(KJV) Isaiah 10¹

⥃Woe to Tyrants

[1] Woe² unto them³ that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness⁴ [which] they have prescribed;⁵ [2] To turn aside⁶ the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows⁷ may be their prey, and [that] they may rob the fatherless! [3] And what⁸ will ye do in the day⁹ of visitation, and in the desolation¹⁰ [which] shall come from far? to whom¹¹ will ye flee for help? and where¹² will ye leave your glory? [4] Without me¹³ they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this¹⁴ his anger is not turned away, but his hand [is] stretched out still.

⥃Judgment on Assyria

[5] O Assyrian¹⁵, the rod¹⁶ of mine anger, and¹⁷ the staff in their hand is mine indignation. [6] I will send him against¹⁸ an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give¹⁹ him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them²⁰ down like the mire of the streets. [7] Howbeit he meaneth²¹ not so, neither doth his heart think so; but [it is] in his heart²² to destroy and cut off nations not a few. [8] For he saith, [Are] not my princes altogether kings?²³ [9] [Is] not Calno²⁴ as Carchemish²⁵? [is] not Hamath²⁶ as Arpad? [is] not Samaria²⁷ as Damascus? [10] As my hand hath found the kingdoms²⁸ of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; [11] Shall I not, as I have²⁹ done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols? [12] Wherefore it shall come to pass, [that] when the Lord³⁰ hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will³¹ punish the fruit of the stout heart³² of the king of Assyria, and the glory³³ of his high looks. [13] For he saith³⁴, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed³⁵ the bounds of the people, and have robbed³⁶ their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant [man³⁷]: [14] And my³⁸ hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs [that are] left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped³⁹. [15] Shall the ax⁴⁰e boast itself against him that heweth therewith? [or] shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake [itself] against them⁴¹ that lift it up, [or] as if the staff should lift up [itself], [as if it were] no wood. [16] Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts⁴², send among his fat ones leanness; and under⁴³ his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire. [17] And the light⁴⁴ of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame⁴⁵: and it shall burn and devour⁴⁶ his thorns and his briers in one day; [18] And shall consume⁴⁷ the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body⁴⁸: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth. [19] And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few⁴⁹, that a child may write them.

⥃A Remnant Shall Return

[20] And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the remnant⁵⁰ of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more⁵¹ again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay⁵² upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. [21] The remnant shall return⁵³, [even] the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God⁵⁴. [22] For though thy⁵⁵ people Israel be as the sand of the sea, [yet] a remnant⁵⁶ of⁵⁷ them shall return: the consumption⁵⁸ decreed shall overflow with⁵⁹ righteousness. [23] For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined⁶⁰, in the midst of all the land.

[24] Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people⁶¹ that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid⁶² of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee⁶³ with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee⁶⁴, after the manner⁶⁵ of Egypt. [25] For yet⁶⁶ a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction. [26] And the Lord of hosts shall stir up⁶⁷ a scourge for him according⁶⁸ to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and [as] his rod⁶⁹ [was] upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. [27] And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] his burden⁷⁰ shall be taken away⁷¹ from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because⁷² of the anointing. [28] He is come⁷³ to Aiath⁷⁴, he is passed to Migron⁷⁵; at Michmash⁷⁶ he hath laid up his carriages: [29] They are gone over the passage⁷⁷: they have taken up their lodging at Geba⁷⁸; Ramah⁷⁹ is afraid; Gibeah⁸⁰ of Saul is fled. [30] Lift up thy voice⁸¹, O daughter of Gallim⁸²: cause it to be heard unto Laish⁸³, O poor Anathoth⁸⁴. [31] Madmenah⁸⁵ is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee. [32] As yet shall he remain at Nob⁸⁶ that day: he shall shake⁸⁷ his hand [against] the mount⁸⁸ of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. [33] Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop⁸⁹ the bough with terror: and the high ones⁹⁰ of stature [shall be] hewn down, and the haughty⁹¹ shall be humbled. [34] And he shall cut down⁹² the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon⁹³ shall fall by a mighty one⁹⁴.