10:1 Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees,
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 1 , Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees,
10:2 to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 2 , to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless.
10:3 What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches?
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 3 , What will you do on the day of reckoning, when disaster comes from afar? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your riches?
10:4 Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives or fall among the slain. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 4 , Nothing will remain but to cringe among the captives or fall among the slain. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.
10:5 'Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath!
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 5 , 'Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath!
10:6 I send him against a godless nation, I dispatch him against a people who anger me, to seize loot and snatch plunder, and to trample them down like mud in the streets.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 6 , I send him against a godless nation, I dispatch him against a people who anger me, to seize loot and snatch plunder, and to trample them down like mud in the streets.
10:7 But this is not what he intends, this is not what he has in mind; his purpose is to destroy, to put an end to many nations.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 7 , But this is not what he intends, this is not what he has in mind; his purpose is to destroy, to put an end to many nations.
10:8 'Are not my commanders all kings?' he says.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 8 , 'Are not my commanders all kings?' he says.
10:9 'Has not Calno fared like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad, and Samaria like Damascus?
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 9 , 'Has not Calno fared like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad, and Samaria like Damascus?
10:10 As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols, kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria--
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 10 , As my hand seized the kingdoms of the idols, kingdoms whose images excelled those of Jerusalem and Samaria--
10:11 shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?''
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 11 , shall I not deal with Jerusalem and her images as I dealt with Samaria and her idols?''
10:12 When the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say, 'I will punish the king of Assyria for the willful pride of his heart and the haughty look in his eyes.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 12 , When the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will say, 'I will punish the king of Assyria for the willful pride of his heart and the haughty look in his eyes.
10:13 For he says: ''By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, because I have understanding. I removed the boundaries of nations, I plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their kings.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 13 , For he says: ''By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, because I have understanding. I removed the boundaries of nations, I plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their kings.
10:14 As one reaches into a nest, so my hand reached for the wealth of the nations; as men gather abandoned eggs, so I gathered all the countries; not one flapped a wing, or opened its mouth to chirp.''
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 14 , As one reaches into a nest, so my hand reached for the wealth of the nations; as men gather abandoned eggs, so I gathered all the countries; not one flapped a wing, or opened its mouth to chirp.''
10:15 Does the ax raise itself above him who swings it, or the saw boast against him who uses it? As if a rod were to wield him who lifts it up, or a club brandish him who is not wood!
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 15 , Does the ax raise itself above him who swings it, or the saw boast against him who uses it? As if a rod were to wield him who lifts it up, or a club brandish him who is not wood!
10:16 Therefore, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, will send a wasting disease upon his sturdy warriors; under his pomp a fire will be kindled like a blazing flame.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 16 , Therefore, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, will send a wasting disease upon his sturdy warriors; under his pomp a fire will be kindled like a blazing flame.
10:17 The Light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One a flame; in a single day it will burn and consume his thorns and his briers.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 17 , The Light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One a flame; in a single day it will burn and consume his thorns and his briers.
10:18 The splendor of his forests and fertile fields it will completely destroy, as when a sick man wastes away.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 18 , The splendor of his forests and fertile fields it will completely destroy, as when a sick man wastes away.
10:19 And the remaining trees of his forests will be so few that a child could write them down.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 19 , And the remaining trees of his forests will be so few that a child could write them down.
10:20 In that day the remnant of Israel, the survivors of the house of Jacob, will no longer rely on him who struck them down but will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 20 , In that day the remnant of Israel, the survivors of the house of Jacob, will no longer rely on him who struck them down but will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
10:21 A remnant will return, a remnant of Jacob will return to the Mighty God.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 21 , A remnant will return, a remnant of Jacob will return to the Mighty God.
10:22 Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand by the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overwhelming and righteous.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 22 , Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand by the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overwhelming and righteous.
10:23 The Lord, the LORD Almighty, will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 23 , The Lord, the LORD Almighty, will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.
10:24 Therefore, this is what the Lord, the LORD Almighty, says: 'O my people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrians, who beat you with a rod and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 24 , Therefore, this is what the Lord, the LORD Almighty, says: 'O my people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrians, who beat you with a rod and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did.
10:25 Very soon my anger against you will end and my wrath will be directed to their destruction.'
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 25 , Very soon my anger against you will end and my wrath will be directed to their destruction.'
10:26 The LORD Almighty will lash them with a whip, as when he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb; and he will raise his staff over the waters, as he did in Egypt.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 26 , The LORD Almighty will lash them with a whip, as when he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb; and he will raise his staff over the waters, as he did in Egypt.
10:27 In that day their burden will be lifted from your shoulders, their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be broken because you have grown so fat.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 27 , In that day their burden will be lifted from your shoulders, their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be broken because you have grown so fat.
10:28 They enter Aiath; they pass through Migron; they store supplies at Micmash.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 28 , They enter Aiath; they pass through Migron; they store supplies at Micmash.
10:29 They go over the pass, and say, 'We will camp overnight at Geba.' Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 29 , They go over the pass, and say, 'We will camp overnight at Geba.' Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.
10:30 Cry out, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! Poor Anathoth!
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 30 , Cry out, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! Poor Anathoth!
10:31 Madmenah is in flight; the people of Gebim take cover.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 31 , Madmenah is in flight; the people of Gebim take cover.
10:32 This day they will halt at Nob; they will shake their fist at the mount of the Daughter of Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 32 , This day they will halt at Nob; they will shake their fist at the mount of the Daughter of Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.
10:33 See, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, will lop off the boughs with great power. The lofty trees will be felled, the tall ones will be brought low.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 33 , See, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, will lop off the boughs with great power. The lofty trees will be felled, the tall ones will be brought low.
10:34 He will cut down the forest thickets with an ax; Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.
The NIV Book of Isaiah , Chapter 10 , Verse 34 , He will cut down the forest thickets with an ax; Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.
