Isaiah · Bible in Basic English
Isaiah 10 Bible in Basic English
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1 Cursed are those who make evil decisions, and the writers who make the records of their cruel acts:
1 Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees
2 Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.
2 to deprive the needy of justice, and to rob the poor among my people of their rights, that widows may be their plunder, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
3 And what will you do in the day of punishment, and in the destruction which is coming from far? to whom will you go for help, and what will become of your glory?
3 What will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
4 ... For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
4 They will only bow down under the prisoners, and will fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
5 Ho! Assyrian, the rod of my wrath, the instrument of my punishment!
5 Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
6 I will send him against a nation of wrongdoers, and against the people of my wrath I will give him orders, to take their wealth in war, crushing them down like the dust in the streets.
6 I will send him against a profane nation, and against the people who anger me I will give him a command to take the plunder and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
7 But this is not what is in his mind, and this is not his design; but his purpose is destruction, and the cutting off of more and more nations.
7 However, he doesn’t mean so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off not a few nations.
8 For he says, Are not all my captains kings?
8 For he says, “Aren’t all of my princes kings?
9 Will not the fate of Calno be like that of Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
9 Isn’t Calno like Carchemish? Isn’t Hamath like Arpad? Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?”
10 As my hand has come on the kingdoms of the images, whose pictured images were more in number than those of Jerusalem and Samaria;
10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, whose engraved images exceeded those of Jerusalem and of Samaria,
11 So, as I have done to Samaria and her images, I will do to Jerusalem and her images.
11 shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
12 For this cause it will be that, when the purpose of the Lord against Mount Zion and Jerusalem is complete, I will send punishment on the pride of the heart of the king of Assyria, and on the glory of his uplifted eyes.
12 Therefore it will happen that when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his arrogant looks.
13 For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my knowledge, for I am wise: and I have taken away the limits of the peoples' lands, and the stores of their wealth have become mine; and I have made towns low in the dust, sending destruction on those living in them;
13 For he has said, “By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding. I have removed the boundaries of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. Like a valiant man I have brought down their rulers.
14 And I have put my hands on the wealth of the peoples, as on the place where a bird has put her eggs; and as a man may take the eggs from which a bird has gone, so I have taken all the earth for myself: and not a wing was moved, and not a mouth gave out a sound.
14 My hand has found the riches of the peoples like a nest, and like one gathers eggs that are abandoned, I have gathered all the earth. There was no one who moved their wing, or that opened their mouth, or chirped.”
15 Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood.
15 Should an ax brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone who is not wood.
16 For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, will make his fat become wasted; and in his inner parts a fire will be lighted like a burning flame.
16 Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory a burning will be kindled like the burning of fire.
17 And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: wasting and burning up his thorns in one day.
17 The light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.
18 And he will put an end to the glory of his woods and of his planted fields, soul and body together; and it will be as when a man is wasted by disease.
18 He will consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful field, both soul and body. It will be as when a standard bearer faints.
19 And the rest of the trees of his wood will be small in number, so that a child may put them down in writing.
19 The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child could write their number.
20 And it will be in that day that the rest of Israel, and those of Jacob who have come safely through these troubles, will no longer go for help to him whose rod was on their back, but their faith will be in the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
20 It will come to pass in that day that the remnant of Israel, and those who have escaped from the house of Jacob will no more again lean on him who struck them, but shall lean on Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
21 The rest, even the rest of Jacob, will come back to the Strong God.
21 A remnant will return, even the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
22 For though your people, O Israel, are as the sand of the sea, only a small number will come back: for the destruction is fixed, overflowing in righteousness.
22 For though your people, Israel, are like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.
23 For the Lord, the Lord of armies, is about to make destruction complete in all the land.
23 For the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will make a full end, and that determined, throughout all the earth.
24 For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, says, O my people living in Zion, have no fear of the Assyrian, even if his rod comes on your back, and his stick is lifted up as in Egypt.
24 Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, says, “My people who dwell in Zion, don’t be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, as Egypt did.
25 For in a very short time my passion will be over, and my wrath will be turned to their destruction.
25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation against you will be accomplished, and my anger will be directed to his destruction.”
26 And the Lord of armies will be shaking a whip against him, as when he overcame Midian at the rock of Oreb: and his rod will be lifted up against them as it was against the Egyptians.
26 Yahweh of Armies will stir up a scourge against him, as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb. His rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up like he did against Egypt.
27 And in that day the weight which he put on your back will be taken away, and his yoke broken from off your neck.
27 It will happen in that day that his burden will depart from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing oil.
28 He has gone up from Pene-Rimmon, he has come to Aiath; he has gone past Migron, at Michmash he puts his forces in order.
28 He has come to Aiath. He has passed through Migron. At Michmash he stores his baggage.
29 They have gone across the mountain; Geba will be our resting-place tonight, they say: Ramah is shaking with fear; Gibeah of Saul has gone in flight.
29 They have gone over the pass. They have taken up their lodging at Geba. Ramah trembles. Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30 Give a loud cry, daughter of Gallim; let Laishah give ear; let Anathoth give answer to her.
30 Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!
31 Madmenah has gone; the men of Gebim are putting their goods in a safe place.
31 Madmenah is a fugitive. The inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
32 This very day he is stopping at Nob; he is shaking his hand against the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
32 This very day he will halt at Nob. He shakes his hand at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.
33 See, the Lord, the Lord of armies, is cutting off his branches with a great noise, and his strong ones are falling and his high ones are coming down.
33 Behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will lop the boughs with terror. The tall will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.
34 And he is cutting down the thick places of the wood with an axe, and Lebanon with its tall trees is coming down.
34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.
Cross references (34)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Luke 11:52; Micah 3:1–4; Matthew 23:23; Psalm 94:20–21; Habakkuk 2:6
- 2 Malachi 3:5; Isaiah 3:14; Ezekiel 22:7; Isaiah 29:21; Isaiah 5:23
- 3 Hosea 9:7; Luke 19:44; Job 31:14; Isaiah 20:6; Isaiah 26:21
- 4 Isaiah 5:25; Jeremiah 37:10; Isaiah 9:12; Deuteronomy 32:30; Leviticus 26:17
- 5 Jeremiah 51:20–24; Isaiah 30:30; Zephaniah 2:13; Isaiah 14:25; Isaiah 10:15
- 6 Isaiah 9:17; Isaiah 10:13–14; Isaiah 37:26–27; Isaiah 19:17; Zechariah 10:5
- 7 Genesis 50:20; Acts 2:23; Micah 4:11–12; Isaiah 36:18–20; Acts 13:27–30
- 8 2 Kings 18:24; 2 Kings 19:10; Daniel 2:37; Ezekiel 26:7; Isaiah 36:8
- 9 2 Kings 16:9; 2 Chronicles 35:20; Genesis 10:10; Jeremiah 46:2; 2 Kings 17:5–6
- 10 2 Chronicles 32:19; 2 Chronicles 32:12–16; 2 Kings 19:12–13; 2 Kings 18:33–35; 2 Kings 19:17–19
- 11 Isaiah 37:10–13; Isaiah 2:8; Isaiah 36:19–20
- 12 Jeremiah 50:18; Daniel 4:37; Isaiah 50:11; Isaiah 30:30–33; Isaiah 31:5–9
- 13 Deuteronomy 8:17; Daniel 4:30; Ezekiel 29:3; Hosea 13:15–16; 2 Kings 16:8
- 14 Job 31:25; Proverbs 18:12; Obadiah 4; Nahum 2:9–3:1; Jeremiah 49:16
- 15 Romans 9:20–21; Isaiah 45:9; Isaiah 10:5; Isaiah 29:16; Jeremiah 51:20–23
- 16 2 Chronicles 32:21; Psalm 106:15; Acts 12:23; Isaiah 37:6–7; Isaiah 33:10–14
- 17 Isaiah 27:4; Isaiah 37:23; Revelation 22:5; Jeremiah 7:20; Numbers 11:1–3
- 18 Isaiah 10:33–34; 2 Kings 19:23; Jeremiah 21:14; Isaiah 9:18; Ezekiel 20:47–48
- 19 Isaiah 37:36; Isaiah 21:17
- 20 Isaiah 37:31–32; 2 Kings 16:7; 2 Chronicles 28:20; Isaiah 17:7–8; Isaiah 1:9
- 21 Isaiah 9:6; 2 Corinthians 3:14–16; Hosea 6:1; Acts 26:20; Isaiah 65:8–9
- 22 Romans 9:27–28; Isaiah 6:13; Romans 11:5–6; Revelation 20:8; Daniel 9:27
- 23 Isaiah 28:22; Isaiah 24:1–23; Romans 9:28; Daniel 4:35; Isaiah 14:26–27
- 24 Hebrews 12:22–24; Isaiah 37:6; Isaiah 61:3; Isaiah 35:4; Isaiah 46:13
- 25 Daniel 11:36; 2 Kings 19:35; Hebrews 10:37; Isaiah 10:5; Isaiah 54:7
- 26 Isaiah 9:4; Judges 7:25; 2 Kings 19:35; Exodus 14:16; Revelation 11:18
- 27 Isaiah 9:4; Luke 4:18; Isaiah 14:25; Psalm 105:15; 1 John 2:20
- 28 1 Samuel 14:2; 1 Samuel 13:2; 1 Samuel 13:5; 1 Samuel 17:22; 1 Samuel 14:31
- 29 1 Samuel 13:23; 1 Samuel 7:17; Joshua 21:17; Jeremiah 31:15; 1 Samuel 11:4
- 30 1 Samuel 25:44; Jeremiah 1:1; Joshua 21:18; Judges 18:29; 1 Kings 2:26
- 31 Joshua 15:31
- 32 1 Samuel 21:1; Isaiah 19:16; Isaiah 37:22; Zechariah 2:9; 1 Samuel 22:19
- 33 Amos 2:9; Isaiah 37:38; Daniel 4:37; Isaiah 37:24–36; 2 Kings 19:21–37
- 34 Isaiah 37:24; 2 Thessalonians 1:7; Nahum 1:12; Daniel 4:23; Psalm 103:20
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… be left of Israel shall fear the name of the Lord." These are the remnant of whom the apostle quotes that which is elsewhere prophesied: "Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved." These are the remnant of that nation who have believed in Christ.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
And very many of them, considering this, even before His passion, but chiefly after His resurrection, believed on Him, of whom it was predicted, "Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved." But the rest are blinded, of whom it was predicted, "Let their table be made before …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… of the New Testament, to which pertain not only the remnant of that one nation of which it is elsewhere said, "For though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall be saved," but also the other nations which were promised to their fathers and our fathers; and …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)