Isaiah 10:5

O Ashur, the rod of Mine anger, 1 in whose yad is the mateh of My wrath. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4Without Me they shall bow down under the prisoners, 1 and they shall fall under the slain. 1 For all this His anger is not turned away, 1 but His yad is upraised still. 1

6I will send him against a Goy Chanef, 1 and against the people of My wrath will I give him a charge, 1 to take the spoil, and to take the plunder, 1 and to tread them down like the chomer chutzot (mire of the streets). 1

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Cross References

Numbers 24:24And ships shall come from the coast of Kittim (Cyprus), 1 and shall afflict Ashur (Assyria), and shall afflict Ever, + 24:24 i.e., Region beyond the River [Euphrates] 1 and he also shall be unto destruction.

Psalms 17:14From men with Thy yad, Hashem, 1 from men of the world, whose portion is in this life, 1 and with Thy treasures Thou fillest their belly; 1 they are satisfied with children, 1 and leave their abundance to their babes. 1

Isaiah 7:20In the same yom shall Adonoi shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by Melech Ashur, the head, and the hair of the legs; and it shall also consume the beard.

Isaiah 10:15Shall the garzen (axe) boast itself against Him that cuts therewith? 1 Or shall the masor (saw) magnify itself against Him that useth it? 1 As if the shevet (rod) should shake itself against them that lift it up, 1 or as if the matteh (staff) should lift up itself, 1 as if it were not etz. 1

Isaiah 14:5Hashem hath broken the matteh (rod) of the resha'im (wicked), 1 and the shevet (sceptre) of the moshlim (rulers). 1

Isaiah 29:2Yet I will distress Ariel, 1 and there shall be heaviness and sorrow; 1 and it shall be unto me as ariel (altar hearth). + 29:2 See Ezek 43:15 1

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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