Isaiah 10:5
Ho, Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 24:24But ships [shall come] from the coast of Kittim, and they shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall come to destruction.
Psalms 17:14from men by thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in [this] life, and whose belly thou fill with thy treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
Isaiah 7:20In that day LORD will shave with a razor what is hired in the parts beyond the River, [even] with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet, and it shall also consume the beard.
Isaiah 10:15Shall the axe boast itself against him who hews with it? Shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield those who lift it up, [or] as if a staff should lift up [him who is] not wood.
Isaiah 14:5LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,
Isaiah 29:2Then I will distress Ariel, and there shall be mourning and lamentation, and she shall be to me as Ariel.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 10:2-5
The Condemnation of Oppressors. ( b. c. 740.) 1 Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; 2 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! 3 And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? 4 Without me they shall bow down under… Read the whole commentary →