Isaiah 10

1 “Woe to those who write wickedness, because what they write is wickedness,”

2 “Twisting the poor’s judgment, stealing the case of my needy people, making widows their prey and the fatherless their plunder.”

3 “What will they do on the day of reckoning? For affliction will come on you from far away. To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your glory,”

4 “What will you do to avoid falling into captivity? Despite all this, his wrath has not turned away. His hand is still raised.”

5 “Woe to the Assyrians! The rod of my anger and wrath is in their hands.”

6 “I will send my wrath against a lawless nation. I will command my people to seize plunder and spoil, trample the cities, and reduce them to dust.”

7 “But this is not what he intended or planned in his heart. Instead, he will change his purpose and set out to destroy many nations.”

8 “If they say to him, ‘You alone are ruler,’”

9 “He will answer, ‘Have I not taken the region above Babylon and Calneh, where the tower was built? Have I not taken Arabia, Damascus, and Samaria?’”

10 “‘Just as I took those places, I will take every kingdom. Wail, idols in Jerusalem and Samaria!’”

11 “‘As I did to Samaria and her idols, I will also do to Jerusalem and her idols.’”

12 “When the Lord has finished everything on Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will call Assyria’s ruler to account for his proud heart and arrogant eyes.”

13 “For he said, ‘I will act by my strength and the wisdom of my understanding. I will remove nations’ boundaries, plunder their strength, and shake inhabited cities.’”

14 “‘I will take the whole world in my hand like a nest, gathering it like abandoned eggs. No one will escape or contradict me.’”

15 “Will an ax boast without the one cutting with it? Will a saw lift itself without the one pulling it? It would be like someone lifting a rod or a piece of wood.”

16 “But it will not be so. The Lord of armies will send dishonor against your honor and kindle a burning fire against your glory.”

17 “Israel’s light will become fire, and he will make him holy with burning fire. It will devour the wood like grass.”

18 “On that day mountains, hills, and forests will be consumed, and fire will devour both body and soul. The one fleeing will be like a person escaping a burning flame.”

19 “So few of them will remain that a child could record their number.”

20 “On that day those who remain in Israel and those rescued from Jacob will no longer join or trust the people who harmed them. Instead they will truly trust the Holy God of Israel.”

21 “Those who remain in Jacob will trust the mighty God.”

22 “Even if Israel’s people are as numerous as the sand of the sea, those of them who remain will be rescued, because he is finishing the work and cutting it short in righteousness.”

23 “God will carry out a shortened work in the whole world.”

24 “Therefore this is what the Lord of armies says: ‘My people who live in Zion, do not fear the Assyrians when they strike you with a rod. I am bringing a blow on you so you will see Egypt’s way.’”

25 “‘In just a little while the indignation will cease, and my wrath will turn against their counsel.’”

26 “God will stir up enemies against them, as in Midian’s defeat at the place of affliction. His wrath will move by the sea road leading to Egypt.”

27 “On that day his yoke and fear will be removed from your shoulder. The yoke will be destroyed from your shoulders.”

28 “He will arrive at Ai, pass through Maggedo, and store his supplies at Michmash.”

29 “He will pass through the valley and arrive at Ai. Fear will seize Ramah, Saul’s city.”

30 “Gallim’s daughter will flee. Laisa will hear, and a sound will be heard in Anathoth.”

31 “Madebena is stunned, along with Gibbir’s residents.”

32 “Urge them today to remain on the road. Signal with your hand to the mountain, daughter Zion, and to Jerusalem’s hills.”

33 “Look, the Master, the Lord of armies, will violently throw the glorious down. The proud will be crushed, and the lofty brought low.”

34 “The lofty will fall by the sword, and Lebanon will fall with its lofty ones.”