Isaiah 10:12

Wherefore it shall come to pass—When My Lord shall finish his whole work upon Mount Zion and upon Jerusalem, I will bring punishment—Upon the fruit of the greatness of heart of the king of Assyria. And upon the vainglory of his uplifted eyes,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

In Context

11Shall I not as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so, do to Jerusalem and her images?

13For he hath said—By the strength of mine own hand, have I effectually wrought, And by my wisdom—for I have discernment,—That I might remove the bounds of peoples, Yea their treasures, have I plundered That I might lay prostrate as a mighty one the inhabitants;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:27Were it not that the taunt of the foe, I feared, Lest their adversaries should mistake,—Lest they should say—Our own hand, is exalted, It is not Yahweh, therefore who hath wrought all this!

Job 40:11Pour out thy transports of anger, and look on every one who is high, and lay him low;

Psalms 21:10Their fruit—out of the earth, wilt thou destroy, and their seed, from among the sons of men;

Proverbs 21:4Loftiness of eyes, and ambition of heart—the lamp of the lawless, are sin.

Isaiah 2:11The lofty looks of mean men, shall be humbled, And, the haughtiness of great men, shall be bowed down,—And Yahweh alone shall be exalted in that day.

Isaiah 5:15And the mean man hath been bowed down And the mighty man hath been humbled,—Yea the looks of the haughty shall be humbled.

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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