Isaiah 10:12–19

¹²Wherefore it shall come to pass, that ^zwhen the Lord hath performed his whole work

^aUpon mount Zion and on Jerusalem,

^bI will punish the fruit of the stout heart of ^cthe king of Assyria,

And the glory of his high looks.

^13dFor he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it,

And ^eby my wisdom; for I am prudent:

And I have removed the bounds of the people,

And have robbed their treasures,

And I have put down the inhabitants like ^fa valiant man:

¹⁴And ^gmy hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people:

And as one gathereth eggs that are left,

Have I gathered all the earth;

And there was none that moved the wing,

Or opened the mouth, or ^hpeeped.

¹⁵Shall the axe ⁱboast itself against him that heweth therewith?

Or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it?

As if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up,

Or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

¹⁶Therefore shall ^kthe Lord, the Lord of hosts,

Send among his ^lfat ones ^mleanness;

And under his glory he shall kindle a burning

Like the burning of a fire.

¹⁷And the light of Israel shall be for a fire,

And his Holy One for a flame:

And ⁿit shall burn and devour ^ohis thorns and his briers ^pin one day;

¹⁸And shall consume ^qthe glory of his forest, and of ^rhis fruitful field,

Both soul and body:

And they shall be as when ^ta standard-bearer fainteth.

¹⁹And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few,

That a child may write them.