Judgment on Arrogant Assyria

Isaiah 10

5 "Woe to Assyria, g the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hand is My indignation. 6 I will send him against h an ungodly nation,
And against the people of My wrath
I will i give him charge,
To seize the spoil, to take the prey,
And to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 j Yet he does not mean so,
Nor does his heart think so;
But it is in his heart to destroy,
And cut off not a few nations. 8 k For he says,
' Are not my princes altogether kings? 9 Is not l Calno m like Carchemish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad?
Is not Samaria n like Damascus? 10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols,
Whose carved images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria, 11 As I have done to Samaria and her idols,
Shall I not do also to Jerusalem and her idols?' "

12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord has 1 performed all His work o on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, that He will say, p "I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks."

13 q For he says:
"By the strength of my hand I have done it,
And by my wisdom, for I am prudent;
Also I have removed the boundaries of the people,
And have robbed their treasuries;
So I have put down the inhabitants like a 2 valiant man. 14 r My hand has found like a nest the riches of the people,
And as one gathers eggs that are left,
I have gathered all the earth;
And there was no one who moved his wing,
Nor opened his mouth with even a peep."

15 Shall s the ax boast itself against him who chops with it?
Or shall the saw exalt itself against him who saws with it?
As if a rod could wield itself against those who lift it up,
Or as if a staff could lift up, as if it were not wood! 16 Therefore the Lord, the 3 Lord of hosts,
Will send leanness among his fat ones;
And under his glory
He will kindle a burning
Like the burning of a fire. 17 So the Light of Israel will be for a fire,
And his Holy One for a flame;
t It will burn and devour
His thorns and his briers in one day. 18 And it will consume the glory of his forest and of u his fruitful field,
Both soul and body;
And they will be as when a sick man wastes away. 19 Then the rest of the trees of his forest
Will be so few in number
That a child may write them.

  1. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:20
    You are My battle-ax and weapons of war: For with you I will break the nation in pieces; With you I will destroy kingdoms.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 9:17
    Therefore the Lord will have no joy in their young men, Nor have mercy on their fatherless and widows; For everyone is a hypocrite and an evildoer, And every mouth speaks folly. For all this His anger is not turned away, But His hand is stretched out still.
  3. Cross References
    2 Kings 17:6
    In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
    Jeremiah 34:22
    'Behold, I will command,' says the LORD, 'and cause them to return to this city. They will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.'"
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 50:20
    But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.
    Micah 4:11
    Now also many nations have gathered against you, Who say, "Let her be defiled, And let our eye look upon Zion.
    Micah 4:12
    But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD, Nor do they understand His counsel; For He will gather them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
    Acts 2:23
    Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death.
    Acts 2:24
    Whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.
  5. Cross References
    2 Kings 19:10
    "Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: 'Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, "Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria."
  6. Cross References
    Genesis 10:10
    And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
    Amos 6:2
    Go over to Calneh and see; And from there go to Hamath the great; Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory greater than your territory?
  7. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 35:20
    After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him.
  8. Cross References
    2 Kings 16:9
    So the king of Assyria heeded him; for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus and took it, carried its people captive to Kir, and killed Rezin.
  9. Cross References
    2 Kings 19:31
    For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, And those who escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
    Isaiah 28:21
    For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim, He will be angry as in the Valley of Gibeon - That He may do His work, His awesome work, And bring to pass His act, His unusual act.
  10. Cross References
    2 Kings 19:35
    And it came to pass on a certain night that the angel of the LORD went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses - all dead.
    2 Chronicles 32:21
    Then the LORD sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor, leader, and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned shamefaced to his own land. And when he had gone into the temple of his god, some of his own offspring struck him down with the sword there.
    Jeremiah 50:18
    Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, As I have punished the king of Assyria.
  11. Cross References
    2 Kings 19:22 - 24
    Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice, And lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.
    Isaiah 37:24 - 27
    By your servants you have reproached the Lord, And said, 'By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, To the limits of Lebanon; I will cut down its tall cedars And its choice cypress trees; I will enter its farthest height, To its fruitful forest.
    Ezekiel 28:4
    With your wisdom and your understanding You have gained riches for yourself, And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries.
    Daniel 4:30
    The king spoke, saying, "Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for a royal dwelling by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?
  12. Cross References
    Job 31:25
    If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gained much.
  13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 51:20
    You are My battle-ax and weapons of war: For with you I will break the nation in pieces; With you I will destroy kingdoms.
  14. Cross References
    Isaiah 9:18
    For wickedness burns as the fire; It shall devour the briers and thorns, And kindle in the thickets of the forest; They shall mount up like rising smoke.
  15. Cross References
    2 Kings 19:23
    By your messengers you have reproached the Lord, And said: "By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, To the limits of Lebanon; I will cut down its tall cedars And its choice cypress trees; I will enter the extremity of its borders, To its fruitful forest.
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