Isaiah 10:1-12 ▼

1 Woe to them that write wickedness; for when they write they do write wickedness,

2 perverting the cause of the poor, violently wresting the judgement of the needy ones of my people, that the widow may be a prey to them, and the orphan a spoil.

3 And what will they do in the day of visitation? for affliction shall come to you from afar: and to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory,

4 that ye may not fall into captivity? For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is yet exalted.

5 Woe to the Assyrians; the rod of my wrath, and anger are in their hands.

6 I will send my wrath against a sinful nation, and I will charge my people to take plunder and spoil, and to trample the cities, and to make them dust.

7 But he meant not thus, neither did he devise thus in his soul: but his mind shall change, and that to destroy nations not a few.

8 And if they should say to him, Thou alone art ruler;

9 then shall he say, Have I not taken the country above Babylon and Chalanes, where the tower was built? and have I not taken Arabia, and Damascus, and Samaria?

10 As I have taken them, I will also take all the kingdoms: howl, ye idols in Jerusalem, and in Samaria.

11 For as I did to Samaria and her idols, so will I do also to Jerusalem and her idols.

12 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord shall have finished doing all things on Mount Sion and Jerusalem, that I will visit upon the proud heart, even upon the ruler of the Assyrians, and upon the boastful haughtiness of his eyes.