nest raapt. Niemand durfde met zijn vleugels te slaan, zijn snavel open te doen of te piepen.'
15 Maar kan een bijl soms over zijn werk opscheppen tegen de man die ermee hakt? Kan een zaag over zijn werk opscheppen tegen de man die ermee zaagt? Beweegt een staf soms de man die hem vasthoudt? Het is toch maar een stuk hout? 16 Waarom is Assur dan trots op wat hij heeft gedaan? Daarom zal Ik, de Heer van de hemelse legers, de honger sturen naar het rijke Assur. De honger zal al zijn rijkdom doen verdwijnen, net zoals een vuur alles verbrandt. 17 Want de Heer, het Licht van Israël, zal als een vuur zijn. De Heilige God van Israël zal als een vlam zijn. En die vlam en dat vuur zullen op één dag alles van Assur verbranden alsof het dorens en distels zijn. 18 Zijn prachtige bossen en wijngaarden[a] zal Ik op één dag helemaal vernietigen.[b] Assur zal zo zwak worden als iemand die ernstig ziek is. 19 Er zullen maar heel weinig bomen overblijven. Een kind kan ze tellen."
Een klein deel van Israël zal overblijven
20 De Heer zegt: "Het overblijfsel van het volk Israël zal in die tijd niet langer vertrouwen op Assur, de stok waarmee Ik hen sloeg. Maar dan zullen ze werkelijk vertrouwen op Mij, de Heilige God van Israël. 21 Dat kleine overblijfsel van het volk Israël zal terugkomen bij de sterke God. 22 Want, Israël, al is je volk nu zo ontelbaar als het zand langs de zee, slechts een klein overblijfsel zal terugkomen. Want Ik ben vastbesloten om je te vernietigen. Deze straf heb je verdiend. 23 Het besluit van de Heer van de hemelse legers staat vast en iedereen zal het zien."
24 De Heer van de hemelse legers zegt: "Mijn volk dat op de berg Sion woont, wees niet bang als jullie worden verdrukt door Assur, zoals jullie vroeger werden verdrukt door Egypte. 25 Want het duurt maar even. Daarna ben Ik niet meer boos op júllie, maar op Assur. Dan zal Ik Assur straffen en vernietigen. 26 Dan zal Ik hém met mijn zweep slaan, zoals Ik Midian heb geslagen bij de rots Oreb,[c] zegt de Heer van de hemelse legers. En zoals Ik vroeger bij de Rietzee[d] mijn staf heb gezwaaid en mijn macht heb laten zien, zo zal Ik nu weer mijn staf zwaaien en mijn macht laten zien. 27 In die tijd zal de last die Assur op jullie schouders had gelegd, van jullie afglijden. Het juk[e] dat hij op jullie nek had gelegd, zal worden vernietigd, vanwege de man die Ik heb gezalfd."
Assur valt het land binnen
28 Jesaja zegt: het leger van De vijand overvalt[f] Ajat, trekt door Migron, laat zijn bepakking in Michmas achter, 29 trekt de bergpas over en brengt de nacht door in Geba. De bewoners in Rama beven van angst. De mensen uit Gibea-van-Saul vluchten. 30 Schreeuw het uit, Bat-Gallim! Pas op, Laïs! Arm Anatot! 31 De mensen uit Madmena vluchten. De bewoners van Gebim slaan massaal op de vlucht. 32 De vijand staat al bij Nob.[g] Ze schudden dreigend hun vuisten in de richting van de berg Sion en Jeruzalem.
33 Maar let op, de Heer van de hemelse legers zal met geweld de boomtoppen afkappen. De hoge stammen zullen worden omgehakt. 34 Met een bijl zal Hij het dichte bos van de Libanon omhakken. De Libanon zal kaalgekapt worden[h] door de Almachtige God.
Footnotes
- Jesaja 10:18 Met 'bossen en wijngaarden' worden in de profetieën vaak legers en de legerleiding bedoeld.
- Jesaja 10:18 In de tijd van koning Hizkia is Assurs leger inderdaad in één dag vernietigd. Lees 2 Koningen 19:29-35.
- Jesaja 10:26 Gideon versloeg met een klein leger het grote leger van Midian. Lees Richters 7:7 en 21-25.
- Jesaja 10:26 Op bevel van de Heer hief Mozes hief zijn staf op en de Heer spleet toen de zee. Lees Exodus 14:21 en 22.
- Jesaja 10:27 Een juk is een soort houten balk die dwars over de nek van een os werd gelegd, waarna hij met banden aan de os en aan een ploeg werd vastgemaakt. Zo kon een os gedwongen worden om een ploeg te trekken. In de hele bijbel is een juk een symbool van onderdrukking en slavernij.
- Jesaja 10:28 Jesaja zag deze dingen in zijn geest gebeuren. Hij vertelde wat hij zag alsof het al werkelijk gebeurde.
- Jesaja 10:32 De volgorde van deze steden geeft ongeveer de route aan die het leger van de vijand zou nemen naar Jeruzalem. Nob ligt vlak bij Jeruzalem. In 701 vóór het jaar nul rukte het leger van Assur op naar Jeruzalem. Maar het lijkt er op dat deze profetie nog een 'tweede laag' heeft: iets wat in de toekomst nog zal gebeuren.
- Jesaja 10:34 Met deze bossen zouden ook de legers met hun helden bedoeld kunnen zijn. Ze werden door de Heer vernietigd. Lees 2 Koningen 19:32-35.
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.
Isaiah 10
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
10 Woe to them that make wicked laws: and when they write, write injustice:
2 To oppress the poor in judgment, and do violence to the cause of the humble of my people: that widows might be their prey, and that they might rob the fatherless.
3 What will you do in the day of visitation, and of the calamity which cometh from afar? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
4 That you be not bowed down under the bond, and fall with the slain? In all these things his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
5 Woe to the Assyrian, he is the rod and the staff of my anger, and my indignation is in their hands.
6 I will send him to a deceitful nation, and I will give him a charge against the people of my wrath, to take away the spoils, and to lay hold on the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 But he shall not take it so, and his heart shall not think so: but his heart shall be set to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few.
8 For he shall say:
9 Are not my princes as so many kings? is not Calano as Charcamis: and Emath as Arphad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
10 As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idol, so also their idols of Jerusalem, and of Samaria.
11 Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
12 And it shall come to pass, that when the Lord shall have performed all his works in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem, I will visit the fruit of the proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of the haughtiness of his eyes.
13 For he hath said: By the strength of my own hand I have done it, and by my own wisdom I have understood: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have taken the spoils of the princes, and as a mighty man hath pulled down them that sat on high.
14 And my hand hath found the strength of the people as a nest; and as eggs are gathered, that are left, so have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or made the least noise.
15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that cutteth with it? or shall the saw exalt itself against him by whom it is drawn? as if a rod should lift itself up against him that lifteth it up, and a staff exalt itself, which is but wood.
16 Therefore the sovereign Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall send leanness among his fat ones: and under his glory shall be kindled a burning, as it were the burning of a fire.
17 And the light of Israel shall be as a fire, and the Holy One thereof as a flame: and his thorns and his briers shall be set on fire, and shall be devoured in one day.
18 And the glory of his forest, and of his beautiful hill, shall be consumed from the soul even to the flesh, and he shall run away through fear.
19 And they that remain of the trees of his forest shall be so few, that they shall easily be numbered, and a child shall write them down.
20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and they that shall escape of the house of Jacob, shall lean no more upon him that striketh them: but they shall lean upon the Lord the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 The remnant shall be converted, the remnant, I say, of Jacob, to the mighty God.
22 For if thy people, O Israel, shall be as the sand of the sea, a remnant of them shall be converted, the consumption abridged shall overflow with justice.
23 For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, and an abridgment in the midst of all the land.
24 Therefore, thus saith the Lord the God of hosts: O my people that dwellest in Sion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall strike thee with his rod, and he shall lift up his staff over thee in the way of Egypt.
25 For yet a little and a very little while, and my indignation shall cease, and my wrath shall be upon their wickedness.
26 And the Lord of hosts shall raise up a scourge against him, according to the slaughter of Madian in the rock of Oreb, and his rod over the sea, and he shall lift it up in the way 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 putrify at the presence of the oil.
28 He shall come into Aiath, he shall pass into Magron: at Machmas he shall lay up his carriages.
29 They have passed in haste, Gaba is our lodging: Rama was astonished, Gabaath of Saul fled away.
30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim, attend, O Laisa, poor Anathoth.
31 Medemena is removed: ye inhabitants of Gabim, take courage.
32 It is yet day enough, to remain in Nobe: he shall shake his hand against the mountain of the daughter of Sion, the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Behold the sovereign Lord of hosts shall break the earthen vessel with terror, and the tall of stature shall be cut down, and the lofty shall be humbled.
34 And the thickets of the forest shall be cut down with iron, and Libanus with its high ones shall fall.
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