Isaiah 10:12–19

¹²When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, he^j will punish the arrogant boasting of the king of Assyria and his haughty pride.^{* 13}For he says:

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

and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;

I have removed the boundaries of peoples

and have plundered their treasures;

like a bull I have brought down those who sat on thrones.^*

¹⁴My 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 its mouth or chirped.”^*

¹⁵Shall the ax vaunt itself over the one who wields it

or the saw magnify itself against the one who handles it?

As if a rod should raise the one who lifts it up,

or as if a staff should lift the one who is not wood!^*

¹⁶Therefore the Sovereign, the Lord of hosts,

will send wasting sickness among his stout warriors,

and under his glory a burning will be kindled

like the burning of fire.^*

¹⁷The 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.^*

¹⁸The glory of his forest and his fruitful land

the Lord will destroy, both soul and body,

and it will be as when an invalid wastes away.^*

¹⁹The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few

that a child can write them down.^*