Isaiah 10:12–19

¹²Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Lord has ²performed all His work ^oon Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, that He will say, ^p“I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his haughty looks.”

^13qFor he says:

“By the strength of my hand I have done it,

And by my wisdom, for I am prudent;

Also I have removed the boundaries of the people,

And have robbed their treasuries;

So I have put down the inhabitants like a ³valiant man.

^14rMy hand has found like a nest the riches of the people,

And as one gathers eggs that are left,

I have gathered all the earth;

And there was no one who moved his wing,

Nor opened his mouth with even a peep.”

¹⁵Shall ^sthe ax boast itself against him who chops with it?

Or shall the saw exalt itself against him who saws with it?

As if a rod could wield itself against those who lift it up,

Or as if a staff could lift up, as if it were not wood!

¹⁶Therefore the Lord, the ⁴Lord of hosts,

Will send leanness among his fat ones;

And under his glory

He will kindle a burning

Like the burning of a fire.

¹⁷So the Light of Israel will be for a fire,

And his Holy One for a flame;

^tIt will burn and devour

His thorns and his briers in one day.

¹⁸And it will consume the glory of his forest and of ^uhis fruitful field,

Both soul and body;

And they will be as when a sick man wastes away.

¹⁹Then the rest of the trees of his forest

Will be so few in number

That a child may write them.