Isaiah 10 KJV Easy Read Bible

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1Woe to them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

2To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of My people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

3And what will you^p do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will you^p flee for help? and where will you^p leave your^p glory?

4Without Me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still. cringe among

Arrogant Assyria Also Judged

5O Assyrian, the rod of My anger, and the staff in their hand is My indignation.

6I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of My wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. plunder

7However he means not so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few.

8For he says, Are not my princes altogether kings? all

9Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? as good as

10As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; carved idols

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

12Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord has performed His whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. Adonai^p.f.; haughtiness

13For he says, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man:

14And my hand has found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathers eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. chirped

15Shall 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. cuts

16Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire. Adonai^p.f. Tsebaoth^p.f.

17And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;

18And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer faints.

19And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them.

The Returning Remnant of Israel

20And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. rely; struck

21The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, to the Mighty God. El^s.f. Gibbor

22For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. ROM 9:27 | destruction

23For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land. Adonai^p.f. Jehovah^s.f. Tsebaoth^p.f.

24Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts, O My people that dwell in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite you with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against you, after the manner of Egypt.

25For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and My anger in their destruction.

26And the Lord of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. Adonai^p.f. Tsebaoth^p.f.; enemy

27And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. control

28He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he has laid up his carriages: baggage

29They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

30Lift up your voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard to Laish, O poor Anathoth.

31Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee.

32As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

33Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. Adonai^s.f.; Adonai^p.f. Tsebaoth^p.f.; cut off; tall; cut

34And He shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. an iron ax

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