Isaiah 10:9-32

⁹Is not Calno like Karkemish? is not Chamath like Arpad? is not Samaria like Damascus?

¹⁰As my hand hath reached the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven images exceeded in number those of Jerusalem and of Samaria:

¹¹Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, do so unto Jerusalem and unto her idols?”

¹²Wherefore shall it come to pass, that when the Lord hath completed all his work on mount Zion and in Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the haughtiness of the king of Asshur, and the vain-glory of his proud looks.

¹³For he hath said, “By the strength of my hand have I done it, and by my wisdom, for I have intelligence; and I have removed the boundaries of nations, and their laid-up treasures have I plundered, and brought down low those that were powerfully seated.

¹⁴And my hand hath reached, as a bird's nest, the wealth of the people: and as one gathereth up eggs that are forsaken, have I myself gathered up all the earth: and there was not one that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped.”

¹⁵Shall the axe boast itself over him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that swingeth it? as if the rod should swing about those that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up him who is no wood.

¹⁶Therefore will the Lord, the Eternal of hosts, send forth among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory shall be kindled a burning like the burning of a fire.

¹⁷And the light of Israel shall become a fire, and his Holy One a flame; and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers on one day.

¹⁸And the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body, will he destroy: and he shall be as a tree eaten to powder by the worms.

¹⁹And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few in number, so that a boy may write them down.

²⁰And it shall come to pass on that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall not farther lean for support upon him that smiteth them; but they shall lean upon the Lord, the Holy one of Israel, in truth.

²¹The remnant shall return, the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

²²For though thy people Israel should be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant only of them shall return: destruction is decreed, it overfloweth with righteousness.

²³For it is completed and decreed: the Lord, the Eternal of hosts will do it in the midst of all the land.

²⁴Therefore thus hath said the Lord the Eternal of hosts, Be not afraid, O my people that dwellest in Zion, of Asshur, who will smite thee with the rod, and lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

²⁵For yet but a very little while more, and the indignation shall cease, and my anger shall be for their destruction.

²⁶And the Lord shall lift up a scourge over him like at the smiting of Midian at the rock of 'Oreb: and as his staff was lifted over the sea, so will he carry him off after the manner of Egypt.

²⁷And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be removed from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be broken because of the fatness.

²⁸He cometh to 'Ayath, he passeth on to Migron; at Michmash he layeth up his baggage;

²⁹They go through the pass; they take up their lodging at Geba'; Ramah trembleth; Gib'ah of Saul fleeth.

³⁰Let thy voice resound, O daughter of Gallim; listen Layshah; O poor 'Anathoth!

³¹Madmenah is in motion; the inhabitants of Gebim are assembled to flee.

³²As yet today will he remain at Nob: then will he swing his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.