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Isaiah 10:5
Ho! Assyrian, the rod of my wrath, the instrument of my punishment!
Isaiah 10:5 · Bible in Basic English
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Isaiah 10:5 in other translations
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
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In context
2 Who do wrong to the poor in their cause, and take away the right of the crushed among my people, so that they may have the property of widows, and get under their power those who have no father.
3 And what will you do in the day of punishment, and in the destruction which is coming from far? to whom will you go for help, and what will become of your glory?
4 ... For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
5 Ho! Assyrian, the rod of my wrath, the instrument of my punishment!
6 I will send him against a nation of wrongdoers, and against the people of my wrath I will give him orders, to take their wealth in war, crushing them down like the dust in the streets.
7 But this is not what is in his mind, and this is not his design; but his purpose is destruction, and the cutting off of more and more nations.
8 For he says, Are not all my captains kings?
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