Isaiah 10:5

New Century Version

God says, “How terrible it will be for the king of Assyria. I use him like a rod to show my anger; in anger I use Assyria like a club.

Cross References

Genesis 10:11

From there he went to Assyria, where he built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, and Calah.

2 Kings 18:25

I have not come to attack and destroy this place without an order from the Lord. The Lord himself told me to come to this country and destroy it.’ ”

2 Kings 19:25

“ ‘King of Assyria, surely you have heard. Long ago I, the Lord, planned these things. Long ago I designed them, and now I have made them happen. I allowed you to turn those strong, walled cities into piles of rocks.

Psalm 125:3

The wicked will not rule over those who do right. If they did, the people who do right might use their power to do evil.

Psalm 17:14

Lord, save me by your power from those whose reward is in this life. They have plenty of food. They have many sons and leave much money to their children.

Isaiah 10:15

An ax is not better than the person who swings it. A saw is not better than the one who uses it. A stick cannot control the person who picks it up. A club cannot pick up the person!

Isaiah 10:25

After a short time my anger against you will stop, and then I will turn my anger to destroying them.”

Isaiah 13:5

This army is coming from a faraway land, from the edge of the horizon. In anger the Lord is using this army like a weapon to destroy the whole country.

Isaiah 14:24

The Lord All-Powerful has made this promise: “These things will happen exactly as I planned them; they will happen exactly as I set them up.

Isaiah 14:25

I will destroy the king of Assyria in my country; I will trample him on my mountains. He placed a heavy load on my people, but that weight will be removed.

Isaiah 23:13

Look at the land of the Babylonians; it is not a country now. Assyria has made it a place for wild animals. Assyria built towers to attack it; the soldiers took all the treasures from its cities, and they turned it into ruins.

Isaiah 26:20

My people, go into your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide in your rooms for a short time until God’s anger is finished.

Isaiah 29:2

I will attack Jerusalem, and that city will be filled with sadness and crying. It will be like an altar to me.

Isaiah 30:27

Look! The Lord comes from far away. His anger is like a fire with thick clouds of smoke. His mouth is filled with anger, and his tongue is like a burning fire.

Isaiah 30:30

The Lord will cause all people to hear his great voice and to see his powerful arm come down with anger, like a great fire that burns everything, like a great storm with much rain and hail.

Isaiah 30:9

These people are like children who lie and refuse to obey; they refuse to listen to the Lord’s teachings.

Isaiah 34:2

The Lord is angry with all the nations; he is angry with their armies. He will destroy them and kill them all.

Isaiah 66:14

When you see these things, you will be happy, and you will grow like the grass. The Lord’s servants will see his power, but his enemies will see his anger.

Isaiah 7:17

The Lord will bring troubled times to you, your people, and to the people of your father’s family. They will be worse than anything that has happened since Israel separated from Judah. The Lord will bring the king of Assyria to fight against you.

Isaiah 7:20

The Lord will hire Assyria and use it like a razor to punish Judah. It will be as if the Lord is shaving the hair from Judah’s head and legs and removing Judah’s beard.

Isaiah 8:4

because the king of Assyria will take away all the wealth and possessions of Damascus and Samaria before the boy learns to say ‘my father’ or ‘my mother.’ ”

Isaiah 8:7

So I, the Lord, will bring the king of Assyria and all his power against them, like a powerful flood of water from the Euphrates River. The Assyrians will be like water rising over the banks of the river, flowing over the land.

Ezekiel 22:31

So I let them see my anger. I destroyed them with an anger that was like fire because of all the things they have done, says the Lord God.”

Ezekiel 7:10

“Look, the day is here. It has come. Disaster has come, violence has grown, and there is more pride than ever.

Daniel 11:36

“The king of the North will do whatever he wants. He will brag about himself and praise himself and think he is even better than a god. He will say things against the God of gods that no one has ever heard. And he will be successful until all the bad things have happened. Then what God has planned to happen will happen.

Nahum 1:1

This is the message for the city of Nineveh. This is the book of the vision of Nahum, who was from the town of Elkosh.

Habakkuk 1:12

Lord, you live forever, my God, my holy God. We will not die. Lord, you have chosen the Babylonians to punish people; our Rock, you picked them to punish.

Zephaniah 2:13

Then the Lord will turn against the north and destroy Assyria. He will make Nineveh a ruin as dry as a desert.

Numbers 24:24

Ships will sail from the shores of Cyprus and defeat Assyria and Eber, but they will also be destroyed.”