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Assyria
Is God's Instrument |
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| Isaiah 10:1 |
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Woe to those who enact evil statutes And to
those who constantly record unjust decisions, |
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| Isaiah 10:2 |
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So as to deprive the needy of justice And rob
the poor of My people of their rights, So that widows may be their spoil And that
they may plunder the orphans. |
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| Isaiah 10:3 |
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Now 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? |
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| Isaiah 10:4 |
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Nothing 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. |
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| Isaiah 10:5 |
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Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the
staff in whose hands is My indignation, |
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| Isaiah 10:6 |
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I 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. |
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| Isaiah 10:7 |
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Yet 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. |
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| Isaiah 10:8 |
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For it says, "Are not my princes all kings? |
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| Isaiah 10:9 |
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"Is not Calno like Carchemish, Or Hamath like
Arpad, Or Samaria like Damascus? |
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| Isaiah 10:10 |
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"As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the
idols, Whose graven images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria, |
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| Isaiah 10:11 |
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Shall I not do to Jerusalem and her images Just
as I have done to Samaria and her idols?" |
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| Isaiah 10:12 |
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So 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."
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| Isaiah 10:13 |
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For 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, |
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| Isaiah 10:14 |
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And 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." |
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| Isaiah 10:15 |
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Is 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. |
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| Isaiah 10:16 |
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Therefore 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. |
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| Isaiah 10:17 |
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And 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. |
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| Isaiah 10:18 |
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And 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. |
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| Isaiah 10:19 |
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And the rest of the trees of his forest will
be so small in number That a child could write them down. |
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A Remnant Will Return |
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| Isaiah 10:20 |
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Now in that day 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. |
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| Isaiah 10:21 |
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A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob,
to the mighty God. |
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| Isaiah 10:22 |
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For 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. |
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| Isaiah 10:23 |
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For a complete destruction, one that is decreed,
the Lord GOD of hosts will execute in the midst of the whole land. |
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| Isaiah 10:24 |
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Therefore 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. |
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| Isaiah 10:25 |
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"For in a very little while My indignation against
you will be spent and My anger will be directed to their destruction." |
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| Isaiah 10:26 |
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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. |
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| Isaiah 10:27 |
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So 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. |
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| Isaiah 10:28 |
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He has come against Aiath, He has passed through
Migron; At Michmash he deposited his baggage. |
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| Isaiah 10:29 |
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They have gone through the pass, saying, "Geba
will be our lodging place." Ramah is terrified, and Gibeah of Saul has fled away.
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| Isaiah 10:30 |
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Cry aloud with your voice, O daughter of Gallim!
Pay attention, Laishah and wretched Anathoth! |
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| Isaiah 10:31 |
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Madmenah has fled. The inhabitants of Gebim
have sought refuge. |
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| Isaiah 10:32 |
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Yet today he will halt at Nob; He shakes his
fist at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. |
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| Isaiah 10:33 |
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Behold, 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. |
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| Isaiah 10:34 |
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He will cut down the thickets of the forest
with an iron axe, And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One. |
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