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Isaiah 10

Isaiah 10:12

Judgment on Assyria · Isaiah 10:5–19
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Translations

Modern
So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
Traditional
Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath 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.
Literal
And it will come to pass, when YHWH has cut off all his work against Mount Zion and against Jerusalem: “I will reckon with the fruit of the magnitude of the heart of the king of Assyria and with the splendor of the loftiness of his eyes.
Latin
Et erit, cum impleverit Dominus cuncta opera sua in monte Sion et in Jerusalem, visitabo super fructum magnifici cordis regis Assur, et super gloriam altitudinis oculorum ejus.

Original

Hebrew
English
So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.

Notes

Isaiah 10:12

Any royal power that exalts itself against the Lord is proud and arrogant. The Lord is the Great King over all rulers.

When kings lift themselves up against him, they set themselves in opposition to God. Such pride will not last.

God will humble and crush every ruler who stands against him (see Isaiah 2:11–12).

Isaiah 10:5–19

God announced judgment on Assyria for several reasons:

  • They destroyed other nations without mercy (Isaiah 10:7).

  • They spoke with pride and dishonored God. They boasted about their own power (Isaiah 10:12).

  • They oppressed other peoples and took what did not belong to them (Isaiah 10:13–14).

  • They believed they were acting on their own. They did not recognize that God was using them (Isaiah 10:15).

Isaiah 10:5–11:16

Isaiah 9:8–10:4 shows that the Lord’s moral law is supreme. This means God’s standards of right and wrong stand above every nation and ruler. The next section explains what this truth means:

  1. Assyria was only a tool in God’s hands. Because of this, Assyria was also responsible to God. Like every other nation, it would face judgment for its sin (Isaiah 10:5–19, 28–34).

  2. Those among God’s people who trusted in him and obeyed his covenant would be rescued (Isaiah 10:20–27).

  3. God would establish his kingdom on earth (Isaiah 11).

Isaiah 7:1–12:6

These prophecies occurred when Assyria rose to power. Syria and Israel formed an alliance against Judah (Isaiah 7:1–2; see 2 Kings 16:5). God used Assyria as a tool to punish Syria, Israel, and Judah (Isaiah 7–10).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah Salvation in Isaiah Zion

Events

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Places

Assyria: A powerful ancient empire, often in conflict with Israel Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Isaiah, Book of Jesse (Person) Pride

Topics

Assyria: Celebrated For: Extent of Conquests Assyria: Predictions Respecting: Destruction of Assyria: Predictions Respecting: Invasion of Judah By Assyria: Prophecies Concerning Boasting: Sennacherib Character of the Unrenewed Heart: Stout Heart: The Unregenerate is Double (Duplicity) Isaiah: Prophecies, Reproofs, and Exhortations of Foretells the Destruction of Sennacherib's Armies Pride: General Scriptures Concerning Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments The Providence of God: The Wicked Made to Promote the Designs The Punishment of the Wicked: On Account of Their: Pride