Isaías 10:5

5 Juicio contra Asiria
«Qué aflicción le espera a Asiria, la vara de mi ira.
Yo la empleo como garrote para expresar mi enojo.

Isaías 10:5 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 10:5

O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger
. Either as calling him to come against the land of Israel to spoil it, so Kimchi; or as grieving that he was obliged to make use of him in such a manner against his people; or as threatening him with ruin. So the Targum, Septuagint, and all the Oriental versions render it, "woe to the Assyrian"; wherefore this, and what follows, serve to comfort the people of God; that though they should be carried captive by the Assyrians, yet they should be utterly destroyed, and a remnant of the Jews should be saved. The Assyrian monarch is called the "rod of God's anger", because he was made use of by him as an instrument to chastise and correct Israel for their sins: and the staff in their hand is mine indignation;
that is, the staff which was in the hand of the king of Assyria, and his army, with which they smote the people of Israel, was no other than the wrath and indignation of God against that people, and the execution of it, which he committed to them as instruments. Kimchi interprets "their hand" of the land of Israel, into which this staff was sent, the Assyrian, to smite and chastise them. The Targum is,

``woe to the Assyrian, the government of my fury; and an angel sent from before me against them for a curse.''

Isaías 10:5 In-Context

3 ¿Qué harán cuando yo los castigue,
cuando envíe el desastre sobre ustedes desde una tierra lejana?
¿A quién acudirán en busca de ayuda?
¿Dónde estarán seguros sus tesoros?

4 Irán tropezando como prisioneros
o quedarán tendidos entre los muertos.
Pero aun así no quedará satisfecho el enojo del Señor
;
su puño sigue preparado para dar el golpe.

5 Juicio contra Asiria
«Qué aflicción le espera a Asiria, la vara de mi ira.
Yo la empleo como garrote para expresar mi enojo.

6 Envío a Asiria contra una nación pagana;
contra un pueblo con el cual estoy enojado.
Asiria los saqueará,
y los pisoteará como a polvo debajo de sus pies.

7 Pero el rey de Asiria no comprenderá que es mi instrumento;
su mente no funciona de esa forma.
Su plan solo consiste en destruir;
en aplastar a las naciones, una tras otra.