Isaiah 10 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 Woe vnto them that decree wicked decrees, and write grieuous things,
1 Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees
2 To keepe backe ye poore from iudgement, and to take away the iudgement of the poore of my people, that widowes may be their pray, and that they may spoyle the fatherlesse.
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 What will ye doe nowe in the day of visitation, and of destruction, which shall come from farre? to whom will ye flee for helpe? and where will ye leaue your glorie?
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 Without me euery one shall fall among them that are bound, and they shall fall downe among the slayne: yet 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 O Asshur, the rodde of my wrath: and the staffe in their hands is mine indignation.
5 Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
6 I will sende him to a dissembling nation, and I will giue him a charge against the people of my wrath to take the spoyle and to take the pray, and to treade them vnder feete like the mire in the streete.
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 he thinketh not so, neither doeth his heart esteeme it so: but he imagineth to destroy and to cut off not a fewe 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 sayeth, Are not my princes altogether Kings?
8 For he says, “Aren’t all of my princes kings?
9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus?
9 Isn’t Calno like Carchemish? Isn’t Hamath like Arpad? Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?”
10 Like as mine hand hath founde the kingdomes of the idoles, seeing their idoles were aboue Ierusalem, and aboue Samaria:
10 As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, whose engraved images exceeded those of Jerusalem and of Samaria,
11 Shall not I, as I haue done to Samaria, and to the idoles thereof, so doe to Ierusalem and to the idoles thereof?
11 shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
12 But when the Lord hath accomplished all his worke vpon mount Zion and Ierusalem, I will visite the fruite of the proude heart of the King of Asshur, and his glorious and proud lookes,
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 Because he said, By ye power of mine owne hand haue I done it, and by my wisdome, because I am wise: therefore I haue remooued the borders of the people, and haue spoyled their treasures, and haue pulled downe the inhabitants like a valiant man.
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 mine hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people, and as one gathereth egges that are left, so haue I gathered all the earth: and there was none to mooue the wing or to open the mouth, or to whisper.
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 Shall the axe boast it selfe against him that heweth therewith? or shall the sawe exalt it selfe against him that moueth it? as if the rod shoulde lift vp it selfe against him that taketh it vp, or the staffe should exalt it selfe, as it were no 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 Therefore shall the Lord God of hostes send amog his fat men, leannes, and vnder his glorie he shall kindle a burning, like the burning of fire.
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 shalbe as a fire, and the Holy one thereof as a flame, and it shall burne, and deuoure his thornes and his briers 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 shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitfull fieldes both soule and flesh: and he shalbe as ye fainting of a standard bearer.
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 forest shalbe fewe, that a childe may tell them.
19 The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child could write their number.
20 And at that day shall the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Iaakob, stay no more vpon him that smote them, but shall stay vpon ye Lord, ye Holy one of Israel in trueth.
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 remnant shall returne, euen the remnant of Iaakob vnto the mightie God.
21 A remnant will return, even the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
22 For though thy people, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, yet shall the remnant of them returne. The consumption decreed shall ouerflow with righteousnesse.
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 God of hostes shall make the consumption, euen determined, in the middes of all the land.
23 For the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will make a full end, and that determined, throughout all the earth.
24 Therefore thus saith ye Lord God of hostes, O my people, that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of Asshur: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift vp his staffe against thee after the maner of 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 But yet a very litle time, and the wrath shall be consumed, and mine anger in 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 ye Lord of hostes shall raise vp a scourge for him, according to the plague of Midian in the rocke Oreb: and as his staffe was vpon the Sea, so he will lift it vp after the maner of Egypt.
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 at that day shall his burden be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy necke: and the yoke shalbe destroied because of the anoynting.
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 is come to Aiath: he is passed into Migron: at Michmash shall he lay vp his armour.
28 He has come to Aiath. He has passed through Migron. At Michmash he stores his baggage.
29 They haue gone ouer the foorde: they lodged in the lodging at Geba: Ramah is afraide: Gibeah of Saul is fled away.
29 They have gone over the pass. They have taken up their lodging at Geba. Ramah trembles. Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30 Lift vp thy voyce, O daughter Gallim, cause Laish to heare, O poore Anathoth.
30 Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!
31 Madmenah is remoued: the inhabitants of Gebim haue gathered themselues together.
31 Madmenah is a fugitive. The inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
32 Yet there is a time that he will stay at Nob: he shall lift vp his hand towarde the mount of the daughter Zion, the hill of Ierusalem.
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 Beholde, the Lord God of hostes shall cut off the bough with feare, and they of high stature shalbe cut off, and the hie shalbe humbled.
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 shall cut away the thicke places of the forest with yron, and Lebanon shall haue a mightie fall.
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
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… 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)