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Isaiah 10

Assyria Is God's Instrument

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Woe to those who  aenact evil statutes And to those who constantly record  1unjust decisions,

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So as  ato  1deprive the needy of justice And rob the poor of My people of their rights, So  bthat widows may be their spoil And that they may plunder the  2orphans.

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Now  awhat will you do in the  bday of punishment, And in the devastation which will come  cfrom afar?  dTo whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your  1wealth?

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Nothing remains but to crouch  1among the  acaptives Or fall  1among the  bslain.  cIn spite of all this, His anger does not turn away And His hand is still stretched out.

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Woe to  aAssyria, the  brod of My anger And the staff in whose hands is  cMy indignation,

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I send it against a  agodless nation And commission it against the  bpeople of My fury To capture booty and  cto seize plunder, And to  1trample them down like  dmud in the streets.

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Yet it  adoes not so intend, Nor does  1it plan so in its heart, But rather it is  2its purpose to destroy And to cut off  3many nations.

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For it says, "Are not my princes  1all kings?

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"Is not  aCalno like  bCarchemish, Or  cHamath like Arpad, Or  dSamaria like  eDamascus?

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"As my hand has reached to the  akingdoms of the idols, Whose graven images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

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Shall I not  1do to Jerusalem and her images Just as I have done to Samaria and  aher idols?"

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So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His  awork on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, "I will  1punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and  bthe pomp of  2his haughtiness."

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For  ahe has said, "By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this, For I have understanding; And I  bremoved the boundaries of the peoples And plundered their treasures, And like a mighty man I brought down  1their inhabitants,

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And my hand reached to the riches of the peoples like a  anest, 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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Is the  aaxe to  bboast itself over the one who chops with it? Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it? That would be like  ca  1club wielding those who lift it, Or like  ca rod lifting him who is not wood.

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Therefore the Lord, the  1GOD of hosts, will send a  awasting disease among his  bstout warriors; And under his  cglory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame.

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And the  alight of Israel will become a fire and his  bHoly One a flame, And it will  cburn and devour his thorns and his briars in a single day.

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And He will  adestroy 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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And the  arest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number That a child could write them down.

A Remnant Will Return

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Now in that day the  aremnant of Israel, and those of the house of Jacob  bwho have escaped, will never again rely on the one who struck them, but will truly  crely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

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A  aremnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the  bmighty God.

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For  athough your people, O Israel, may be like the sand of the sea, Only a remnant within them will return; A  bdestruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.

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For a complete destruction, one that is decreed,  athe Lord  1GOD of hosts will execute in the midst of the whole land.

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Therefore thus says the Lord  1GOD of hosts, "O My people who dwell in  aZion,  bdo not fear the Assyrian  2who  cstrikes you with the rod and lifts up his staff against you, the way Egypt did.

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"For in a very  alittle while  bMy indignation against you will be spent and My anger will be directed to their destruction."

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The LORD of hosts will  aarouse a scourge against him like the slaughter of  bMidian at the rock of Oreb; and His  cstaff will be over the sea and He will lift it up  dthe way He did in Egypt.

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So it will be in that day, that  1his  aburden will be removed from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be broken because  bof fatness.

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He has come against Aiath, He has passed through  aMigron; At  bMichmash he deposited his  cbaggage.

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They have gone through  athe pass, saying,bGeba will be our lodging place."  cRamah is terrified, and  dGibeah of Saul has fled away.

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Cry aloud with your voice, O daughter of  aGallim! Pay attention, Laishah and  1wretched  bAnathoth!

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Madmenah has fled. The inhabitants of Gebim have sought refuge.

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Yet today he will halt at  aNob; He  bshakes his fist at the mountain of the  1 cdaughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

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Behold, the Lord, the  1GOD of hosts, will lop off the boughs with a terrible crash; Those also who are  atall in stature will be cut down And those who are lofty will be abased.

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He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron axe, And  aLebanon will fall  1by the Mighty One.



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