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Isaiah 10:12-19 (Basic)

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¹² For this cause it will be that, when the purpose of the Lord against Mount Zion and Jerusalem is complete, I will send punishment on the pride of the heart of the king of Assyria, and on the glory of his uplifted eyes. ¹³ For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my knowledge, for I am wise: and I have taken away the limits of the peoples' lands, and the stores of their wealth have become mine; and I have made towns low in the dust, sending destru ¹⁴ And I have put my hands on the wealth of the peoples, as on the place where a bird has put her eggs; and as a man may take the eggs from which a bird has gone, so I have taken all the earth for myself: and not a wing was moved, and not a mouth gave out a ¹⁵ Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood. ¹⁶ For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, will make his fat become wasted; and in his inner parts a fire will be lighted like a burning flame. ¹⁷ And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: wasting and burning up his thorns in one day. ¹⁸ And he will put an end to the glory of his woods and of his planted fields, soul and body together; and it will be as when a man is wasted by disease. ¹⁹ And the rest of the trees of his wood will be small in number, so that a child may put them down in writing.

This passage is referenced in the following study note(s):
(v. 12) Devotional: Pride and Humility (2008-12-12)
(v. 13) Devotional: Pride and Humility (2008-12-12)
(v. 14) Devotional: Pride and Humility (2008-12-12)
(v. 15) Devotional: Pride and Humility (2008-12-12)
(v. 16) Devotional: Pride and Humility (2008-12-12)
(v. 17) Devotional: Pride and Humility (2008-12-12)
(v. 18) Devotional: Pride and Humility (2008-12-12)
(v. 19) Devotional: Pride and Humility (2008-12-12)

Definition(s):
Israel (Iz-rehl): who prevails with God
Israel (Is-ra-el): who prevails with God
Jerusalem (Je-roo-sa-lem): vision of peace
Zion (Zy-on): monument; raised up; sepulcher