Isa 10:13-16 | NASB1995 | STEP | For 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 their inhabitants ,

Isaiah 10:13-16

13 For ^ahe has said, “By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this,
For I have understanding;
And I ^bremoved the boundaries of the peoples
And plundered their treasures,
And like a mighty man I brought down ^{▼▼ Or those who sit on thrones} their inhabitants,
14 And my hand reached to the riches of the peoples like a ^dnest,
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.”

15 Is the ^eaxe to ^fboast itself over the one who chops with it?
Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it?
That would be like ^ga ^{▼▼ Lit staff}club wielding those who lift it,
Or like ⁱa rod lifting him who is not wood.
16 Therefore the Lord, the ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God of hosts, will send a ^kwasting disease among his ^lstout warriors;
And under his ^mglory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame.