Isaiah 10

Isaiah 10 is the tenth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains prophesies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is one of the Prophetic Books.

Text

The original text was written in Hebrew language. [Chapters and verses of the Bible|This chapter is divided into] 34 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis, the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets, Aleppo Codex, Codex Leningradensis.
Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls :

1QIsa^a: complete
1QIsa^b: extant: verses 16‑19
4QIsa^c : extant: verses 23‑32
4QIsa^e : extant: verses 1‑10

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Marchalianus.

Parashot

The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex. Isaiah 10 is a part of the Prophecies about Judah and Israel . : open parashah; : closed parashah.

Woe to tyrants (10:1–4)

Verse 1

Verses 1–4 function as a bridge between series of passages ending with the same refrain, and the attack on Assyria, which shares one introduction.

Verse 4

The refrain "For all this... still" first appeared in Isaiah 5:25 and also appears here as well as in Isaiah 9:12, 9:17, and 9:21.

Judgment on Assyria (10:5–19)

Isaiah condemns Assyria for not realising that it is "an instrument of divine wrath upon all Israel":

A remnant of Israel shall return (10:20–34)

Verse 21

" mighty God": from Hebrew אֵל גִּבּוֹר, ʾel gibbor, appears only here and in Isaiah 9:6, although similar titles appear in Deuteronomy 10:17 and Nehemiah 9:32 and in Jeremiah 32:18 ; all titles refer to God.

Verses 22–23

There verses are cited by the Apostle Paul in his Epistle to the Romans.