Isa 10:5-21 | ESV | STEP | Woe to Assyria , the rod of my anger ; the staff in their hands is my fury !

Isaiah 10:5-21

Judgment on Arrogant Assyria

5 Woe to Assyria, ^athe rod of my anger;
the staff in their hands is my fury!
6 Against a ^bgodless nation I send him,
and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take ^cspoil and seize plunder,
and to ^dtread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 But he ^edoes 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:
^f“Are not my commanders all kings?
9 ^gIs not ^hCalno like ⁱCarchemish?
Is not ^jHamath like ^kArpad?
^lIs not ^mSamaria like Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to ⁿthe kingdoms of the idols,
whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and ^oher idols
^pas I have done to Samaria and her images?”
12 ^qWhen the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, ^rhe ^{▼▼Hebrew I} will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes. 13 ^tFor 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 ^uthe 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 ^vstout warriors,
and under his glory ^wa burning will be kindled,
like the burning of fire.
17 ^xThe light of Israel will become a fire,
and ^yhis Holy One a flame,
and ^zit will burn and devour
his thorns and briers ^aain one day.
18 The glory of ^abhis forest and of his ^acfruitful 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 ^adIn that day ^aethe remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no more ^aflean on him who struck them, but ^agwill lean on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. 21 A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, ^ahto the mighty God.