Isaiah 10:15-17

Complete Jewish Bible

¹⁵ Should the axe glorify itself
over the one who chops with it?
Should the saw magnify itself
over the one who moves it?
It’s as if a stick could wave
the hand that raises it up,
or as if a wooden staff could lift
[a person, who is] not made of wood.
¹⁶ Therefore the Lord, Adonai-Tzva’ot,
will send leanness to his well-fed ones;
and in place of his glory,
a fire will be kindled that will burn and burn.
¹⁷ The light of Isra’el will become a fire
and his Holy One a flame,
burning and devouring
his thorns and briars in a single day.