Isaiah 10

1 Tragedy is coming to those who pass evil decrees and who write laws to harm people.

woe! [the] to decree decree evil: wickedness and to write trouble to write

2 They pervert the legal rights of the needy, and rob justice from the poor of my people. They steal from widows and cheat orphans.

to/for to stretch from judgment poor and to/for to plunder justice afflicted people my to/for to be widow spoil their and [obj] orphan to plunder

3 What are you going to do on the day you're punished, when disaster falls on you from far away? Who are you going to run to so you can get help? Where are you going to leave all your wealth?

and what? to make: do to/for day punishment and to/for devastation from distance to come (in): come upon who? to flee to/for help and where? to leave: forsake glory your

4 All you'll be able to do is to bow down as prisoners, or lie among the dead! In all of this he is still angry and his hand is still raised.

lest to bow underneath: stand prisoner and underneath: stand to kill to fall: kill in/on/with all this not to return: turn back face: anger his and still hand his to stretch

5 Tragedy is coming to the Assyrians, even though the rod they use represents my anger and the stick they hold in their hands represents my fury!

woe! Assyria tribe: staff face: anger my and tribe: rod he/she/it in/on/with hand their indignation my

6 I am sending the Assyrians against a nation that has given up on its God, against a people that make me angry. I order the Assyrians to loot them, to take their possessions, and to trample them down like mud in the street.

in/on/with nation profane to send: depart him and upon people fury my to command him to/for to loot spoil and to/for to plunder plunder (and to/for to set: make him *Q(k)*) trampling like/as clay outside

7 But this isn't what is behind the thinking of the king of Assyria. This isn't the plan he has in mind. What he wants to do is to destroy and eliminate many nations.

and he/she/it not so to resemble and heart his not so to devise: devise for to/for to destroy in/on/with heart his and to/for to cut: eliminate nation not little

8 He says: “All my commanders are kings!

for to say not ruler my together king

9 We conquered Calno like we did Carchemish; Hamath like Arpad; Samaria like Damascus.

not like/as Carchemish Calneh if: surely yes not like/as Arpad Hamath if: surely yes not like/as Damascus Samaria

10 I was the one who conquered these kingdoms along with the idols of their gods. These kingdoms had images of their gods that were better than those of Jerusalem and Samaria.

like/as as which to find hand my to/for kingdom [the] idol and idol their from Jerusalem and from Samaria

11 Why shouldn't I do to Jerusalem and her idols just what I did to Samaria and her idols?”

not like/as as which to make: do to/for Samaria and to/for idol her so to make: do to/for Jerusalem and to/for idol her

12 Once the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will punish the king of Assyria for his terrible arrogance and for the conceited look in his eyes.

and to be for to cut off: to end Lord [obj] all deed: work his in/on/with mountain: mount Zion and in/on/with Jerusalem to reckon: punish upon fruit greatness heart king Assyria and upon beauty height eye his

13 For the king of Assyria says: “I have done this in my own strength. It was through my wisdom, because I'm clever. I have wiped out the boundaries of nations and looted their treasures. Like a bull I knocked their rulers off their thrones.

for to say in/on/with strength hand: power my to make: do and in/on/with wisdom my for to understand and to turn aside: remove border people (and ready their *Q(K)*) to plunder and to go down like/as mighty: ox to dwell

14 Like robbing a bird's nest, I took the wealth of the nations. Like collecting abandoned eggs, I collected the whole the earth. There wasn't a fluttering wing or an open beak, not even a chirp!”

and to find like/as nest hand my to/for strength: rich [the] people and like/as to gather egg to leave: forsake all [the] land: country/planet I to gather and not to be to wander wing and to open lip and to whisper

15 Does an ax say it's more important than the person swinging it? Does a saw boast that it's greater than the person sawing with it? It would be as if a rod waved the person holding it, or a walking stick lifted up a person—who certainly wasn't wood!

to beautify [the] axe upon [the] to hew in/on/with him if to magnify [the] saw upon to wave him like/as to wave tribe: staff and [obj] to exalt him like/as to exalt tribe: rod not tree: wood

16 So the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will send a disease on the king of Assyria's strong warriors that will make them waste away; a flaming fire will be set under everything he's so proud of.

to/for so to send: depart [the] lord LORD Hosts in/on/with fatness his leanness and underneath: under glory his to burn burning like/as burning fire

17 Israel's light will become a fire, and his Holy One will become a flame. It will burn up his thorns and brambles in just one day.

and to be light Israel to/for fire and holy his to/for flame and to burn: burn and to eat thornbush his and thorn his in/on/with day one

18 It will totally destroy its splendid forests and orchards. Assyria will waste away, staggering off like someone sick.

and glory wood his and plantation his from soul and till flesh to end: destroy and to be like/as to melt to faint

19 The trees left in its forests will be so few that a child could count them.

and remnant tree wood his number to be and youth to write them

20 At that time those who are left in Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer trust in those who turn on them, but they will truly trust in the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.

and to be in/on/with day [the] he/she/it not to add: again still remnant Israel and survivor house: household Jacob to/for to lean upon to smite him and to lean upon LORD holy Israel in/on/with truth: true

21 A remnant will return, a remnant of Jacob will come back to the Mighty God.

remnant to return: return remnant Jacob to(wards) God mighty man

22 Israel, even though your people are as numerous as sand on the seashore, only a remnant will return. The Lord has rightly decided to destroy his people.

for if to be people your Israel like/as sand [the] sea remnant to return: return in/on/with him failing to decide to overflow righteousness

23 The Lord God Almighty has rightly decided to bring destruction throughout the whole country.

for consumption and to decide Lord YHWH/God Hosts to make in/on/with entrails: among all [the] land: country/planet

24 So this is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says, My people living in Zion, don't be afraid of the Assyrians who beat you with rods and hit you with clubs, just like the Egyptians did.

to/for so thus to say Lord YHWH/God Hosts not to fear people my to dwell Zion from Assyria in/on/with tribe: staff to smite you and tribe: rod his to lift: fight upon you in/on/with way: conduct Egypt

25 Very shortly I will stop being angry with you. Then I will turn my anger on them and I will destroy them.

for still little little and to end: finish indignation and face: anger my upon destruction their

26 The Lord Almighty will lash them with a whip, just as he did when he attacked the Midianites at the rock of Oreb. He will hold up his rod over the sea, just as he did in Egypt.

and to rouse upon him LORD Hosts whip like/as wound Midian in/on/with rock Oreb and tribe: rod his upon [the] sea and to lift: fight him in/on/with way: conduct Egypt

27 At that time he will remove the burden from your shoulders and the yoke from your neck. The yoke will be broken because of the anointing with oil.

and to be in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to turn aside: depart burden his from upon shoulder your and yoke his from upon neck your and to destroy yoke from face: because oil

28 The Assyrians came to Aiath, passed through Migron, and stored their supplies at Michmash.

to come (in): come upon Ai to pass in/on/with Migron to/for Michmash to reckon: put article/utensil his

29 They cross the pass, saying, “We'll stay overnight at Geba.” The people of Ramah tremble in fear; the inhabitants of Gibeah of Saul run away.

to pass ford Geba lodging to/for us to tremble [the] Ramah Gibeah Saul to flee

30 Shout out a warning, people of Gallim! Pay attention, those living in Laishah! You poor people of Anathoth!

to cry out voice your daughter Gallim to listen Laishah afflicted Anathoth

31 The people of Madmenah, are all running away. The inhabitants of Gebim are looking for somewhere safe.

to wander Madmenah to dwell [the] Gebim to seek refuge

32 Today the invaders stop at Nob, shaking their fists at the mountain of the Daughter of Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.

still [the] day in/on/with Nob to/for to stand: stand to wave hand his mountain: mount (daughter *Q(K)*) Zion hill Jerusalem

33 Look how the Lord Almighty is going to chop off the branches with great force. The tall trees will be cut down, the proud trees will be brought crashing down.

behold [the] lord LORD Hosts to lop bough in/on/with terror and to exalt [the] height to cut down/off and [the] high to abase

34 He will cut down the thick forest with an ax, and Lebanon will fall at the hand of the Mighty One.

and to strike thicket [the] wood in/on/with iron and [the] Lebanon in/on/with great to fall: kill