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Isaiah, Chapter 10

1 And to those who constantly recorda Lit mischief or misfortuneunjust decisions,
2 Woe to those who enact evil statutes
2 So as tob Lit turn aside fromdeprive 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 thec Or fatherlessorphans.
3 Now 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 yourd Lit glorywealth?
4 Nothing remains but to crouche Lit underamong the captives
Or fallf Lit underamong the slain.
In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.
5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hands is My indignation,
6 I send it against a godless nation
And commission it against the people of My fury
To capture booty and to seize plunder,
And tog Lit make them a trampled placetrample them down like mud in the streets.
7 Yet it does not so intend,
Nor doesh Lit its heart so planit plan so in its heart,
But rather it isi Lit in its heartits purpose to destroy
And to cut offj Lit not a fewmany nations.
8 For it says, “Are not my princesk Lit altogetherall kings?
9 “Is not Calno like Carchemish,
Or Hamath like Arpad,
Or Samaria like Damascus?
10 “As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols,
Whose graven images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 Shall I notl Lit do thusdo to Jerusalem and her images
Just as I have done to Samaria and her idols?”
12 So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I willm Lit visitpunish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the pomp ofn Lit haughtiness of his eyeshis haughtiness.” 13 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 downo Or those who sit on thronestheir inhabitants,
14 And 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.”
15 Is 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 ap Lit staffclub wielding those who lift it,
Or like a rod lifting him who is not wood.
16 Therefore the Lord, theq Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGOD of hosts, will send a wasting disease among his stout warriors;
And under his glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame.
17 And 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.
18 And 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.
19 And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number
That a child could write them down.
20 Now 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.
21 A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
22 For 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.
23 For a complete destruction, one that is decreed, the Lordr Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGOD of hosts will execute in the midst of the whole land.
24 Therefore thus says the Lords Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGOD of hosts, “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear the Assyriant Lit hewho strikes you with the rod and lifts up his staff against you, the way Egypt did. 25 For in a very little while My indignation against you will be spent and My anger will be directed to their destruction.” 26 The 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. 27 So it will be in that day, thatu I.e. the Assyrianhis burden will be removed from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be broken because of fatness.
28 He has come against Aiath,
He has passed through Migron;
At Michmash he deposited his baggage.
29 They have gone through the pass, saying,
“Geba will be our lodging place.”
Ramah is terrified, and Gibeah of Saul has fled away.
30 Cry aloud with your voice, O daughter of Gallim!
Pay attention, Laishah andv An ancient version reads Answer her, O Anathothwretched Anathoth!
31 Madmenah has fled.
The inhabitants of Gebim have sought refuge.
32 Yet today he will halt at Nob;
He shakes his fist at the mountain of thew Another reading is house ofdaughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
33 Behold, the Lord, thex Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGOD 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.
34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron axe,
And Lebanon will fally Or as a mighty oneby the Mighty One.

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