Isaiah 10:5

Isaiah · Old Testament · Chapter 10

“O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.”Isaiah 10:5

What Does Isaiah 10:5 Mean?

Isaiah 10:5 is found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 10, verse 5 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Isaiah 10:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Isaiah 45:7“I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.”Isaiah 10:15“Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.”Jeremiah 51:20“Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;”1 Chronicles 5:26“And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.”Isaiah 36:10“And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.”Ezekiel 7:10“Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.”Psalms 125:3“For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.”Proverbs 22:8“He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.”Isaiah 9:4“For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.”Isaiah 14:25“That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.”Isaiah 30:30“And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.”Isaiah 37:26“Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.”Zephaniah 2:13“And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.”2 Samuel 16:11“And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.”2 Kings 5:1“Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.”2 Kings 19:25“Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.”Psalms 17:13“Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:”Isaiah 7:17“The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father’s house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria.”Isaiah 10:12“Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.”Isaiah 13:5“They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land.”

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