Isaiah 9:8-10:4

Judgment on Arrogance and Oppression

8 The Lord has sent a word against Jacob,
and it will fall on Israel;
 9 and all the people will know,
g Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria,
who say in pride and in arrogance of heart:
 10 "The bricks have fallen,
but we will build with dressed stones;
the sycamores have been cut down,
but we will put cedars in their place."
 11 But the Lord raises the adversaries of Rezin against him,
and stirs up his enemies.
 12 h The Syrians on the east and i the Philistines on the west
devour Israel with open mouth.
j For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.

13 The people k did not turn to him who struck them,
nor inquire of the Lord of hosts.
 14 So the Lord cut off from Israel l head and tail,
palm branch and reed in one day -
15 m the elder and honored man is the head,
and n the prophet who teaches lies is the tail;
 16 for those who guide this people have been leading them astray,
and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.
 17 Therefore the Lord does not o rejoice over their young men,
and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows;
for everyone is p godless and an evildoer,
and every mouth speaks q folly. 1
j For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.

18 For wickedness burns like r a fire;
it consumes briers and thorns;
it kindles the thickets of the forest,
and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
 19 Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts
the land is scorched,
and s the people are like fuel for the fire;
t no one spares another.
 20 u They slice meat on the right, but are still hungry,
and they devour on the left, but are not satisfied;
v each devours the flesh of his own arm,
 21 Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim devours Manasseh;
together they are w against Judah.
x For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.

Isaiah 10

1 Woe to those who y decree iniquitous decrees,
and the writers who z keep writing oppression,
 2 to turn aside the needy from justice
and a to rob the poor of my people of their right,
that widows may be their spoil,
and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
 3 What will you do on b the day of punishment,
in the ruin that will come c from afar?
To whom will you flee for help,
and where will you leave your wealth?
 4 Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners
or fall among the slain.
d For all this his anger has not turned away,
and his hand is stretched out still.

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 7:2
    When the house of David was told, "Syria is in league with Ephraim," the heart of Ahaz and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.
    Isaiah 7:5
    Because Syria, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has devised evil against you, saying.
    Isaiah 7:8 - 9
    For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. And within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered from being a people.
    Isaiah 7:17
    The Lord will bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father's house such days as have not come since the day that Ephraim departed from Judah - the king of Assyria.
  2. Cross References
    2 Kings 16:6
    At that time Rezin the king of Syria recovered Elath for Syria and drove the men of Judah from Elath, and the Edomites came to Elath, where they dwell to this day.
  3. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 28:18
    And the Philistines had made raids on the cities in the Shephelah and the Negeb of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages. And they settled there.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 9:17
    Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over their young men, and has no compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is godless and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
    Isaiah 9:21
    Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim devours Manasseh; together they are against Judah. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
    Isaiah 5:25
    Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against his people, and he stretched out his hand against them and struck them, and the mountains quaked; and their corpses were as refuse in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
    Isaiah 10:4
    Nothing remains but to crouch among the prisoners or fall among the slain. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
  5. Cross References
    Isaiah 1:5
    Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
    Hosea 7:10
    The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him, for all this.
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 19:15
    And there will be nothing for Egypt that head or tail, palm branch or reed, may do.
    Deuteronomy 28:13
    And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them.
  7. Cross References
    Isaiah 3:2 - 3
    The mighty man and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 28:7
    These also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are swallowed by wine, they stagger with strong drink, they reel in vision, they stumble in giving judgment.
    Micah 3:5
    Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who cry "Peace" when they have something to eat, but declare war against him who puts nothing into their mouths.
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 147:10 - 11
    His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man.
  10. Cross References
    Isaiah 10:6
    Against a godless nation I send him, and against the people of my wrath I command him, to take spoil and seize plunder, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
  11. Cross References
    Genesis 34:7
    The sons of Jacob had come in from the field as soon as they heard of it, and the men were indignant and very angry, because he had done an outrageous thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, for such a thing must not be done.
  12. Cross References
    Isaiah 9:12
    The Syrians on the east and the Philistines on the west devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 83:14
    As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze.
    James 3:5
    So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire!
  14. Cross References
    Isaiah 24:6
    Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched, and few men are left.
  15. Cross References
    Micah 7:2
    The godly has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among mankind; they all lie in wait for blood, and each hunts the other with a net.
  16. Cross References
    Isaiah 8:21
    They will pass through the land, greatly distressed and hungry. And when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will speak contemptuously against their king and their God, and turn their faces upward.
  17. Cross References
    Isaiah 49:26
    I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh, and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with wine. Then all flesh shall know that I am the Lord your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
    Deuteronomy 28:53 - 57
    And you shall eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of your sons and daughters, whom the Lord your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies shall distress you.
  18. Cross References
    Isaiah 11:13
    The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart, and those who harass Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah, and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
    2 Chronicles 28:6 - 9
    For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed 120,000 from Judah in one day, all of them men of valor, because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers.
  19. Cross References
    Isaiah 9:12
    The Syrians on the east and the Philistines on the west devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
  20. Cross References
    Psalms 94:20
    Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute?
  21. Cross References
    Jeremiah 8:8
    How can you say, 'We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us'? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.
  22. Cross References
    Isaiah 5:23
    Who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!
  23. Cross References
    Jeremiah 5:29
    Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord, and shall I not avenge myself on a nation such as this?
    Hosea 9:7
    The days of punishment have come; the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool; the man of the spirit is mad, because of your great iniquity and great hatred.
    Luke 19:44
    And tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation.
  24. Cross References
    Isaiah 5:26
    He will raise a signal for nations far away, and whistle for them from the ends of the earth; and behold, quickly, speedily they come!
  25. Cross References
    Isaiah 9:12
    The Syrians on the east and the Philistines on the west devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger has not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.
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