Isaiah 10:5

Woe to the Assyrians; the rod of my wrath, and anger are in their hands.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4that ye may not fall into captivity? For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is yet exalted.

6I will send my wrath against a sinful nation, and I will charge my people to take plunder and spoil, and to trample the cities, and to make them dust.

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Cross References

Numbers 24:24And one shall come forth from the hands of the Kittim, 1 And shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict the Eberites, 1 And they shall perish together.

Psalms 17:14The Lord also thundered from heaven, 1 And the Highest uttered his voice. 1

Isaiah 7:20In that day the Lord shall shave with the hired razor of the king of Assyria beyond the river the head, and the hairs of the feet, and will remove the beard.

Isaiah 10:15Shall 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;

Isaiah 14:5The Lord has broken the yoke of sinners, the yoke of princes.

Isaiah 29:2For I will grievously afflict Ariel: and her strength and her wealth shall be mine.

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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