Isaiah 10:12
And this shall be: when the Lord will have completed each of his works on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I will act against the fruit of the exalted heart of king Assur, and against the glory of the haughtiness of his eyes.
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In The King James Version
In Context
11Should I not do to Jerusalem and her false images, just as I have done to Samaria and her idols?”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:27But because of the wrath of the enemies, I have delayed it. Otherwise, perhaps their enemies would be arrogant and would say: “Our exalted hand, and not the Lord, has done all these things.”
Job 40:11His strength is in his lower back, and his power is in the center of his abdomen.
Psalms 21:10For you are the one who has drawn me out of the womb, my hope from the breasts of my mother.
Proverbs 21:4To lift up the eyes is to enlarge the heart. The lamp of the impious is sin.
Isaiah 2:11The lofty eyes of man have been humbled, and the haughtiness of men will be bowed down. Then the Lord alone shall be exalted, in that day.
Isaiah 5:15And man will be bowed down, and man will be humbled, and the eyes of the exalted will be brought low.
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 →