Isa 10:5-34, 11:12 | ESV | STEP | Woe to Assyria , the rod of my anger ; the staff in their hands is my fury !

Isaiah 10:5-34

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. 22 ^aiFor though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, ^ajonly a remnant of them will return. ^akDestruction is decreed, overflowing with righteousness. 23 For the Lord God of hosts will make a full end, as decreed, in the midst of all the earth.

24 Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: “O my people, ^alwho dwell in Zion, ^ambe not afraid of the Assyrians when they strike with the rod and lift up their staff against you as ^anthe Egyptians did. 25 For ^aoin a very little while my fury will come to an end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction. 26 And ^apthe Lord of hosts will wield against them a whip, as when he struck ^aqMidian ^arat the rock of Oreb. And his staff will be over the sea, and he will lift it ^asas he did in Egypt. 27 And in that day ^athis burden will depart from your shoulder, and ^auhis yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat.” ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}

28 He has come to Aiath;
he has passed through ^awMigron;
at Michmash he stores ^axhis baggage;
29 they have crossed over ^aythe pass;
at ^azGeba they lodge for the night;
^baRamah trembles;
^bbGibeah of Saul has fled.
30 Cry aloud, O daughter of ^bcGallim!
Give attention, O Laishah!
O poor ^bdAnathoth!
31 Madmenah is in flight;
the inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
32 This very day he will halt at ^beNob;
he will shake his fist
at the mount of ^bfthe daughter of Zion,
the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Behold, the Lord God of hosts
^bgwill lop ^bhthe boughs with terrifying power;
the great in height will be hewn down,
and the lofty will be brought low.
34 He will cut down ^bithe thickets of the forest with an axe,
and ^bjLebanon will fall by the Majestic One.

Isaiah 11:12

12 He will raise ^bka signal for the nations
and will assemble ^blthe banished of Israel,
and gather the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.