Verse 5
Isaiah 10:5
Free Bible Version
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I am sending the Assyrians against a nation that has given up on its God (Elohim), against a people that make me angry. I order the Assyrians to loot them, to take their possessions, and to trample them down like mud in the street.
Original Language Text
hebrew
ה֥וֹי אַשּׁ֖וּר שֵׁ֣בֶט אַפִּ֑/י וּ/מַטֶּה ה֥וּא בְ/יָדָ֖/ם זַעְמִֽ/י
English Translation
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger, and the staff in their hand is My fury.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 10 Context
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They pervert the legal rights of the needy, and rob justice from the poor of my people. They steal f...
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What are you going to do on the day you're punished, when disaster falls on you from far away? Who a...
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All you'll be able to do is to bow down as prisoners, or lie among the dead! In all of this he is st...
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4
Tragedy is coming to the Assyrians, even though the rod they use represents my anger and the stick t...
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5
I am sending the Assyrians against a nation that has given up on its God (Elohim), against a people...
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But this isn't what is behind the thinking of the king of Assyria. This isn't the plan he has in min...
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7
He says: “All my commanders are kings!
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8
We conquered Calno like we did Carchemish; Hamath like Arpad; Samaria like Damascus.
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9
I was the one who conquered these kingdoms along with the idols of their gods. These kingdoms had im...
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10
Why shouldn't I do to Jerusalem and her idols just what I did to Samaria and her idols?”
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11
Once the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will punish the king of...
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12
For the king of Assyria says: “I have done this in my own strength. It was through my wisdom, becaus...
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13
Like robbing a bird's nest, I took the wealth of the nations. Like collecting abandoned eggs, I coll...
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14
Does an ax say it's more important than the person swinging it? Does a saw boast that it's greater t...
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15
So the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will send a disease on the king of Assyria's strong warriors that wi...
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16
Israel's light will become a fire, and his Holy One will become a flame. It will burn up his thorns...
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17
It will totally destroy its splendid forests and orchards. Assyria will waste away, staggering off l...
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18
At that time those who are left in Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer tru...
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19
A remnant will return, a remnant of Jacob will come back to the Mighty God (Elohim).
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20
Israel, even though your people are as numerous as sand on the seashore, only a remnant will return....
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21
So this is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says, My people living in Zion, don't be afraid of the...
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22
Very shortly I will stop being angry with you. Then I will turn my anger on them and I will destroy...
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23
The Lord Almighty will lash them with a whip, just as he did when he attacked the Midianites at the...
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24
At that time he will remove the burden from your shoulders and the yoke from your neck. The yoke wil...
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25
The Assyrians came to Aiath, passed through Migron, and stored their supplies at Michmash.
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26
They cross the pass, saying, “We'll stay overnight at Geba.” The people of Ramah tremble in fear; th...
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27
Shout out a warning, people of Gallim! Pay attention, those living in Laishah! You poor people of An...
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28
The people of Madmenah, are all running away. The inhabitants of Gebim are looking for somewhere saf...
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29
Today the invaders stop at Nob, shaking their fists at the mountain of the Daughter of Zion, at the...
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30
Look how the Lord Almighty is going to chop off the branches with great force. The tall trees will b...
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He will cut down the thick forest with an ax, and Lebanon will fall at the hand of the Mighty One.
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