Isaiah 10:5 “Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wr…”

Isaiah 10:5

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

World English Bible

Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!

American Standard Version

Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!

Geneva Bible 1599

O Asshur, the rodde of my wrath: and the staffe in their hands is mine indignation.

Darby Translation

Ah! the Assyrian! the rod of mine anger! and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

Young's Literal Translation

Woe [to] Asshur, a rod of Mine anger, And a staff in their hand [is] Mine indignation.

Bible in Basic English

Ho! Assyrian, the rod of my wrath, the instrument of my punishment!

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Cross references

“O Assyrian”

Genesis 10:11

Genesis 10:11 · BSB

From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

“the rod”

Isaiah 10:15 Jeremiah 51:20–24 Isaiah 8:4 Psalm 17:14 Psalm 125:3 Isaiah 14:5

Isaiah 10:15 · BSB

Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!

Jeremiah 51:20–24 · BSB

“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.

Isaiah 8:4 · BSB

For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

Psalm 17:14 · BSB

from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.

Psalm 125:3 · BSB

For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.

Isaiah 14:5 · BSB

The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.

Also

Isaiah 14:25 Zephaniah 2:13 Isaiah 30:30 Isaiah 13:5 Isaiah 66:14

Isaiah 14:25 · BSB

I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”

Zephaniah 2:13 · BSB

And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.

Isaiah 30:30 · BSB

And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.

Isaiah 13:5 · BSB

They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the LORD and the weapons of His wrath— to destroy the whole country.

Isaiah 66:14 · BSB

When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

6I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.

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