Isaiah 10:5

Tragedy is coming to the Assyrians, even though the rod they use represents my anger and the stick they hold in their hands represents my fury!

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In The King James Version

O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

In Context

4All you'll be able to do is to bow down as prisoners, or lie among the dead! In all of this he is still angry and his hand is still raised.

6I am sending the Assyrians against a nation that has given up on its God, against a people that make me angry. I order the Assyrians to loot them, to take their possessions, and to trample them down like mud in the street.

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Cross References

Numbers 24:24Ships will be sent from Cyprus to attack Assyria and Eber, but they too will be permanently destroyed.”

Psalms 17:14Lord, by your power, save me from people whose only thought is for this world. May they be filled with what you have in store for them, their children too, with left-overs for their grandchildren!

Isaiah 7:20At that time the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates River, the king of Assyria, to shave you from head to toe, including your beards.

Isaiah 10:15Does an ax say it's more important than the person swinging it? Does a saw boast that it's greater than the person sawing with it? It would be as if a rod waved the person holding it, or a walking stick lifted up a person—who certainly wasn't wood!

Isaiah 14:5The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked, the rulers' scepter.

Isaiah 29:2But I'm going to cause trouble for Ariel; the city will cry and mourn, it will be like an altar hearth to 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 →

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