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Isaiah 10:5-13

King James Version (KJV)

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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]:

Isaiah 10:5-13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 10:5

Theological / Devotional

Rod of mine anger. Having enumerated the crimes for which His professed people were to be judged, the Lord now sets forth the means by which He will execute judgment against them. God has decreed the sentence, and Assyria is to be the means by which the sentence will be executed. Compare ch. 7:20, where Assyria is compared to a razor that has been hired.

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