Isaiah 10:5 - Compare All Versions

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“Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath!

Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger; the staff in their hands is my fury!

“What sorrow awaits Assyria, the rod of my anger. I use it as a club to express my anger.

Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger — the staff in their hands is my wrath.

O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

“Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.

“Doom to Assyria, weapon of my anger. My wrath is a club in his hands! I send him against a godless nation, against the people I’m angry with. I command him to strip them clean, rob them blind, and then push their faces in the mud and leave them. But Assyria has another agenda; he has something else in mind. He’s out to destroy utterly, to stamp out as many nations as he can. Assyria says, ‘Aren’t my commanders all kings? Can’t they do whatever they like? Didn’t I destroy Calno as well as Carchemish? Hamath as well as Arpad? Level Samaria as I did Damascus? I’ve eliminated kingdoms full of gods far more impressive than anything in Jerusalem and Samaria. So what’s to keep me from destroying Jerusalem in the same way I destroyed Samaria and all her god-idols?’”

¶Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hands is My indignation

¶Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger [against Israel], The staff in whose hand is My indignation and fury [against Israel’s disobedience]!

Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead, a cudgel with which I angrily punish.