Isaiah 10:15

Shall the axe glorify itself without him that hews with it? or shall the saw lift up itself without him that uses it, as if one should lift a rod or staff? but it shall not be so;

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

In Context

14And I will shake the inhabited cities: and I will take with my hand all the world as a nest: and I will even take them as eggs that have been left; and there is none that shall escape me, or contradict me.

16but the Lord of hosts shall send dishonor upon your honor, and burning fire shall be kindled upon your glory.

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Cross References

Psalms 17:13The Lord also thundered from heaven, and the Highest uttered his voice. 1

Isaiah 29:16Shall you⌃ not be counted as clay of the potter? + 29:16 Rom 9:20 Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, You did not form me? or the work to the maker, You have not made me wisely?

Isaiah 45:9What excellent thing have I prepared as clay of the potter? Will the plowman plow the earth all day? + 45:9 Rom 9:20 shall the clay say to the potter, What are you doing that you do not work, nor have hands? shall the thing formed answer him that formed it?

Ezekiel 28:9Will you indeed say, I am God, before them that kill you? whereas you are man, and not God.

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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