Isaiah 10:15
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Shall the axe boast itself against him that cutteth with it? or shall the saw exalt itself against him by whom it is drawn? as if a rod should lift itself up against him that lifteth it up, and a staff exalt itself, which is but wood.

the axe

Isaiah 10:5 Woe to the Assyrian, he is the rod and the staff of my anger, and my indignation is in their hands.

Psalm 17:13,14 Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; deliver my soul from the wicked one; thy sword . . .

Jeremiah 51:20-23 Thou dashest together for me the weapons of war, and with thee I will dash nations together, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms: . . .

Ezekiel 28:9 Wilt thou yet say before them that slay thee: I am God; whereas thou art a man, and not God, in the hand of them that slay thee?

Romans 9:20,21 O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it: Why hast thou made me thus? . . .

itself, as if it were no wood.

Context
Judgment on Assyria
14And my hand hath found the strength of the people as a nest; and as eggs are gathered, that are left, so have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or made the least noise. 15Shall the axe boast itself against him that cutteth with it? or shall the saw exalt itself against him by whom it is drawn? as if a rod should lift itself up against him that lifteth it up, and a staff exalt itself, which is but wood.16Therefore the sovereign Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall send leanness among his fat ones: and under his glory shall be kindled a burning, as it were the burning of a fire.…
Cross References
Romans 9:20
O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it: Why hast thou made me thus?

Romans 9:21
Or hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump, to make one vessel unto honour and another unto dishonour?

Isaiah 7:20
In that day the Lord shall shave with a razor that is hired by them that are beyond the river, by the king of the Assyrians, the head and the hairs of the feet, and the whole beard.

Isaiah 10:5
Woe to the Assyrian, he is the rod and the staff of my anger, and my indignation is in their hands.

Isaiah 29:16
This thought of yours is perverse: as if the clay should think against the potter, and the work should say to the maker thereof: Thou madest me not: or the thing framed should say to him that fashioned it: Thou understandest not.

Isaiah 45:9
Woe to him that gainsayeth his maker, a sherd of the earthen pots: shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it: What art thou making, and thy work is without hands?

Jeremiah 51:20
Thou dashest together for me the weapons of war, and with thee I will dash nations together, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms:

Lexicon
Does an ax
הַגַּרְזֶ֔ן (hag·gar·zen)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1631: An axe

raise itself
הֲיִתְפָּאֵר֙ (hă·yiṯ·pā·’êr)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6286: To gleam, embellish, to boast, to explain, oneself, to shake a, tree

above
עַ֖ל (‘al)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the one who swings it?
הַחֹצֵ֣ב (ha·ḥō·ṣêḇ)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2672: To cut, carve, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave

Does a saw
הַמַּשּׂוֹר֙ (ham·maś·śō·wr)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4883: A saw

boast
יִתְגַּדֵּ֤ל (yiṯ·gad·dêl)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1431: To grow up, become great

over him
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

who saws with it?
מְנִיפ֔וֹ (mə·nî·p̄ōw)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5130: To move to and fro, wave, sprinkle

It would be like a staff
שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ (šê·ḇeṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe

waving
כְּהָנִ֥יף (kə·hā·nîp̄)
Preposition-k | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5130: To move to and fro, wave, sprinkle

the one who lifts it!
מְרִימָ֔יו (mə·rî·māw)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise

It would be like a staff
מַטֶּ֖ה (maṭ·ṭeh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe

lifting
כְּהָרִ֥ים (kə·hā·rîm)
Preposition-k | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise

him who is not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

wood!
עֵֽץ׃ (‘êṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood


Additional Translations
Does an ax raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a staff waving the one who lifts it! It would be like a staff lifting him who is not wood!Shall the ax boast itself against him that hews therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shakes it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? as if a rod should wield them that lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him that is not wood.

Shall the axe glorify itself without him that hews with it? or shall the saw lift up itself without him that uses it, as if one should lift a rod or staff? but it shall not be so;

-- Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that wieldeth it? As if the rod should wield them that lift it up; as if the staff should lift up [him who is] not wood!

Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if a rod should shake them that lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up him that is not wood.

Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth with it? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that moveth it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it, or as if the staff should lift itself, as if it were no wood.

Should an axe brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone who is not wood.

-- Doth the axe glorify itself Against him who is hewing with it? Doth the saw magnify itself Against him who is shaking it? As a rod waving those lifting it up! As a staff lifting up that which is not wood!
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