Isaiah 10:5 Cross References - NSB

⁵ »How horrible it will be for Assyria! It is the rod of my anger. My fury is in the staff of the Assyrians' hands.

¹¹ From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

¹⁴ With your power (by your hand) rescue me from mortals, O Jehovah, from mortals who look forward only to this life. You fill their bellies with your treasure. Their children are satisfied with it, and they leave what remains to their children.

³ For the rod of the wicked shall not rest on the lot of the righteous in case the righteous put forth their hands to iniquity.

⁴ »Before the boy knows how to say »Father« or »Mother« the wealth of Damascus and the loot from Samaria will be carried away to the king of Assyria.«

⁵ »They come from a far country, from the extremities of the heavens (horizons). Jehovah and his instruments of indignation come to destroy the whole land.

⁵ »Jehovah has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers. ⁶ »They struck the people with fury, with blows that did not stop. They ruled nations in anger, persecuting them without restraint.

²⁵ »In my land of Israel I will trample them on my mountains. I will free my people from the Assyrian yoke and from the burdens they have had to bear.«

³⁰ Jehovah will make his majestic voice heard. He will come with all his might, with furious anger, with firestorms, windstorms, rainstorms, and hailstones.

¹⁵ Can an ax attack the person who cuts with it? Can a saw make itself greater than the person who saws with it? A rod cannot move the person who lifts it. A wooden stick cannot pick up a person.

¹⁴ When you see it, your heart will rejoice and you will flourish like new grass. The power of Jehovah will be made known to his servants, but he will condemn his enemies.

²⁰ He says: »You are my war-club, my weapon of war. I shatter nations with you and with you I destroy kingdoms. ²¹ »I will use you to crush horses and their riders. I will use you to crush chariots and their drivers. ²² »I will use you to crush men and women. I will use you to crush the old and the young. I will use you to crush young men and women. ²³ »I will use you to crush shepherds and their flocks. I will use you to crush farmers and their oxen. I will use you to crush governors and officials. ²⁴ »In your presence I will pay back Babylon and all the people who live in Babylon for all the evil things that they did in Zion,« proclaims Jehovah.

¹³ »He will stretch out his hand (exercise his power) against the north, and destroy Assyria. He will make Nineveh a desolation. It will be barren like the desert wilderness.