Isaiah 10:5
Ho! Assyrian, the rod of my wrath, the instrument of my punishment!
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
In Context
4... For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Cross References
Numbers 24:24But ships will come from the direction of Kittim, troubling Asshur and troubling Eber, and like the others their fate will be destruction.
Psalms 17:14With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.
Isaiah 7:20In that day will the Lord take away the hair of the head and of the feet, as well as the hair of the face, with a blade got for a price from the other side of the River; even with the king of Assyria.
Isaiah 10:15Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood.
Isaiah 14:5The stick of the evil-doers, the rod of the rulers, is broken by the Lord;
Isaiah 29:2And I will send trouble on Ariel, and there will be weeping and cries of grief; and she will 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 →