Isaiah 10:5
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 the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
6 I will send him against an 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 not a few.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
- KJV
- O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
- WEB
- Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
- ASV
- Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!
- DARBY
- Ah! the Assyrian! the rod of mine anger! and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
- BLB
- Woe [to] Assyria, the rod of My anger, and the staff that [is] in their hand [is] My rage.
- ÅB
- Ve Assur, min vredes ris! Min harme er staven i hans hånd.
- OTB
- Ve Assyria, min vredes stav, i hvis hånd er min harme.
- B1930
- Ve Assur, min vredes ris! Min harme er staven i hans hånd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 51:20–24
Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
Read in contextIsaiah 30:30
And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
Read in contextZephaniah 2:13
And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
Read in contextIsaiah 14:25
That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:15
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.
Read in contextIsaiah 13:5
They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.
Read in contextIsaiah 14:5–6
The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
Read in contextIsaiah 66:14
And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
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