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Isaiah 10 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 Woe to those who enact unjust laws and write unfair decrees.
1 Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees
2 They deprive the needy of justice, rob the poor of my people of their rights, plunder widows, and make the fatherless their prey!
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 you do on judgment day when the destruction comes from far away? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?
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 Nothing remains, and you crouch among the prisoners or fall among the killed. In all these things, his anger does not subside; instead, his hand is still stretched out.
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 Woe to the Assyrian, the club of my anger, the rod by whom I wield my fury!
5 Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
6 I send him against an arrogant nation and against the people who bear my overflowing wrath. I order him to take the spoil, to take the prey, and to trample them like mud 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 he intends, nor does he think this way. It is in his heart to destroy and eliminate many 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 princes kings?
8 For he says, “Aren’t all of my princes kings?
9 Is not Kalno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
9 Isn’t Calno like Carchemish? Isn’t Hamath like Arpad? Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?”
10 As my hand has overcome idolatrous kingdoms, whose carved figures were greater 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 just as I did to Samaria and her worthless idols, will I not also do the same to Jerusalem and to her idols?”
11 shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
12 When the Lord has finished his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and his prideful looks.
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 says, “By my strength and by my wisdom I acted. I have understanding, and I have removed the boundaries of the peoples. I have stolen their treasures, and like a bull I have brought down the inhabitants.
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 My hand has seized, as from a nest, the wealth of nations, and as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. None fluttered their wings or opened their mouth or chirped.”
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 ax boast about itself against the one who wields it? Will the saw praise itself more than the one who cuts with it? It is as if a rod could lift up those who raise it, or as if a wooden club could lift up a person.
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 the Lord Yahweh of hosts will send emaciation among his elite warriors; and under his glory there will be kindled a burning like 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 The light of Israel will become a fire, and his Holy One a flame; it will burn and devour his thorns and 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 Yahweh will consume the glory of his forest and of his fruitful land, both soul and body; it will be like when a sick man's life wastes away.
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 The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few, that a child could count them.
19 The remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child could write their number.
20 On that day, the remnant of Israel, the family of Jacob that has escaped, will no longer rely on the one who defeated them, but will indeed depend on Yahweh, 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 A remnant of Jacob will return to the mighty God.
21 A remnant will return, even the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God.
22 For though your people, Israel, are like the sand of the seashore, only a remnant of them will return. Destruction is decreed, as overflowing righteousness demands.
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 Yahweh of hosts, is about to carry out the destruction determined throughout the land.
23 For the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will make a full end, and that determined, throughout all the earth.
24 Therefore the Lord Yahweh of hosts says, “My people who live in Zion, do not fear the Assyrian. He will strike you with the rod and raise his staff against you, as the Egyptians did.
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 Do not fear him, for in a very short time my anger against you will end, and my anger will lead to his 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 Then Yahweh of hosts will wield a whip against them, as when he defeated Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise his rod over the sea and lift it up as he did in 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 On that day, his burden is lifted from your shoulder and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke will be destroyed because of fatness.
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 The enemy has come to Aiath and has passed through Migron; at Michmash he has stored his provisions.
28 He has come to Aiath. He has passed through Migron. At Michmash he stores his baggage.
29 They have crossed over the pass and they lodge at Geba. Ramah trembles and Gibeah of Saul has fled.
29 They have gone over the pass. They have taken up their lodging at Geba. Ramah trembles. Gibeah of Saul has fled.
30 Cry aloud, daughter of Gallim! Give attention, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!
30 Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! You poor Anathoth!
31 Madmenah is fleeing, and the inhabitants of Gebim run for safety.
31 Madmenah is a fugitive. The inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.
32 This very day he will halt at Nob and shake his fist at 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 Behold, the Lord Yahweh of hosts will lop off the boughs with a terrifying crash; the tallest trees will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.
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 He will chop down the thickets of the forest with an ax, and Lebanon in his majesty will 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
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
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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)