rsv Isaiah:10:12-19
rsv@Isaiah:10:12 @ When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem he will punish the arrogant boasting of the king of Assyria and his haughty pride.
rsv@Isaiah:10:13 @ 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.
rsv@Isaiah:10:14 @ My hand has found like a nest the wealth of the peoples; and as men gather eggs that have been forsaken so I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved a wing, or opened the mouth, or chirped."
rsv@Isaiah:10:15 @ Shall the axe vaunt itself over him who hews with it, or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield him who lifts it, or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!
rsv@Isaiah:10:16 @ Therefore the Lord, 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.
rsv@Isaiah:10:17 @ The 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.
rsv@Isaiah:10:18 @ The glory of his forest and of his fruitful land the LORD will destroy, both soul and body, and it will be as when a sick man wastes away.
rsv@Isaiah:10:19 @ The remnant of the trees of his forest will be so few that a child can write them down.