Isaiah 10:12-15
New American Standard Bible
12 So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His (A)work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will [a]punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and (B)the arrogant pride of his eyes.” 13 For (C)he has said,
“By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this,
Because I have understanding;
And I (D)removed the boundaries of the peoples
And plundered their treasures,
And like a powerful man I brought down [b]their inhabitants,
14 And my hand reached to the riches of the peoples like a (E)nest,
And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth;
And there was not one that flapped its wing, opened its beak, or chirped.”
15 Is the (F)axe to (G)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 (H)a [c]club wielding those who lift it,
Or like (I)a rod lifting the one who is not wood.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 10:12 Lit visit
- Isaiah 10:13 Or those who sit on thrones
- Isaiah 10:15 Lit staff
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