Isaiah 10:5
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
Berean Standard Bible
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 24:24Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”
Psalms 17:14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
Isaiah 7:20On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates —the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.
Isaiah 10:15Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
Isaiah 14:5The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.
Isaiah 29:2And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.
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 →