Isaiah 10
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 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.
5 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. 8 For he
saith, Are not my
princes altogether kings? 9 Is not
Calno as
Carchemish? is not
Hamath as
Arpad? is not
Samaria as
Damascus? 10 As my
hand hath
found the
kingdoms of the
idols, and whose graven
images did excel them of
Jerusalem and of
Samaria; 11 Shall I not, as I have
done unto
Samaria and her
idols, so
do to
Jerusalem and her
idols? 12 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. 13 For he
saith, By the
strength of my
hand I have
done it, and by my
wisdom; for I am
prudent: and I have
removed the
bounds of the
people, and have
robbed their
treasures, and I have put
down the
inhabitants like a
valiant man: 14 And my
hand hath
found as a
nest the
riches of the
people: and as one
gathereth eggs that are
left, have I
gathered all the
earth; and there was none that
moved the
wing, or
opened the
mouth, or
peeped.
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. 16 Therefore shall the
Lord, the
Lord of
hosts, send among his fat
ones leanness; and under his
glory he shall
kindle a
burning like the burning of a
fire. 17 And the
light of
Israel shall be for a
fire, and his Holy
One for a
flame: and it shall
burn and
devour his
thorns and his
briers in
one day; 18 And shall
consume the
glory of his
forest, and of his fruitful
field, both
soul and
body: and they shall be as when a
standardbearer fainteth.
19 And the
rest of the
trees of his
forest shall be
few, that a
child may
write them.
20 And it shall come to pass in that
day, that the
remnant of
Israel, and such as are
escaped of the
house of
Jacob, shall no more
again stay upon him that
smote them; but shall
stay upon the
LORD, the Holy
One of
Israel, in
truth. 21 The
remnant shall
return, even the
remnant of
Jacob, unto the
mighty God. 22 For though thy
people Israel be as the
sand of the
sea, yet a
remnant of them shall
return: the
consumption decreed shall
overflow with
righteousness. 23 For the
Lord GOD of
hosts shall
make a
consumption, even
determined, in the
midst of all the
land. 24 Therefore thus
saith the
Lord GOD of
hosts, O my
people that
dwellest in
Zion, be not
afraid of the
Assyrian: he shall
smite thee with a
rod, and shall lift
up his
staff against thee, after the
manner of
Egypt. 25 For yet a
very little
while, and the
indignation shall
cease, and mine
anger in their
destruction. 26 And the
LORD of
hosts shall stir
up a
scourge for him according to the
slaughter of
Midian at the
rock of
Oreb: and as his
rod was upon the
sea, so shall he lift it
up after the
manner of
Egypt. 27 And it shall come to pass in that
day, that his
burden shall be taken
away from off thy
shoulder, and his
yoke from off thy
neck, and the
yoke shall be
destroyed because of the
anointing. 28 He is
come to
Aiath, he is
passed to
Migron; at
Michmash he hath laid
up his
carriages: 29 They are gone
over the
passage: they have taken up their
lodging at
Geba; Ramah is
afraid;
Gibeah of
Saul is
fled.
30 Lift
up thy
voice, O
daughter of Gallim: cause it to be
heard unto
Laish, O
poor Anathoth. 31 Madmenah is
removed; the
inhabitants of
Gebim gather themselves to
flee.
32 As yet shall he
remain at
Nob that
day: he shall
shake his
hand against the
mount of the
daughter of
Zion, the
hill of
Jerusalem. 33 Behold, the
Lord, the
LORD of
hosts, shall
lop the
bough with
terror: and the high
ones of
stature shall be hewn
down, and the
haughty shall be
humbled.
34 And he shall cut
down the
thickets of the
forest with
iron, and
Lebanon shall
fall by a mighty
one.