Isaiah 10:12

For this cause it will be that, when the purpose of the Lord against Mount Zion and Jerusalem is complete, I will send punishment on the pride of the heart of the king of Assyria, and on the glory of his uplifted eyes.

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Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

In Context

11So, as I have done to Samaria and her images, I will do to Jerusalem and her images.

13For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my knowledge, for I am wise: and I have taken away the limits of the peoples' lands, and the stores of their wealth have become mine; and I have made towns low in the dust, sending destruction on those living in them;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:27But for the fear that their haters, uplifted in their pride, might say, Our hand is strong, the Lord has not done all this.

Job 40:11\40:16\His strength is in his body, and his force in the muscles of his stomach.

Psalms 21:10\21:9\You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.

Proverbs 21:4A high look and a heart of pride, *** of the evil-doer is sin.

Isaiah 2:11The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.

Isaiah 5:15And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face, and the eyes of pride are put to shame:

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 10:6-20

The Pride of the King of Assyria; Sennacherib's Pride Rebuked; Destruction of the King of Assyria. ( b. c. 740.) 5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. 6 I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations… Read the whole commentary →

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