Isaiah 10:34 - Prayer Tents

Assyria Is God’s Instrument

10Woe to those who enact evil statutes, And to those who constantly record unjust decisions,H1945H2710H205H2711H3789H5999H37892So as to deprive the needy of justice, And rob the poor of My people of [their] rights, In order that widows may be their spoil, And that they may plunder the orphans.H5186H1800H1779H1497H4941H6041H5971H490H7998H962H34903Now what will you do in the day of punishment, And in the devastation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your wealth?H6213H3117H6486H7722H935H4801H5127H5833H5800H35194Nothing [remains] but to crouch among the captives Or fall among the slain. In [spite of] all this His anger does not turn away, And His hand is still stretched out.H1115H3766H616H5307H2026H639H7725H3027H51865Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hands is My indignation,H1945H804H7626H639H4294H3027H21956I send it against a godless nation And commission it against the people of My fury To capture booty and to seize plunder, And to trample them down like mud in the streets.H7971H2611H1471H5971H5678H6680H7997H7998H962H957H7760H4823H2563H23517Yet it does not so intend Nor does it plan so in its heart, But rather it is its purpose to destroy, And to cut off many nations.H1819H3824H2803H3824H8045H3772H1471H45928For it says, "Are not my princes all kings?H559H8269H3162H44289"Is not Calno like Carchemish, Or Hamath like Arpad, Or Samaria like Damascus?H3641H3751H2574H774H8111H183410"As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols, Whose graven images [were] greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,H3027H4672H4467H457H6456H3389H811111Shall I not do to Jerusalem and her images Just as I have done to Samaria and her idols? "H6213H8111H457H6213H3389H609112So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, [He will say,] "I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the pomp of his haughtiness."H136H1214H4639H2022H6726H3389H6485H6529H1433H3824H4428H804H8597H7312H586913For he has said, "By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did [ this,] For I have understanding; And I removed the boundaries of the peoples, And plundered their treasures, And like a mighty man I brought down [their] inhabitants,H559H3581H3027H6213H2451H995H5493H1367H5971H8154H6259H6264H3381H3427H47H352414And my hand reached to the riches of the peoples like a nest, And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth; And there was not one that flapped its wing or opened [its] beak or chirped. "H3027H4672H7064H2428H5971H622H1000H5800H622H776H5074H3671H6475H6310H685015Is the axe to boast itself over the one who chops with it? Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it? [That would be] like a club wielding those who lift it, [Or] like a rod lifting [him who] is not wood.H1631H6286H2672H4883H1431H5130H7626H5130H7311H4294H7311H608616Therefore the Lord, the GOD of hosts, will send a wasting disease among his stout warriors; And under his glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame.H113H136H3068H6635H7971H4924H7332H3519H3344H3350H78417And the light of Israel will become a fire and his Holy One a flame, And it will burn and devour his thorns and his briars in a single day.H216H3478H784H6918H3852H1197H398H7898H8068H259H311718And He will destroy the glory of his forest and of his fruitful garden, both soul and body; And it will be as when a sick man wastes away.H3615H3519H3293H3759H5315H1320H5263H454919And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number That a child could write them down.H7605H6086H3293H4557H5288H3789

A Remnant Will Return

20Now it will come about in that day that 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.H3117H7605H3478H6413H1004H3290H3254H8172H5221H8172H3068H6918H3478H57121A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.H7605H7725H7605H3290H1368H41022For though your people, O Israel, may be like the sand of the sea, [ Only] a remnant within them will return; A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.H5971H3478H2344H3220H7605H7725H3631H2782H7857H666623For a complete destruction, one that is decreed, the Lord GOD of hosts will execute in the midst of the whole land.H136H3069H6635H6213H3617H2782H7130H77624Therefore thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, "O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear the Assyrian who strikes you with the rod and lifts up his staff against you, the way Egypt [did.]H559H136H3069H6635H5971H3427H6726H3372H804H5221H7626H5375H4294H1870H471425"For in a very little while My indignation [against you] will be spent, and My anger [will be directed] to their destruction."H4213H4592H2195H3615H639H839926And the LORD of hosts will arouse a scourge against him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His staff will be over the sea, and He will lift it up the way [He did] in Egypt.H3068H6635H5782H7752H4347H4080H6697H6159H4294H3220H5375H1870H471427So it will be in that day, that his burden will be removed from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be broken because of fatness.H3117H5448H5493H7926H5923H6677H5923H2254H6440H808128He has come against Aiath, He has passed through Migron; At Michmash he deposited his baggage.H935H5857H5674H4051H4363H6485H362729They have gone through the pass, [saying,] "Geba will be our lodging place." Ramah is terrified, and Gibeah of Saul has fled away.H5674H4569H4411H1387H7414H2729H1390H7586H512730Cry aloud with your voice, O daughter of Gallim! Pay attention, Laishah [and] wretched Anathoth!H6670H6963H1323H1530H1554H7181H3919H6041H606831Madmenah has fled. The inhabitants of Gebim have sought refuge.H4088H5074H3427H1374H575632Yet today he will halt at Nob; He shakes his fist at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.H5975H5011H3117H5130H3027H2022H1323H1004H6726H1389H338933Behold, the Lord, the GOD of hosts, will lop off the boughs with a terrible crash; Those also who are tall in stature will be cut down, And those who are lofty will be abased.H113H3068H6635H5586H6288H4637H7311H6967H1438H1364H821334And He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron [axe,] And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.H5362H5442H3293H1270H3844H5307H117