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Isaiah 10 Summary
Woe to Unjust Rulers and Assyria's Fall
Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees and rob the poor and fatherless of justice; in the day of visitation and desolation they shall find no help and bow down among prisoners. The Lord uses Assyria as the rod of His anger against an hypocritical nation, yet Assyria's king boasts that by his own strength and wisdom he has destroyed many kingdoms and will do the same to Jerusalem as he did to Samaria. However, the Lord will punish Assyria's pride and stout heart after His work is accomplished on Mount Zion, for the axe cannot boast against the one who wields it. The Lord will send leanness among Assyria's fat ones and consume his forest like a burning fire, leaving few trees. The remnant of Israel shall no more stay upon him that smote them but shall stay upon the Lord, for though Israel be as sand, only a remnant shall return and consume shall overflow with righteousness.
Key themes
Key verses
Isaiah 10:1
“Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;”
Isaiah 10:5
“O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.”
Isaiah 10:15
“Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh 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 10:20
“And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.”
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