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Isaiah 10:15-17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 10:15-17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
15 Does an ax exalt itself
above the one who chops with it?
Does a saw magnify itself
above the one who saws with it?
It would be like a staff waving the one who lifts[a] it!
It would be like a rod lifting a man who isn’t wood!
16 Therefore the Lord God of Hosts
will inflict an emaciating disease
on the well-fed of Assyria,
and He will kindle a burning fire
under its glory.
17 Israel’s Light will become a fire,
and its Holy One, a flame.
In one day it will burn up Assyria’s thorns and thistles.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 10:15 Some Hb mss, Syr, Vg read wave he who lifts
Isaiah 10:15-17
New International Version
Isaiah 10:15-17
New International Version
15 Does the ax raise itself above the person who swings it,
or the saw boast against the one who uses it?(A)
As if a rod were to wield the person who lifts it up,
or a club(B) brandish the one who is not wood!
16 Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
will send a wasting disease(C) upon his sturdy warriors;(D)
under his pomp(E) a fire(F) will be kindled
like a blazing flame.
17 The Light of Israel will become a fire,(G)
their Holy One(H) a flame;
in a single day it will burn and consume
his thorns(I) and his briers.(J)
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