Isaiah 10:5
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
Note d'étude
Study Note
God's declaration 'Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger' introduces one of the most remarkable passages in Old Testament theology: the description of a pagan empire as an instrument of divine judgment against Israel. The verse does not excuse Assyrian cruelty but sets it within a providential framework: what Assyria intends as conquest (verse 7) is what God intends as discipline, yet Assyria will itself be judged for its arrogance and excessive violence (verses 12-19). This dialectic — human agency within divine sovereignty, without either dissolving into the other — is a defining pattern of prophetic historiography, repeated in Habakkuk's wrestling with the Babylonian instrument. The concept anticipates New Testament uses of worldly rulers as unwitting instruments of God's redemptive purposes.
Autres traductions
Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!
Woe <FI>to<Fi> Asshur, a rod of Mine anger, And a staff in their hand <FI>is<Fi> Mine indignation.
Ho! Assyrian, the rod of my wrath, the instrument of my punishment!
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