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Isaiah 10 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Assyria Is God's Instrument

Isa 10:1

Isa 10:1Woe to those who enact evil statutes
And to those who constantly record [fn]unjust decisions,

Isa 10:2

Isa 10:2So as to [fn]deprive the needy of justice
And rob the poor of My people of their rights,
So that widows may be their spoil
And that they may plunder the [fn]orphans.

Isa 10:3

Isa 10:3Now what will you do in the day of punishment,
And in the devastation which will come from afar?
To whom will you flee for help?
And where will you leave your [fn]wealth?

Isa 10:4

Isa 10:4Nothing remains but to crouch [fn]among the captives
Or fall [fn]among the slain.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.

Isa 10:5

Isa 10:5Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hands is My indignation,

Isa 10:6

Isa 10:6I send it against a godless nation
And commission it against the people of My fury
To capture booty and to seize plunder,
And to [fn]trample them down like mud in the streets.

Isa 10:7

Isa 10:7Yet it does not so intend,
Nor does [fn]it plan so in its heart,
But rather it is [fn]its purpose to destroy
And to cut off [fn]many nations.

Isa 10:8

Isa 10:8For it says, “Are not my princes [fn]all kings?

Isa 10:9

Isa 10:9“Is not Calno like Carchemish,
Or Hamath like Arpad,
Or Samaria like Damascus?

Isa 10:10

Isa 10:10“As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols,
Whose graven images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

Isa 10:11

Isa 10:11Shall I not [fn]do to Jerusalem and her images
Just as I have done to Samaria and her idols?”

Isa 10:12

Isa 10:12So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will [fn]punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the pomp of [fn]his haughtiness.”

Isa 10:13

Isa 10:13For he has said,
“By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this,
For I have understanding;
And I removed the boundaries of the peoples
And plundered their treasures,
And like a mighty man I brought down [fn]their inhabitants,

Isa 10:14

Isa 10:14And my hand reached to the riches of the peoples like a nest,
And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth;
And there was not one that flapped its wing or opened its beak or chirped.”

Isa 10:15

Isa 10:15Is the axe to boast itself over the one who chops with it?
Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it?
That would be like a [fn]club wielding those who lift it,
Or like a rod lifting him who is not wood.

Isa 10:16

Isa 10:16Therefore the Lord, the [fn]GOD of hosts, will send a wasting disease among his stout warriors;
And under his glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame.

Isa 10:17

Isa 10:17And the light of Israel will become a fire and his Holy One a flame,
And it will burn and devour his thorns and his briars in a single day.

Isa 10:18

Isa 10:18And He will destroy the glory of his forest and of his fruitful garden, both soul and body,
And it will be as when a sick man wastes away.

Isa 10:19

Isa 10:19And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number
That a child could write them down.

A Remnant Will Return

Isa 10:20

Isa 10:20Now in that day the remnant of Israel, and those of the house of Jacob who have escaped, will never again rely on the one who struck them, but will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

Isa 10:21

Isa 10:21A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.

Isa 10:22

Isa 10:22For though your people, O Israel, may be like the sand of the sea,
Only a remnant within them will return;
A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.

Isa 10:23

Isa 10:23For a complete destruction, one that is decreed, the Lord [fn]GOD of hosts will execute in the midst of the whole land.

Isa 10:24

Isa 10:24Therefore thus says the Lord [fn]GOD of hosts, “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear the Assyrian [fn]who strikes you with the rod and lifts up his staff against you, the way Egypt did.

Isa 10:25

Isa 10:25“For in a very little while My indignation against you will be spent and My anger will be directed to their destruction.”

Isa 10:26

Isa 10:26The LORD of hosts will arouse a scourge against him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His staff will be over the sea and He will lift it up the way He did in Egypt.

Isa 10:27

Isa 10:27So it will be in that day, that [fn]his burden will be removed from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be broken because of fatness.

Isa 10:28

Isa 10:28He has come against Aiath,
He has passed through Migron;
At Michmash he deposited his baggage.

Isa 10:29

Isa 10:29They have gone through the pass, saying,
“Geba will be our lodging place.”
Ramah is terrified, and Gibeah of Saul has fled away.

Isa 10:30

Isa 10:30Cry aloud with your voice, O daughter of Gallim!
Pay attention, Laishah and [fn]wretched Anathoth!

Isa 10:31

Isa 10:31Madmenah has fled.
The inhabitants of Gebim have sought refuge.

Isa 10:32

Isa 10:32Yet today he will halt at Nob;
He shakes his fist at the mountain of the [fn]daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

Isa 10:33

Isa 10:33Behold, the Lord, the [fn]GOD of hosts, will lop off the boughs with a terrible crash;
Those also who are tall in stature will be cut down
And those who are lofty will be abased.

Isa 10:34

Isa 10:34He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron axe,
And Lebanon will fall [fn]by the Mighty One.
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NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: mischief or misfortune
Literally: turn aside from
Or, fatherless
Literally: glory
Literally: under
Literally: make them a trampled place
Literally: its heart so plan
Literally: in its heart
Literally: not a few
Literally: altogether
Literally: do thus
Literally: visit
Literally: haughtiness of his eyes
Or, those who sit on thrones
Literally: staff
Hebrew: YHWH, usually rendered LORD
Hebrew: YHWH, usually rendered LORD
Hebrew: YHWH, usually rendered LORD
Literally: he
I.e. the Assyrian
An ancient version reads Answer her, O Anathoth
Another reading is house of
Hebrew: YHWH, usually rendered LORD
Or, as a mighty one
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