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I use it as a club to express my anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger; the staff in their hands is my fury!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hands is My indignation,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hands is My indignation,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hands is My indignation,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hands is My indignation,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger [against Israel], The staff in whose hand is My indignation <i>and</i> fury [against Israel’s disobedience]!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger — the staff in their hands is my wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger— the staff in their hands is My wrath. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The Lord says: I am furious! And I will use the king of Assyria as a club <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"How horrible it will be for Assyria! It is the rod of my anger. My fury is the staff in the Assyrians' hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD said, "Assyria! I use Assyria like a club to punish those with whom I am angry. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"How terrible it will be for Assyria, the rod of my anger! The club is in their hands! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead, a cudgel with which I angrily punish. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation! <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Woe [to] Asshur, a rod of My anger, "" And My indignation [is] a staff in their hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Woe to Asshur, a rod of Mine anger, And a staff in their hand is Mine indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Wo to Assur the rod of mine anger, and that rod in their hand, my wrath.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Woe to the Assyrian, he is the rod and the staff of my anger, and my indignation is in their hands. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Woe to Assur! He is the rod and the staff of my fury, and my indignation is in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Ah! Assyria, the rod of my wrath, the staff I wield in anger. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Ah, Assyria, the rod of my anger— the club in their hands is my fury!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Ho, Assyrian! the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Woe to the Assyrian! He is the rod of my anger, and the staff of my scourge is in their hands<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />O Asshur, the rod of Mine anger, In whose hand as a staff is Mine indignation!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Woe to the Assyrians; the rod of my wrath, and anger are in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/10-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=2138" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/10.htm">Judgment on Assyria</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1945.htm" title="1945: hō·w (Interjection) -- Ah! alas! ha! A prolonged form of how; oh!">Woe</a> <a href="/hebrew/804.htm" title="804: ’aš·šūr (N-proper-fs) -- Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them, its region and its empire.">to Assyria,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7626.htm" title="7626: šê·ḇeṭ (N-msc) -- Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe. From an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. a stick Or a clan.">the rod</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’ap·pî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">of My anger;</a> <a href="/hebrew/4294.htm" title="4294: ū·maṭ·ṭeh- (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Or mattah; from natah; a branch; figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising, ruling, throwing, or walking.">the staff</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: ḇə·yā·ḏām (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 3mp) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">in their hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/2195.htm" title="2195: za‘·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Indignation. From za'am; strictly froth at the mouth, i.e. fury.">is My wrath.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/1-6.htm">Habakkuk 1:6-11</a></span><br />For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own. / They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty. / Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-9.htm">Jeremiah 25:9</a></span><br />behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/18-9.htm">2 Kings 18:9-12</a></span><br />In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it. / And at the end of three years, the Assyrians captured it. So Samaria was captured in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel. / The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-25.htm">2 Kings 19:25-28</a></span><br />Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble. / Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown. / But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/37-26.htm">Isaiah 37:26-29</a></span><br />Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble. / Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown. / But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/5-5.htm">Micah 5:5-6</a></span><br />And He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and tramples our citadels. We will raise against it seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men. / And they will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod with the blade drawn. So He will deliver us when Assyria invades our land and marches into our borders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-11.htm">Nahum 1:11-14</a></span><br />From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness. / This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer. / For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/21-19.htm">Ezekiel 21:19-23</a></span><br />“Now you, son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same land. And make a signpost where the road branches off to each city. / Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem. / For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-17.htm">Jeremiah 50:17-18</a></span><br />Israel is a scattered flock, chased away by lions. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.” / Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I will punish the king of Babylon and his land as I punished the king of Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/2-13.htm">Zephaniah 2:13-15</a></span><br />And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert. / Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar. / This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/32-1.htm">2 Chronicles 32:1-23</a></span><br />After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself. / When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come to make war against Jerusalem, / he consulted with his leaders and mighty men about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-24.htm">Isaiah 14:24-27</a></span><br />The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand. / I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.” / This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-31.htm">Isaiah 30:31-33</a></span><br />For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter. / And with every stroke of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on them, the tambourines and lyres will sound as He battles with weapons brandished. / For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-8.htm">Isaiah 31:8-9</a></span><br />“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor. / Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-17.htm">Romans 9:17-18</a></span><br />For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” / Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation.</p><p class="hdg">O Assyrian.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/10-11.htm">Genesis 10:11</a></b></br> Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,</p><p class="hdg">the rod</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-15.htm">Isaiah 10:15</a></b></br> Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? <i>or</i> shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake <i>itself</i> against them that lift it up, <i>or</i> as if the staff should lift up <i>itself, as if it were</i> no wood.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/8-4.htm">Isaiah 8:4</a></b></br> For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/14-5.htm">Isaiah 14:5,6</a></b></br> The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, <i>and</i> the sceptre of the rulers… </p><p class="hdg">and.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/1-24.htm">Ah</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Alas</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-4.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-4.htm">Asshur</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-7.htm">Assyria</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-17.htm">Assyrian</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-18.htm">Club</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-19.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-4.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/ruth/4-1.htm">Ho</a> <a href="/psalms/119-53.htm">Indignation</a> <a href="/psalms/144-9.htm">Instrument</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-3.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-4.htm">Rod</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-4.htm">Staff</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-1.htm">Wo</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-1.htm">Woe</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-19.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/17-12.htm">Ah</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-12.htm">Alas</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-16.htm">Asshur</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-12.htm">Assyria</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-24.htm">Assyrian</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-15.htm">Club</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-10.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-14.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/isaiah/18-1.htm">Ho</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-25.htm">Indignation</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-16.htm">Instrument</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-11.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-15.htm">Rod</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-15.htm">Staff</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-1.htm">Wo</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-12.htm">Woe</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/10-1.htm">The woe of tyrants</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Assyria, the rod of hypocrites, for its pride shall be broken</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/10-20.htm">A remnant of Israel shall be saved</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/10-23.htm">Judah is comforted with promise of deliverance from Assyria</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <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 /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/isaiah/10.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>Woe to Assyria</b><br />The word "woe" is a term of lamentation and impending judgment. In Hebrew, it is "הוֹי" (hoy), often used by prophets to announce divine judgment. Assyria, a dominant empire known for its military prowess and brutality, is addressed directly. Historically, Assyria was a significant power in the ancient Near East, known for its conquests and harsh treatment of subjugated peoples. This phrase sets the tone for a divine pronouncement against a nation that, while used by God, is not exempt from His justice.<p><b>the rod of My anger</b><br />The "rod" symbolizes authority and discipline. In Hebrew, "שֵׁבֶט" (shevet) can mean a staff or scepter, often associated with correction or punishment. Here, Assyria is depicted as an instrument of God's anger, used to chastise Israel for their disobedience. This reflects a common biblical theme where God uses nations to execute His judgment, demonstrating His sovereignty over all kingdoms.<p><b>the staff in their hands</b><br />The "staff" (מַטֶּה, matteh) is another symbol of power and control, similar to the rod. It signifies the means by which Assyria exercises its might. The phrase "in their hands" indicates possession and use, suggesting that while Assyria wields power, it is ultimately under God's control. This imagery reinforces the idea that earthly powers are subordinate to divine will.<p><b>is My wrath</b><br />The term "wrath" (זַעַם, za'am) conveys intense anger and indignation. In this context, it is God's righteous anger against sin and rebellion. Assyria's actions, though seemingly autonomous, are a manifestation of God's judgment. This underscores the biblical principle that God can use even the unrighteous to fulfill His purposes, yet they remain accountable for their actions.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">O Assyrian.</span>--The words open, as has been said above, a perfectly distinct section. Assyria had been named in connection with the Syro-Ephraim alliance against Judah (<a href="/context/isaiah/7-17.htm" title="The LORD shall bring on you, and on your people, and on your father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.">Isaiah 7:17-20</a>; <a href="/context/isaiah/8-7.htm" title="Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up on them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks:">Isaiah 8:7-8</a>); but this is the first prophetic utterance of which it is the direct subject. Anticipating the phraseology of <a href="/isaiah/13-1.htm" title="The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.">Isaiah 13:1</a>, we might call it the "burden of Assyria." In the judgment of the best Assyrian scholars, some years had passed since the date of the alliance and invasion. Tiglath ? pileser had taken Damascus and reduced Samaria to submission. Pekah and Ahaz had met at Damascus to do homage to their common suzerain. In B.C. 727 Salmaneser succeeded to the throne of Assyria, and began the conquest of Samaria and the deportation of the Ten Tribes in B.C. 722 (<a href="/context/2_kings/17-3.htm" title="Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.">2Kings 17:3-6</a>). On his death, in B.C. 721, the throne was seized by Sargon, who had been his Tartan, or commander-in-chief (<a href="/isaiah/20-1.htm" title="In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;">Isaiah 20:1</a>). The achievements of this king are recorded at length in an inscription discovered by M. Botta at Khorsabad (<span class= "ital">Records of the Past, vii.</span> 28. Lenormant's <span class= "ital">Manual, </span>1 p. 392). In it he says:--"I besieged, took, and occupied the city of Samaria, and carried into captivity 27,280 of its inhabitants. I changed the form of government of the country, and placed over it lieutenants of my own." In another inscription discovered at Kouyunyik, but unfortunately incomplete, Sargon speaks of himself as "the conqueror of the far-off land of Judah" (Layard, <span class= "ital">Inscriptions, </span>33:8). It was probably to this king, exulting in his triumphs and threatening an attack on Judah, and not (as was commonly thought prior to the discovery of the inscription) to his son Sennacherib, who succeeded him B.C. 704, that the prophet now addressed himself. The first words proclaim that the great king was but an instrument working out the Divine intent, the "rod," and the "staff," the "axe" and the "saw" (<a href="/isaiah/10-15.htm" title="Shall the ax boast itself against him that hews therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shakes it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.">Isaiah 10:15</a>). So in <a href="/isaiah/7-20.htm" title="In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.">Isaiah 7:20</a>, the earlier king of Assyria is as "the razor that is hired." So Nebuchadnezzar in <a href="/jeremiah/51-20.htm" title="You are my battle ax and weapons of war: for with you will I break in pieces the nations, and with you will I destroy kingdoms;">Jeremiah 51:20</a> is the "battle-axe" or "hammer" of Jehovah. (Comp. <a href="/isaiah/37-26.htm" title="Have you not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that you should be to lay waste defended cities into ruinous heaps.">Isaiah 37:26</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 5-19.</span> - ASSYRIA, AFTER BEING GOD'S INSTRUMENT TO PUNISH ISRAEL, SHALL HERSELF BE PUNISHED IN HER TURN. The wicked are a sword in the hand of God (<a href="/psalms/17-13.htm">Psalm 17:13</a>), wherewith he executes his judgments; but this fact is hid from them, and they imagine that they are successful through their own strength and might. So it was with Assyria (vers. 5-14), which its long career of victory had made proud and arrogant above measure. God now, by the mouth of Isaiah, makes known his intention of bringing down the pride of Assyria, and laying her glory in the dust, by a sudden and great destruction (vers. 15:19), after she has served his purposes. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">O Assyrian</span>; literally, <span class="accented">Ho! Asshur</span>. "Asshur" is the nation personified, and is here addressed as an individual. The transition from vers. 1-4 is abrupt, and may be taken to indicate an accidental juxtaposition of two entirely distinct prophecies. Or Assyria may be supposed to have been in the prophet's thought, though not in his words, when he spoke of "prisoners" and "slain" in the first clause of ver. 4. <span class="cmt_word">The rod of mine anger</span> (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/51-20.htm">Jeremiah 51:20</a>, where it is said of Babylon, "Thou art my battle-axe and weapons of war; for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy the kingdoms"). So Assyria was now the "rod" wherewith God chastised his enemies. The true "staff" in the hand of Assyria, wherewith she smote the peoples, was "God's indignation." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/10-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Woe</span><br /><span class="heb">ה֥וֹי</span> <span class="translit">(hō·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1945.htm">Strong's 1945: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ah! alas! ha!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Assyria,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַשּׁ֖וּר</span> <span class="translit">(’aš·šūr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_804.htm">Strong's 804: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ashshur</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the rod</span><br /><span class="heb">שֵׁ֣בֶט</span> <span class="translit">(šê·ḇeṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7626.htm">Strong's 7626: </a> </span><span class="str2">Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of My anger;</span><br /><span class="heb">אַפִּ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(’ap·pî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the staff</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמַטֶּה־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·maṭ·ṭeh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4294.htm">Strong's 4294: </a> </span><span class="str2">A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in their hands</span><br /><span class="heb">בְיָדָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·yā·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is My wrath.</span><br /><span class="heb">זַעְמִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(za‘·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2195.htm">Strong's 2195: </a> </span><span class="str2">Froth at the mouth, fury</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 10:5 Alas Assyrian the rod of my anger (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/10-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 10:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 10:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/10-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 10:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 10:6" /></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 id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>