15 Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood! 16 Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame. 17 And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.
Isaiah 10:15–17
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Isaiah 30:30–32
30 And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones. 31 For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike…
Isaiah 10:4–6
4 Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised. 5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath. 6 I will send him against a godles…
Isaiah 31:7–9
7 For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made. 8 “Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and…
Isaiah 10:23–25
23 For the Lord GOD of Hosts will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land. 24 Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyp…
Isaiah 9:17–19
17 Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
Isaiah 10:33–34
33 Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled. 34 He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One.
Isaiah 1:30–31
30 For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, like a garden without water. 31 The strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames.
Jeremiah 5:13–15
13 The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.” 14 Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it cons…
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