Isaiah 10:5

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“Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.”

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BSBPD

“Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Woe <FI>to<Fi> Asshur, a rod of Mine anger, And a staff in their hand <FI>is<Fi> Mine indignation.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 10:5 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 10:11From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
  2. Numbers 24:24Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”
  3. 2 Kings 18:25So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this place to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”
  4. Psalms 17:14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
  5. Psalms 125:3For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.
  6. Isaiah 7:20On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates—the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.
  7. Isaiah 8:4For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
  8. Isaiah 10:15Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
  9. Isaiah 13:5They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the LORD and the weapons of His wrath— to destroy the whole country.
  10. Isaiah 14:5The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.
  11. Isaiah 14:25I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
  12. Isaiah 29:2And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.
  13. Isaiah 30:9These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
  14. Isaiah 30:30And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
  15. Isaiah 66:14When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.
  16. Jeremiah 51:20“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin.
  17. Daniel 11:36Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.
  18. Nahum 1:1This is the burden against Nineveh, the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite:
  19. Habakkuk 1:12Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.
  20. Zephaniah 2:13And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.

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