April 23, 2026, Isaiah 10:5-19
April 23, 2026, Isaiah 10:5-19
5 Woe to Assyria, the
rod of my anger;
the staff in their hands
is my fury!
6 Against a godless nation I send him,
and against the people of
my wrath I command him,
to take spoil and seize plunder,
and to tread them
down like the mire of the streets.
7 But he does not so intend,
and his heart does not so
think;
but it is in his heart to destroy,
and to cut off nations not
a few;
8 for he says:
“Are not my commanders all kings?
9 Is not Calno like Carchemish?
Is not Hamath
like Arpad?
Is not Samaria like
Damascus?
10 As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the
idols,
whose carved images were
greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,
11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and her idols
as I have done to Samaria
and her images?”
12 When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and
on Jerusalem, he will punish the speech of the arrogant heart of
the king of Assyria and the boastful look in his eyes. 13 For
he says:
“By the strength of my
hand I have done it,
and by my wisdom, for I
have understanding;
I remove the boundaries of peoples,
and plunder their
treasures;
like a bull I bring down
those who sit on thrones.
14 My hand has found like a nest
the wealth of the peoples;
and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken,
so I have gathered all the
earth;
and there was none that moved a wing
or opened the mouth or
chirped.”
15 Shall the axe boast
over him who hews with it,
or the saw magnify itself
against him who wields it?
As if a rod should wield him who lifts it,
or as if a staff should
lift him who is not wood!
16 Therefore the Lord God of hosts
will send wasting sickness
among his stout warriors,
and under his glory a burning will be kindled,
like the burning of fire.
17 The light of Israel will become a fire,
and his Holy One a
flame,
and it will burn and devour
his thorns and
briers in one day.
18 The glory of his forest and of his fruitful
land
the Lord will destroy, both soul and
body,
and it will be as when a
sick man wastes away.
19 The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few
that a child can write
them down.
Why do people take pride
in their accomplishments when they are only God’s instruments?
Debbie Walker
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