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Vae Assur! virga furoris mei et baculus ipse est; in manu eorum indignatio mea.

Ad gentem fallacem mittam eum, et contra populum furoris mei mandabo illi, ut auferat spolia, et diripiat praedam, et ponat illum in conculcationem quasi lutum platearum.

Ipse autem non sic arbitrabitur, et cor ejus non ita existimabit; sed ad conterendum erit cor ejus, et ad internecionem gentium non paucarum.

Dicet enim:

Numquid non principes mei simul reges sunt? numquid non ut Charcamis, sic Calano? et ut Arphad, sic Emath? numquid non ut Damascus, sic Samaria?

10 Quomodo invenit manus mea regna idoli, sic et simulacra eorum de Jerusalem et de Samaria.

11 Numquid non sicut feci Samariae et idolis ejus, sic faciam Jerusalem et simulacris ejus?

12 Et erit, cum impleverit Dominus cuncta opera sua in monte Sion et in Jerusalem, visitabo super fructum magnifici cordis regis Assur, et super gloriam altitudinis oculorum ejus.

13 Dixit enim: In fortitudine manus meae feci, et in sapientia mea intellexi; et abstuli terminos populorum, et principes eorum depraedatus sum, et detraxi quasi potens in sublimi residentes.

14 Et invenit quasi nidum manus mea fortitudinem populorum; et sicut colliguntur ova quae derelicta sunt, sic universam terram ego congregavi; et non fuit qui moveret pennam, et aperiret os, et ganniret.

15 Numquid gloriabitur securis contra eum qui secat in ea? aut exaltabitur serra contra eum a quo trahitur? Quomodo si elevetur virga contra elevantem se, et exaltetur baculus, qui utique lignum est.

16 Propter hoc mittet Dominator, Dominus exercituum, in pinguibus ejus tenuitatem; et subtus gloriam ejus succensa ardebit quasi combustio ignis.

17 Et erit lumen Israel in igne, et Sanctus ejus in flamma; et succendetur, et devorabitur spina ejus et vepres in die una.

18 Et gloria saltus ejus, et carmeli ejus, ab anima usque ad carnem consumetur; et erit terrore profugus.

19 Et reliquiae ligni saltus ejus prae paucitate numerabuntur, et puer scribet eos.

20 Et erit in die illa: non adjiciet residuum Israel, et hi qui fugerint de domo Jacob, inniti super eo qui percutit eos; sed innitetur super Dominum, Sanctum Israel, in veritate.

21 Reliquiae convertentur; reliquiae, inquam, Jacob ad Deum fortem.

22 Si enim fuerit populus tuus, Israel, quasi arena maris, reliquiae convertentur ex eo; consummatio abbreviata inundabit justitiam.

23 Consummationem enim et abbreviationem Dominus Deus exercituum faciet in medio omnis terrae.

24 Propter hoc, haec dicit Dominus Deus exercituum: Noli timere, populus meus, habitator Sion, ab Assur: in virga percutiet te, et baculum suum levabit super te, in via AEgypti.

25 Adhuc enim paululum modicumque, et consummabitur indignatio et furor meus super scelus eorum.

26 Et suscitabit super eum Dominus exercituum flagellum, juxta plagam Madian in petra Oreb: et virgam suam super mare, et levabit eam in via AEgypti.

27 Et erit in die illa: auferetur onus ejus de humero tuo et jugum ejus de collo tuo, et computrescet jugum a facie olei.

28 Veniet in Ajath, transibit in Magron, apud Machmas commendabit vasa sua.

29 Transierunt cursim, Gaba sedes nostra; obstupuit Rama, Gabaath Saulis fugit.

30 Hinni voce tua, filia Gallim, attende Laisa, paupercula Anathoth.

31 Migravit Medemena; habitatores Gabim, confortamini.

32 Adhuc dies est ut in Nobe stetur; agitabit manum suam super montem filiae Sion, collem Jerusalem.

33 Ecce Dominator, Dominus exercituum, confringet lagunculam in terrore; et excelsi statura succidentur, et sublimes humiliabuntur.

34 Et subvertentur condensa saltus ferro; et Libanus cum excelsis cadet.

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God’s Judgment on Assyria

“Woe(A) to the Assyrian,(B) the rod(C) of my anger,
    in whose hand is the club(D) of my wrath!(E)
I send him against a godless(F) nation,
    I dispatch(G) him against a people who anger me,(H)
to seize loot and snatch plunder,(I)
    and to trample(J) them down like mud in the streets.
But this is not what he intends,(K)
    this is not what he has in mind;
his purpose is to destroy,
    to put an end to many nations.
‘Are not my commanders(L) all kings?’ he says.
    ‘Has not Kalno(M) fared like Carchemish?(N)
Is not Hamath(O) like Arpad,(P)
    and Samaria(Q) like Damascus?(R)
10 As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols,(S)
    kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria—
11 shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images
    as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?(T)’”

12 When the Lord has finished all his work(U) against Mount Zion(V) and Jerusalem, he will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria(W) for the willful pride(X) of his heart and the haughty look(Y) in his eyes. 13 For he says:

“‘By the strength of my hand(Z) I have done this,(AA)
    and by my wisdom, because I have understanding.
I removed the boundaries of nations,
    I plundered their treasures;(AB)
    like a mighty one I subdued[a] their kings.(AC)
14 As one reaches into a nest,(AD)
    so my hand reached for the wealth(AE) of the nations;
as people gather abandoned eggs,
    so I gathered all the countries;(AF)
not one flapped a wing,
    or opened its mouth to chirp.(AG)’”

15 Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
    or the saw boast against the one who uses it?(AH)
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
    or a club(AI) brandish the one who is not wood!
16 Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will send a wasting disease(AJ) upon his sturdy warriors;(AK)
under his pomp(AL) a fire(AM) will be kindled
    like a blazing flame.
17 The Light of Israel will become a fire,(AN)
    their Holy One(AO) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
    his thorns(AP) and his briers.(AQ)
18 The splendor of his forests(AR) and fertile fields
    it will completely destroy,(AS)
    as when a sick person wastes away.
19 And the remaining trees of his forests(AT) will be so few(AU)
    that a child could write them down.

The Remnant of Israel

20 In that day(AV) the remnant of Israel,
    the survivors(AW) of Jacob,
will no longer rely(AX) on him
    who struck them down(AY)
but will truly rely(AZ) on the Lord,
    the Holy One of Israel.(BA)
21 A remnant(BB) will return,[b](BC) a remnant of Jacob
    will return to the Mighty God.(BD)
22 Though your people be like the sand(BE) by the sea, Israel,
    only a remnant will return.(BF)
Destruction has been decreed,(BG)
    overwhelming and righteous.
23 The Lord, the Lord Almighty, will carry out
    the destruction decreed(BH) upon the whole land.(BI)

24 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says:

“My people who live in Zion,(BJ)
    do not be afraid(BK) of the Assyrians,
who beat(BL) you with a rod(BM)
    and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
25 Very soon(BN) my anger against you will end
    and my wrath(BO) will be directed to their destruction.(BP)

26 The Lord Almighty will lash(BQ) them with a whip,
    as when he struck down Midian(BR) at the rock of Oreb;
and he will raise his staff(BS) over the waters,(BT)
    as he did in Egypt.
27 In that day(BU) their burden(BV) will be lifted from your shoulders,
    their yoke(BW) from your neck;(BX)
the yoke(BY) will be broken
    because you have grown so fat.[c]

28 They enter Aiath;
    they pass through Migron;(BZ)
    they store supplies(CA) at Mikmash.(CB)
29 They go over the pass, and say,
    “We will camp overnight at Geba.(CC)
Ramah(CD) trembles;
    Gibeah(CE) of Saul flees.(CF)
30 Cry out, Daughter Gallim!(CG)
    Listen, Laishah!
    Poor Anathoth!(CH)
31 Madmenah is in flight;
    the people of Gebim take cover.
32 This day they will halt at Nob;(CI)
    they will shake their fist(CJ)
at the mount of Daughter Zion,(CK)
    at the hill of Jerusalem.

33 See, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    will lop off(CL) the boughs with great power.
The lofty trees will be felled,(CM)
    the tall(CN) ones will be brought low.(CO)
34 He will cut down(CP) the forest thickets with an ax;
    Lebanon(CQ) will fall before the Mighty One.(CR)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 10:13 Or treasures; / I subdued the mighty,
  2. Isaiah 10:21 Hebrew shear-jashub (see 7:3 and note); also in verse 22
  3. Isaiah 10:27 Hebrew; Septuagint broken / from your shoulders