Isaiah 10:5

Woe to the Assyrian, the club of my anger, the rod by whom I wield my fury! 1

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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

4Nothing remains, and you crouch among the prisoners or fall among the killed. 1 In all these things, his anger does not subside; instead, his hand is still stretched out. 1

6I send him against an arrogant nation and against the people who bear my overflowing wrath. 1 I order him to take the spoil, to take the prey, and to trample them like mud in the streets. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 24:24Ships will come from the coast of Kittim; 2 they will attack Assyria and will conquer Eber, 2 but they, too, will end in destruction.”

Psalms 17:14Rescue me from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of this world whose prosperity is in this life alone! 1 You will fill the bellies of your treasured ones with riches; they will have many children and will leave their wealth to their children. 1

Isaiah 7:20At that time the Lord will shave with a razor that was hired beyond the Euphrates River—the king of Assyria— 1 the head and the hair of the legs; it will also sweep away the beard. 1

Isaiah 10:15Will the ax boast about itself against the one who wields it? 1 Will the saw praise itself more than the one who cuts with it? 1 It is as if a rod could lift up those who raise it, or as if a wooden club could lift up a person. 1

Isaiah 14:5Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of those rulers, 1

Isaiah 29:2But I will besiege Ariel, and she will be mourning and lamenting; 1 and she will be to me like Ariel. 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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