Isaiah 10:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הוֹי אַשּׁוּר שֵׁבֶט אַפִּי וּמַטֶּה־הוּא בְיָדָם זַעְמִי

Transliteration

hôy ʾaššûr šēbeṭ ʾappî ûmaṭṭeh-hûʾ beyādām zaʿmî

Grammar Details

• *hôy*: interjection - woe!/alas!
• *ʾaššûr*: proper noun - Assyria/Assyrian
• *šēbeṭ*: noun, masculine singular construct - rod/staff of
• *ʾappî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my anger
• *ûmaṭṭeh*: waw conjunction + noun, masculine singular - and staff/rod
• *hûʾ*: personal pronoun, 3rd person masculine singular - he/it
• *beyādām*: preposition + noun, feminine singular + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in their hand
• *zaʿmî*: noun, masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my indignation/wrath

Word Meanings

• *šēbeṭ*: rod/staff/tribe/scepter
• *ʾappî*: my anger/nose/face
• *maṭṭeh*: staff/rod/branch/tribe
• *zaʿmî*: my indignation/wrath/fury

Referenced Verses

• Isa 14:25 : 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.
• Isa 30:30 : 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.
• Isa 66:14 : 14 And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
• Jer 51:20-24 : 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; 21 And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; 22 With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; 23 I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers. 24 And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.
• Zeph 2:13 : 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.
• Gen 10:11 : 11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
• Ps 17:14 : 14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
• Ps 125:3 : 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.
• Isa 8:4 : 4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.
• Isa 10:15 : 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.
• Isa 13:5 : 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.
• Isa 14:5-6 : 5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. 6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.