Isaiah 10:15-17

International Standard Version

¹⁵ “Does the ax exalt itself
    over the one who swings it?
Or does the saw magnify itself
    in opposition to the one who wields it?
As if a rod were to wield those who lift^[a] it,
    or as if a club were to brandish the one who is not wood!
¹⁶ Therefore, the Lord God^[b] of the Heavenly Armies will send a wasting disease
    among Assyria’s^[c] sturdy warriors,
and under its glory a conflagration will be kindled,
    like a blazing bonfire.

¹⁷ “The light of Israel will become a fire,
    and its Holy One a flame,
and it will burn
    and consume Assyria’s^[d] thorns and briers
        in a single day.