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<t><p class="indent1">To whom will you flee for help? <t><p class="indent1">And where will you leave your wealth [for safekeeping]? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Nothing <i>remains</i> but to crouch among the captives <t><p class="indent1">Or fall [dead] among the slain [on the battlefield]. <t><p class="indent1">In <i>spite of</i> all this, God’s anger does not turn away, <t><p class="indent1">But His hand is still stretched out [in judgment]. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger [against Israel], <t><p class="indent1">The staff in whose hand is My indignation <i>and</i> fury [against Israel’s disobedience]! <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I send Assyria against a godless nation <t><p class="indent1">And commission it against the people of My wrath <t><p class="indent1">To take the spoil and to seize the plunder, <t><p class="indent1">And to trample them down like mud in the streets. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Yet it is not Assyria’s intention [to do My will], <t><p class="indent1">Nor does it plan so in its heart, <t><p class="indent1">But instead it is its purpose to destroy <t><p class="indent1">And to cut off many nations. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For Assyria says, “Are not my princes all kings? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Is not Calno [conquered] like Carchemish [on the Euphrates]? <t><p class="indent1">Is not Hamath [subdued] like Arpad [her neighbor]? <t><p class="indent1">Is not Samaria [in Israel] like Damascus [in Aram]? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols, <t><p class="indent1">Whose carved images were greater <i>and</i> more feared than those of Jerusalem and Samaria, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Shall I not do to Jerusalem and her images <t><p class="indent1">Just as I have done to Samaria and her idols?” [declares Assyria]. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So when the Lord has completed all His work [of judgment] on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, <i>He will say,</i> “I will punish the fruit [the thoughts, the declarations, and the actions] of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the haughtiness of his pride.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For the Assyrian king has said, <p class="indent1stline">“I have done this by the power of my [own] hand and by my wisdom, <t><p class="indent1">For I have understanding <i>and</i> skill. <t><p class="indent1">I have removed the boundaries of the peoples <t><p class="indent1">And have plundered their treasures; <t><p class="indent1">Like a bull I have brought down those who sat on thrones. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“My hand has found the wealth of the people like a nest, <t><p class="indent1">And as one gathers eggs that are abandoned, so I have gathered all the earth; <t><p class="indent1">And there was not one that flapped its wing, or that opened its beak and chirped.” <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Is the axe able to lift itself over the one who chops with it? <t><p class="indent1">Is the saw able to magnify itself over the one who wields it? <t><p class="indent1"><i>That would be</i> like a club moving those who lift it, <t><p class="indent1">Or like a staff raising <i>him who</i> is not [made of] wood [like itself]! <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Therefore the Lord, the GOD of hosts, will send a wasting disease among the stout warriors of Assyria; <t><p class="indent1">And under his glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And the Light of Israel will become a fire and His Holy One a flame, <t><p class="indent1">And it will <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and briars in a single day. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>The Lord will consume the glory of Assyria’s forest and of its fruitful garden, both soul and body, <t><p class="indent1">And it will be as when a sick man wastes away. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And the remaining trees of Assyria’s forest will be so few in number <t><p class="indent1">That a child could write them down. <p class="hdg">A Remnant Will Return</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Now in that day the remnant of Israel, and those of the house of Jacob who have escaped, will never again rely on the one who struck them, but will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>A <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>remnant will return, a remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For though your people, O Israel, may be as the sand of the sea, <t><p class="indent1"><i>Only</i> a remnant within them will return; <t><p class="indent1">The destruction is determined [it is decided and destined for completion], overflowing with justice (righteous punishment). <A><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For the Lord, the GOD of hosts, will execute a complete destruction, one that is decreed, in the midst of all the land. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Therefore, the Lord GOD of hosts says this, “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrian who strikes you with a rod and lifts up his staff against you, as [the king of] Egypt did. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For yet a very little while and My indignation [against you] will be fulfilled and My anger <i>will be directed</i> toward the destruction of the Assyrian.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>The LORD of hosts will brandish a whip against them like the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His staff will be over the [Red] Sea and He will lift it up the way <i>He did</i> in [the flight from] Egypt. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>So it will be in that day, that the burden of the Assyrian will be removed from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because of the fat. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>The Assyrian has come against Aiath [in Judah], <t><p class="indent1">He has passed through Migron [with his army]; <t><p class="indent1">At Michmash he stored his equipment. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>They have gone through the pass, <i>saying,</i> <t><p class="indent1">“Geba will be our lodging place for the night.” <t><p class="indent1">Ramah trembles, and Gibeah [the city] of Saul has fled. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Cry aloud with your voice [in consternation], O Daughter of Gallim! <t><p class="indent1">Pay attention, Laishah! Answer her, Anathoth! <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Madmenah has fled; <t><p class="indent1">The inhabitants of Gebim have fled [with their belongings] to safety. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Yet today the Assyrian will halt at Nob [the city of priests]; <t><p class="indent1">He shakes his fist at the mountain of the Daughter of Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Listen carefully, the Lord, the GOD of hosts, will lop off the [beautiful] boughs with terrifying force; <t><p class="indent1">The tall in stature will be cut down <t><p class="indent1">And the lofty will be abased <i>and</i> humiliated. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/10-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron <i>axe,</i> <t><p class="indent1">And Lebanon (the Assyrian) will fall by the Mighty One.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> During a single night this prophecy was fulfilled (2 Kin 19:35).<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> See note 7:3.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>