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You have made cruel and unfair laws </span><span class="v23_10_2"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.2" class="v23_10_2">2</span>that let you cheat the poor and needy and rob widows and orphans. </span><span class="v23_10_3"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.3" class="v23_10_3">3</span>But what will you do when you are fiercely attacked and punished by foreigners? Where will you run for help? Where will you hide your valuables? </span><span class="v23_10_4"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.4" class="v23_10_4">4</span>How will you escape being captured<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.10.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> or killed? The Lord is still angry, and he isn't through with you yet!<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.10.4!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><h3 class="s1">The Lord's Purpose and the King of Assyria</h3><p class="par"><span class="v23_10_5"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.5" class="v23_10_5">5</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.10.5!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The Lord says:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v23_10_5">I am furious! And I will use the king of Assyria<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.10.5!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> as a club </span><span class="v23_10_6"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.6" class="v23_10_6">6</span>to beat down you godless people. I am angry with you, and I will send him to attack you. He will take what he wants and walk on you like mud in the streets. </span><span class="v23_10_7"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.7" class="v23_10_7">7</span>He has even bigger plans in mind, because he wants to destroy many nations.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_10_8"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.8" class="v23_10_8">8</span>The king of Assyria says:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v23_10_8">My army commanders are kings! </span><span class="v23_10_9"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.9" class="v23_10_9">9</span>They have already captured<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.10.9!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> the cities of Calno, Carchemish, Hamath, Arpad, Samaria, and Damascus. </span><span class="v23_10_10"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.10-Isa.10.11" class="v23_10_10">10-11</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.10.10-Isa.10.11!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The gods of Jerusalem and Samaria are weaker than the gods of those powerful nations. And I will destroy Jerusalem, together with its gods and idols, just as I did Samaria.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_10_12"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.12" class="v23_10_12">12</span>The Lord will do what he has planned against Jerusalem and Mount Zion. Then he will punish the proud and boastful king of Assyria, </span><span class="v23_10_13"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.13" class="v23_10_13">13</span>who says:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v23_10_13">I did these things by my own power because I am smart and clever. I attacked kings like a wild bull, and I took the land and the treasures of their nations. </span><span class="v23_10_14"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.14" class="v23_10_14">14</span>I have conquered the whole world! And it was easier than taking eggs from an unguarded nest. No one even flapped a wing or made a peep.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_10_15"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.15" class="v23_10_15">15</span>King of Assyria, can an ax or a saw overpower the one who uses it? Can a wooden pole lift whoever holds it? </span><span class="v23_10_16"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.16" class="v23_10_16">16</span>The mighty <span class="nd">Lord</span> All-Powerful will send a terrible disease to strike down your army, and you will burn with fever under your royal robes. </span><span class="v23_10_17"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.17" class="v23_10_17">17</span>The holy God, who is the light of Israel, will turn into a fire, and in one day you will go up in flames, just like a thornbush. </span><span class="v23_10_18"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.18" class="v23_10_18">18</span>The Lord will make your beautiful forests and fertile fields slowly rot. </span><span class="v23_10_19"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.19" class="v23_10_19">19</span>There will be so few trees that even a young child can count them.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Only a Few Will Come Back</h3><p class="par"><span class="v23_10_20"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.20" class="v23_10_20">20</span>A time is coming when the survivors from Israel and Judah will completely depend on the holy <span class="nd">Lord</span> of Israel, instead of the nation<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.10.20!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> that defeated them. </span><span class="v23_10_21"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.21-Isa.10.22" class="v23_10_21">21-22</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.10.21-Isa.10.22!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> There were as many people as there are grains of sand along the seashore, but only a few will survive to come back to Israel's mighty God. This is because he has threatened to destroy their nation, just as they deserve. </span><span class="v23_10_23"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.23" class="v23_10_23">23</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> All-Powerful has promised that everyone on this earth<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.10.23!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> will be punished.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_10_24"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.24" class="v23_10_24">24</span>Now the <span class="nd">Lord</span> God All-Powerful says to his people in Jerusalem:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v23_10_24">The Assyrians will beat you with sticks and abuse you, just as the Egyptians did. But don't be afraid of them. </span><span class="v23_10_25"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.25" class="v23_10_25">25</span>Soon I will stop being angry with you, and I will punish them for their crimes.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.10.25!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v23_10_26"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.26" class="v23_10_26">26</span>I will beat the Assyrians with a whip, as I did the people of Midian near the rock at Oreb. And I will show the same mighty power that I used when I made a path through the sea in Egypt. </span><span class="v23_10_27"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.27" class="v23_10_27">27</span>Then they will no longer rule your nation. All will go well for you,<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.10.27!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and your burden will be lifted.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_10_28"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.28" class="v23_10_28">28</span>Enemy troops have reached the town of Aiath.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.10.28!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> They have gone through Migron, and they stored their supplies at Michmash, </span><span class="v23_10_29"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.29" class="v23_10_29">29</span>before crossing the valley and spending the night at Geba.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.10.29!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> The people of Ramah are terrified; everyone in Gibeah, the hometown of Saul, has run away. </span><span class="v23_10_30"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.30" class="v23_10_30">30</span>Loud crying can be heard in the towns of Gallim, Laishah, and sorrowful Anathoth. </span><span class="v23_10_31"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.31" class="v23_10_31">31</span>No one is left in Madmenah or Gebim. </span><span class="v23_10_32"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.32" class="v23_10_32">32</span>Today the enemy will camp at Nob<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.10.32!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> and shake a threatening fist at Mount Zion in Jerusalem.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_10_33"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.33" class="v23_10_33">33</span>But the <span class="nd">Lord</span> All-Powerful</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_10_33">will use his fearsome might</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_10_33">to bring down the tallest trees</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_10_33">and chop off every branch.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_10_34"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.10.34" class="v23_10_34">34</span>With an ax, the glorious Lord</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_10_34">will destroy every tree</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_10_34">in the forests of Lebanon.<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.10.34!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p></div> </div> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">escape being captured: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">and he … yet: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “but he hasn't given up on you yet!”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.5 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">king of Assyria: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probably King Sennacherib who invaded Israel in 701 <char style="sc">b.c.</char></char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.9 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">already captured: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Calno (in northern Syria), Carchemish (on the Euphrates River), Hamath (on the Orontes River), Arpad (near Aleppo in northern Syria), Samaria, and Damascus had already been captured by Assyrian kings (738–717 <char style="sc">b.c.</char>).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.20 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">nation: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">That is, Assyria.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.23 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">on this earth: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “in this land.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.25 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">punish … crimes: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “completely destroy them.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.27 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">All … you: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.28 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Aiath: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probably Ai (Joshua 7.2).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.29 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Geba: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Only nine kilometers from Jerusalem.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.32 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Nob: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Perhaps within three kilometers of Jerusalem.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.34 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Lebanon: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of 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